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‘You don’t see four-peats.’ Inside USC beach volleyball coach Dain Blanton’s dominance

Before he built a beach volleyball dynasty, Dain Blanton had decided in the summer of 2018 to put coaching on the back burner. USC coach Dain Blanton is surrounded by players celebrating winning the Trojans’ fourth straight beach volleyball national title. “There’s no ceiling on USC beach volleyball,” says Nicole Nourse, a captain on the 2024 team. “Then, later, the …

Former Architect of the Capitol Brett Blanton saw money withheld from his final paycheck in order to pay back the federal government for U.S. taxpayer money that was "misused," according to Sen. Chuck Grassley. Grassley shared a letter from Acting Architect of the Capitol Chere Rexroat that said about $12,500 was withheld from Blanton's final paycheck because he refused to …

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Between all the balloon headlines and the discourse about Rihanna’s Super Bowl performance last week, you might easily have missed that President Biden fired the head of a federal agency—the Architect of the Capitol, Brett Blanton—over some pretty wild alleged misdeeds. That includes the House and Senate congressional office buildings, Library of Congress, U.S. Supreme Court building, and more—all told, …

Running back Malcolm Brown, who shows his straight-arm with the Rams in 2020, is back with the team. A day after signing edge rusher Takkarist McKinley, the Rams signed tight end Kendall Blanton and defensive back Shaun Jolly to the roster and veteran running back Malcolm Brown to the practice squad. The Rams signed McKinley off the Tennessee Titans practice …

Rams waive tight end Kendall Blanton and lose rookie lineman Logan Bruss to injury

Tight end Kendall Blanton was productive in the postseason, but the Rams waived him Saturday. Shortly after the Rams announced that tight end Kendall Blanton was among five players put on waivers, coach Sean McVay said rookie offensive lineman Logan Bruss would be sidelined until 2023 because of a knee injury suffered during a preseason loss to the Houston Texans …

Chris Stirewalt, seated, is flanked by polling chief Dana Blanton and analyst Arnon Mishkin in the Fox News newsroom in New York in August 2019. In my career as a political analyst and, until my firing last week, an election forecaster on the decision desk at Fox News, I have always been with Brooks. The lie that Trump won the …

Munir McClain, the suspended receiver at the center of a federal probe over pandemic unemployment benefits, and his brother, linebacker Abdul-Malik McClain, are leaving USC and will enter the NCAA transfer portal. Michael Blanton, USC’s vice president of ethics and professionalism, later told his mother, Shan McClain, that Munir’s name came up in conjunction with a complaint alleging unemployment fraud …

USC wide receiver Munir McClain was on his way to an early morning workout Sept. 18 when he was told that coach Clay Helton needed to speak with him in his office. Two days earlier, Michael Blanton, USC’s vice president of professionalism and ethics, had called McClain to question what he knew about unemployment benefits from California’s Employment Development Department. …

The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program was meant to help those unable to work because of the novel coronavirus, so Munir McClain assumed that he would qualify. On Sept. 16, Michael Blanton, USC’s vice president of ethics and professionalism, called McClain to ask what he knew about unemployment benefits from the Employment Development Department, according to his mother Shan. A representative …