Matters of politics, race accompany Red Sox championship visit to White House

World Series champs the Boston Red Sox are poised to visit the White House on Thursday, but without nearly a dozen players and manager Alex Cora, who has criticized the Trump administration's efforts to help his native Puerto Rico recover from a hurricane.

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