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  Former teammate Alex Boone isn’t taking any more hits for embattled San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepeick. The offensive guard suited up for five seasons alongside Kaepeick, blocking as defenders tried to get Kaepeick off his feet. Now, Kaepeick is voluntarily taking a seat, choosing to sit during the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner to protest perceived racial injustice. It may be a good thing that Boone, now with the Minnesota Vikings, is no longer wearing the same jersey as Kaepeick. “We probably would have had a problem on the sideline,” Boone told ESPN. Boone’s brother J.J. was a Marine and served in Iraq, making Boone one of several current or former NFL players, many with military connections, to speak out about Kaepeick following his second sitdown before a preseason game on Friday. “You should have some f---ing respect for people who served, especially people that lost their life to protect our freedom," Boone said. “We're out here playi,most sacked quarterback nfl,most sacked quarterback nfl history,nfl quarterback sacked record ...ادامه مطلب

  Former NFL tight end Ben Utecht caught one pass from superstar quarterback Peyton Manning the night of Feb. 4, 2007, helping the Indianapolis Colts win Super Bowl XLI. But that’s not the memory he most wants to retain. Or the life experience he most wants to share. Utecht, who sustained five documented concussions during his five-year NFL career with the Colts and Cincinnati Bengals, said Sunday on “Fox & Friends” that he’s already experienced some long-term memory problems since he last took the field in 2008. That reality led him to write the autobiographical “Counting the Days While My Mind Slips Away: A Love Letter to My Family.” “That was the foundation of writing the book; was to really give a legacy story to my family with the realities that many former NFL players face due to the consequences of concussion,” Utecht said. “And when I left the game at 30 years old already having some long-term memory problems it really made me think long and hard a,man provides for his family,father's prayer for his family,for he and his family grammar,for him and his family,tips for meeting his family ...ادامه مطلب

(Charles Sindeldecker) NEW ORLEANS –  A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Orlando, Florida, made an emergency landing Saturday moing due to a major problem with one of its two engines. Flight 3472 from New Orleans diverted the airplane to Pensacola, Florida, after the pilot detected something had gone wrong with an engine, according to a Southwest statement. The jet, a Boeing 737-700, landed in Pensacola around 9:40 a.m. CDT with no apparent injuries to the 99 passengers or five crew members on board, according to Southwest. Pictures taken from the plane and posted online made it appear that part of the engine had blown apart, but Southwest spokesman Chris Mainz said there was no explosion. He said Southwest will work with investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board to determine the cause. It's rare for Southwest or any other major airline to have such serious engine trouble, said Michael Boyd, president of airline consulting firm Boyd Inteational. "It's a , ...ادامه مطلب

  House Republicans have detailed perjury allegations against Hillary Clinton, citing the apparent conflict between her 2015 congressional testimony about her email practices and the FBI's conclusions announced in July, according to a letter to the U.S. attoey for the District of Columbia. "The four pieces of swo testimony by Secretary Clinton described herein are incompatible with the FBI's findings,"  House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., wrote to U.S. Attoey Channing D. Phillips. "We hope this information is helpful to your office's consideration of our referral." The Justice Department Assistant Attoey General for Legislative Affairs, Peter Kadzik, confirmed in an Aug. 2 letter to both committees they had the perjury investigation request and the department would "take appropriate action as n,pursuing,pursuing synonym,pursuing happiness,pursuing eden,pursuing god,pursuing your dreams,pursuing a woman,pursuing my true self,pursuing my true self lyrics,pursuing in spanish ...ادامه مطلب

  A hacker or group of hackers using the name "Guccifer 2.0" posted the private email addresses and cell phone numbers of almost 200 current and former Democratic members of Congress Friday. The disclosure is the latest dump of information stolen in recent cyberattacks on a number of Democratic Party organizations, including the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).  Guccifer 2.0 posted a spreadsheet containing the contact information of 193 current and former Democratic House members as part of a larger document dump on his personal blog. In an accompanying blog post, Guccifer said accessing the DCCC server "was even easier than in the case of the DNC breach." Included in the spreadsheet were the cell phone numbers of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md.  The Wall Street Joual reported that it was able to reach Hoyer at the cell phone number listed on the spreadshe, ...ادامه مطلب

An "arm in arm" decal is affixed to a Dallas Cowboys helmet at the NFL football team's training camp Saturday, July 30, 2016, in Oxnard, Calif. (AP) The NFL denied the Dallas Cowboys’ request to wear a decal on their helmets during the season that would have paid tribute to the five police officers killed last month in an ambush. The team had been wearing a decal with the words “Arm in Arm” since the first day of training camp this summer. Dallas police Chief David Brown and Mayor Mike Rawlings paid the team a visit on that day, according to Fox 4 News. The NFL’s strict rules on uniforms forced the league to deny the Cowboys’ request to wear the decal for the upcoming season. Dallas police said it appreciated the Cowboys’ support. “Their conce for the families of our fallen officers, the Dallas Police Department, and the City of Dallas is what matters most, and we know that support will continue for the immediate and long term future,” the department said in a sta, ...ادامه مطلب

  A Vietnam veteran's tirade against Pokemon GO players at a veterans park in Minnesota was caught on video, leading to a citation -- but also leading officials Monday to consider banning games from the park entirely. Waing: Video contains profanity. [embedded content] Bruce Reed Jr. of Winona was cited for fourth-degree criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors, the Winona Daily News reported. Reed was seen telling players Veterans Memorial Park was "not a f------ campground." The video Thursday showed him knocking over a portable picnic awning that was set up not far from war monuments. At one point, he appeared to knock the camera from the hands of the person recording. Reed told The Associated Press he was having a "flashback" to Vietnam during the confrontation. Near the end of the video, one voice was heard saying, "I wouldn't mind getting punched to get these veterans out of here." Reed told the Winona Post, "People can come walk through the park, hold hands, sit on the benches, but don’t tu it into a campsite." As the Winona City Council considered a measure to ban games at the park, council member and fellow veteran Gerry Krage said using the park to play Pokemon GO was disrespectful. If the ban took effect, people who played the game at the park could face 90 days in jail or a $1,000 fine, the Post reported. [embedded content] The video has generated more than 1 million views on YouTube. Winona is a two-hour drive southeast of Minneapolis. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

  A Vietnam veteran's tirade against Pokemon GO players at a veterans park in Minnesota was caught on video, leading to a citation -- but also leading officials Monday to consider banning games from the park entirely. Waing: Video contains profanity. [embedded content] Bruce Reed Jr. of Winona was cited for fourth-degree criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors, the Winona Daily News reported. Reed was seen telling players Veterans Memorial Park was "not a f------ campground." The video Thursday showed him knocking over a portable picnic awning that was set up not far from war monuments. At one point, he appeared to knock the camera from the hands of the person recording. Reed told The Associated Press he was having a "flashback" to Vietnam during the confrontation. Near the end of the video, one voice was heard saying, "I wouldn't mind getting punched to get these veterans out of here." Reed told the Winona Post, "People can come walk through the park, hold hands, sit on the benches, but don’t tu it into a campsite." As the Winona City Council considered a measure to ban games at the park, council member and fellow veteran Gerry Krage said using the park to play Pokemon GO was disrespectful. If the ban took effect, people who played the game at the park could face 90 days in jail or a $1,000 fine, the Post reported. [embedded content] The video has generated more than 1 million views on YouTube. Winona is a two-hour drive southeast of Minneapolis. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

  A Vietnam veteran's tirade against Pokemon GO players at a veterans park in Minnesota was caught on video, leading to a citation -- but also leading officials Monday to consider banning games from the park entirely. Waing: Video contains profanity. [embedded content] Bruce Reed Jr. of Winona was cited for fourth-degree criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors, the Winona Daily News reported. Reed was seen telling players Veterans Memorial Park was "not a f------ campground." The video Thursday showed him knocking over a portable picnic awning that was set up not far from war monuments. At one point, he appeared to knock the camera from the hands of the person recording. Reed told The Associated Press he was having a "flashback" to Vietnam during the confrontation. Near the end of the video, one voice was heard saying, "I wouldn't mind getting punched to get these veterans out of here." Reed told the Winona Post, "People can come walk through the park, hold hands, sit on the benches, but don’t tu it into a campsite." As the Winona City Council considered a measure to ban games at the park, council member and fellow veteran Gerry Krage said using the park to play Pokemon GO was disrespectful. If the ban took effect, people who played the game at the park could face 90 days in jail or a $1,000 fine, the Post reported. The video has generated more than 1 million views on YouTube. Winona is a two-hour drive southeast of Minneapolis. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

  A Vietnam veteran's tirade against Pokemon GO players at a veterans park in Minnesota was caught on video, leading to a citation -- but also leading officials Monday to consider banning games from the park entirely. Waing: Video contains profanity. [embedded content] Bruce Reed Jr. of Winona was cited for fourth-degree criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors, the Winona Daily News reported. Reed was seen telling players Veterans Memorial Park was "not a f------ campground." The video Thursday showed him knocking over a portable picnic awning that was set up not far from war monuments. At one point, he appeared to knock the camera from the hands of the person recording. Reed told The Associated Press he was having a "flashback" to Vietnam during the confrontation. Near the end of the video, one voice was heard saying, "I wouldn't mind getting punched to get these veterans out of here." Reed told the Winona Post, "People can come walk through the park, hold hands, sit on the benches, but don’t tu it into a campsite." As the Winona City Council considered a measure to ban games at the park, council member and fellow veteran Gerry Krage said using the park to play Pokemon GO was disrespectful. If the ban took effect, people who played the game at the park could face 90 days in jail or a $1,000 fine, the Post reported. The video has generated more than 1 million views on YouTube. Winona is a two-hour drive southeast of Minneapolis. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

  The Commission on Presidential Debates on Sunday issued another statement in an apparent effort to end criticism by Donald Trump’s campaign about two of the events being scheduled during televised NFL games -- and suggested Trump is fighting a losing battle. “It is impossible to avoid all sporting events, and there have been nights on which debates and games occurred in most election cycles,” the commission wrote. “A debate has never been rescheduled as a result.”   Two of the three debates scheduled in September and October will be televised during NFL games. On Sept. 26, the night of the first debate, ESPN will carry the Monday night game featuring the Falcons vs. the Saints. On Oct. 9, the second debate will air opposite the Sunday night game featuring the Giants vs. the Packers on NBC. The commission said officials started working on the debate scheduled more than 18 months ago to identify potential scheduling conflicts with religious and federal holidays, baseball league playoff games, NFL games and other events. “As a point of reference, in a four-year period, there are four general election debates … and approximately 1,000 NFL games." 2016 Election Headquarters The latest headlines on the 2016 elections from the biggest name in politics. See Latest Coverage → The commission said the final debate dates are picked a year in advance so TV networks have “maximum lead time and predictability in scheduling these extremely important civic education forums." “The CPD believes the dates for the 2016 debates will serve the American public well,” the commission also said. Trump said Saturday that the football league complained in a letter to him about the debate schedule. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy acknowledged Saturday that the league would like at least one of the debates rescheduled but tweeted: "We did not send a letter to Mr Trump." The issue follows criticism that the Democratic National Committee intentionally scheduled primary debates on a Saturday, ...ادامه مطلب

  The Commission on Presidential Debates on Sunday issued another statement in an apparent effort to end criticism by Donald Trump’s campaign about two of the events being scheduled during televised NFL games -- and suggested Trump is fighting a losing battle. “It is impossible to avoid all sporting events, and there have been nights on which debates and games occurred in most election cycles,” the commission wrote. “A debate has never been rescheduled as a result.”   Two of the three debates scheduled in September and October will be televised during NFL games. On Sept. 26, the night of the first debate, ESPN will carry the Monday night game featuring the Falcons vs. the Saints. On Oct. 9, the second debate will air opposite the Sunday night game featuring the Giants vs. the Packers on NBC. The commission said officials started working on the debate scheduled more than 18 months ago to identify potential scheduling conflicts with religious and federal holidays, baseball league playoff games, NFL games and other events. “As a point of reference, in a four-year period, there are four general election debates … and approximately 1,000 NFL games." 2016 Election Headquarters The latest headlines on the 2016 elections from the biggest name in politics. See Latest Coverage → The commission said the final debate dates are picked a year in advance so TV networks have “maximum lead time and predictability in scheduling these extremely important civic education forums." “The CPD believes the dates for the 2016 debates will serve the American public well,” the commission also said. Trump said Saturday that the football league complained in a letter to him about the debate schedule. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy acknowledged Saturday that the league would like at least one of the debates rescheduled but tweeted: "We did not send a letter to Mr Trump." The issue follows criticism that the Democratic National Committee intentionally scheduled primary debates on a Saturday, ...ادامه مطلب

(Reuters) Gretchen Lager's fondest childhood memories involved shooting bullets at tin cans and balloons along the Slippery Rock Creek in weste Pennsylvania - but one day in 1995, guns became a far more menacing presence in her life. Her brother-in-law killed his wife of 30 years - Lager's sister - with a deer hunting rifle. He then tued the gun on himself in a murder-suicide that orphaned their 15-year-old daughter. For years afterwards, Lager was stridently anti-gun. "I have been hating guns with everything I believe until lately," she said. But earlier this year, Lager recalled those more pleasant childhood memories, "and I thought, `there's something about guns that I really know and love. There's a mechanical beauty. There's something fun about it."' Lager, 64, who now lives in Hershey, purchased a .22-caliber pistol more than two months ago to rekindle her target shooting hobby and enrolled in a gun safety class at the Palmyra Sportsmen's Association. Still, she's far from the stereotype of a gun owner, decked out in camouflage and stockpiling weapons while waiting for the apocalypse. Lager hates the National Rifle Association - "I think they are opportunists" - believes in mandatory training for people purchasing guns, and would never want to use her firearm to hurt an animal, much less a person. Instead, she considers herself part of a "silent majority" between two political extremes on guns. Lebanon County residents are buying guns and obtaining permits to carry firearms with increasing frequency, according to data kept by the Pennsylvania State Police. Local gun stores said many of their first-time firearms owners are, like Lager, outside of the stereotypical gun-owning demographics: women, older couples, even 80-plus-year-old women and the disabled. Why people buy weapons Steve Wier holds one-on-one firearm safety courses for first-time gun buyers at Enck's Gun Ba in Myerstown, and always asks his students why they wanted the training. One man had agr, ...ادامه مطلب

  The Commission on Presidential Debates on Sunday issued another statement in an apparent effort to end criticism by Donald Trump’s campaign about two of the events being scheduled during televised NFL games -- and suggested Trump is fighting a losing battle. “It is impossible to avoid all sporting events, and there have been nights on which debates and games occurred in most election cycles,” the commission wrote. “A debate has never been rescheduled as a result.”   Two of the three debates scheduled in September and October will be televised during NFL games. On Sept. 26, the night of the first debate, ESPN will carry the Monday night game featuring the Falcons vs. the Saints. On Oct. 9, the second debate will air opposite the Sunday night game featuring the Giants vs. the Packers on NBC. The commission said officials started working on the debate scheduled more than 18 months ago to identify potential scheduling conflicts with religious and federal holidays, baseball league playoff games, NFL games and other events. “As a point of reference, in a four-year period, there are four general election debates … and approximately 1,000 NFL games." 2016 Election Headquarters The latest headlines on the 2016 elections from the biggest name in politics. See Latest Coverage → The commission said the final debate dates are picked a year in advance so TV networks have “maximum lead time and predictability in scheduling these extremely important civic education forums." “The CPD believes the dates for the 2016 debates will serve the American public well,” the commission also said. Trump said Saturday that the football league complained in a letter to him about the debate schedule. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy acknowledged Saturday that the league would like at least one of the debates rescheduled but tweeted: "We did not send a letter to Mr Trump." The issue follows criticism that the Democratic National Committee intentionally scheduled primary debates on a Saturday, ...ادامه مطلب

(Reuters) Gretchen Lager's fondest childhood memories involved shooting bullets at tin cans and balloons along the Slippery Rock Creek in weste Pennsylvania - but one day in 1995, guns became a far more menacing presence in her life. Her brother-in-law killed his wife of 30 years - Lager's sister - with a deer hunting rifle. He then tued the gun on himself in a murder-suicide that orphaned their 15-year-old daughter. For years afterwards, Lager was stridently anti-gun. "I have been hating guns with everything I believe until lately," she said. But earlier this year, Lager recalled those more pleasant childhood memories, "and I thought, `there's something about guns that I really know and love. There's a mechanical beauty. There's something fun about it."' Lager, 64, who now lives in Hershey, purchased a .22-caliber pistol more than two months ago to rekindle her target shooting hobby and enrolled in a gun safety class at the Palmyra Sportsmen's Association. Still, she's far from the stereotype of a gun owner, decked out in camouflage and stockpiling weapons while waiting for the apocalypse. Lager hates the National Rifle Association - "I think they are opportunists" - believes in mandatory training for people purchasing guns, and would never want to use her firearm to hurt an animal, much less a person. Instead, she considers herself part of a "silent majority" between two political extremes on guns. Lebanon County residents are buying guns and obtaining permits to carry firearms with increasing frequency, according to data kept by the Pennsylvania State Police. Local gun stores said many of their first-time firearms owners are, like Lager, outside of the stereotypical gun-owning demographics: women, older couples, even 80-plus-year-old women and the disabled. Why people buy weapons Steve Wier holds one-on-one firearm safety courses for first-time gun buyers at Enck's Gun Ba in Myerstown, and always asks his students why they wanted the training. One man had agr, ...ادامه مطلب