Outside the Beltway

A long way off, but there are some important pre-trial matters to resolve between now and then.

Blue feelings matter.

A skilled comedian and unlikely leading man has passed away at the age of 83.

Despite being much more conveniently located for viewers in the United States, viewership for the just-concluded Olympics were the lowest they’ve been in sixteen years.

The creator of some of the most popular television programming of the 1970s has passed away at the age of 81.

New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady has abandoned his option to appeal the ‘Deflategate’ ruling to the Supreme Court and will serve his four game suspension beginning in September.

Tom Brady and the N.F.L. Player’s Association suffered another legal setback in their appeal of the ‘Deflategate’ suspension.

In the biggest NBA free agent move since LeBron James left and returned to Cleveland, Kevin Durant is joining the Golden State Warriors.

An N.F.L. defensive legend has passed away at the age of 82.

One of the greatest coaches of all time has passed.

The cartoonist and student of human psychology is fascinated by the con artist who would be president.

The Greatest Of All Time.

Concerns about the Zika Virus are leading some doctors to call for the 2016 Summer Olympics to be moved or postponed.

A Pennsylvania Judge ruled today that there was sufficient evidence against Bill Cosby to allow the sexual assault charges against him to proceed to trial.

Deflategate isn’t over yet and, depending on what happens in the Courts, could still be unresolved at the end of the N.F.L. season that begins in September.

A new poll indicates that the argument that the name “Redskins” is disparaging is not an accurate statement of how Native Americans themselves feel about the issue.

A journalistic legend has passed away just days after his retirement was officially announced.

A Federal Appeals Court has reinstated the four game suspension imposed on Tom Brady over the so-called ‘Deflategate’ scandal.

A music legend has passed at far too young an age.

A country music legend has passed.

A group of New England Patriots fans are providing us with the latest example of stupid lawsuits that don’t belong in Court at all.

All of next season’s Thursday Night N.F.L. games will be streamed live for free via Twitter.

The producer behind a group of music legends has passed away at the age of 90.

If reports today are accurate, one of the great N.F.L. careers will come to an end this week.

The reclusive author of one of the greatest American novels ever written has died at the age of 89.

What would Jed Bartlet do?

A Pennsylvania Judge has refused to dismiss sexual assault charges against Bill Cosby based on an alleged 2005 Immunity Agreement.

Another late football great has been diagnosed with a brain disease directly connected to the game they played.

Another icon of popular music has passed away.

“Tom, can you get me off the hook? For old times’ sake?”

“Can’t do it, Sally.”

Is this really ‘infuriating’ news?

Glenn Frey, bandleader of the Eagles, has died.

An agreement purportedly made ten years ago by a former prosecutor could mean the end of the criminal charges against Bill Cosby.

David Bowie has passed away at the age of 69 after a long battle with cancer.

Alabama has won more games at the Cowboys’ home field this year than the Cowboys.

After nearly two years of decades old stories leaking out, entertainment legend Bill Cosby has been charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2005.

The people who believe there is a ‘War On Christmas” tend to be the same ones who hold to the largely false idea that their religious beliefs are under assault due to a “culture war.”

A ruling in an unrelated case raises serious doubts about the law used to revoke the Washington Redskins trademarks because they are allegedly ‘disparaging.’