The third-year guard from Wisconsin called the Broncos from his home in Seattle this week to notify them he wouldn't be returning to the team following its bye. PHOTOS: Shocking retirements | Replacing Fox no easy fix | Week 10 power rankings Then he announced on Twitter that he was calling it a career, saying, "Football was fun but my head hurts-haha kidding roger goodell. I'm on to new things, thanks to everyone along the way!...
Michigan doesn’t have a healthy starting quarterback, a game-breaking running back, a true No. 1 receiver or a dominant offensive line. What the Wolverines have on offense now is a quarterback controversy, given the way backup John O’Korn played in the second half in relief of an injured Wilton Speight . O’Korn finished 18 of 26 for 270 yards, a touchdown and an interception in a 28-10 victory against the Boilermakers on Saturday....
Harden reportedly wants to be traded to either the Philadelphia 76ers or another contender in the NBA, and the former MVP had a clear message after the Rockets were swept aside by defending champions the Lakers 117-100 on Tuesday. The Rockets star walked out of his postgame news conference, not before telling the media: “I love this city. I literally have done everything that I can. This situation is crazy....
Wall played the game in memory of Miyah Telemaque-Nelson, a six-year-old girl he had met last March. Telemaque-Nelson was battling Burkitt’s lymphoma and passed away Monday morning. MORE: Celebrities at NBA games | Matthews matches Brandon Roy | LeBron wears ‘I can’t breathe’ shirt After the game, Wall was speechless as tears ran down his face as he tried to sum up his emotions. “It’s just tough,” said Wall. “To see a little kid who fights so hard against cancer and can’t beat it… this game is for her....
Littlefeather appeared on stage at the awards in place of Marlon Brando, who had won best actor for his performance in The Godfather. However, as Littlefeather went on to explain, Brando wouldn’t be accepting the award due to “the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry.” Decked out in the traditional Apache attire of a buckskin dress and moccasins, Littlefeather, who was president of the National Native American Affirmative Image Committee at the time, was booed following her 60-second speech....
We have to assume that former Midshipman Roger Staubach probably doesn’t like to party. MORE: RGIII will tradmark you | The Kenny Hill show Nissan’s latest “Heisman House” commercial shows what would happen if Manziel tried to party with Staubach. Roger Staubach will not turn down. Not for anything.
“I want to have these receivers and the people that we have on this roster on the staff,” Manziel told reporters after Sunday’s loss to the Seahawks, “so we can go through the spring and not have to learn what this call is and this play and be able to go through a spring and have some of the continuity.” MORE: Manziel’s career, in images | Ranking Browns starting quarterbacks since ‘99, from least-worst to worst...
The Browns’ second-year quarterback took a break from treatment Saturday and spent his morning playing golf with his father in Shreveport, La. He is still believed to be in inpatient care, the report said, where he has been receiving care for personal issues since January. But conditions of Manziel’s treatment allow for him to spend some days outside his rehab facility with friends and family. MORE: Browns’ Hartline attends prom | Bills’ Watkins had surgery | PHOTOS: Top players from Final Four schools...
In a joint statement on Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it was investigating six reported cases of a “rare and severe” type of blood clot in six women who received the J&J vaccine. The vast majority of the U.S. vaccine supply comes from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna—both two-shot vaccines. But more than 6.85 million shots of the J&J vaccine have been administered in the U....
Johnson, who grazed the wall on his qualifying lap Friday afternoon, will start third and Kenseth will start sixth when they take the green flag for the AAA Texas 500. “I hate to admit it but at one point, I think I had my eyes shut because I knew there was going to be contact, I just didn’t know how much,” Johnson said. “I just grazed the wall and scratched the sticker for the bumper cover and taillight on the back of the car....
According to multiple reports online, Jones is being sought for questioning after the incident, which hospitalized a middle-aged woman, who is pregnant, with non-life threatening injuries. MORE: UFC 186: Good, bad and dirty | UFC 186 results Initial reports said Jones had drugs in his vehicle, but an Albuquerque police officer said that was completely false. There is no warrant for Jones’ arrest and Drobik said Jones is simply being sought for questioning....
“We’re in the midst of a national crisis,” Ossoff said during a virtual press conference on Tuesday. “There are hundreds of thousands of lives hanging in the balance, there are millions of jobs and homes and livelihoods hanging in the balance. The people of Georgia deserve an open debate. They deserve to hear from their senator.” Ossoff is challenging Perdue for his Senate seat in a runoff on January 5, after each candidate failed to get over 50 percent of the vote in the general election earlier this month....
Martin, object of alleged bullying and taunting from Dolphins teammates, was dropped from the team's 53-man roster. That report comes after news his alleged tormentor, fellow starting lineman Richie Incognito, remains suspended by the team. Incognito is being paid despite his banishment. An NFL investigation of the Dolphins continues. At its heart is the treatment of Martin, which has been painted in a spectrum from hazing to racial slurs. An Oct....
The all-star game, now in its 14th year, boasts more than 100 first-round draft picks, including 63 lottery picks. This year, the West team outlasted the East team, 118-116 in the game played in Brooklyn, N.Y. The East trailed by double digits early in the second half, but picked up on defense to get back into it. MORE: Iowa State coach has surgery | What landing recruit means to UNLV...
Well, history has a tendency of repeating itself, and Sunday night may have been the universe’s way of telling NFL fans who will be under center in Green Bay to start the 2023 season. When the Packers selected Jordan Love in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, some viewed it as forcing Rodgers out, akin to when Rodgers was selected in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft as a precursor to replacing Brett Favre....
The controversial University of Toronto professor, who rose to international attention as a result of his stance against gender-neutral pronouns, checked into a rehabilitation facility in New York last month after he started taking the drug Clonazepam. The 57-year-old father and grandfather was prescribed the strong medication—usually given to epileptics to control seizures and convulsions but also prescribed to control panic attacks—after his wife’s cancer diagnosis in April of this year....
The two are all but set to face off at this week’s Abu Dhabi Golf Championship as organizers could draw the two together for the first two rounds in a bid to maximize the tournament’s publicity. MORE: Spectacular images from 2015 PGA Championship | Greg Norman dumped as Fox’s lead golf analyst Spieth was golf’s biggest earner in 2015, earning more than $53 million — with more than $30 milliion of that coming off the course according to Golf Digest — taking out five PGA Tour events last year and kicking off 2016 with victory in the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii barely 10 days ago....
After slipping into a green jacket on Sunday, Spieth looked to be feeling the effects of his Augusta exertions on Thursday when he had two bogeys and a double-bogey in a 3-over 74. However, Spieth surged up the leaderboard with a scintillating round on Friday, leaving himself 6-under for the tournament. MORE: Spieth, McIlroy and golf’s next generation | Early odds favor Spieth at U.S. Open “I found something in my ball position on the range this morning and it made a significant difference in my ball-striking and my putting,” Spieth said....
Perry crafted a Hall of Fame baseball career throwing spitballs. While doctoring baseballs is a clear rules violation, Spieth is wondering: What about putters on the PGA Tour? MORE: Leaderboard | Rory McIlroy leads going into final day According to the Golf Channel, Spieth consulted with a tournament official on Saturday at the WGC-Cadillac Championship about wetting the bottom of his putter for extra traction on slick greens. Spieth reportedly asked the official on the third hole and got his answer on the eighth....
