Finding no peace there either, Stoke chairman Albert Booth told Matthews he would not be allowed to leave the club, and 3, 000 City supporters organized a meeting to make their feelings known – they too demanded that he stay.

However, in February Matthews was returning from a knee injury when manager McGrory told him he was not in the first eleven for the game against Arsenal ; the press reported this as a bust-up.

Smith told Matthews " there are no shackles here .. express yourself ... play your own game and whatever you do on the pitch, do it in the knowledge that you have my full support.

In Maximum RocknRoll, issue No. 237 ( February 2003 ), Matthews explains how he came up with the name of the band: " When I was at school studying biology, we were told that in the fetal stage the clitoris is a rudimentary penis.

Four days later, on April 18, 2008, Matthews told Bill Maher that he has " made a commitment to covering politics in a liberal way, starting in 1987, and is honoring that commitment, not getting involved in it.

On January 7, 2009, The New York Times reported that Matthews told his staffers that he would not run for the Senate.

In a story told to the Radio City audience ( an edited version of which appears on the DVD version of Live at Radio City ), Matthews recalls hearing the music of the San and, upon asking his guide what the words to their songs were, being told that " there are no words to these songs, because these songs, we've been singing since before people had words ".

" Miller angrily told Matthews to " get out of my face ," and declared: " I wish we lived in the day where you could challenge a person to a duel.

“ He is the only guy who has not paled beside the president in a Democratic response .” Chris Matthews, then press secretary to House Speaker O ’ Neill said “ He spoke right to the Knights of Columbus guy who voted for Reagan last time and might do it again, and he told him he ’ s watching out for his interests .” ( Washington Post May 30, 1985 ) " He is deeply committed to the proposition that the tax code must be revised to allow working Americans to keep more of their salaries .” Congressional Quarterly, July 6, 1985.

Liz Matthews ( Irene Dailey ), who had come back to town and resumed secretarial duties for Mac, found Sam's file and told Mac that his next of kin was Mitch and that they were brothers.

' Bob Matthews ', as the American claimed to be called, told Herbert that he needed a gun in order to raid a US Army armoury, and Herbert agreed to supply a single weapon for £ 200, with BDP member John Grand Scrutton chosen to ferry the weapon, a luger pistol, to a secret location arranged in advance with ' Matthews ' before phoning the American to let him know more details.

Her book Mister Maloga told the story of Daniel Matthews and his Maloga Mission to Aboriginal people on the Murray River in Victoria.

A kind of appositive phrase that has caused controversy is the " false title ", as in " United States Deputy Marshal Jim Hall said Tuesday that fatally wounded Lawrence County Sheriff Gene Matthews told him that fugitive tax protester Gordon W. Kahl was dead before other law enforcement officials started shooting.

I told him ( Dave Matthews ), “ I've got a band and I kind of like the way it is.

Shortly after the publication of Novak's article, Rove also reportedly called Chris Matthews and told him off the record that " Wilson's wife is fair game.

Newsweek reported in October 2003 that a source familiar with Rove's side of the conversation told Newsweek that Rove told Matthews it was " reasonable to discuss who sent Wilson to Niger.

Another member of the jury, Ann Redington, who broke down and cried as the verdict was being read, also told Chris Matthews, in a March 7, 2007, appearance on Hardball, that she hoped Libby would eventually be pardoned by President Bush ; she told Matthews that she believed Libby " got caught in a difficult situation where he got caught in the initial lie, and it just snowballed " and added: " It kind of bothers me that there was this whole big crime being investigated and he got caught up in the investigation as opposed to in the actual crime that was supposedly committed.

In 1909, pastors across America were incensed by his third book, The Calling of Dan Matthews, which told the story of a young preacher who, like Wright, resigned from the ministry in order to retain his integrity.

In August 2004, following claims by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that presidential candidate John Kerry had exaggerated his record during the Vietnam War, Malkin appeared on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews and stated that there were " legitimate questions " over whether Kerry's wounds were " self-inflicted.

Malkin criticized Matthews and the MSNBC staff in her blog the following day.

Georgia Senator Zell Miller accused Matthews of " browbeating " Malkin.

Matthews repeatedly asked Malkin if she thought that Kerry " shot himself on purpose " in order to avoid combat or to gain accolades, noting that such an act would constitute a criminal offense.

Matthews challenged Malkin to " say to me right now that you believe he shot himself to get credit for a Purple Heart -- on purpose.

" Malkin asked if Matthews didn't wonder whether Kerry's wounds may have been self-inflicted, to which the host responded, " No!

" He also made reference to the Malkin interview, telling Matthews not to " pull that stuff on me like you did that young lady, when you had her there browbeating her to death.

Franks rejected the critical comments on Hardball with Chris Matthews on 17 April 2006.

Buchanan stated on the September 7, 2004 edition of Hardball with Chris Matthews, " There is a chance I would vote for Peroutka.

* Chris Matthews, television talk show host and pundit, known for a nightly hour-long talk show, Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC

On March 12, 2009, Gaffney appeared on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews and accused former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein of being involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the Oklahoma City bombing, " There is also circumstantial evidence, not proven by any means, but nonetheless some pretty compelling circumstantial evidence of Saddam Hussein's Iraq being involved with the people who perpetrated both the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center and even the Oklahoma City bombing.

In addition, the programs Morning Joe, The Ed Show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and The Rachel Maddow Show all finished ahead of their time slot competitors on CNN.

* Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.

On August 31, 2006, Harris was interviewed on Hardball with Chris Matthews, where she responded to the criticisms from her former staffers with " We have their email traffic, we know what was behind all that, we know who's been paid and who isn't.

MSNBC correspondent David Shuster summarized Fleisher's testimony on Hardball with Chris Matthews:

Although his ratings were less than 1 / 6 Bill O ' Reilly, whose The O ' Reilly Factor shared the same time slot, Donahue was the highest rated show on MSNBC at the time it was canceled, managing to beat out Chris Matthews ' " Hardball " in the ratings .< ref name = surr >

Christopher John " Chris " Matthews ( born December 17, 1945 ) is an American news anchor and political commentator known for his nightly hour-long talk show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, which is televised on the American cable television channel MSNBC.

On March 22, 2009, Matthews renewed the contract for Hardball with Chris Matthews through 2012.

While discussing proposed healthcare reform on the December 17, 2009, edition of Hardball, Matthews stated, " The Republicans will know they have lost .... Let them keep score and it's easy.

Matthews during a special edition of Hardball

In 1997, Matthews began his own talk show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, which originally aired on CNBC but is currently on MSNBC.

Matthews apologized for the comments on the January 17, 2008, edition of Hardball.

* Hardball with Chris Matthews

Reich is a political commentator on programs including Hardball with Chris Matthews, This Week with George Stephanopoulos, CNBC's Kudlow & Company, and APM's Marketplace.

Shortly thereafter, Miller appeared in an interview with Chris Matthews on the MSNBC show Hardball.

He has also appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews speaking for Obama.

In May 2009, Saint Joseph's University gave an honorary degree to Chris Matthews, host of Hardball.