Football team the Los Angeles Rams and premium custom menswear company Knot
Standard have teamed up to create a selection of custom, formal apparel for
players, coaches and staff to wear on gameday and at Rams events.

Each suit option will feature stitching patterns used in the new Rams
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Throughout the 2020 NFL season, several Rams players will design their own
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the Rams hosted the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football. A video
feature of Akers’ suit design and fitting process was released on the Rams
social channels on Wednesday, September 23.

“We have genuinely enjoyed our work with the Rams players and staff,” said
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Additionally, fans will have the opportunity to bid on a Knot Standard
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bidding for Akers’ suit on September 25 at therams.com/auctions. Knot
Standard and the Rams, working with St. Joseph Center, will use the net
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“We are excited to have Knot Standard provide our players, coaches and
staff with customized formal apparel that’s innovative and distinctive,”
said Jason Griffiths, Rams vice president of partnership sales, in a
statement. “This unique partnership will not only ensure that our players
and coaches are arriving in style, but also will have an impact beyond the
field with support of deserving individuals who are trying to get back on
their feet and into the workforce.”

The Rams are the first NFL team to partner with the New York-based custom
menswear company.

photo: courtesy of Knot Standard

After completing nine races in the radically revamped 2020 season, Formula 1 is finally taking to the air again with its first flyaway race since the aborted Australian GP in March.

Following a rare weekend off in a packed programme, drivers are heading to Sochi Autodrom for the next race on the calendar.

“We head to the Russian Grand Prix next for the first flyaway of the season,” McLaren’s Lando Norris commented in the team’s preview of the upcoming event.

“The schedule is looking a bit more ‘normal’ for the next few races after three triple-headers,” he added. “Having time to recharge after nine races in 11 weeks was needed but I’m ready to go again

• Norris: Sensitivity of McLaren’s car ‘making life difficult’

It’s been a good start to the season for the team which is currently in third place in the constructors championship behind Mercedes and Red Bull.

And Norris himself is in fourth place in the drivers standings, albeit just two points ahead of Red Bull’s Alex Albon.

“We know we’ve got our work cut out for us with the midfield competition being so close,” Norris acknowledged. “But hopefully we can hit the ground running right from FP1 on Friday.

“Following on from Mugello, it’ll be great to have fans back in the grandstands again in Russia to cheer us on,” he added. “We want to put on the best show we can for them.”

McLaren production director Piers Thynne admitted that this weekend’s race had thrown up new headaches for the team because of its long distance nature.

“The first flyaway of the season brings its own set of different challenges in comparison to the previous triple-headers due to freight and logistically challenging timelines,” he said.

The team had also had to put in extra hours to make up for the loss of spare parts at Mugello where Carlos Sainz was involved in a big accident early in the race.

“It was unfortunate that Carlos was involved in a crash at the Tuscan Grand Prix, but I’m glad nobody was harmed,” said Thynne.

“From a production standpoint, we lost significant parts over the weekend at Mugello which need backfilling and preparing ahead of the flyaway to Sochi.

“The entire factory in all areas and on all shifts are continuing to rise to the challenge to work as one unified team to push parts and developments out to the team at track, to ensure we have every opportunity to consolidate and improve.

“We still have to focus on the task at hand and continue to work hard,” he added. “The balance of resources between car upgrades, spare parts and next year’s car continues to be an exciting challenge in this compact season.

“We’ll be deploying some new updates in future races with the aim to improve the car.”

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Republican Debbie Lesko is projected to win Arizona’s nationally watched special election, fending off a strong challenge from Democrats who have been overperforming in deep-red seats.

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Lesko, a former state senator, defeated Democrat Hiral Tipirneni, a former emergency room doctor and first-time candidate, on Tuesday night in a solidly Republican district that President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE won by 21 points in 2016.

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The Associated Press called the race minutes after the first batch of votes came in, which were all early ballots. Lesko leads with 53 percent, compared to Tipirneni who’s at 47 percent. Those results are likely to change as in-person Election Day ballots are counted.

But even with the early call by the AP, Lesko won by a closer-than-expected margin, significantly underperforming compared to past Republicans in the district. Democrats and political observers were quick to suggest those early results should be a warning for Republicans in November as they navigate much tougher House races.

Tuesday’s special election was triggered by the resignation of GOP Rep. Trent FranksHarold (Trent) Trent FranksArizona New Members 2019 Cook shifts 8 House races toward Dems Freedom Caucus members see openings in leadership MORE, who stepped down in December after allegedly asking a staffer to act as a surrogate mother. Lesko will serve out the remainder of Franks’s term.

It’s possible that there can be another Lesko-Tipirneni match-up in the fall, since both are planning to run for a full two-year term.

“All I can say is wow, this is really something. This is really quite overwhelming,” Lesko said during her election night speech. “Twenty-five years ago, I left an abusive husband and I sure as heck never would have dreamed in a million years that I would be running for Congress and be a congresswoman.”

During her own speech late Tuesday night, Tipirneni told supporters that she’s not conceding and will wait for the rest of the results to come in on Wednesday.

“Something is happening here. What it comes down to is we knew our community and our district and our neighborhoods a hell of a lot better than the pundits did,” the Arizona Democrat said.

“Whatever happens, we know the fight is not over, it’s kind of just beginning,” she added. “Stay with us — win or lose, we’re taking this to November.”

Republicans were expected to hang on to the GOP stronghold, but national groups took a more cautious approach after a major Democratic upset in a special election in Pennsylvania last month.

GOP groups collectively spent more than $1 million to boost Lesko and curb Democrats’ voter enthusiasm. Meanwhile, Democratic groups largely stayed on the sidelines, though Tipirneni outraised Lesko overall.

Following the results, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Steve StiversSteven (Steve) Ernst StiversGOP lawmakers say Steve King’s loss could help them in November Longtime GOP Rep. Steve King defeated in Iowa primary Five things to watch in Tuesday’s primaries MORE touted the committee’s early spending in the race. The NRCC had spent six-figures to boost Lesko.

“Debbie is a strong conservative whose values truly reflect those of the voters in Arizona’s Eighth District,” Stivers, who represents Ohio in the House, said in a statement. “The NRCC was proud to support her and our targeted and early investments proved to be a difference maker in the race.”

Democrats have had a recent string of special election victories in GOP strongholds — most recently in Pennsylvania. While Trump similarly carried that district by 20 points, Arizona’s 8th District was a much tougher landscape for Democrats to compete in — it’s overwhelmingly white, it has a large contingent of retirees and Republicans have a major voter registration edge.

Early voting numbers reflected a much older electorate and a GOP advantage, but polling in the final weeks of the race was all over the map. Polls showed the race anywhere from a statistical dead heat to Lesko ahead by 10 points.

Lesko was a state legislator for more than a decade, establishing relationships in the district particularly in the expansive retirement community Sun City. She played up her support for Trump and his agenda. And, like in other special elections, the president got involved by recording a robo-call and tweeting his support for Lesko hours before the polls closed on Tuesday.

Lesko sought to paint Tipirneni as too liberal for the district, pointing to the Democrat’s support for a public health-care option and opposition to the GOP’s tax overhaul.

But Tipirneni and her campaign pushed back on that characterization, insteading highlighting that she wanted a pragmatic approach to gun control and immigration as well as protections for Social Security and Medicare.

Despite their loss, Democrats are expected to capitalize on the closer-than-usual margin in Trump country as a sign that the party can compete in a large swath of competitive seats to take back the House. Democrats need to flip 23 seats to regain the majority.

“The GOP barely hung onto a seat in a region they’ve represented for 35 years,” Bradley Beychok, president of Democratic group American Bridge, wrote in an election night memo. “That spells disaster for them in November.”

Updated at 12:40 a.m.

Ohio’s current attorney general and his immediate predecessor will face off for the right to succeed the state’s term-limited governor, in what is likely to be one of the most hotly contested gubernatorial races in the nation this year. Attorney General Mike DeWine beat out Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor to claim the Republican nomination in Tuesday’s primaries.  Former Ohio Attorney General Richard CordrayRichard Adams CordrayPoll: Biden, Trump neck and neck in Ohio On The Money: Trump officials struggle to get relief loans out the door | Dow soars more than 1600 points | Kudlow says officials ‘looking at’ offering coronavirus bonds Ex-CFPB director urges agency to ‘act immediately’ to help consumers during pandemic MORE — until last year the director of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — outlasted a surprisingly strong comeback attempt by former Rep. Dennis Kucinich to take the Democratic nod. Both DeWine and Cordray were favored by party leaders. But both primaries involved contentious debates over the future of both the Republican and Democratic parties that could create internal schisms ahead of November. On the GOP side, DeWine and Taylor both sought to paint themselves as the most conservative possible candidate in the race. That meant distancing themselves from the incumbent governor, John Kasich, who has become a frequent critic of President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE. Taylor, elected on a ticket with Kasich, went so far as to pledge to pull out of what one of her advertisements called “John Kasich’s ObamaCare expansion.” DeWine tweeted the hashtag #LockHerUp about his opponent, before apologizing. On the Democratic side, Cordray found himself on the defensive over positive ratings he received from the National Rifle Association in past races. Kucinich attacked Cordray’s pro-gun positions — though media reports that Kucinich accepted $20,000 from a group backing Syrian President Bashar Assad and his past as a Fox News contributor seemed to squelch his momentum.  Democrats should face an uphill fight in a state that has trended toward Republicans in recent years. President Trump won Ohio by 8 percentage points in 2016, and Democrats have only held the governorship for four of the past 28 years. But Cordray may have the wind at his back as the political landscape tilts toward the left. Ohio’s last Democratic governor, Ted Strickland, won his single term in office in 2006, another banner year for Democrats when the party reclaimed control of Congress. Both national parties have said they will make Ohio a priority in November’s elections. The Republican Governors Association began reserving television airtime three months ago, while the Democratic Governors Association began reserving their airtime in March.  Click Here: New Zealand rugby store

Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE’s former campaign chairman on Thursday excoriated former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyGOP votes to give Graham broad subpoena power in Obama-era probe This week: Democrats introduce sweeping police reform package Graham postpones Russia probe subpoena vote as tensions boil over MORE, saying there is “good evidence” that his actions in the final days of the 2016 presidential race “blew the election” for Democrats.

“I’m not going to defend Jim Comey. I criticized him from the day he dropped a letter to [lawmakers] … right before the election,” John Podesta said during an interview on The Hill’s new morning TV show, “Rising.”

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“He refused to take the advice of senior people in the Justice Department, so I’m not going to defend him,” Podesta told co-host Krystal Ball just hours before the release of a Justice Department inspector general report.

Observers expect that report to be critical of Comey’s leadership of the FBI, including his decision to announce the FBI was renewing its investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of State just days before the presidential election.

Podesta said it is possible Comey cost Clinton the election, but that he did not believe President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE fired the FBI chief in the midst of the Justice Department’s investigation into Russian meddling in the election just because he hurt his former Democratic rival.

“On the other hand, do you think there is anyone in America, whether they watch Fox News, MSNBC or watch The Hill.com, who believes Donald Trump fired Jim Comey because he was unfair to Hillary Clinton and kind of blew the election for us, which there is good evidence he did,” he said.

You can watch the full interview with Podesta at http://hill.tv/rising.

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