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Grassley, 88, has held his Senate seat since 1981 and is one of the oldest elected members of the legislative body. Franken is a retired Navy vice admiral and former Defense Department official. The Democrat previously ran unsuccessfully for his party’s nomination to run against GOP Senator Joni Ernst in 2020. He won the June primary this year, however, with just over 55 percent of the vote. In a conservative leaning state that went for former President Donald Trump in 2016 and in 2020, with two Republican senators and a GOP governor, Franken has a difficult race ahead....

The premiere of Greenberg’s new solo show will likely be delayed for months because of construction delays at ESPN’s expensive new South Street Seaport studio in Manhattan, sources tell Sporting News, and it might not premiere until spring 2018. ESPN declined to comment for this story. During its upfront presentation to advertisers in May, ESPN announced Greenberg’s show would debut Jan. 1, 2018 (7 a.m to 10 a.m. ET)....

The announcement is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET in Los Angeles. MORE: Maria Sharapova through the years; must-see images Agent Max Eisenbud declined to specify details about the nature of the announcement to the AP. However, reports circulated on Sunday that Sharapova, 28, might retire. Sharapova pulled out of next week’s Indian Wells event because of a forearm injury. She has not played in 2016 since losing in the Australian Open quarterfinals to Serena Williams....

Mariachi, which can refer either to the music or the musicians themselves, is typically characterized by a small group of musicians dressed in traditional clothing playing Mexican songs on mostly stringed instruments. The Google Doodle video features a mariachi serenade of “Cielito Lindo,” which roughly translates from Spanish as “lovely sweet one” and is a symbol of Mexican pride and community. The mariachi band in the Google Doodle sing the following lyrics: “De la Sierra Morena/cielito lindo, vienen bajando/Un par de ojitos negros/cielito lindo, de contrabando....

Current and former Marines rebuked Marine Commandant General David H. Berger and Sergeant Major Troy E. Black, the top enlisted Marine, for the lack of inclusion and for a failure of leadership. The backlash comes as the U.S. Marine Corps continues to wrestle with its internal culture in the wake of the Marines United scandal less than three years ago—when a male Marines-only Facebook group shared nude photos and obscene comments about women service members—and amid continuing battles over whether women should be allowed to serve in ground combat units which have historically been all-male....

Victor Sanchez suffered a double skull fracture and brain hematoma after he was struck by a watercraft last Friday, MLB.com reported. The 20-year-old right-hander is improving — reduced swelling and movement in his legs — according to his agent. Sanchez remains unconscious and is breathing with the aid of a ventilator. Sanchez, the second-youngest player in the Southern League, was 7-6 with a 4.19 ERA last season in Double-A.

The feud between the two congresswomen, normally allies, was sparked by Greene’s support for Representative Kevin McCarthy in his bid for House speaker, which Boebert has disagreed with. “I’ve been aligned with Marjorie and accused of believing a lot of the things she believes in,” Boebert said Monday at a Turning Point USA conference when asked about Greene’s support for McCarthy. “I don’t believe in this just like I don’t believe in Jewish space lasers....

Greene hosted a live video to discuss her banishment, reading from printed-off sheets of her tweets from early this year that repeatedly violated Twitter’s COVID misinformation policies. The last tweet Greene posted before being suspended included a graph that presented false statistics about deaths related to COVID vaccines. She told her 525,700 followers during the video that “free speech is dead. And I know that sounds like something interesting to say, especially the very day that I get my personal Twitter account back....

Greene, who was supposed to headline the event, said she received “incredibly disturbing and infuriating” information from the organizers. She said the organizers were informed there would be a counter-protest by Black Lives Matter and Antifa and the company that manages the location of the rally would not provide security fencing to ensure the safety of the two groups. “I will not be used as a tool by the left or the right or the media or anyone or blamed for violence caused by radical domestic terrorists BLM/Antifa in a CLEAR SETUP,” Greene said in a statement....

Greene thanked former President Donald Trump for being “right all along about this virus and about the origins” before laying into Fauci during an interview on former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s War Room: Pandemic podcast. Although the origins of SARS-CoV-2 remain unclear amid ongoing investigations, Greene baselessly claimed that Fauci had taken part in a criminal effort to intentionally create the virus the causes COVID-19. “Dr. Anthony Fauci needs to get a lawyer,” Greene said....

Greene, a known QAnon supporter and vocal proponent of Donald Trump, was recently elected to represent Georgia’s 14th congressional district in the U.S. House. Her claims about the 2017 Las Vegas shooting began to circulate alongside a wave of older videos and messages shared to social media, in which Greene promoted false conspiracies surrounding the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Both are among the deadliest mass shootings in United States history, resulting in more than 75 fatalities between them, with the Las Vegas shooting being the deadliest....

Greene was accused on Monday of being a “Nazi” by Twitter users commenting on her defense of Christian nationalism while speaking on Saturday at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida. The Georgia Republican later shared a clip of her speech alongside the comment, “Nationalist isn’t a bad word” because it “means you care about your country.” “I am being attacked by the godless left because I said I’m a proud Christian Nationalist,” Greene said in a statement sent to Newsweek, which was also shared on Twitter....

Greene, who was recently appointed to serve on the powerful House of Representatives’ Oversight Committee, shared the video entitled “How to steal an election” on Saturday morning. In just over a minute, a narrator alleges a vast conspiracy to steal the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump involving the media, “Big Tech,” the Democratic Party and others, with a particular focus on President Joe Biden. Former President Trump and his allies have long made unfounded claims that the election was “stolen” from him through mass voter fraud and other irregularities, but these claims have been consistently rejected by election officials from both parties and by the courts....

“The fascist NBA won’t let Kyrie Irving play for refusing a vaccine,” Greene wrote on Twitter. “But yet they still let Magic Johnson play with HIV.” Earlier this week, Irving was prevented from playing with the Nets for refusing a COVID vaccine, which is required under New York City’s mandate to fully participate in the regular season. “When the dictator Biden tells companies to fire your unvaccinated employees, yeah, the employee vax rate goes up to nearly 100 percent....

The recently elected Republican congresswoman from Georgia shared the video Saturday while visiting D.C. for a new House member orientation, and said that during her visit she’s been unable to complete her daily workout inside of a gym. “I work out everyday in a CrossFit gym that is open. With people. Gyms are small businesses that have been devastated by the government mandated shut downs,” she wrote. “In DC, NOTHING is open bc of Democrat tyrannical control....

Greene, a Georgia Republican, took aim at her colleague from Colorado on Monday after Boebert mocked her while discussing Boebert’s opposition to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become House speaker. Greene has endorsed McCarthy despite a number of other hard-right Republicans strongly opposing his candidacy. Boebert said she had been wrongly “accused” of having the same beliefs as Greene during an interview with conservative commentator Charlie Kirk on Monday....

Crimea, a region Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, could become a major site of combat during the next phase of the Russia-Ukraine war, which entered its 11th month last week, military experts have warned. Russia’s military has struggled to achieve substantial goals in recent months, allowing Ukraine to retake vast amounts of occupied territory, as Russian President Vladimir Putin faced pressure to turn the tide of the war in Moscow’s favor....

The 33-year-old was discharged from the medical center on Sunday afternoon with “no major injuries.” However, his return to play is unknown at this point. In the second period, Borowiecki collided behind the Flyers net with Morgan Frost, hitting the ice and appearing motionless for a few minutes. The training staff eventually was able to lift him onto a stretcher and get him off the ice. MORE: What is the Kraken’s new mascot?...

Reporters Tim Cato and Sam Amick released a report painting a less-than positive light on the Mavericks front office; the report indicates that star player Luka Doncic has issues with the team, specifically with executive Bob Voulgaris and the seeming inability to build a championship-contending team around him. The Mavericks owner responded to the report on Twitter later in the day. “Total bulls—,” Cuban’s tweet reads. MORE: How long is Kyrie Irving out in Nets-Bucks series?...

Cuban would have you believe he was completely unaware of this abhorrent behavior, particularly by former team president Terdema Ussery, who has been accused by multiple women of inappropriate workplace conduct (which he denied), and Mavs.com writer Earl Sneed, who was reportedly involved in multiple domestic violence incidents but remained employed until this week when the Mavericks fired him upon being asked for comment on Sneed’s history. “I was involved in basketball operations, but other than getting the financials and reports, I was not involved in the day to day [of the business side] at all,” Cuban told SI....