Eric Swalwell Resigns as Ethics Probe Opens into Sexual Misconduct Allegations

U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell announced his resignation from Congress after multiple sexual assault allegations and an ethics investigation, while denying the most serious claim.

Eric Swalwell Resigns as Ethics Probe Opens into Sexual Misconduct Allegations
U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell speaks at the California Democratic Party State Convention in San Francisco. Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Cropped from Original
Red Sox Prospect Kristian Campbell Credits Ex-D1 Father’s Football Ban for Baseball Career
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Red Sox Prospect Kristian Campbell Credits Ex-D1 Father’s Football Ban for Baseball Career

Tom Joyce

It turns out Kristian Campbell’s father knew best.

Campbell’s father, Kenneth, is a former college football running back who played for the Tennessee Volunteers. But despite his son’s size — 6-foot-1 in eighth grade and now 6-foot-3 — he never let him play football.

That decision, the Worcester Red Sox outfielder said, helped steer him toward baseball.

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