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Author: Luke Lockhart

Trump’s Words May Bury Him Before His Sexual Misconduct Does

27 October 2017
Luke Lockhart
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An alleged victim of Donald Trump’s sexual misconduct has built a strong case in a lawsuit against him, but it’s not for sexual assault. Summer Zervos has claimed the president sexually assaulted her multiple times in the past. Since then, she has sued Trump not for those actions, but for…

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Sports Profile: A Royal Farewell

20 October 2017
Luke Lockhart
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All good things must come to an end. As regular season baseball came to a close, in early October, the Kansas City Royals suffered a painful 14-2 loss against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Despite the loss, Kansas City fans were witnessing one of the most enjoyable but bittersweet moments for their…

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What’s up with Roger Goodell’s contract negotiations?

29 September 2017
Luke Lockhart
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There’s an oft-used strategy in the entertainment industry to generate excitement even before a product is revealed to the public: keeping them guessing. Whether it’s George R. R. Martin being cryptic about his next Game of Thrones book or Lucasfilm making fans think that Finn was going to be the next Jedi,…

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Sports Profile: The Hunt Dynasty has kept the Chiefs in Kansas City

22 September 2017
Luke Lockhart
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Last Sunday, two football teams played in a big city. One was off of a huge win the previous week, drawing in crowds of thousands. The other had previously filled their stadium, nearly selling out. The story would seem a bit inspirational—albeit a bit boring—if I didn’t include three crucial…

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Forget Mars: Let’s Go To Venus

15 September 2017
Luke Lockhart
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 Since the end of the Apollo missions that put men on the moon, the people of the United States have had their eyes on what seems like the next logical step: Mars, the Red Planet. Several proposals have been put forward—none of them, obviously, seeing implementation as of yet—and still…

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Is it time to redefine “American” sports leagues?

28 April 2017
Luke Lockhart
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The United States is a country of immigrants, and it’s a pattern well-represented in our sports leagues: many baseball players are Latin American, many football players are from the Pacific or Africa, many soccer players are from Europe. The pattern has continued recently as we have seen an influx of basketball players from…

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In the deaths of Ventura and Fernandez is a prominent issue that isn’t going away

21 April 2017
Luke Lockhart
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This past year, the world of baseball tragically lost two young, promising and admired players: Yordano Ventura and José Fernández. Fans made tributes in the wake of their passing, remembering the players’ character, grit or fire shown on and off the field. Both were memorialized during their teams’ respective home opening…

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State of the Hill: Would Sean Spicer Have Opened the Berlin Wall

14 April 2017
Luke Lockhart
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Not too long ago, there was another governmental entity that seemed to live in its own realm of truth denial and dizzying success: the Soviet Union. From calling its bloody and famine-inducing destruction of its farm economy an effort “dizzy with success” to 2+2=5, the communist collective dished out “alternative facts” before it…

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Trump’s salary donation is a publicity stunt

7 April 2017
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There’s a zinger in the Biblical book of Matthew that goes, “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?” While I doubt Jesus was addressing a slow-starting American president a couple of millennia later, the rhetorical hyperbole is unfolding right before our eyes in…

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