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The White House announced in a statement Wednesday that President Donald Trump has picked California businesswoman and former Los Angeles Dodgers President and CEO Jamie McCourt to become the next U.S. ambassador to France and Monaco. "Jamie McCourt, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the French Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Principality of Monaco," the statement said. Continue to Article

August 03, 2017 2:30:am EST

Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber shared some expansion team news in his pre-All Star Game news conference on Wednesday. Garber said David Beckham’s Miami project had made strong moves toward a summer announcement, and that the group has a new majority owner in Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly. If you’re scratching your head and saying, “Didn’t MLS already announce that Miami would get an expansion team?“, well, time is a flat circle. Continue to Article

August 02, 2017 10:19:pm EST

Trump is responding on Twitter to an article posted Tuesday on the website golf.com. The story recounts a scene in which Trump was chatting with some club members at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey. Trump denies he made the remark. Continue to Article

August 02, 2017 9:59:pm EST

Yu Darvish suited up for his first game as a member of the Dodgers Wednesday when the team visited Atlanta to play the Braves, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have jitters about being the new guy. Darvish was traded to Los Angeles from the Rangers before the MLB trade deadline Monday in return for three prospects. Continue to Article

August 02, 2017 9:05:pm EST

Yu Darvish is eager to avoid making a bad first impression with his new Dodgers teammates. Darvish, traded from Texas to Los Angeles for three prospects on Monday, joined the Dodgers on Wednesday. The four-time All-Star right-hander threw a bullpen session before Wednesday night's game against Atlanta and settled into his new clubhouse. Speaking through a translator, the Japanese pitcher said he doesn't want to arrive at midseason, "do whatever you want to do and you're a bad teammate." Added Darvish: "I don't want to be that guy." Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, currently on the DL with a lower back strain, chatted with Darvish at last month's All-Star game. The conversation including a prediction Continue to Article

August 02, 2017 7:38:pm EST