But a Heisman Trophy isn’t a championship. Joe Montana, who never won the Heisman Trophy during his time at Notre Dame, reminded some former winners of this in a hilarious new AT&T commercial. MORE: 10 biggest Heisman misses | Take the Heisman quiz Trophies are nice, but championship rings are better. Montana won a national championship at Notre Dame in 1977 and won four Super Bowl titles with the 49ers....
An apparent shoulder injury in Wednesday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks will prevent Jumbo Joe from playing against the St. Louis Blues. Faceoff in San Jose is scheduled for 10:35 p.m. ET. Also Saturday, the Blues activated forward Jaden Schwartz, who had missed their past seven games with a bum foot. Thornton wasn’t on the ice for Saturday’s pregame skate, Sharks beat writer David Pollak reported. Coach Todd McLellan rearranged his lines to adjust for the absence of his veteran playmaker....
The Philadelphia 76ers had initially feared the worst after the Cameroonian was injured in a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night, after colliding with Ante Zizic. Embiid sat out his team’s 115-106 home win on Thursday night against the New York Knicks, but Sixers coach Brett Brown confirmed the injury wasn’t as serious as feared as X-rays on the shoulder showed no sign of fracture. “The fact that there is no structural damage we all hear loudly,” Brown said in his press conference on Thursday, following the win over the Knicks....
Boehner, an Ohio Republican who served as House Speaker from 2011 through 2015, is set to attend a Monday fundraiser for Anthony Gonzalez, one of 10 House Republicans who voted in support of impeaching Trump in January, Politico reported Saturday. Trump criticized Gonzalez by name in February at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), where the former president vowed to lead and unite the Republican Party despite his election loss to President Joe Biden....
As the Russian-Ukraine war continues into its seventh month, concerns about a possible nuclear strike have increased. Putin recently ramped up his rhetoric about a nuclear response, notably as his military has seen significant losses in Ukraine since the launch of Russia’s “special military operation” in late February. Bolton, who was former President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, spoke about the possibility of a nuclear war during an appearance on the British radio show LBC on Tuesday....
Cena became the first celebrity to grant 500 wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation back in 2015, and he has also worked with the Susan G. Komen organization in its effort to prevent and cure breast cancer. He has inspired countless fans with his “Never Give Up” mantra, so a few members of the “Cenation” decided to let the WWE superstar know just how much he meant to them. SUMMERSLAM 2017: Brock Lesnar retains belt in wild main event...
All three of Force’s Funny Cars will be Chevrolet Camaros, while the familiar Chevy bowtie also will grace JFR’s Top Fuel dragster. MORE: John Force making up for lost time with family | Busch-Driscoll saga overshadows preseason | Who is Patricia Driscoll? “John Force is a champion and a legend both on and off the track, as a driver and as a team owner,” Jim Campbell, Chevrolet Vice President for Performance Vehicles and Motorsports, said in a news release....
With the Ducks leading the Penguins 3-0 in the second period in Pittsburgh, Gibson preserved his shutout with a highlight-reel, sprawling blocker-save to deny a sure goal. The save came against none other than Sidney Crosby, who elevated the puck and did everything to score besides beating the goaltender. Anaheim went on to defeat the Penguins, 4-0, with Gibson stopping all 29 Penguins shots to earn his first shutout of the season....
Havlicek, a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, played on Ohio State’s 1960 national championship team before embarking on a 16-year NBA career with the Celtics that included eight NBA championships. MORE: ACC icons | Big Ten icons | DeCourcy: Dean Smith’s legacy will never pass Scott became the first African-American scholarship athlete at North Carolina when Dean Smith recruited him to Chapel Hill in the mid-1960s. Scott went to the Final Four twice with the Tar Heels, in 1968 and 1969....
Multiple media outlets, including many in Denver, have stated that Hickenlooper will officially make the announcement on Thursday. A reporter with CBS4 in Denver, Shaun Boyd, was one of those who reported Hickenlooper will drop out of the presidential race, but hasn’t ruled out a run for the Senate in 2020. “#BREAKING: source close to @Hickenlooper tells me he will announce tomorrow that he is dropping out of the presidential race....
The president again claimed Thursday night that the election was being stolen from him by officials engaged in fraud, though presented no evidence to support the assertion. His campaign has filed multiple lawsuits to try and stop vote counting in the uncalled states, though so far these appeals appear to have little evidence behind them. Trump held an impressive early leads in Georgia—which hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1992—and the campaign was bullish about its chances in Arizona despite an early Fox News projection that the state would go to Biden....
Making his Maple Leafs regular-season debut in Toronto’s season-opener Wednesday night at Scotiabank Arena, Tavares scored at 18:07 of the second period against the Montreal Canadiens. The goal — his first as a Leaf after scoring 272 times over nine seasons with the Islanders — gave Toronto a brief 2-1 lead before Montreal’s Andrew Shaw tied things up with 14 seconds remaining in the period. There are many skills Tavares possesses, and on his goal he displayed shifty moves and a screaming wrist shot to beat Habs netminder Carey Price....
Terry began his professional career at Chelsea way back in 1998 and went on to establish himself among the greatest players to ever grace the Stamford Bridge turf. He left at the end of his final contract in 2017 and retired a year later after a brief spell at Aston Villa, but has now retraced his steps as he continues to earn his stripes as a coach. After retiring as a player, Terry spent a few years at Aston Villa as an assistant coach alongside Dean Smith, leaving his post this past summer, and he’s been out of work since....
Durant said back in February player votes should count toward postseason awards like MVP, but Wizards guard John Wall does not agree. MORE: Harden: ‘I am the MVP’ | Curry’s best games | Thunder fans re-create Durant’s speech An NBPA representative was at the Barclays Center on Friday to gather award ballots from the Wizards. When asked if he had voted, Wall responded “No and I probably won’t,” per the New York Post....
In the latest twist of the ongoing saga between the couple, Heard’s attorneys have filed court documents claiming that someone who had been originally summoned to serve as a juror in the trial had not appeared and was replaced by someone else. Juror 15 was apparently born in 1970, but the summons to be a juror was for someone of the same last name born in 1945, court documents dated July 8 said....
Depp and his ex-wife Heard were embroiled in a multi-million dollar defamation lawsuit in earlier this year, and the trail caught the attention of millions of social media users. Depp sued Heard for defamation over a Washington Post op-ed where she named herself as a victim of abuse. A jury awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages, as well as $5 million in punitive damages. The punitive damage award was reduced to $350,000 due to a Virginia law that caps punitive damage awards....
The former NXT North American and NXT heavyweight champion has had a series of phenomenal matches against the likes of Adam Cole, Andrade and Tommaso Ciampa. However, it’s his ongoing feud with the latter that has been widely recognized as the best in the history of NXT. The animosity between the former tag team partners runs deep and the score will be settled once and for all when Gargano battles Ciampa on Wednesday night (8 p....
Six months ago, Johnny Manziel said he was retiring his signature money sign for the upcoming season — a sign that he was a changed man following a troubled offseason. MORE: 23 gifts for Manziel | Manziel to the Cowboys? | Manziel’s antics But that doesn’t mean the money part of him is gone for good. Before the Browns took on the 49ers on Sunday, Manziel signed a $100 bill (!...
Photos: Johnny Manziel through the years Manziel’s rep, Denise Michaels, tells us … ‘It seems like he had a reaction to an adjustment in his prescription. He’s fine and headed home.’" The 25-year-old free agent quarterback, who recently revealed he suffers from bipolar disorder, has been working on making an NFL comeback over the last several months. Manziel was in Humble, Texas, for JMBLYA, a music festival, and also attended a golf tournament hosted by former Texas A&M teammate Mike Evans....
While speaking to reporters in Orlando, Manziel sure sounded like a quarterback ready to take on the NFL. MORE: SN All-Americans | Top 10 freak athletes in BCS games | Heisman winners “I feel like I’m playing, for the most part, at a really high level of football,” the Texas A&M quarterback and last year’s Heisman winner said. “I’m putting the ball where I want it to be, and I’m throwing it with a lot of velocity … in my mind, I think I’m (ready)....
