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Walter Payton Man of the Year Winners
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2022 — Dak Prescott, Quarterback, Dallas Cowboys
2021 — Andrew Whitworth, Sort out, L.A. Rams
2020 — Russell Wilson, Quarterback, Seattle Seahawks
2019 — Calais Campbell, Defensive Finish, Jacksonville Jaguars
2018 — Chris Lengthy, Defensive Finish, Philadelphia Eagles
2017 — J.J. Watt, Defensive Finish, Houston Texans
2016 — Eli Manning, QB (NY Giants), and Larry Fitzgerald, WR (Arionza)
2015 — Anquan Boldin, Huge Receiver, San Francisco 49ers
2014 — Thomas Davis, Linebacker, Carolina Panthers
2013 — Charles Tillman, Defensive Again, Chicago Bears
2012 — Jason Witten, Tight Finish, Dallas Cowboys
2011 — Matt Birk, Middle, Baltimore Ravens
2010 — Madieu Williams, Security, Minnesota Vikings
2009 — Brian Waters, Guard, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
2008 — Kurt Warner, Quarterback, Arizona Cardinals
2007 — Jason Taylor, Defensive Finish, Miami Dolphins
2006 — Drew Brees, QB (N.O.) and LaDainian Tomlinson, RB (S.D.)
2005 — Peyton Manning, Quarterback, Indianapolis Colts
2004 — Warrick Dunn, Working Again, Atlanta Falcons
2003 — Will Shields, Guard, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
2002 — Troy Vincent, Defensive Again, Philadelphia Eagles
2001 — Jerome Bettis, Working Again, Pittsburgh Steelers
2000 — Derrick Brooks LB (Tampa) and Jim Flanigan DT (Chicago)
1999 — Cris Carter, Huge Receiver, Minnesota Vikings
1998 — Dan Marino, Quarterback, Miami Dolphins
1997 — Troy Aikman, Quarterback, Dallas Cowboys
1996 — Darrell Inexperienced, Cornerback, Washington Redskins
1995 — Boomer Esiason, Quarterback, New York Jets
1994 — Junior Seau, Linebacker, San Diego Chargers
1993 — Derrick Thomas, Linebacker, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
1992 — John Elway, Quarterback, Denver Broncos
1991 — Anthony Munoz, Sort out, Cincinnati Bengals
1990 — Mike Singletary, Linebacker, Chicago Bears
1989 — Warren Moon, Quarterback, Houston Oilers
1988 — Steve Largent, Huge Receiver, Seattle Seahawks
1987 — Dave Duerson, Security, Chicago Bears
1986 — Reggie Williams, Linebacker, Cincinnati Bengals
1985 — Dwight Stephenson, Middle, Miami Dolphins
1984 — Marty Lyons, Sort out, New York Jets
1983 — Rolf Benirschke, Kicker, San Diego Chargers
1982 — Joe Theismann, Quarterback, Washington Redskins
1981 — Lynn Swann, Huge Receiver, Pittsburgh Steelers
1980 — Harold Carmichael, Huge Receiver, Philadelphia Eagles
1979 — Joe Greene, Defensive Lineman, Pittsburgh Steelers
1978 — Roger Staubach, Quarterback, Dallas Cowboys
1977 — Walter Payton, Working Again, Chicago Bears
1976 — Franco Harris, Working Again, Pittsburgh Steelers
1975 — Ken Anderson, Quarterback, Cincinnati Bengals
1974 — George Blanda, Quarterback, Oakland Raiders
1973 — Len Dawson, Quarterback, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
1972 — Willie Lanier, Linebacker, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
1971 — John Hadl, Quarterback, San Diego Chargers
1970 — Johnny Unitas, Quarterback, Baltimore Colts
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GameStop is becoming a poorly run bank
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WikiLeaks’ Assange is free after pleading guilty in deal with Justice Department
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty Tuesday in connection with a deal with federal prosecutors to close a drawn-out legal saga related to the leaking of military secrets that raised divisive questions about press freedom, national security and the traditional bounds of journalism.
The plea to a single count of conspiring to obtain and disclose information related to the national defense was entered Wednesday morning in federal court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, an American territory in the Pacific.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, second from right, arrives at the United States courthouse where he is expected to enter a plea deal in Saipan, Mariana Islands, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) (AP )
Assange said that he believed that the Espionage Act under which he was charged contradicted his First Amendment rights but that he accepted that encouraging sources to provide classified information for publication can be unlawful.
“I believe the First Amendment and the Espionage Act are in contradiction with each other but I accept that it would be difficult to win such a case given all these circumstances,” he reportedly said in court.
Under the terms of the deal, Assange is permitted to return to his native Australia without spending any time in an American prison. He had been jailed in the United Kingdom for the last five years, while fighting extradition to the United States.
A conviction could have resulted in a lengthy prison sentence.
AUSTRALIAN LAWMAKERS SEND LETTER URGING BIDEN TO DROP CASE AGAINST JULIAN ASSANGE ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
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Screen grab taken from the X account of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange following his release from prison on Tuesday June 25, 2024. Assange has arrived in Saipan ahead of an expected guilty plea in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will set him free to return home to Australia. (@WikiLeaks, via AP)
WikiLeaks, the secret-spilling website that Assange founded in 2006, applauded the announcement of the deal, saying it was grateful for “all who stood by us, fought for us, and remained utterly committed in the fight for his freedom.”
Federal prosecutors said Assange conspired with Chelsea Manning, then a U.S. Army intelligence analyst, to steal diplomatic cables and military files published in 2010 by WikiLeaks. Prosecutors had accused Assange of damaging national security by publishing documents that harmed the U.S. and its allies and aided its adversaries.
Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison. President Barack Obama commuted the sentence in 2017 in the final days of his presidency.
Assange has been celebrated by free press advocates as a transparency crusader but heavily criticized by national security hawks who say he put lives at risk and operated far beyond the bounds of journalism.
SUPPORTERS OF JULIAN ASSANGE RALLY AT JUSTICE DEPT. ON 4-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF DETAINMENT
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Julian Assange seen boarding an airplane. (Getty Images)
Weeks after the 2010 document cache, Swedish prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for Assange for allegedly raping a woman and an allegation of molestation. The case was later dropped. Assange has always maintained his innocence.
In 2012, he took refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he claimed asylum on the grounds of political persecution, and spent the following seven years in self-exile there.
The Ecuadorian government in 2019 allowed the British police to arrest Assange and he remained in custody for the next five years while fighting extradition to the U.S.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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France elections: Germans prepare for seismic change in EU politics
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As France gears up for the shocking snap elections that French President Emmanuel Macron called during the EU elections, Germans are preparing for a seismic change in EU politics.
With the upcoming French elections just around the corner, Germany is bracing itself for the results, which are expected to swing to the right.
Climate, migration and gender equality policies are likely to be affected on a national level in France if far-right Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party wins. Yet, political scientist Prof Dr Miriam Hartlapp warned the effects could ripple across the European Union.
“Policymaking in Brussels will change because members of this right-wing populist party could sit in the Council of Ministers. This creates a different situation for countries like Germany and other European nations,” Hartlapp said.
“France is not a small member state, but a large and important one. We can expect that European climate policy, asylum and migration policy, and gender equality policy at the European level will then look different,” she added.
Hartlapp said the swing to the right has spread across Europe as the dissatisfaction with current governments is reflected in the political climate.
Germans are aware of the changes and this “causes concern,” Harlapp said, pointing at German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s recent interview where he said he hopes “that parties that are not [Marine] Le Pen, to put it that way, are successful in the election. But that is for the French people to decide.”
Hartlapp added that the EU can expect immigration-related cases to be brought to the European Court of Justice.
“Some points in the National Rally‘s program clearly contradict the fundamental rights of the European constitution. For example, immigrants in France not having the same rights as French citizens when it comes to housing and social benefits. This directly contradicts EU law,” she said.
Meanwhile, in Germany, individual politicians from the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) and extreme-right Die Heimat announced their plans to form factions in the eastern state of Brandenburg this week, after AfD outperformed all of the parties in the ruling coalition government during the EU elections.
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