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Byline: Michael McCarthy By Michael McCarthy, Staff Writer Rasaaq Shittu (Haverford '23) shares the grief motivating the protests, petitions, and social media movements to overhaul America's racist institutions. Frustrated by [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy By Michael McCarthy, Staff Writer After learning of the financial pain the coronavirus pandemic would exact on Haverford faculty and staff, a group of concerned Haverford employees [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy By Michael McCarthy, Staff Writer Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges have announced that to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19, also known as the Coronavirus, the amount [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy By Michael McCarthy, Staff Editor The din of conversation at plenary went silent as members of the Alliance for Latin American Students took to the microphones. 'The [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy By Michael McCarthy, Staff Writer At the end of January 2020, Pope Francis appointed Nelson J. Perez, Bishop of Cleveland, to be the new Archbishop of the [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy By Michael McCarthy, Staff Writer Two hundred years after his birth, a reevaluation has begun concerning the most American of American poets, Walt Whitman, and it is [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy By Michael McCarthy, Staff Writer On October 15th, candidates for the Democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential election faced off in another debate, prompting a little bit [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy and Catherine Lin By Michael McCarthy and Catherine Lin Note: the ideas and opinions in these pieces do not necessarily reflect the stance of the editorial board [...]

Fleetwood Mac's ''Landslide'' served as the perfect soundtrack for Budweiser's heartwarming 2013 ad where a Clydesdale reunited with its former trainer. The composer John Williams' ''Imperial March'' from ''Star Wars'' [...]

Contrary to conventional wisdom, Super Bowl commercials featuring celebrities often fail to connect with viewers. They can be highly effective, however, when viewers see the celebrities as having an authentic [...]

For this year's Super Bowl, marketers want to have fun again. On the heels of last year's somber string of ads -- particularly a Nationwide Insurance commercial that featured a [...]

Like a polite guest at a dinner party, the advertising industry typically avoids bringing up religion. But there are some advertisers -- including Ram trucks and the smartphone accessories company [...]

Meet advertising's favorite new villains: the ultrarich. As resentment toward the extraordinarily wealthy swells in many parts of the country and as wealth inequality emerges as a topic of constant [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in overtime Monday after dramatically tying the score with 6.6 seconds left in regulation. Rangers defenseman [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in overtime Monday after a dramatic third-period comeback that saw them tie the score with 6.6 [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy Lanny Wadkins, the former lead golf analyst for CBS Sports, is returning to TV after a five-year absence on the Golf Channel. Wadkins, who won the 1977 [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY New York Knicks forward Amar'e Stoudemire says despite his self-inflicted hand injury there's a 'great chance' he'll return to action Sunday for Game 4 of [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy Just when Tiger Woods was putting the scandal that cost him his marriage in the rearview mirror and regaining his mojo on Madison Avenue, the golf superstar [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy The torn knee ligament that ended Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose's season Saturday dominated the airwaves over the weekend, with most TV analysts saying his absence dooms [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY The New York Rangers survived a first-round scare, beating the Ottawa Senators 2-1 Thursday night, and advanced to face the Washington Capitals in the second [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY The New York Rangers survived a first-round scare, beating the Ottawa Senators 2-1 Thursday night and advancing to face the Washington Capitals. Henrik Lundqvist made [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy They haven't played a game with their new teams, but already Peyton Manning has an edge on fellow quarterback Tim Tebow. Manning, who joined the Denver Broncos, [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy; Erick Smith; Steve Gardner Harmon talks Tiger Tiger Woods' former coach Butch Harmon has chimed in on Hank Haney's tell-all book, The Big Miss, in an interview [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy There's a reason the NFL is TV's biggest media property. The league will immediately grab viewers at kickoff of the 2012 regular season with game matchups that [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY It's a scene out of the hockey comedy Slap Shot. As New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist talks about the upcoming NHL playoffs in the [...]

Byline: Robert Klemkoand Michael McCarthy Nike's much-hyped introduction of New Age football uniforms generated the kind of buzz only the NFL can muster on an offseason Tuesday. The scrutiny continued [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy The NFL and Nike unveiled the next generation of lighter, sleeker uniforms for all 32 teams Tuesday at a football-themed fashion show. Don't look for any of [...]

Byline: Tom Weir,Nicole Auerbach, Michael McCarthy and Bob Kimball More Rodman woes Dennis Rodman's odyssey continued this week in California, where the attorney for his ex-wife claimed in court documents [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell slammed the New Orleans Saints with some of the harshest penalties in league history Wednesday. With the dust still settling, it's fair to [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks has gotten the headlines. Now he's starting to get the marketing cash as well. Lin announced an endorsement deal with [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY NHL superstar Sidney Crosby made his long-awaited return Thursday night, helping the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the rival New York Rangers 5-2 at Madison Square Garden. [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY The New York Knicks went on what guard J.R. Smith said was the roller-coaster ride of all Wednesday. When the day started, Mike D'Antoni was [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY The New York Knicks had been a feel-good story with the emergence of point guard Jeremy Lin. But Wednesday's sudden resignation of coach Mike D'Antoni [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy Peyton Manning is a free agent. Just like the LeBron James' recruitment tour in 2010, fans are begging the ex-Indianapolis Colts quarterback to come to their town. [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy Fans continue to buy up Jeremy Lin-themed New York Knicks merchandise and pay big money to watch him in person. But there's a dark side to 'Linsanity.' [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy; Robert Klemko Tide cleans up in new ad A Tide TV commercial that aired during Sunday's NASCAR coverage of the Subway Fresh Fit 500 on Fox seeks [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy Welcome back, Tiger Woods, the TV sports world missed you badly. That sound you hear is TV executives celebrating after Woods fired an electrifying 62 Sunday, including [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy; Tom Weir; Erick Smith Sports anchor suspended for Patrick comments Remember Ross Shimabuku, the San Diego sports anchor who made sexist remarks about NASCAR driver Danica Patrick [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy Another week, another TV sports anchor in hot water. Fox 5 San Diego's Ross Shimabuku has apologized for stopping just short of calling NASCAR driver Danica Patrick [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy They're not close to the short-shorts worn by the likes of Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Julius Erving. But the new Nike Hyper Elite basketball uniforms that [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy Is the New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin a national TV draw? The answer, as Marv Albert would say: 'Yes!' The Knicks vs. the defending champion Dallas Mavericks [...]

Byline: Tom Weir and Michael McCarthy The editor fired Sunday by ESPN for using a racially offensive headline for a story about Jeremy Lin contends he wasn't making a racist [...]

Byline: Tom Weir; Nate Davis; Michael McCarthy Coffee on the go in snow Starbucks has conquered new territory in its quest to make caffeine available in every corner of the [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthyForget being like Michael Jordan. A growing number of U.S. sports fans want to be like New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin.The emergent NBA star scored highly in [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy, USA TODAYAsian stereotyping has begun appearing in coverage of New York Knicks star guard Jeremy Lin, the NBA's first American-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent.CNBC's Darren [...]

Byline: Jeff Zillgitt and Michael McCarthyNBA Commissioner David Stern has taken note of the 'phenomenon,' as he terms it, that is New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin.'It's actually a phenomenon [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy; Gabe LacquesLin is ratings magnetJeremy Lin's latest sensational performance drew the highest TV rating of the season for the New York Knicks' MSG Network on Tuesday night.With [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthyThe Knicks are planning a Jeremy Lin TV viewing party in the heart of New York's Asian-American community: Chinatown.With the Knicks' MSG Network locked in a bitter carriage [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthyGrow up, Peter Pan. College basketball is great, especially during March Madness. But the NBA is a superior TV product in every way. That's just a fact.NBA players [...]

Byline: Michael McCarthy Bundchen rips receivers Gisele Bundchen was furious with husband Tom Brady's receivers for dropping passes, and her displeasure was caught on tape after the New England Patriots' [...]