UConn’s Geno Auriemma Takes Aim at NCAA Over Women’s March Madness Format
UConn men’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma is ripping the double-regional format being used in the…
Bernie Sanders lost the fight in 2016. A decade later, he won the war.
In 2016, two populist revolutions threatened to remake American politics. Donald Trump’s conquered the Republican Party and delivered him the presidency. Bernie Sanders’ fell short against Hillary Clinton but introduced a populist economic vision that, at the time, much of the Democratic establishment dismissed as politically impractical. Ten years later, Trump and MAGA were hit…
How Abdul El-Sayed actually did with Jewish voters
Abdul El-Sayed ran well behind other Michigan Democrats in places with more Jewish voters, according to a detailed POLITICO analysis of precinct-level results. Statewide, the progressive senator-elect only ran two points behind Democratic Gov.-elect Jocelyn Benson, getting 52.5% of the vote compared to her 54.5%. But the gap was much larger in heavily Jewish communities:…
Poll: Republicans and Democrats can agree on one thing. They’re divided.
Tuesday’s blue wave didn’t resolve either party’s internal divides. In fact, The POLITICO Poll shows they may even get worse. Even ahead of Election Day, Republicans were already torn over how much to blame President Donald Trump for the scale of the defeat, weeks of polling show. While Trump distances himself from the electoral blowout…
The midterms blew open the 2028 map. Republicans are panicking.
Brutal red-state losses are raising alarm among Republicans about the 2028 presidential battlefield. Democrats’ midterm blowout is upending the political calculus for future presidential campaigns, more than a dozen strategists on both sides told POLITICO. Republicans are stressing the ramifications of a major tranche of once-reliably Republican Electoral College votes being in jeopardy, while Democrats…
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best…
Goalscorers Have Personality And A Big Ego. Ronaldo Was The Best At All That.
By the time Cristiano Ronaldo was 12 years old, the decision had been made for him to leave his home on the island of Madeira and move to the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. Here was a boy, who shared a bedroom with his three siblings, the son of a hospitality cleaner and a father who…
Why College Football’s ‘Rockstar’ Coaches Aren’t The Answer
Jason Witten is about to make Oklahoma fans very happy. That was my take after the Sooners made the decision to fire offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle after less than two seasons and tab Witten as the team’s interim OC. This thought was met with a myriad of replies ranging from “Doubt it” to “Pump the…
How Much Are College Football Players Really Making? Position-By-Position Breakdown
It’s been a heck of a week for the College Football Playoff selection committee. As much as we all like to argue about the rankings — and the first batch released on Tuesday brought plenty of consternation — this week felt particularly questionable. For those who aren’t as familiar with the process, I went down…
2027 NFL Mock Draft: Drew Mestemaker First Of 6 QBs Selected In First Round
We aren’t quite halfway through the 2026 NFL season yet some fans and their beloved teams are already looking ahead to the 2027 draft. We’ve been examining the quarterback class for months. And while it has not quite lived up to expectations through the first two months of the college football season, there is still…