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BALTIMORE -- Donald Trump was greeted with cheers on his arrival at the annual Army-Navy game, basking in one of the nations most storied football rivalries as he prepares to enter the White House.The future commander in chief, protected by panes of bulletproof glass, waved to the crowd Saturday and pumped his fist as he arrived during the first quarter of the 117th game between the military academies at West Point and Annapolis. The game, on a sunny but chilly day, was being held on relatively neutral ground, at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.Trump, in an interview with CBS Sports announcers Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson, said he was totally neutral on the outcome of the game and quipped that he might make Lundquist, who was retiring from the play-by-play booth, his ambassador to Sweden.I just love the armed forces, love the folks. The spirit is so incredible. I mean, I dont know if its necessarily the best football, but its very good. But boy do they have spirit, Trump said. Navy had won 14 straight contests in the rivalry, but Armys underdog Black Knights prevailed, 21-17, in a fourth quarter comeback that came weeks after Trumps stunning victory over Hillary Clinton.Trump spent the first half of the game in the box of David Urban, a West Point graduate and top adviser in battleground Pennsylvania, and the second half in the box of retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North, a graduate of Annapolis. During the Ronald Reagan administration, North was the National Security Council aide most directly involved in covertly selling arms to Iran and providing military assistance to the Contras, a group seeking to overthrow Nicaraguas left-leaning government.Taking a break from his deliberations for his Cabinet, Trump was joined at the game by several top advisers, including incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, senior adviser Steve Bannon, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Gen. Mike Flynn, Trumps choice for National Security Adviser. Former Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson was also spotted inside the box.Trump did not formally switch sides at halftime in the traditional symbol of commander in chief neutrality -- which President Barack Obama did most recently during the 2011 game -- because Trump is not the sitting president. The incoming president is a 1964 graduate of the New York Military Academy, a private prep school near West Point.Trumps appearance at the football game capped off a week of rolling out Cabinet picks, holding thank you rallies in North Carolina, Iowa and Michigan, and trying to cement his incoming Senate majority with Saturdays runoff election in Louisiana.---Follow Ken Thomas on Twitter at https://twitter.com/KThomasDC. Air Force 1 Off-White Outlet . On Saturday night, the normally free throw-challenged centre did just that. 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First off, the fans ripped the Cubbies introduction of a fuzzy new kid-friendly mascot named "Clark". SAN DIEGO -- Joey Bosas holdout turned ugly Wednesday when the San Diego Chargers pulled their contract offer to the first-round draft pick and said theyll restructure a new deal that would reflect him playing less than a full season.Bosa has missed all of training camp as his agents and the team wrangle over how much of his $17 million signing bonus hell get up front, as well as offset language in the case he gets cut.The Chargers were counting on the former Ohio State star to help bolster their pass rush and bring some excitement to a season that could be pivotal to their future in San Diego.Its not clear whether Bosa, the No. 3 pick overall, is willing to sit out the season. Also unclear is how the situation could affect the Chargers push for $1.1 billion in a public subsidy for a new downtown stadium, which could be their last chance at remaining in San Diego.At the very least, the team is willing to continue to play hardball with Bosa.The Chargers said in a statement that they gave Bosas agents their best offer on Tuesday night, and it was rejected Wednesday.The offer that we extended was for Joey to contribute during all 16 games and beyond, the team said. Joeys ability to contribute for an entire rookie season has now been jeopardized by the valuable time he has missed with his coaches and his teammates. Since Joey will not report at this time, his ability to produce not just early in the season, but throughout the entire season, has been negatively impacted.Bosa is the only first-rounder who has not signed with his team.San Diego said it offered an initial signing bonus payment larger than any draftee received in the past two drafts, and more money in 2016 than any draftee except Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz.One of Bosas agents, Brian Ayrault said in a statement that it was unfortunate the San Diego Chargers have decided to manipulate facts and negotiate in the media. The team surely is not strengthening its relationship with Joey Bosa by taking this stance and making their position public.He added that the Chargers can focus on trying to sway public opinion, but our focus will remain on our client and securing a contract for him that is fair and consistent with his draft position.Asked twice via text if Bosa was prepared to sit out the entire season, Ayrault didnt answer.One of Bosas agents at CAA Sports, Tom Condon, has sparred plenty with the Chargers over the years. He represented Eli Manning, whose family didnt want the Chargers to take him with the No.dddddddddddd1 pick overall in 2004. San Diego took him anyway, and then traded him to the New York Giants for Philip Rivers. Condon also represented Drew Brees, LaDainian Tomlinson and Marty Schottenheimer, all of whom had unhappy departures from the team.The rhetoric accelerated earlier this month when Cheryl Bosa, Joeys mother, posted a remark toward the Chargers on Facebook. In a reply to someone frustrated by the impasse, she wrote: It bums me out for him so much. Wish we pulled an Eli Manning on draft day.Bosas father, John, is a former first-round draft pick of the Miami Dolphins.The Chargers statement on Bosa came just 30 minutes after they released an economic study that shows a combined downtown stadium and an off-site expansion to the citys convention center will result in a significant positive impact on San Diegos convention and hotel industry. The Chargers will ask voters on Nov. 8 to approve a 4 percent increase in the hotel tax to help pay for the $1.8 billion project.Three other studies have been released showing that the benefits of the project wont match its cost.The Chargers already face an uphill fight. The measure must receive two-thirds of the vote to pass, a number considered impossible to obtain in San Diego.The team has recently started attacking City Councilman Chris Cate, who said that while he wants the Chargers to stay, hes opposed to the downtown stadium plan. Mayor Kevin Faulconer has remained silent on the Chargers downtown plans. Faulconer wanted the Chargers to build a new stadium at the site of aging Qualcomm Stadium in Mission Valley.The Chargers spent most of 2015 working with the rival Oakland Raiders on a plan to build a stadium in Carson, a Los Angeles suburb. NFL owners rejected that plan in January, choosing instead a plan that allowed the Rams to move to Los Angeles and build a stadium in Inglewood set to open in 2019.The league gave the Chargers the right to join the Rams in that stadium. The Chargers have until Jan. 15 to decide on relocation.Also Wednesday, the Chargers said defensive end Damion Square has been suspended four games without pay for violating the NFLs substance abuse policy.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '