Evening Edition: What to expect at former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell’s sentencing

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ESPN will be available through a streaming service, no cable required In a move that could draw a mass exodus from cable, Dish Network’s Sling TV said it will soon launch a stand-alone streaming service that includes ESPN and other network channels without being tied to a paid TV service.  Read full article »

What to expect at former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell’s sentencing

A federal judge in Richmond will decide on Tuesday what punishment former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell deserves for trading the influence of his office to a smooth-talking businessman in exchange for sweetheart loans, lavish vacations and a variety of other loot.  Read full article »

Five myths about weather forecasting

1. Weather forecasters are usually wrong.“I’m just telling you — if I did my job the way they do theirs, I’d be here about a week,” New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick said in October. “Based on the forecasts we’ve gotten so far this year, none of them have been close to what game conditions were. There was 100 percent chance of rain last week, and the only water I saw was on the Gatorade table. . . . They’re almost always wrong.”  Read full article »

Archaeologists find possible site of Jesus’s trial in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM — It started 15 years ago with plans to expand the Tower of David Museum. But the story took a strange turn when archaeologists started peeling away layers under the floor in an old abandoned building adjacent to the museum in Jerusalem’s Old City.  Read full article »

The new Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male and 92 percent Christian

Trying to predict the gender and race of a member of Congress is like trying to predict who would win a basketball game between the 1996 Chicago Bulls and the 2015 New York Knicks. Which is to say: It is like trying to predict who would win in an arithmetic competition between you and a talking horse. Which is to say: It is like trying to guess how many jellybeans are in a glass jar that contains two jellybeans. Which is to say: It is easy.  Read full article »

Buckingham Palace issues another denial of Prince Andrew sex-ring allegations

Buckingham Palace doesn’t often comment on scandalous accusations against members of the royal family. But a new set of allegations against Prince Andrew — the second son of Queen Elizabeth — has prompted two separate denials from the typically reticent palace.  Read full article »

Remembering how fantastic Stuart Scott was in the old-school ‘SportsCenter’ commercials

Stuart Scott, the ESPN anchor who died Sunday of cancer, was probably going to be a star no matter what he did. But luckily for people who consume sports, he ended up on “SportsCenter” and along the way created some pretty classic ads for the show.  Read full article »