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There has always been a pool of players willing to risk life and limb available to the NFL, from elite players to semipro players chasing a dream. The money is good, in some cases obscenely good, and combined with the love of the game, it makes for a most seductive siren call for the legions …
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With NFL training camps set to open in just over a week, some of the league’s biggest stars are sowing doubt into the notion the season will kick off on time. In a seemingly coordinated social media effort, Patrick Mahomes, Drew Brees, JJ Watt, Russell Wilson, Todd Gurley and others each shared posts within minutes …
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Bruce Willis is taking the crap. Demi Moore is blaming her ex-husband Bruce Willis for putting carpeting in her bathroom in her Idaho home. “This is the house, again, that my children grew up in, and that was originally a Bruce Willis choice,” the actress said in an interview on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” …
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Jewel candidly recalled her terrifying days being homeless and shoplifting before she made it as a pop star. “There have been days where I was homeless for a year, when I was 18 and absolutely terrified,” she said, “having panic attacks, shoplifting … days I thought I would just pass out. I have passed out …
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A Chiefs Super Bowl victory left a mark on Kansas City — and rapper Post Malone. After the team paraded the streets with the trophy on Feb. 5 to celebrate its Super Bowl LIV title, Malone extended an invitation to visit the Sprint Center before he was scheduled to perform at the Kansas City venue …
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Quarantine hasn’t stopped these seniors from rocking. North London’s Sydmar Lodge Care Home has been under lockdown for four months, but restricted living hasn’t curtailed residents’ creativity: The nursing home’s seniors and carers alike have been spending their time re-creating classic album covers. In a now viral tweet, the home’s activities coordinator, Robert Speker, posted …
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Next month marks the beginning of the 2020/2021 academic year in several US states, and pressure is mounting to reopen schools even as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Florida, for example, is now considered the nation’s No. 1 hot spot for the virus; yet on Monday, the state’s education commissioner issued an executive order mandating that …
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A heartless hospice chain prodded its sales reps to sneak into hospitals and nursing homes in search of terminally ill patients at the height of the coronavirus pandemic — even if it meant falsely posing as staff, a new lawsuit claims. Courtesy of Kay Van Wey Vitas Healthcare of Miami improperly declared its sales staffers …
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Saquon Barkley, Sterling Shepard and Jamal Adams joined numerous NFL players in a social media video asking the league to “listen to your players” and step up in defense of black lives after the death of George Floyd. The Giants and Jets stars were joined Thursday night in the video — which shifts from player …
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The coronavirus and efforts to mitigate its impact are having a transformative impact on many aspects of economic life, intensifying trends like shopping online rather than visiting brick-and-mortar stores and increasing the incidence of working from home. Indeed, many tech giants have already made working from home a permanent option for employees. Working from home, …
There has always been a pool of players willing to risk life and limb available to the NFL, from elite players to semipro players chasing a dream. The money is good, in some cases obscenely good, and combined with the love of the game, it makes for a most seductive siren call for the legions …
