One of the nation’s most sought-after high school football players showed up to an Ohio State training camp with a powerful message adorned across his chest. The statement, worn on a T-shirt by 17-year-old defensive end Tyreke Smith, read: “I hope I don’t get killed for being black today.” Smith told Ohio State sports blog […]
When Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo told catcher David Ross he was in a “glass case of emotion” during Game 7 of the World Series, he likely echoed the feelings of every Chicago fan in the world that night. At the time, the team’s 108-year-long championship drought was no joking matter. But now that it […]
Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback who has protested America’s treatment of minorities by not standing during the national anthem at games, refuted internet rumors on Wednesday that said he had converted to Islam. People online have reportedly theorized that Kaepernick became a Muslim under the influence of his Muslim girlfriend, Nessa Diab, who […]
Inclusion and unity were the themes for the Rio Paralympics’ opening ceremony on Wednesday night, but one country’s action highlighted what’s been excluded from these games. The delegation from Belarus, whose Paralympic Committee chair had reportedly suggested last month that he would stand with Russia’s banned athletes, was seen carrying the flag of Russia when […]
In an op-ed for the Akron Business Journal which was given to Business Insider, Cavaliers star LeBron James endorsed Hillary Clinton for president of the United States. “I support Hillary because she will build on the legacy of my good friend, President Barack Obama,” James wrote in the piece. “I believe in what President Obama […]
Correction appended, Nov. 29 Late on Monday night local time, a charter plane carrying 81 passengers — including 22 members of Brazilian first division soccer team Chapecoense — crashed near Medellin, Colombia. Local reports say that there were six survivors — including Alan Ruschel, the Chapecoense goalkeeper — but police fear that 75 passengers died […]
Following the New England Patriots historic victory over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI Sunday night, Tom Brady was in for a disappointing surprise. When the star quarterback returned to his team’s locker room at NRG stadium, he quickly realized that his game-worn jersey was no longer in his possession. After an extensive search […]
Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn is on her way to South Korea for the Winter Olympics, but only after encountering a series of delays. Vonn tweeted to her almost 1 million followers on Wednesday, writing that her Lufthansa plane sat on the runway for nearly two hours without taking off, and that it seemed like […]
Diehard Chicago Cubs fan (and actor) Bill Murray’s celebration after his team’s win last night is the pure, unadulterated joy you need to witness right now. After the Cubs clinched their first title since 1908 in Game 7 last night, Murray went all out in celebration that involved trying to honk the horn of the […]
In the decades after his boxing career came to an end, Jake LaMotta — who has died at the age of 95 — was perhaps best known for having inspired the 1980 film Raging Bull. The acclaimed movie “canonized and cauterized” the boxer, in the words of TIME’s film critic Richard Corliss, as filmmaker Martin […]