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The COVID-19 pandemic forced people around the world to instantly change the way they lived their lives: how they bought groceries, how they traveled, and if and how they worked. Elected officials on the local and national level responded with financial resources, rent and utility assistance programs, emergency housing for those experiencing homelessness, and initiatives that gave residents staying closer to home more use of their streets. Neighbors got to work as well: They organized mutual aid groups, helped one another book vaccination appointments, and offered helping hands. The past 14 months have by no
The new approach from United has a direct link to the first goal the team scored this year, which this piece from Kelyn Soong makes note of. We’re probably not going to see a bunch of long-range rockets pan out, but just having defenders up as far as Brendan Hines-Ike means teams are going to be dealing with an awful lot when United gets into the attack.
And now, some blessed United history:
There’s so much context that needs to be added. but as a Jersey boy who felt disrespected, there was never a doubt you’d get some @FootyRustling.
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Jason Wright loves football. American football, obviously. But he loves the game much of the rest of the world calls football, as well. His 7-year-old son plays soccer, his 10-year-old daughter is a Manchester United supporter (“She likes
Paul Pogba,” Wright explains), and he had D.C. United season tickets prior to the pandemic. He’s also a self-described “huge Liverpool fan.”
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An announced sold-out crowd of 4,801 fans watched the Nationals long awaited home opener. Credit: Kelyn Soong
The time for being surprised by what
Juan Soto can do on the baseball field is over. When the Washington Nationals’ long-awaited, COVID-19 outbreak-delayed opening day game is tied at the bottom of the ninth inning, don’t be surprised that it’s Soto, the 22-year-old MVP frontrunner, who hits the walk-off RBI single to send the Nationals home with a 6-5 win over the Atlanta Braves. His teammates aren’t. This is what Soto does now.
The only real surprise was that Tuesday night marked Soto’s first walk-off hit in the major leagues.