Some football fans did a double take Saturday when news broke that longtime New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady was traded to another team. The news riled up some Patriots’ diehards, who likely didn’t remember that Saturday was April Fools’ Day. “Buffalo Bills acquire quarterback Tom Brady in trade with New England,” the NFL blog […]
Australian rugby player Meaalofa Te’o has an uncanny ability to mow down anyone in his path, and people worldwide are noticing. Footage of many of his tries in rugby games show the nine-year-old plowing through crowds of other youths. He’s a member of the Sunbury United team in Melbourne, the Telegraph reports. The Brief Newsletter […]
Young Marlins star Jose Fernandez was killed early Sunday morning in a boating accident. Fernandez, one of the best young players in baseball, was one of three people killed in the crash, according to the Coast Guard. The boat crashed into rocks and was found capsized by search and rescue teams around 3 a.m. off […]
The Philadelphia 76ers have invited singer Sevyn Streeter back to sing the national anthem, after canceling her performance last month because she was wearing a “We Matter” jersey. Streeter will perform the national anthem at the basketball team’s home game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 16, while wearing the “We Matter” jersey, the […]
IDEAS Gregory is a TIME senior writer. This week at the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump referred to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as “Rocket Man.” Last night he called NFL players who kneel in protest during the national anthem “sons of bitches.” This morning he tweeted at Stephen Curry, an athlete pretty […]
Protesters who oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline dropped a large banner from the rafters of U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis during a Vikings-Bears game on Sunday afternoon. Photos posted on social media showed the banner read “U.S. Bank Divest #NoDAPL.” Two people could be seen dangling from the rafters alongside the banner, and appeared to […]
Super Bowl fans have been tuning into the biggest game of the season for more than 50 years, but only 13 National Football League teams have actually won the championship. Currently, the Pittsburgh Steelers have the most Super Bowl wins in NFL history with six victories. (Pittsburgh lost the Super Bowl twice —to the Green […]
Dale Earnhardt Jr., who announced on Tuesday that he is retiring after this season, has won NASCAR’s most popular driver award for 14 years running. Last year, he skipped the season’s final 18 races due to a concussion. Didn’t matter. Fans still voted for Junior. He never won a championship in NASCAR’s top circuit — […]
An Afghan boy who became an Internet star after donning an improvised Argentina soccer jersey with a handwritten “Messi 10,” has finally come face-to-face with his idol, the BBC reports. Photos of the then 5-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi wearing the shirt — fashioned from a blue and white-striped plastic bag — went viral when they surfaced […]
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick said Thursday that his national anthem protest was misunderstood and said he will donate $1 million to groups in need. “The media painted this as I’m anti-American, anti-men-and-women of the military and that’s not the case at all,’’ Kaepernick said, USA Today reports. “I realize that men and women […]