Outside the Beltway

The NFL donates its game broadcasts to troops deployed in harm’s way but they still won’t get to see them during the shutdown.

Tom Clancy, author of dozens of bestselling military thriller novels, has died aged 66.

Timothy Blaise explains string theory to the tune of Bohemian Rhapsody.

The Emmys will honor Cory Monteith but not Jack Klugman or Larry Hagman. Where in that sentence you said “Who?” will tell us how old you are.

Bluegrass band Iron Horse presents their take on the Metallica classic “Enter Sandman.”

Jimmy Fallon’s 13 minute tribute to “Breaking Bad” is exceedingly well done

Should one person being “offended” by more important than a vast majority who are not?

Tommy Morrison, a boxing heavyweight champion from 1993 to 1995, has died at 44.

Tim Tebow has gone through three NFL teams in a little over a year. Will there be a fourth?

Mark Kroos plays both parts of “Dueling Banjos” on a double necked guitar

Author Elmore Leonard has died at the age of 87.

The NCAA has come to its senses regarding a Marine sergeant who wants to play college football.

“Say that, in 1993, you were at a bar having some beers with a dolphin” has been nominated and seconded as the “Best opening sentence. EVER.”

Megan Welter served as a Signal Corps officer in the Iraq War. Now, she’s an Arizona Cardinals cheerleader.

Detroit is bankrupt, but that isn’t stopping the Red Wings from getting $400 million in taxpayer subsidies for their new stadium.

Erstwhile country music legend Garth Brooks has become a grandfather.

J.J. Cale, the Grammy-winning songwriter of such classics as “Cocaine” and “Call Me the Breeze,” has died aged 74.

University of Florida linebacker Antonio Morrison has been suspended after barking at a police dog.

There’s no such thing as “sex addiction.”

Until this month, America was not truly a free country.

Forbes wins the day with “Phil Mickelson Wins British Open—And California Taxes It.”

Three years after joining The New York Times, Nate Silver is jumping ship to Disney’s ESPN and ABC.