The Rolling Stones are threatening Donald Trump with legal action for using his songs in his protests despite directives to cease and desist. The Stones said in a statement Sunday that their legal team was working with music rights organization BMI to stop the use of their material in Trump’s …
Read More »Yearly Archives: 2020
Global cases of coronavirus approach 10 million
BEIJING, Jun 28 (Reuters) – Global coronavirus cases approached 10 million on Sunday according to a Reuters count, marking a major milestone in the spread of respiratory disease that has so far killed nearly half a million people in seven months. The figure is roughly double the number of serious …
Read More »MLB now faces its biggest challenge of 2020: playing during the pandemic
Watching Major League Baseball begin a second “spring” training now, amid growing coronavirus infections in states where hundreds of ball players reside, is like getting on a sailboat just as the outer bands of a hurricane swirl on the horizon. But this is where baseball is right now, and if …
Read More »Mixed messages from feds about masks sow confusion
Forgive Americans if they are clouded by facial masks. President Donald Trump and the federal government have made a number on them. First there was the phase of not doing it. Then the pleasant dissonance, but not for me. Followed by local rule exceptions do not apply. Complemented by Trump’s …
Read More »DeMaurice Smith: Tom Brady’s workouts “do not favor player safety”
AP Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has continued to ignore the NFLPA’s suggestions about offseason training. And the union chief made it clear that he is not excited about Brady’s decision, for reasons that go beyond the players who are putting themselves at risk by meeting at one of the country’s …
Read More »