Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles didn’t make many splashy signings in the free-agent market this offseason, but he still brought in several players who will be asked to fill key roles. Here’s a look at five questions about Bears veteran newcomers this season. 1. Will Byron Pringle, N’Keal Harry or Equanimeous St. Brown make…
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The Hotline mailbag is published each Friday. Please send questions to [email protected] or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline. Please note: Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity. Why should the so-called Four Corners schools stay in the conference when Oregon, Washington and Stanford will continue soliciting the Big Ten, even if there is a short term…
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A woman in her 40s accused of speeding more than 100 mph through a red light in Windsor Hills and plowing into a crowded intersection, killing six people and injuring another eight, has been arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, authorities said on Friday, Aug. 5, a day after the fiery, chain-reaction collision. Her name…
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August is an exciting time for families with back-to-school shopping, figuring out new class schedules, and making plans for the first day of the academic year. Unfortunately, as we look to the upcoming year, we learn that most parents are also feeling more frustrated, anxious, and disillusioned with our public education system following the pandemic.…
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By Ellen Knickmeyer, Zeke Miller and David Rising | Associated Press WASHINGTON — China announced Friday it was ending all contact with the United States on major issues — including crucial climate cooperation that led to the international 2015 Paris accord — as tensions and public rebukes ratcheted higher over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit…
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Four years ago, Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates ran unopposed for his second term. This time around will be different. And it may even get a little awkward. His opponent is Scott Field, the former assistant city attorney who filed an age discrimination lawsuit against Gates and the city in 2019. Field and Neal…
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At least seven of the Giants’ 11 rookie draft picks project to play prominent roles in the 2022 NFL season. That much is clear a week into Brian Daboll’s first training camp. The Giants’ high expectations for their young players reach far beyond first-round blue chippers Kayvon Thibodeaux and Evan Neal on both sides of…
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Last Sunday, I wrote a response to Orange County Republican congressional candidate Scott Baugh’s nativist views on immigration. To briefly rehash it, while on a podcast, Baugh argued, in relation to immigration, “When you dilute the culture with other cultures so rapidly [the culture] necessarily starts to fray.” I argued that was nonsense, that immigrants…
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It was a small scuffle at the end of practice Friday, one of those football skirmishes involving massive lineman near the line of scrimmage that gets broken up before there’s time to comprehend how it started. The important thing is everybody on the Jets abided by the rules. Or, abided by the lone rule. “One…
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By Alan Fram | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Democrats pared part of their proposed minimum tax on huge corporations and made other changes in their giant economic bill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday, as they drove toward delivering a campaign-season victory to President Joe Biden on his domestic agenda. In an unusual peek…
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