The Giants have released kicker Josh Brown, the team announced on Tuesday. “We believed we did the right thing at every juncture of our relationship with Josh,” team president John Mara said in statement. “Our beliefs, our judgments and our decisions were misguided. We accept that responsibility.” Brown was held out of Sunday’s game after […]
That Tom Brady guy lives a charmed life, no? On Feb. 5, the New England Patriots quarterback will play in his record seventh Super Bowl. With a win over the Atlanta Falcons, he’ll set another record: a fifth win, the most Super Bowl titles for a starting quarterback. He’s married to one of the most […]
A norovirus outbreak is sweeping through venues for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea – sidelining some 1,200 security guards and forcing the government to deploy the military ahead of the Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday. Officials said 41 security guards were hospitalized with the virulent norovirus, with symptoms that include vomiting and […]
Philadelphia Eagles fans went wild after their team made history Sunday night with its first-ever Super Bowl victory. Eagles fans celebrated the historic win by pouring into the streets to cheer, cry, set off fireworks, scale street poles and break hotel awnings. By Monday morning, plants and street signs were uprooted and cars were flipped […]
Businesses were closed across the grief-stricken Brazilian city of Chapecó on Tuesday as residents struggled to process the devastating tragedy that had befallen their beloved soccer team Chapecoense. Almost every member of a team described as the “Cinderella story” of Brazilian soccer was killed when its chartered plane crashed in mountainous terrain near the Colombian […]
Retired U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach, who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence earlier this year, said she long struggled with alcohol and drug abuse until her high-profile arrest in April “humiliated” her enough to change. The 36-year-old Olympic gold medalist and FIFA Women’s World Cup champion told the Associated Press that she was […]
Michael Phelps had already revealed the true story behind his viral game face, but it seems people are still interested in the iconic 2016 Olympics moment. During his appearance on Thursday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the host couldn’t resist bringing up the U.S. swimmer’s epic stare, producing a life-size version of […]
The Chicago Cubs broke more than a century-long drought this week to win the World Series, and Friday morning they’ll get the parade over a hundred years in the making. The parade starts at noon ET (11 a.m. CT) as the team works its way from Wrigley Field to Grant Park for a rally. The […]
It’s a few minutes before practice, and helmets and pads are heaped on an Astroturf field hard by Beijing’s smog-choked Fourth Ring Road. The sound of pre-training hip-hop from a nearby boombox merges with whirring angle grinders from the metalwork shop next door. Duane Brooks, wide receiver for the newly minted Guangzhou Power, is showing […]
A photo of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other marchers for civil rights kneeling in prayer Selma, Alabama has gone viral in the wake of President Donald Trump’s ongoing criticism of professional athletes who kneel in protest during the National Anthem. The image, taken in 1965, shows King leading a prayer after a […]