That hasn't set too well with certain Yankee fans, who apparently believe Jeter's epic farewell tour is supposed to a 162-game affair. Joe Girardi cares not. “I have to manage him with a focus of winning games and keeping him healthy, not being a farewell tour,” the Yankee skipper told ESPNNewYork.com. “I wasn’t hired to put on a farewell tour.” As noted above, Jeter is 39 (he'll be 40 in June)....
Video posted to Twitter shows the activists in a D.C. parking garage standing around the West Virginia senator’s car as he tried to drive away and calling on him to “pass climate change bills.” Another video showed activists following Manchin from his houseboat—which is primary residence when in D.C.—to the garage while carrying signs aimed at the senator and chanting “We want to live!” John Paul Mejia, national spokesperson for the Sunrise Movement, shared the footage on Twitter of activists following Manchin to the garage....
President Joe Biden and Democrats campaigned on raising the federal minimum wage to $15, and House Democrats included the wage hike in their version of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. However, the wage hike looks unlikely to survive in the Senate’s version of the bill, as that chamber’s parliamentarian ruled it could not be passed through the budget reconciliation process. Meanwhile, GOP Senators Mitt Romney of Utah and Tom Cotton of Arkansas have put forward a proposal to raise the minimum wage to $10 per hour—close to what Manchin has suggested....
Appearing on CNN’s New Day program on Thursday morning, Abrams said Manchin’s plan is “absolutely” something she could support. “What Sen. Manchin is putting forward are some basic building blocks that we need to ensure that democracy is accessible no matter your geography,” Abrams said. She continued, “Those provisions that he is setting forth are strong ones that will create a level playing field, will create standards that do not vary from state to state, and I think will ensure that every American has improved access to the right to vote....
Democrats had moved to lift the federal minimum wage to that mark through reconciliation along with COVID-19 relief, though the Senate parliamentarian ruled it should not be passed through the upper chamber in that way. The White House has indicated it will not override the parliamentarian, and will look at other methods to pass the increase. Using reconciliation could have meant passing the measure without Republican support, only needing a simple majority in the Senate....
Last month, Tate’s accounts on Instagram and Facebook were deleted after he was accused of making misogynistic comments, including some that could incite violence against women, sparking fury online. The former kickboxer was also accused of putting out content that would be potentially harmful to impressionable young men. Facebook parent company Meta confirmed to Newsweek that Tate was no longer allowed to use both social media platforms due to violating company policies....
Users noticed pretty early on that a number of installments of the long-running podcast were missing—many are episodes that could be considered controversial. Among these are episodes with including episodes with InfoWars’ Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos and Censored.TV’s Gavin McInnes. Other missing episodes include ones with disgraced comedian Chris D’Elia, Jordan Peterson’s daughter, Mikhaila Peterson, Louis Theroux, Owen Benjamin and Joey Diaz. A number of listeners have taken to Twitter to complain about the removal of the episodes....
A series of co-hosts on Morning Joe said Murphy now “stands alone” as neighboring states New York and Pennsylvania dropped the mask mandates in most public places following last week’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines which suggested exactly that for vaccinated adults. Scarborough replied to pro-mask critics who support Murphy’s move to uphold the state-wide mandate, saying he’s simply urging the governor to “follow the science” of the new CDC guidelines....
During his Morning Joe show on Thursday, Scarborough asked why warnings about potential violence were not heeded, accusing police of “opening the door for terrorists,” and suggesting some officers were “part of Donald Trump’s cult.” Both chambers of Congress were evacuated as hundreds of mainly Trump supporters clashed with police. Four people died and 52 were arrested in the melee that followed. In a five-minute monologue, in which he regularly raised his voice, about the scenes Scarborough called on police to identify the “insurrectionists” involved, and said that Trump, Donald Trump Jr....
The Morning Joe co-anchor also called Trump’s brand of Republicanism “toxic” on social media as he drew attention to the loss of votes in the Cincinnati suburbs in the Kentucky gubernatorial election. Incumbent Republican Governor Matt Bevin lost his post to Kentucky Democrat challenger Andy Beshear by 5,150 votes, according to The New York Times, but is refusing to concede until there has been a recount. Beshear’s victory in the Kentucky governor race was in part thanks to upsets in two Cincinnati suburbs in Kentucky that previously supported Trump in 2016....
The team will have to pay all $9 million it owes injury-riddled Joel Embiid for two years of inactivity because his broken foot was a pre-existing injury, according to ESPN.com’s Darrell Rovell. The No. 3 overall pick from Kansas has yet to play a game since being drafted in 2014. MORE: Jimmy Butler wants Derrick Rose’s position | Hawks sign Jason Richardson in non-guaranteed deal Philadelphia could have received 60 percent back (approximately $5....
A legitimate case can be made for either one of them to be named MVP of the 2021-22 season, but who is actually leading the race right now? NBA LEAGUE PASS: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial) Monday night’s meeting between the Sixers and Nuggets at the Wells Fargo Center will be the second and final time these two teams match up this season unless they both reach the Finals, but it is the first time Embiid and Jokic will face each other this season....
The veteran first baseman is hitting .228 and has just one home run, a far cry from his track record. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN It was his first career pop-out to first base Wednesday against the Dodgers that solidified that Votto’s game is off, which prompted him to stick around the batting cages after the Reds’ 3-2 loss. “That’s a sign that my hitting technique is completely off,” Votto said, via The Athletic....
Bolton has described the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as “flawed” in a view that chimes with the warning by National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), which warned the Biden administration against restoring the Obama-era agreement abandoned by former President Donald Trump. The view of Bolton, who served under Trump, follows the declared Iranian presidential election victory of Ebrahim Raisi last week in a ballot criticized internationally....
Brad Calipari, son of coach John Calipari, announced Sunday that he will walk on to the UK basketball team. MORE: Adidas unveils ‘School Pride’ uniforms | Kentucky fans chanted ‘GPA’ at Ben Simmons The guard played at Lexington Christian Academy before transferring to MacDuffie school in 2014 and was named MVP at January’s Hoophall Classic. At 6 feet, 180 pounds, he played with the Kentucky Travelers basketball club, a Nike-affiliated team, this past summer and averaged three points and 10....
Calipari headed to Washington, D.C., on Thursday to take in Pope Francis’ first-ever address to Congress. He was pretty thrilled about it, at least according to this photo tweeted by Steve Cohen, a Congressman from Tennessee. He even got a seat behind Newt Gingrich. MORE: SN Exclusive five-part Calipari Hall of Fame series His excitement about the visit began early, though. He sent a series of tweets describing his plans, and even promised to pass along a prayer for all of Big Blue Nation....
“BREAKING: No one at Fox News has ever seen Monty Python & The Holy Grail,” the 80-year-old actor tweeted with a laughing emoji. He cheekily added the hashtags “run it,” “good journalism” and “fact checking.” Cleese shared the segment from Fox News which included the quote. On June 12, The Story host Martha MacCallum was covering Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, also known as CHAZ. During the news segment, MacCallum reported that there were scuffles going on among protestors who have been occupying the area for weeks....
Joaquin Niemann, the Tour’s new 19-year-old sensation, earned his full status for next season with his latest top-5 finish last week at Greenbrier. The former top-ranked amateur has gone from 1,486 to 171 in the world ranking this year, and he’s back in the field this week. Though the field lacks a bit of star power, the John Deere is one of the more iconic tournaments on the PGA Tour....
In 2019, Durham began investigating the origins of a probe into potential connections between Russia and the Trump 2016 presidential campaign, with the encouragement of then Attorney General William Barr. Barr appointed him special counsel and the two reportedly traveled together to Italy in the fall of that year where Italian officials were said to have given them an unexpected tip about suspicious financial dealings relating to Trump. The New York Times reported on the Italian tip on Thursday as part of the newspaper’s investigation into the Durham probe and said that Barr and Durham considered the matter too serious to ignore....
If Hinckley has his way now, even the supervision will be a thing of the past. At a hearing to be held in Washington on Sept. 2, John Hinckley, represented by his longtime attorney Barry Levine, will ask permission for unsupervised visits to his parents’ home. He wants to start with five twelve-hour visits to the family residence–9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.–and then extend his privileges to five overnight visits....
