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Gov. Greg Abbott filed an emergency petition Tuesday with the Texas Supreme Court to remove state Rep. Gene Wu from office after Wu and other Democrats left the state to delay Republican efforts to redraw congressional district lines. The lawsuit from Abbott, a Republican, argues that Wu, the Texas House Democratic Caucus chair, violated the state Constitution and that his …

So much for a kicking competition. The San Francisco 49ers announced that they’ve released five players, including kicker Greg Joseph: CB Tre Avery WR Isaiah Neyor QB Tanner Mordecai TE Mason Pline K Greg Joseph According to reporters on hand, Joseph had made one more kick than Jake Moody, but it’s valid to ask whether there was ever an actual …

Congressional midterms are an inevitable ordeal for sitting presidents. More often than not, the honeymoon glow of their election win is long gone, and voters arrive at the ballot box prepared to punish the incumbent party. As Republicans gear up for a grueling fight to hold onto their bicameral majority in Congress, President Donald Trump is already trying to rig …

The language Abbott’s office used appears to be fairly boilerplate. Paxton’s office, in an explanation of the common-law privacy exception on its website, mentions that “personal financial information” that doesn’t deal with government transactions “is generally highly intimate or embarrassing and must be withheld.” But Bill Aleshire, a Texas-based attorney specializing in public records law, was appalled that the governor …

ESPN analyst and former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy said on McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning he heard someone predict Nick Saban will return to coaching at some point. He cited a “very much in the know person” who thinks Saban would get back to the sidelines. McElroy brought up the idea during an interview on the show with Paul …

ATLANTA — SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said Monday that expansion of the College Football Playoff is not a done deal, and that the format could just remain at 12 if he and other commissioners, especially his Big Ten counterpart, cannot agree on an expanded format. At the moment, they do not. Sankey’s remarks came during a question-and-answer period on the …

Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, has had plenty of consoling words to offer following the tragic flash floods in the Hill Country that have killed more than 120 people, including 27 girls and counsellors at the stricken Camp Mystic. “Our hearts grieve for this community and surrounding areas,” he wrote on social media. “May God bring comfort to …