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Former Cincinnati Bengals standout Ken Riley, who was later a head coach and athletic director at his alma mater Florida A&M, died Sunday, the university announced. He was 72. Riley played 15 seasons for the Bengals as a defensive back, with 65 career interceptions for 596 yards and five touchdowns — all franchise records. The interceptions rank […]
On Sunday morning, McGregor told ESPN that he has lost his excitement for the sport. “The game just does not excite me, and that’s that,” McGregor said. “All this waiting around. There’s nothing happening. I’m going through opponent options, and there’s nothing really there at the minute. There’s nothing that’s exciting me. “They should have […]
Experts hired by George Floyd’s family and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner have concluded his death was a homicide, but they differ on what caused it. The independent autopsy says Floyd died of “asphyxiation from sustained pressure” when his neck and back were compressed by Minneapolis police officers during his arrest last week. The pressure […]
Actor Kendrick Sampson said he was shot seven times with rubber bullets by police in Los Angeles on Saturday during a protest over the death of George Floyd. “He pointed the gun DIRECTLY AT ME,” Sampson wrote on Twitter, linking to a news report about his experience. “I actually got hit 7 times with rubber bullets and many […]
Elon Musk and Grimes have updated the name of their newborn son. The couple made waves earlier this month when they revealed they had named their baby X Æ A-12, pronounced “X Ash A Twelve.” But in an Instagram post on Sunday, Grimes said the baby’s name is now X Æ A-Xii — a tweak to comply with what their […]
Kevin Hart is now sharing that he was more critically injured during his car crash last year than he originally said. The comedic actor appeared the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that posted Monday and said he suffered fractures in his back and had his spine fused. The crash made Hart appreciate life more, having come so close to death, […]
A rapper set to drop his first mix tape in less than month was shot and killed Sunday in Brooklyn, police told CNN. Nick Blixky, 21, was was found unconscious and unresponsive with “gunshot wounds to his torso and buttocks,” the New York Police Department said in a statement Monday. He was discovered after police […]
Just before the 1985 NBA Draft Lottery, NBC’s Pat O’Brien offered one of the most memorable pre-draft quotes in league history about top prospect Patrick Ewing. “We’ve had the Mikan era, the Russell era, the Kareem era,” O’Brien relayed from an anonymous NBA executive. “Now we’ll have the Ewing era.” Fast forward 15 years and […]
Miley Cyrus admitted her privilege as a celebrity has sheltered her from how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting everyday people. “I know I’m in a unique position, and my experience with this pandemic is not like most everyone else’s in my country and around the world,” she told WSJ. magazine. “My life has been pushed pause on, […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has tweaked its Oscar eligibility rules in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. During a meeting on Tuesday, the board of governors approved a temporary hold on the requirement that a film needs a seven-day theatrical run in a commercial theater in Los Angeles County to qualify for the Oscars. Instead, films […]
