Outside the Beltway

My favorite sports team employs a thug.

Boldly going……..again?

To the surprise of few, Bill Simmons’ site didn’t long survive his departure.

From now on, you’ll just have to read it for the articles.

A true legend has passed.

A massive defeat in Court for the National Football League.

The National Labor Relations Board refused to certify an effort by athletes at Northwestern University to unionize.

“Fiscal conservative” Scott Walker is handing Wisconsin taxpayers a $400 million bill for a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Not surprisingly, Tom Brady’s appeal of his Deflategate suspension was not successful.

Keith Collins and Nikhil Sonnad provide strong evidence that the “sequel” to Harper Lee’s classic novel was merely a bad first draft.

Kenny “The Snake” Stabler, legendary Alabama Crimson Tide and Oakland Raiders quarterback, has died of cancer at the age of 69.

A Federal Judge has uphold a Patent Office ruling revoking the Redskins Trademarks on the ground that they are “disparaging” toward Native Americans.

The winners of the Women’s World Cup will get paid far less than the men that played last year, but that’s not because of sexism.

The Federal Government is threatening to hold up plans for a new Redskins stadium unless the team changes its name.

Paul Grenfell nominates this vanity plate of a Volkswagon Beetle (affectionately known as a “Bug”) with vanity plate “Feature”

Taxes on wine, beer, and spirits vary wildly from state-to-state and even within each state.

The Confederate Flag needs to be removed from official places of honor, but do we really need to worry about reruns of The Dukes of Hazzard?

Well, that didn’t take long.

Taylor Swift is taking a stand against Apple’s new streaming music service, and she’s largely right.

Cardinals executives were doing a little more than just stealing signs, apparently.

It could cost you $250 to say “F- Arlington” if you happen to be in Arlington when you say it.

A thirty-seven year long drought is over.

This is perhaps the silliest idea ever.

FIFA’s President surprised everyone today by resigning, but he’s likely to stay in power for as long as another ten months.

Several of the top representatives of soccer’s governing body have been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in New York.

A five-time heavyweight champion has beaten a rich politician in a bizarre charity event.

The tributes to the troops you see during N.F.L. games were most likely bought and paid for with your tax dollars.

The N.F.L.’s league office is giving up its tax exempt status, but that means far less than the headline implies.