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Elise Amendola/AP The New England Patriots routed the Los Angeles Chargers, 41-28, on Sunday to make the AFC Championship. After the game, while discussing the Patriots’ upcoming matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs, Tom Brady mocked critics who think the Patriots “suck” and “can’t win any games.” The Patriots will have the rare challenge of […]
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins is denying he used the word "gay" in describing Oklahoma City Thunder guard Dennis Schroder's behaviour during their game on Tuesday night. Thunder centre Nerlens Noel was taken off the court on a stretcher in the third quarter after Wiggins collided with Noel on a dunk attempt Tuesday night. Schroder, […]
The Trump administration is reportedly considering Jim Webb, a former Democratic senator opposed to the Iraq war who served as Navy secretary under Reagan, to replace Jim Mattis as Defense Secretary on a permanent basis. The one-term Virginia senator, an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq who briefly ran in 2016’s Democratic primary but […]
Enlarge (credit: Valentina Palladino) Kobo has its work cut out for it. The digital bookshop company reentered the US market this year, teaming up with Walmart to sell Kobo e-readers, the millions of books in its e-book library, and a new audiobook subscription service. The Rakuten-owned company faces stiff competition not just from Amazon, the […]
Reuters Tenshin Nasukawa may well be the most interesting 20-year-old in combat sports. Last week, Nasukawa was a relatively obscure fighter, globally-speaking. Though he is a rising star in Japanese mixed martial arts, he competes in the Rizin Fighting Federation, a promotion that is only three years old and receives little press in the US […]
Republican congressman Paul Gosar has six siblings who do not want him to keep his seat in Arizona’s 4th District this November. They endorsed Gosar’s Democratic opponent, David Brill, in a campaign ad posted online Friday. In the ad, Gosar’s siblings remarked about their brother’s positions on health care, immigration, and the environment. “He’s not […]
Getty Roger Federer hit one of the most stunning winners of his career against Nick Kyrgios in the third round of the US Open. He defied his 37 years to reach an acutely-angled Kyrgios slice and flashed a winner around the post of the net. Kyrgios’ reaction was priceless. He gasped and mouthed the words […]
A decade after an infamous NHL line brawl that included both goaltenders dropping the gloves at centre ice, Martin Biron gave Ray Emery a chance to take one final blow. Emery declined. A Buffalo radio station held its annual celebrity roast in February 2017, 10 years after Emery got the better of Biron in a […]
REUTERS/Carlos Barria South Korea’s World Cup team responded to a Swedish spy for Sweden’s team by swapping their jerseys so it would be harder to tell them apart. Taeguk Warriors coach Shin Tae-yong told reporters Sunday “it is very difficult for Westerners to distinguish between Asians.” The Swedish spy, who is a member of Sweden’s […]
ESPN Alabama completed a huge comeback in the second half and beat Georgia in overtime to win the national championship. Linebacker Mekhi Brown hurt Alabama’s chances when he was flagged for striking an opponent in the head after a play. Brown was later seen losing his cool on the bench and going after a coach. […]
