CHICAGO – Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner has been ruled out for Game 3 of the WNBA Finals against the Chicago Sky. Griner was hit in the right eye Sunday and underwent an outpatient procedure to correct a retinal issue. She has played a key role in helping Phoenix to …

(SportsNetwork.com) – Unbeaten over his last 13 starts, Clayton Kershaw will try to secure his 15th win of the season on Saturday night and even the Los Angeles Dodgers’ three-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers. Kershaw has won 11 times and pitched to a 1.16 earned run average since his …

Kansas City, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – Mike Moustakas snared a liner at third and Alex Gordon made a sensational diving catch down the left field line, but no one was able to get to Adam Jones’ roller up the middle. Danny Duffy lost a perfect game in the seventh inning and …

Since 1952—when New York ad man Rosser Reeves convinced GOP presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower to run television ads with a snappy jingle, “You like Ike, I like Ike, Everybody likes Ike”—campaigns have spent most of their budgets on TV and radio. But in the year ahead, smart campaigns will devote …

Luxury versus necessity. That’s the debate around every kitchen table these days, and it is reflected in Congress. American families need to cut back and stretch their budgets, and Congress needs to cut way back in order to regain some semblance of fiscal sanity. But while American families deal painfully …

When I came out yesterday morning, there were helicopters over my neighborhood. I couldn’t see them from the sidewalk. Buildings were blocking the view. But a few blocks south of me, two or three of them were definitely hovering up there. And it wasn’t the sound of puny news copters …

Getting kicked out of the top job at the International Monetary Fund turned out to be a brilliant business move for Dominique Strauss–Kahn. He still has to face trial for allegedly sexually abusing a powerless chambermaid at the Sofitel Hotel in Manhattan. But not to worry, the International Monetary Fund …

That was quite a mob takedown. “Meatball” and “Mush” and “Johnny Pizza” and “Jello” all got rousted. And don’t forget KSM and his crew. OK, that last part was a trick. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is in the news again because Attorney General Eric Holder can’t help himself. In Brooklyn to …

Keeping hard working men and women employed is a serious challenge today. Competition is vicious and it seems like every day there is a new regulation or proposed legislation that will make our investment even more risky. No private business person I know is very optimistic. The perception of our …

President Obama’s “Renewed Nationalism” speech on Tuesday sets important themes for his 2012 campaign, and offers him a chance to win back the vital center of American politics. His focus on fairness, income inequality and the plight of the middle class is his best chance to overcome what is, at …