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NFL and Chargers interested in team possibly moving to London

#NFL #London #Chargers #LosAngeles After years of regular success with its games in London, the NFL might be considering taking its overseas relationship with the city one step further. Interest is picking up with the league, the Los Angeles Chargers and the rest of the NFL’s owners in possible move by the team to London, according to a report from The Athletic’s Vincent Bonsignore: The Athletic has learned through NFL sources that the possibility of the Chargers moving to London has been broached among league personnel. The Athletic also has learned that, while the team is fully committed to Los Angeles where it will move into the new $4.5 billion stadium with the Rams next year, the Chargers would at least listen if the NFL approached them about about London as a possible option. Finally, The Athletic has learned that NFL owners are concerned enough about the Chargers’ situation in L.A., where a crowded sports market and the presence of the more established Rams has resul...

Who is Boris Johnson, the man poised to be the next British leader?

#BorisJohnson  #UnitedKingdom #TheresaMay #Brexit #London LONDON — Boris Johnson is one of the most divisive political figures in the United Kingdom. He is also favorite among bookmakers and pollsters to become the next leader of the Conservative Party — and therefore the next prime minister — after Theresa May announced Friday that she would be stepping down June 7. But who is this mop-haired eccentric, viewed by many as an inspiring political entertainer and by others as a dangerous populist? May leaves a Conservative Party in open revolt. Johnson, a celebrity lawmaker who spearheaded the Brexit vote, is hoping to win over the rebels, finally, make Brexit happen and be the leader to put the party back together. But he's far from a consensus candidate. Thirty-two percent of people have a positive opinion about him, according to the pollster YouGov, the highest of any politician in the country. But far more, 46 percent, hold a negative view. "He has a polarizin...