Columbus, Miami and CFP National Championship
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Lots of watch parties in town are focusing on the hometown Hurricanes. Sports, bars, strip clubs, high-end clubs, even a movie theater chain are touting special drink deals and rows of big-screen TVs to watch the University of Miami play the Indiana Hoosiers on Monday night.
“Christopher Columbus is still alive.” So writes Matthew Restall in his biography of the weaver’s son from Genoa who became one of the most famous people of all history and, we might say, the greatest impeller of Christianity after Jesus Christ himself.
At Christopher Columbus High School, loyalties will be split when Miami and Indiana meet for the national championship Monday night — a rare moment when one South Florida campus can cheer for both sides.
'Columbus sailed the ocean blue' and right into a tangled legacy. Replicas of the Santa Maria, Nina and Pinta floating in the ocean off coast during tour to celebrate 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage to the New World, May 6, 1992.
TRENTON, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Christopher Columbus statues have been taken down in two New Jersey cities. The statue Christopher Columbus is no longer standing in the city of Trenton amid criticism over the explorer's controversial legacy. The city took ...
Earlier this year I visited Huelva, Spain, which is very close to the border with Portugal. It is where Christopher Columbus launched the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria on his journey to America. There is a waterfront exhibition with life-size replicas of the ...
In 1492, when Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean in search of a fast route to East Asia and the southwest Pacific, he landed in a place that was unknown to him. There he found treasures – extraordinary trees, birds and gold. But there was ...
Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday he wants the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission to designate two Christopher Columbus statues. He deserves thanks for agreeing to take a long-overdue step to preserve the explorer’s central place in American history ...
James Sisto argues that removing Columbus statues and renaming Columbus Day disrespects Italian Americans in Columbus, Ohio. He criticizes local leaders for replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day, pitting one group's history against another's.
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