At his best, a farsighted Bush promoted the nation’s long-term interests. At his worst, he condoned intolerance. Consider “family values.” It’s a legitimate issue, because government can’t easily correct the adverse social consequences of family breakdown. But Bush’s re-election campaign turned “family values” into a thinly veiled assault on homosexuals and mothers with jobs outside the home. What shaped his presidency-and ultimately doomed it-was a patrician’s concept of leadership. To Bush, leadership is exercised among leaders, foreign and domestic....

MORE: Top 10 Cinderella runs in World Cup history The conversation went something like this: Barker, who moved from England to North Carolina in high school, knew I grew up in Pittsburgh and said — I remember this — “It’s sort of like if the Pirates were a Double-A team.” Me: I might’ve Barker: Leicester. Me: Oh. Nope. GOAL.com: Leicester’s title greatest underdog story of all time At the time, the Pirates were still abysmal; they’d lost 105 games in 2010....

The Fighting Irish now sit at No. 6, while No. 4 Cincinnati faces No. 21 Houston hoping to win the American Athletic Conference and solidify its position in the playoff committee’s eyes while Notre Dame waits and watches from home. That’s far from a guaranteed win for the Bearcats, however. So, can Notre Dame still make the CFP? Sporting News takes a look. Can Notre Dame make the CFP with a Cincinnati loss?...

Butler first broke the foot in practice Dec. 28, four days before he was to start against Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl. MORE: SN Preseason Top 25 | 5 things about the Irish “It’s tough,” Kelly said (via NDInsider.com). “He had a great semester academically. We really see him trending in the right way. And then to have an injury like that was very disappointing for him. And we’re disappointed for him....

In a letter sent to the students, faculty and staff at the college, the University of Notre Dame said: “During self-quarantine this week, University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, CSC, learned that a colleague with whom he has been in regular contact tested positive for COVID-19. Fr Jenkins was tested and found to be positive for COVID-19 too.” “As a result, he is entering an extended period of isolation as indicated by University medical personnel and county health officials,” the email read....

Freshman receiver Justin Brent was spotted making the most of his bye week time on Wednesday at the Knicks game. Oh did we mention he was with a porn star? MORE: Celebs who are diehard sports fans | 99 hottest athlete WAGs Yes, well-known adult film star Lisa Ann — she of 737K+ Twitter followers — shared a few photos with Brent on her Instagram page. Lisa Ann checks in at 42 years old....

Seven Notre Dame players have won the Heisman, but in a testament to the school's history of prolific playmakers, two of them don't make this top-10 list. 1. George Gipp, HB “Win one for the Gipper.” It's perhaps the hallmark one-liner in Notre Dame's legend. Everyone knows Gipp died of a streptococcic throat infection during his senior season in 1920; a scene future U.S. President Ronald Reagan later portrayed in "Knute Rockne, All-American....

Not that Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen accommodated. But except for an early flourish in his final match, Nieminen was no match for the world’s best player. Djokovic won 6-4, 6-2, 6-3, at least working up a good sweat on a day the temperature touched the mid-90s. His next match will come against Australia’s Bernard Tomic. MORE: Wimbledon in images | American champions | Kings, queens of grass In other matches, American Steve Johnson lost 7-6 (8) 6-2 7-6 (2) in a tussle against 2014 semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria; and Canada’s Milos Raonic defeated Tommy Haas....

The Serbian tennis player is in limbo as it remains to be seen whether U.S. health authorities will allow him into California for the event. The jab is required for any non-U.S. citizen wishing to enter the country. Djokovic is now waiting on a decision from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC. “Novak Djokovic is on the tournament entry list, and therefore is placed into the draw today,” the BNP Paribas Open tweeted on March 8....

Novavax revealed in a press release last week that its vaccine prevented nine out of 10 cases of COVID-19 in its clinical trial of 15,000 volunteers in the U.K. The vaccine was also effective against B.1.1.7, the highly infectious strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, that has been heavily circulating in the U.K. However, the Novavax vaccine had much lower effectiveness against the South African strain, B.1.351. In a study of 4,400 participants in South Africa, the vaccine was only 49% effective....

The United States and Europe have high hopes. Abbas is the first Palestinian leader in 34 years to seriously encroach on Arafat’s power. He’s been sharply critical of the violence Palestinians have perpetrated in the last 31 months. And his soft demeanor couldn’t contrast more with Arafat’s theatrics. Here, finally, is someone Israel and Washington can deal with. But many Palestinians still wonder whether Arafat, who remains president of the Palestinian Authority and chairman of the PLO, will once again outmaneuver his enemies and rivals....

Pikmin: The brainchild of master game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Pikmin is a quirky and addictive title that should charm the Nikes off gamers of all ages. You play a tiny spaceman who crash-lands on a world where even the smallest flower towers over your head. In order to repair your spaceship and get back home, you must collect a slew of even tinier creatures–known as Pikmin–whom you can then employ to search for your ship’s missing parts....

That’s the question now before the overlords of the game-the club owners and their chief executive, Commissioner Fay Vincent. Ever since Nintendo officials last month offered to buy a majority interest in the Seattle Mariners, baseball’s bosses have balked. It’s not hard to see why. Baseball has historically been a racially insensitive, snobby, status quo institution. It still is, the efforts of good men like Vincent notwithstanding. So hostility to the Japanese would be just more of the same....

The NRA now boasts more than 5 million dues-paying members, and its controversial leader, Wayne LaPierre, continues to raise funds by selling himself as an aggressive guardian of the Second Amendment right to bear arms. LaPierre has positioned the NRA as the opposition to Democratic administrations. In 2016, he spent more than $30 million to support Donald Trump’s campaign, according to data from the Federal Election Commission. After mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, Trump initially pledged to take action on extensive background checks for gun purchases but dropped the promise after a phone call with the NRA....

“This allegation is untrue. Tucker Carlson has never been an intelligence target of the agency and the NSA has never had any plans to try and take his program off the air,” the NSA said in a statement released via Twitter on Tuesday evening. “NSA has a foreign intelligence mission,” its statement continued. “We target foreign powers to generate insights on foreign activities that could harm the United States. With limited exceptions (e....

During a game against the Pacers, the Nuggets rookie drives to the basket and delivers a grown-man slam. Then the camera cuts to his mom and she’s mouthing that she missed it. Sure she can catch the replay, but it’s not the same. MORE: Shaq doesn’t know where the Warriors play | NBA unveils Christmas jerseys | The Lopez twins can’t trash talk Harris’ mom can breathe easy knowing there will be plenty more chances to catch her son dunking on someone....

MORE: Scoreboard | SN Midseason Awards | Top BCS moments | The 14 undefeated teams The home team has won each of the past five games, and Florida State hasn’t won at Clemson since 2001. Both teams are making their case for a BCS championship run. Star quarterbacks Tajh Boyd and Jameis Winston are making a case for the Heisman Trophy. If this one is anything like the last two meetings — the Tigers won 35-30 in 2011 and the Seminoles returned the favor 49-37 in 2012 — it’s going be entertaining finding out....