Minor league baseball teams are long known to resort to wacky gimmicks (Hawaiian shirts, Trump themes, even just being generally “awful”) to drive attendance, but one team is finding itself without an excuse for a promoted theme night that critics are accusing of being sexist. The Ogden Raptors (Utah), a Dodger rookie league team recently sent out the …
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When legendary slugger Albert Pujols decides to walk away from Major League Baseball and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, he’ll already have his second career carved out for him. With his wife, Deidre, leading the charge, Pujols has dedicated plenty of funds and time to a variety of causes through his family foundation. Their latest initiative is Strike …
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Hasan Jamali/AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.On Friday, September 23, the inaugural combat sports event entitled Brave Combat Federation (BCF) is taking place in Khalifa Sports City in Isa Town, Bahrain. The event, which features a headlining bout between Iraq’s Rami Aziz and Jordan’s Abdulkareem Selwady, represents the small Island kingdom’s attempt to become a …
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Junior UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen has never been shy about airing his opinions, whether it’s pointing out the tortuous logic employed by the NCAA to defend amateurism or pinging the president. He does so even if unnamed scouts and UCLA head coach Jim Mora have already started to whisper that maybe the best course of action …
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Ada Colau, leader of leftist coalition Barcelona Together, holds her baton, having been elected Barcelona's new mayor, Spain, June, 2015. Emilio Morenatti / Press Association. All rights reserved.Rosemary Bechler(RB): We were lucky enough to catch your contribution to the BREXIT debate in a meeting at the TUC and more recently in the DiEM25 launch panel …
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The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles. Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli by Santi di Tito.Wikicommons/ Vecchia Cancelleria. Some rights reserved.On Sunday, June 26, new elections are held in Spain. After the failed attempt to form government, the biggest news to come out of the …
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Remember how back in April Donald Trump Jr. tweeted a photo of himself wearing a green T-shirt that said “Very Fake News” in big block letters? It was a visual reminder of the Trump administration’s official stance: Any story that the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia during the 2016 presidential election was simply the result …
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“To Airbnb or not to Airbnb?” More often than not, people are posing that question to themselves as travelers and potential guests. But as the home-sharing service has gone from “startup novelty” to “disruptor” to “legitimate alternative,” more curious parties are asking the question in the context of hosting. Most frequently, hosts look to supplement …
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Click:China space company "There is little possibility of vigorous debate of the kind that Sir John Chilcot thinks so necessary." Credit: Dan Kitwood/PA Wire/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.The Iraq inquiry report, which took seven years to complete and was finally published on 6 July 2016, turned out to be more robust and independent than …
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“Only you can prevent wildfires.” We all know the mantra well because it’s been Smokey Bear’s slogan for the past 73 years. Whether you’ve seen him holding a fire danger sign at the entrance of a national forest or praising fire safety on TV, he deserves more attention than ever in light of a recent …
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