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Kelly Ayotte stated on October 24, 2013 in a town hall meeting in Hudson, N.H.:

The deficit this year could pay "all of the 2013 salaries of every professional baseball player for the next 248 years."

By Kaitlin Mulhere• November 18, 2013

Yvette McGee Brown stated on June 22, 2010 in speech on urban issues:

"The first professional baseball team was from an Ohio city."

By Aaron Marshall• July 30, 2010

Americans United for Change stated on October 12, 2009 in a television advertisement:

"Baseball and insurance are the only industries exempt from antitrust laws."

By Louis Jacobson• October 13, 2009

Robin Vos stated on March 09, 2023 in Podcast:

“When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So, if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away."

By D.L. Davis• May 12, 2023

Atlanta Braves stated on December 13, 2010 in a history on team website:

The Atlanta Braves are "the oldest continuously operating professional sports franchise in America."

By Eric Stirgus• December 14, 2010

Facebook posts stated on September 05, 2022 in a video on Facebook:

Joe Biden called Pope Francis the “famous African American baseball player in America."

By Andy Nguyen• September 13, 2022

George Will stated on June 06, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week:

The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside."

By Louis Jacobson• June 12, 2010

Snapple stated on April 05, 2018 in a bottle cap:

"There are only 18 minutes of total action in an average baseball game."

By Louis Jacobson• April 6, 2018

Scott Walker stated on November 19, 2013 in a new book:

"We are experiencing the worst economic recovery America has ever had."

By James B. Nelson• December 11, 2013

Mitt Romney stated on June 16, 2011 in an appearance at a Tampa coffee shop:

"This is the slowest job recovery since Hoover."

By Louis Jacobson• June 16, 2011

Dave Grohl stated on February 12, 2023 in a Super Bowl ad:

Canada is to thank for American football.

By Samantha Putterman• February 13, 2023

Drew Brees stated on June 12, 2016 in as quoted in an interview with Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman:

"Do you know what the second sport with the most concussions is? Women’s soccer… And the third most dangerous sport? Cheerleading."

By W. Gardner Selby• July 15, 2016

Adam Hasner stated on May 23, 2011 in a tweet:

"Obama-Nelson economic record: Job creation ... at slowest post-recession rate since Great Depression."

By Amy Sherman• May 30, 2011

Sherrod Brown stated on August 04, 2011 in an appearance on MSNBC:

"Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies."

By Tom Feran• August 29, 2011

Donald Trump stated on September 09, 2019 in a rally in Fayetteville, N.C.:

China has "had now the worst year in 57 years."

By Bill McCarthy• September 10, 2019

Jon Erpenbach stated on February 23, 2015 in a Facebook post:

"In general, it appears" Wisconsin’s right to work bill would "likely apply to" the Green Bay Packers players and their union.

By Tom Kertscher• February 27, 2015

Eugene Yu stated on December 09, 2013 in a website:

Says "Harry Reid has a better voting attendance record than these three Congressmen!"

By Eric Stirgus• December 17, 2013

Jeffrey Loria stated on February 24, 2013 in an ad:

The majority of public funding for the Marlins stadium "came from hotel taxes, the burden of which is incurred by tourists who are visiting our city, NOT the resident taxpayers."

By Amy Sherman• March 5, 2013

Viral image stated on June 02, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Tim Tebow says he is wearing #85 to honor his former friend/teammate and fellow TE Aaron Hernandez, who passed away in 2017.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 8, 2021

Evan Longoria stated on May 19, 2011 in comments to reporters.:

Says his barehanded catch posted on YouTube is real.

By Aaron Sharockman• May 24, 2011

In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to baseball player Satchel Paige

By Tom Kertscher• November 12, 2021

Is Ayotte's hot-stove league analogy correct?

By Louis Jacobson• November 19, 2013

A short history of the national anthem, protests and the NFL

By Louis Jacobson• September 25, 2017

Debbie Wasserman Schultz vs. Jeb Bush on immigration

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Molly Moorhead• March 11, 2013

Photo of Covington students in black paint at a basketball game goes viral. Here's what we know

By Samantha Putterman• January 25, 2019

Donald Trump called the NFL's kickoff rule ‘sissy football.’ 3 data points shed light on the change

By Madison Czopek• September 22, 2025

Amid anthem protests, checking if 'NFL family' is diverse

By Tom Kertscher• September 28, 2017

How close is today's economy to the Great Depression?

By Louis Jacobson• June 17, 2011

Ask PolitiFact: Is Hakeem Jeffries right about the GOP’s stance on book-banning?

By Louis Jacobson• March 30, 2023

Facebook post on target about Obama's spending

By Louis Jacobson• May 23, 2012

What Joe Biden, Stacey Abrams and Georgia senators said about a MLB boycott

By Amy Sherman• April 21, 2021

Will the Eagles, Steelers players wear masks during games? They don’t have to

By Jessica Calefati• November 25, 2020

Fact-checking the claims about (un)employment

By Martha M. Hamilton• July 8, 2011

Does the U.S. women’s soccer team bring in more revenue but get paid less than the men?

By Sophie Austin, Louis Jacobson• July 11, 2019

Highlights from the week in fact-checking, PunditFact edition

By Aaron Sharockman• April 4, 2014

Top 10 PolitiFact checks of claims by, and about, Barack Obama as he hies to Texas

By W. Gardner Selby• May 8, 2013

Fact-checks about FIFA and the World Cup

By Katie Sanders• June 20, 2014

Health insurance hijinks!

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 13, 2009

Pondering the perfect game of 1956