Franklin Raines&#39;s Lost Gamble
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Fannie Mae&#39;s chairman and CEO bet that his political prowess could protect him from an accounting scandal. He was wrong. Franklin D. Raines, long known for his steady hand and deep Washington connections, staked
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As the Mets fritter away their once-commanding grip on first place in the National League East, some wonder if the teamâs experience is just one of those New York collapses.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Former Montreal Expos great Tim Raines has landed a coaching job with the Chicago White Sox. The once-prolific base-stealer has signed on to be Chiago&#39;s first-base and base-running coach.
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Winky Wright toiled for years in boxing&#39;s minor leagues, patiently waiting for his big chance. Even when he won a piece of the 154-pound title, not many in the sport paid much attention.
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Will he stay or will he go? Franklin Raines still has his job as chief executive of Fannie Mae (nyse: FNM - news - people ), but an executive shakeup was on the agenda when the mortgage giant&#39;s board met Sunday.
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In a game of whose starting pitcher was worse, the Red Sox finally won something â-arely. Because both Boston&#39;s Bronson Arroyo and the Yankees&#39; Kevin Brown were awful last night
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The box score says John Smoltz and Brad Lidge did not figure in this Game 2 thriller. Typical of the &quot;win-at-all-costs&quot; mind-set that the Astros and Braves carried into
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The vaunted political and financial  skills of Fannie Mae Chief Executive Franklin Raines may not be  enough to save him professionally after a scathing regulatory  report last week detailed pervasive accounting lapses at the  mortgage finance company.
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Fannie Mae Chief Executive Franklin Raines&#39; struggle for his job and reputation after regulators found extensive accounting problems at his company is an unexpected
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Even if Tim Raines had not been among the greatest base runners in baseball history, he would still be comfortably qualified for the Hall of Fame, which will announce its new members on Tuesday.
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Malcolm Glazer&#39;s take-over bid for Manchester United may have misfired, and on Saturday so did the team. Indeed, it is tempting to wonder whether, in advancing years, Sir Alex Ferguson has lost the plot.
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The Cardinals had been waiting for someone to step up and deliver the finishing blow, to squash the Dodgers&#39; upset dreams and return them to St.
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Of all the ICC Champions Trophies, this year&#39;s at England was the worst in terms of timing. The weather was cold and with rain interrupting the flow of the game, it didn&#39;t make for the excitement that a one-day game has.
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If he is, however, he will be Bill Bavasi&#39;s wrong guy. That perception alone is the key to why Hargrove could indeed become the right guy to take Seattle back to baseball prominence, maybe pre-eminence.
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North Carolina would be foolish to let Erskine Bowles disappear into private life. He has far too much to offer the state. Though he would have made a fine US senator, maybe it&#39;s just as well that Mr.
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If you hadn&#39;t been following the NFL lately and tuned into yesterday&#39;s Monday night game, you may have thought you had stepped into a time warp.
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Fannie Mae Chief Executive Franklin Raines' struggle for his job and reputation after regulators found extensive accounting problems at his company is an unexpected twist in a career that had seemed likely to vault him into a prominent role in national politics.