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Redskins spent $180,000 lobbying to keep name, Patriots all in for Democrats

Paul Bedard · February 1, 2015 3:20 pm

Obama Decides Not to ‘Sit His Star’—Attends Spurs Event Instead of Biden

Obama Decides Not to ‘Sit His Star’—Attends Spurs Event Instead of Biden

Jeryl Bier · January 13, 2015 12:12 pm

Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James warms up before an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, in New York. Professional athletes have worn "I Can't Breathe" messages in protest of a grand jury ruling not to indict an officer in the death of a New York man. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Obama supports LeBron’s decision to wear #ICantBreathe shirt

Kelly Cohen · December 19, 2014 5:49 pm

"It's fun to see how readers might first visit us to see a story about pregnancy or beer but end up staying on the site to read about some transportation policy issue," said senior editor Mollie Hemingway.

‘Sex, pop culture, faith, child-rearing, and more’ fuel the Federalist rise

Becket Adams · December 8, 2014 11:00 pm

President Obama selects a club while golfing at Farm Neck Golf Club, in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard on Aug. 23. (AP/Steven Senne)

Michael Jordan: Obama is a ‘hack’ golfer

Kelly Cohen · October 30, 2014 4:47 pm

ESPN President John Skipper, right, shakes hands with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, second right, as David Levy, left, President of Turner Broadcasting System, and Ted Leonsis, second left, owner of the Washington Wizards, applaud after a deal was announced between the league and TV networks, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 in New York. The NBA has extended its television deals with ESPN and TNT for nine years. The league announced Monday that the new contracts will run through the 2024-25 season. The previous eight-year agreements end after the 2015-16 season. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

NBA extends television deals with ESPN and TNT

Rachel Cohen · October 6, 2014 11:11 pm

In the interest of purging the NBA of all "racist" owners, Levenson is reluctantly now offering to sell his team. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Reverse race card: NBA owner Bruce Levenson outs himself — as a ‘racist’

Larry Elder · September 11, 2014 9:08 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2010, file photo, Los Angeles Clippers team owner Donald Sterling watches his team play the Utah Jazz during the second half of their preseason NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. Steve Ballmer is officially the new owner of the Clippers. The team says the sale closed Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, after a California court confirmed the authority of Shelly Sterling, on behalf of the Sterling Family Trust, to sell the franchise.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Sterling loses appeal to block LA Clippers sale

Brian Melley · August 14, 2014 1:24 am

FILE - In this March 2, 2010, file photo, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer speaks in Santa Clara, Calif. Ballmer is officially the new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. The team says the sale closed Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, after a California court confirmed the authority of Shelly Sterling, on behalf of the Sterling Family Trust, to sell the franchise. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)

Steve Ballmer becomes owner of LA Clippers

Beth Harris · August 13, 2014 7:17 am

With her attorney Pierce O'Donnell, right, Shelly Sterling, center, talks to reporters after a judge ruled in her favor and against her estranged husband, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, in his attempt to block the $2 billion sale of the NBA basketball team, outside Los Angeles Superior Court Monday, July 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Judge OKs record-setting $2B sale of Clippers

Brian Melley · July 29, 2014 2:46 am

FILE - In this June 15, 2009, file photo, Richard Parsons, then Chairman of Citigroup, speaks at Time Warner's headquarters in New York. Parsons, the interim CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers, is is expected to be called as a witness Tuesday, July 22, 2014, to support Shelly Sterling's bid to sell the NBA basketball team for $2 billion to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

CEO: Rivers to quit Clippers if Sterling stays

Washington Examiner · July 23, 2014 12:50 am

FILE - In this March 10, 2007, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James reacts to a shot made by teammate Anderson Varejao during the final seconds of the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game in Milwaukee. James told Sports Illustrated on Friday, July 11, 2014, he is leaving the Miami Heat to go back to the Cleveland Cavaliers. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

LeBron James returns to Cavs: ‘I’m coming home’

Tom Withers · July 12, 2014 4:29 am