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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
X posts stated on November 01, 2022 in viral tweet:
Thunderous crowd at Philadelphia Phillies game “literally registering on the Penn State University Brandywine seismograph station.”
By Michael Majchrowicz• November 3, 2022
Stuart Sternberg stated on June 21, 2010 in a press statement:
The Tampa Bay Rays' "prices have been judged the most affordable in all of professional sports."
By Aaron Sharockman• June 24, 2010
Michael Untermeyer stated on May 10, 2017 in a campaign ad.:
"Michael Untermeyer has been a Democrat for more than 40 years."
By Anna Orso• May 12, 2017
Social Media stated on February 18, 2025 in X, formerly Twitter:
The Chicago Cubs owner is bankrolling Brad Schimel.
By Madeline Heim• February 25, 2025
ESPN stated on September 27, 2015 in in an article:
Alabama’s Crimson Tide will be the underdog in Saturday’s game against the Georgia Bulldogs, the first time in 72 consecutive games that Alabama has not been favored by oddsmakers to win.
By Nancy Badertscher• October 1, 2015
Jeffrey Brown stated on February 21, 2017 in a Philly.com article:
ShopRite will lose about 300 employees "voluntarily and through layoffs" due to the beverage tax.
By Jordan Gunselman• March 13, 2017
Jim Moran stated on November 22, 2014 in a Facebook post:
Only 20 colleges and universities "have athletic departments with revenue exceeding expenses."
By Nancy Madsen• December 22, 2014
Viral image stated on February 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows an elephant carrying a lion cub to a pool of water so it wouldn’t die.
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 20, 2020
Charles Van Zant stated on February 29, 2016 in a House Finance and Tax committee meeting:
"For every time the state gets paid a dollar in taxes (on gambling), somebody loses $6."
By Joshua Gillin• March 4, 2016
David Cicilline stated on August 28, 2012 in a debate on WPRI.com:
"When President Obama took office, we were losing 700,000 jobs a month. Now we've had job growth, I think, for 24 consecutive months."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 30, 2012
The Other 98% stated on March 31, 2016 in a Facebook image:
"Last year (the U.S. women’s soccer team) generated $20 million more than the men’s team and were paid almost four times less."
By Lauren Carroll• April 6, 2016
Chris Christie stated on April 29, 2011 in a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education:
"When the union says I want to eliminate tenure, that’s not true."
By Erin O'Neill• June 21, 2011
Kathleen Falk stated on December 06, 2011 in an opinion column:
Since Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker took office, "we are losing jobs at rates not seen in decades."  
By Tom Kertscher• December 14, 2011
Diane Black stated on June 01, 2012 in a press release.:
 The United States has experienced "40 straight months of unemployment at 8 percent or higher."
By Michael Collins• June 11, 2012
Keith Stokes stated on August 07, 2010 in an interview on WJAR-TV:
"One of the things we found very clearly and consistently is that [video gaming] is a growth industry."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 25, 2010
Jim Moran stated on November 22, 2014 in a Facebook post.:
Graduation rates of players at major football colleges "are still twenty points below their male campus peers and worsened in the past three years."
By Nancy Madsen• December 30, 2014
Scott Walker stated on September 24, 2013 in a news release:
"Wisconsin ranks No. 2 in economic growth", according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
By James B. Nelson• November 1, 2013
George Will stated on November 10, 2013 in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday":
Says 18 states and the District of Columbia have voted Democratic in six consecutive presidential elections.  
By Jon Greenberg• November 10, 2013
Bill Belichick stated on January 24, 2015 in a news conference:
Atmospheric conditions could push a football’s pressure "down approximately one-and-a-half pounds per square inch."
By Jon Greenberg• January 29, 2015

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