Howell Raines, a former executive editor of the New York Times, is the author of “Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta — and Then Got Written Out of History.”
A new generation of Civil War scholars is filling in what one commentator calls the “skipped history” of White Southerners who fought for the Union Army. For me, the emerging revisionist account of the conflict is personal. Read More...
Explore More Barry Bonds is fed up with being excluded from the Hall of Fame.
The 22-year MLB legend has one of the best resumes of all time with accolades such as winning MVP seven times, becoming a 14-time All-Star, among others — but the one thing that has eluded Bonds for well over a decade is an election into the Hall of Fame.
“Yeah, does it bother you,” Bonds said on the “Hollywood Swingin;” podcast. Read More...
Gary Neville has claimed Trent Alexander-Arnold was lucky not to be shown a second yellow card during the opening stages of Liverpool’s game against Newcastle.
The English right-back received a yellow in the sixth minute of the match after he was shoved in the back by Anthony Gordon.
Displeased at the challenge, Alexander-Arnold threw the ball away receiving an immediate yellow card from the referee John Brooks.
Play continued, with the 24-year-old running up to the other end of the field to recover the ball from the Magpies, and clashing with the former Everton man once again, putting his arm across Gordon and thumping him to the ground. Read More...