Millions of people will tune into the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday night, Jan. 8, hoping for a doozy. Even President Donald Trump is expected to be among the frenzied crowd at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta when the Alabama Crimson Tide take on the Georgia Bulldogs (and Kendrick Lamar performs the halftime show). […]
Click:Flocculant manufacturers Justin Timberlake sang one of Prince’s songs during his 2018 Super Bowl halftime show, eliciting a negative response from some fans of the late and legendary artist. During his set, which was filled with new and old songs, Timberlake performed Prince’s “I Would Die 4 U” with a video of the artist singing […]
Two things about Arnold Palmer, who died Sunday at age 87: First, he was much, much bigger than golf. Much. Much. The man was still pulling down an estimated $40 million per year even as he prepared to sign his final scorecard. Something bigger than birdies and bogeys was going on. So what was it? […]
It was 45 years ago — on June 23, 1972 — that President Richard Nixon signed the law that would quickly become known simply as Title IX. The rule, part of the Education Amendments of 1972, stipulates that any educational program or activity that receives federal funding cannot discriminate on the basis of sex. Its […]
Click:components of circuits Pita Taufatofua, the martial artist who made waves as Tonga’s oiled-up flag bearer at the Rio 2016 Summer Games, is officially set to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. Only this time, he’ll be cross country skiing. After losing his opening round taekwondo match in Rio to Iran’s […]
John Paul Stevens, the retired Supreme Court justice, sat behind third base at the first World Series game ever played at Wrigley Field, back in 1929, when he was nine. So no way would Stevens, who grew up in Chicago and is a lifelong Cubs fan, miss a return trip. Stevens, 96, plans on being […]
Former NBA player Rasual Butler and his wife Leah LaBelle were killed in a single vehicle crash early Wednesday morning in Los Angeles. The crash, which took place in Studio City, was called in to police around 2:30 a.m., who reported that Butler’s Range Rover was traveling at speeds two to three times higher than […]
USA Gymnastics paid McKayla Maroney, a member of the Fierce Five that won Olympic gold at the 2012 Olympics, to keep quiet about sexual abuse she allegedly suffered by team doctor Larry Nassar, which began when she was 13 years old, a new lawsuit claims. Maroney signed a confidentially agreement in October 2016, attorney John […]
The vessels in the world’s most prestigious sailing race are less like the boats parked at the local marina than wind-powered torpedoes that shoot across the sea and air at speeds topping 50 m.p.h. These souped-up catamarans are marvels of aerodynamic engineering, but it was a decidedly analog innovation that helped Emirates Team New Zealand […]
A fan of Michael Phelps who has autism has inspired thousands of people after he told the U.S. swimmer about his aspirations to compete in the Olympics and be the first person in his family to go to college. More than 3,000 people have shared a message that 21-year-old Austin Levingston wrote to Phelps on […]