WATCH: Thousands of DC area students celebrate College Signing Day 2024 The "College Signing Day 2024” was held at a packed Capital One Arena with DC-CAP Chairman Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals, Wizards and Mystics, and Mayor Muriel Bowser in attendance. 04/30/2024 - 12:37 am | View Link
Monumental Sports CEO Ted Leonsis on keeping the Wizards, Capitals in DC As the Capitals return home, down 0-2 in the first round of the 2024 NHL Playoffs, FOX 5's Josh Rosenthal chats with team owner Ted Leonsis about his decision to keep the franchise in D.C. 04/26/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Monumental sports owner Ted Leonsis talks Washington Capitals game, Mystics move to Capital One Arena WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — It was a year full of surprises for Monumental sports owner Ted Leonsis. Ahead of game three of the Washington Capitals first round Stanley Cup Playoffs series vs. 04/26/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
7News asks Caps owner Ted Leonsis about Caps playoffs and future renovations Friday marks the first home playoff game at Capital One Arena since the saga involving Leonsis' desire to move the Capitals & Wizards across the river to Va. 04/26/2024 - 10:20 am | View Link
Ted Leonsis makes wonderful promises. Ask D.C. what they’re worth. The billionaire said “hold me accountable,” and then he slinked out the side door. Just like he’s leaving the downtown building he said he wanted to stay in for at least another 15 years. 12/13/2023 - 11:30 pm | View Link
Wizards, Capitals owner Ted Leonsis plans to move teams from D.C. to ... By David Aldridge and Josh Robbins. Dec 13, 2023. 470. ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals principal owner Ted Leonsis announced plans Wednesday to move his NBA and NHL ... 05/3/2024 - 3:13 pm | View Link
About Ted Leonsis is founder, chairman, principal partner and chief executive officer of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns and operates the NHL’s 2018 Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals, the 2019 WNBA Champion Washington Mystics, the NBA’s Washington Wizards, the NBA G League’s Capital City Go-Go and the NBA 2K League’s ... 05/1/2024 - 9:13 pm | View Link
Ted Leonsis: The Many Sides of A Successful Greek-American Billionaire Ted Leonsis: The Many Sides of A Successful Greek-American Billionaire. By Joanna Varikos. November 4, 2013. In an exclusive interview with Greek Reporter, Ted Leonsis talks sports, success, filmmaking, and helping Greece , admitting, “Me, personally, I’ll do anything to be helpful and to help Greek people.”. 05/1/2024 - 3:01 pm | View Link
Ted Leonsis is staying in D.C., but his legacy remains in flux Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and Ted Leonsis, the CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment and owner of the teams, finally made nice and agreed to keep the teams stationed inside Capital One Arena... 04/28/2024 - 11:19 pm | View Link
Ted Leonsis Ted Leonsis. Ted Leonsis is founder, chairman, managing partner, and chief executive officer of Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE). In that role, Mr. Leonsis is the principal owner of the NHL’s 2018 Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals, the NBA’s Washington Wizards, the 2019 WNBA Champion Washington Mystics, the 2021 & 2020 NBA 2K ... 04/28/2024 - 4:02 pm | View Link
Young America's Foundation, the American version of Hitler's Youth, and the college Republicans at the University of Wisconsin in Madison had collaborated to throw a wild shindig at the Library Mall in Madison. The invitation that they were sharing was something to behold:
They promised there would be American flags, free t-shirts, popsicles, Toby Keith and Freedom!
Well, isn't that interesting?
By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune
April 29, 2024
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The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 1:30 p.m.: A proposed Constitutional amendment to remove defunct language banning same-sex marriage will go to voters this November after a referred measure passed the Colorado House on Saturday.
The proposed amendment would remove a ban approved by voters in 2006.
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremonies.
No arrests were reported and the protest — comprised of about 50 people, many wearing traditional Arabic kaffiyeh along with their graduation caps — didn’t seriously interrupt the nearly two-hour event at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, which was attended by tens of thousands of people.
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One protest banner read: “No universities left in Gaza.”
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Kate Middleton’s life changed significantly when she married Prince William in 2011, having met while studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Now Princess of Wales and next in line to be Queen, Kate married into a generationally wealthy family whose working members get official expenses covered by proceeds from their vast land holdings, and she and her husband have only gotten wealthier during their marriage.
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Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Gen.