Outside the Beltway

Concerns about the Zika Virus are leading some doctors to call for the 2016 Summer Olympics to be moved or postponed.

A Pennsylvania Judge ruled today that there was sufficient evidence against Bill Cosby to allow the sexual assault charges against him to proceed to trial.

Deflategate isn’t over yet and, depending on what happens in the Courts, could still be unresolved at the end of the N.F.L. season that begins in September.

A new poll indicates that the argument that the name “Redskins” is disparaging is not an accurate statement of how Native Americans themselves feel about the issue.

A journalistic legend has passed away just days after his retirement was officially announced.

A Federal Appeals Court has reinstated the four game suspension imposed on Tom Brady over the so-called ‘Deflategate’ scandal.

A music legend has passed at far too young an age.

A country music legend has passed.

A group of New England Patriots fans are providing us with the latest example of stupid lawsuits that don’t belong in Court at all.

All of next season’s Thursday Night N.F.L. games will be streamed live for free via Twitter.

The producer behind a group of music legends has passed away at the age of 90.

If reports today are accurate, one of the great N.F.L. careers will come to an end this week.

The reclusive author of one of the greatest American novels ever written has died at the age of 89.

What would Jed Bartlet do?

A Pennsylvania Judge has refused to dismiss sexual assault charges against Bill Cosby based on an alleged 2005 Immunity Agreement.

Another late football great has been diagnosed with a brain disease directly connected to the game they played.

Another icon of popular music has passed away.

“Tom, can you get me off the hook? For old times’ sake?”

“Can’t do it, Sally.”

Is this really ‘infuriating’ news?

Glenn Frey, bandleader of the Eagles, has died.

An agreement purportedly made ten years ago by a former prosecutor could mean the end of the criminal charges against Bill Cosby.

David Bowie has passed away at the age of 69 after a long battle with cancer.

Alabama has won more games at the Cowboys’ home field this year than the Cowboys.

After nearly two years of decades old stories leaking out, entertainment legend Bill Cosby has been charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2005.

The people who believe there is a ‘War On Christmas” tend to be the same ones who hold to the largely false idea that their religious beliefs are under assault due to a “culture war.”

A ruling in an unrelated case raises serious doubts about the law used to revoke the Washington Redskins trademarks because they are allegedly ‘disparaging.’

You’ll be happy, Star Wars fans. And, don’t worry, no spoilers here.

Perhaps not surprisingly, the newest film in the Star Wars saga is breaking all kinds of records.

A Colorado Republican Congressman has introduced a resolution meant to involve our nation’s representatives in the non-existent ‘War On Christmas.’

The Commissioner of Major League Baseball has ruled that the lifetime ban issued against Pete Rose for betting on baseball will remain in effect.

Remembering a legend on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

A pseudonymous government relations professional examines “The Radicalization of Luke Skywalker: A Jedi’s Path to Jihad.”

The news that the late football legend Frank Gifford suffered from the same chronic brain disease that has been diagnosed in many N.F.L. players in recent years, and the upcoming release of a new film on the issue, seems certain to increase pressure to protect players at all levels of football.

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

In the wake of the attacks in Paris, some people have argued that American solidarity with France, in contrast to seeming disregard for tragedy elsewhere, is something we should feel bad about. That argument is ridiculous.

You thought Betamax died three decades ago didn’t you?

The Foundation that holds the copyright on one of the most famous works about the Holocaust is seeking to extend their copyright in Europe by naming Otto Frank co-author of his daughter’s published diary.

New York’s attorney general has ordered DraftKings and FanDuel to stop taking entries in his state, ruling that they constitute illegal gambling.

You may not be aware, but your local Starbucks is the new front in the ‘War On Christmas.’

Donald Trump was on Saturday Night Live last night. It wasn’t even remotely funny.