January 2020

Court gets recognition, without addressing Australian crowd

MELBOURNE, Australia — Margaret Court was present but didn’t address the crowd at a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of her calendar-year Grand Slam in 1970, a tricky event for Australian Open organizers trying to balance recognition of the achievement with their responsibility to promote inclusion in sports. Court’s criticism of homosexuality has been

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T Minus 8 Days: A Frenetic Weekend on the Trail in Iowa

DES MOINES — With the Iowa caucuses a week away and senators briefly sprung from their impeachment-induced confinement on Capitol Hill, the Democratic presidential candidates and their surrogates spilled out across Iowa on Sunday. They gave their stump speeches. They took photos and shook hands. They tried mightily to address the elephant in the room

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Lewis Capaldi Was Confused For A Seat-Filler At The 2020 Grammys And, Yikes

Singer Lewis Capaldi was mistaken for a seat-filler at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards and we have secondhand embarrassment for him. On Sunday, Capaldi ― whose “Someone You Loved” was nominated for Song of the Year ― tweeted a hilariously awkward exchange that apparently happened during the show, but sadly didn’t air on television for

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