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According to Sports Business Daily, the Washington Redskins are set to drop their nickname, which they’ve had since 1933. A formal declaration on the subject is expected to be made on Monday. This decision (forced or otherwise) comes 11 days after FedEx (who has spent millions on naming rights for the team’s home stadium, FedExField) made a recent […]
Initial data from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reports that there were zero confirmed or probable coronavirus-related deaths on July 11, Bloomberg reports. The city hasn’t gone a day without someone dying from COVID-19 since March 13. In late March, New York City was considered the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, reaching its peak […]
On Sunday afternoon, LeBron James added his name to the #FreeWOJ movement with a pretty hard to misinterpret tweet that said “#FreeWOJ!!!” with some fist bump emojis: James’ tweet comes during the same weekend in which it was reported that ESPN had suspended their star NBA writer/reporter Adrian Wojnarowski (see “Woj,” which I’m pretty sure you already […]
Benjamin Keough, son of Lisa Marie Presley and grandson of Elvis, died Sunday in California from an apparent suicide, TMZ has learned. He was 27. TMZ obtained the following statement from Lisa Marie’s manager Roger Widynowski: “She is completely heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated but trying to stay strong for her 11-year-old twins and her oldest daughter Riley,” he said. “She […]
A trio of Arizona teachers sharing a summer school classroom all contracted the coronavirus last month, despite apparently taking the recommended safety precautions, with one of them dying, according to multiple reports. 61-year-old Kimberly Chavez Lopez Byrd died on June 26, which was less than two weeks after she was hospitalized. The other two teachers who […]
Protesters are still demanding that St. Louis City Mayor Lyda Krewson resign from office, with a stand-off between demonstrators and police getting heated outside City Hall on Sunday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that seven people were arrested and two police officers were injured on Sunday morning as police attempted to remove demonstrators from outside City Hall. Officers […]
Pop Smoke has scored the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 with his debut full-length studio album, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon. His posthumous LP has pulled in 251,000 units, which accounted for 268.44 million on-demand streams, with 59,000 units coming from album sales that were aided by a variety of bundle offers. It’s the sixth biggest […]
There are few creatures in the world that are bolder than a New York City rat. Yet, the coronavirus pandemic has forced rats into a rare state for starvation and desperation that has only increased their confidence. The city’s rats usually survive on the waste that is discarded by the millions of restaurants in New […]
A 12-year-old boy has been arrested after Crystal Palace player Wilfried Zaha exposed the racial abuse he experienced prior to Sunday’s Premier League match at Aston Villa, the New York Times reports. On Saturday, Zaha tweeted out several racists images and comments he received from an Aston Villa fan account, tweeting, “Woke up to this today.” The racist messages include […]
The NBA might be restricted to its bubble in Orlando, but that didn’t stop Dwight Howard from finding a way to interact with a young fan. On Saturday, the Lakers center hosted an Instagram Live session. During the stream, he added a few fans including a 14-year-old. The young fan explains that he’s a huge Dwight […]
