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The New York Yankees are teaming up with U.S. private equity group RedBird Capital Partners to become minority investors in Italian soccer club AC Milan. The Financial Times reports Yankee Global Enterprises, the MLB team’s parent company, and Los Angeles-based investment firm Main Street Advisors—which includes LeBron James and Drake among its group of investors—are closing in on a […]
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Taurean Prince was arrested at Miami International Airport Thursday night on drug charges. TMZ Sports reports the 28-year-old former NBA lottery pick was taken into custody due to an outstanding warrant from an alleged drug-related incident back in Texas. Per ABC’s Saint Paul affiliate KTSP, the warrant was issued out of Tarrant County, Texas, back […]
Novak Djokovic will miss the US Open, which begins on Monday in New York, due to vaccination restrictions. Djokovic, who has refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19, making him unable to travel to the United States, took to Twitter on Thursday to announce the news. “Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time for […]
I Think You Should Leave fans, not to mention the world at large, were handed a heavy helping of hilarity this week in the form of a viral clip showing an individual appearing to turn a mere wiener into a functioning straw. Though the above explanation pretty much covers it, word count requirements mean I’m […]
The presumably brainless among us who insist on widely amplifying fabricated claims in hopes of achieving virality have now forced Magic Johnson to speak out about a made-up story that’s been making the rounds as of late. A recent tweet shared alongside a photo of Johnson carried with it the claim that he had donated […]
Two freshman football players at Indiana State University were among the three students killed in fiery a car accident over the weekend, ESPN reports. The accident took place around 1:30 a.m. Sunday in the small town of Riley, which is located 10 miles from the university’s Terre Haute campus. The three students killed have been identified as […]
Dennis Rodman plans on visiting Russia to aid the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was sentenced to nine years in prison on drug charges earlier this month. In an interview with NBC News, the NBA Hall of Famer revealed he “got permission” to travel to Russia “sometime this week.” “I got permission to go […]
Ahead of the premiere of the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, the series has already landed HBO’s biggest marketing spending spree ever. Deadline reports HBO spent over $100 million on House of the Dragon’s marketing campaign, with the majority of that money comprised of a combination of ad spot value and actual cash shelled out. Pia Barlow, […]
In an appearance on UFC 278 with the Gronks on Saturday night, Dana White revealed how he almost got Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski to join the Las Vegas Raiders ahead of the 2020 NFL season. “Do I really tell this story right now, Rob? Do you want me to tell this story?” White asked. Gronkowski gave him […]
UPDATED 8/20, 10:05 p.m. ET: The CrawsOver was called well before completion due to unfavorable court conditions. “Game called midway through the second quarter due to condensation on the court,” NBA reporter Kevin Pelton of ESPN wrote on Twitter. Various viewers tweeted that at least one player slipped and that humidity in the venue was […]
