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Conor McGregor, who is considered the biggest star in UFC history, posted on Twitter late Saturday night that he’s retiring from the Octagon. The announcement, which came after Amanda Nunes’ impressive flyweight title defense in UFC 250, came as a surprise, but already some believe it’s insincere and could be more of a publicity stunt. …
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What if we knew on June 7, 2010, what we know today? What if we were able to take so much of the guesswork out of the draft and know to avoid taking never-make-it-to-the-majors busts such as Barret Loux sixth (as the Diamondbacks did) and Karsten Whitson ninth (Padres), and to move up J.T. Realmuto …
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Football talk took a back seat this week, as new head coach Joe Judge on Friday used his virtual team meeting with the Giants to discuss the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the ensuing protests around the nation railing against racial inequality and police brutality against African Americans. The meeting did not only …
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LOS ANGELES — Andrew Alexander, the CEO and co-owner of famed The Second City improv theater, said he is stepping down after a former performer leveled accusations of racism against the comedy institution. In a lengthy letter posted on the company’s website, Alexander said he “failed to create an anti-racist environment wherein artists of color …
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The women of “The Bold Type” had the most on-brand night out together ahead of filming the first season of the Freeform show. Katie Stevens, Aisha Dee and Meghann Fahy revealed during their ATX TV…from the Couch panel that the trio met for the first time in the Big Apple and went to see Stevens’ …
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Donald Faison and Zach Braff sent a special video message to ATX TV…from the Couch viewers on Saturday after the festival announced they were rescheduling a planned “Scrubs” panel for later this summer. “Listen, there are a lot of things going on in the world right now,” Faison, 45, explained in the video. “We felt …
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During a panel for “Sherman’s Showcase,” executive producer John Legend said it’s important to keep creating joyful content amid the important Black Lives Matter protests happening across the country. “We still have our sense of humor,” Legend said during ATX TV…from the Couch on Saturday when the moderator asked about conflicting feelings when creating silly …
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Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown has said the 75-year-old man who was shoved to the ground by two cops on Thursday was an ‘agitator’ who tried to work up the crowd and had been asked to leave the area ‘numerous’ times. Brown addressed the incident in a press conference on Friday after 57 officers on the …
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Daytime television host Eve recently shared that she and husband Maximillion Cooper have been having some very “uncomfortable” conversations about race amid social outrage following the death of George Floyd. While some fans understood where she was coming from, the rapper recently revealed that she felt “trashed” by others who took the confession as a …
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon put their good will on full display Friday while visiting a memorial honoring slain Kentucky EMT Breonna Taylor on what would have been her 27th birthday. The former co-stars-turned-doting-dads each brought two of their kids, while Damon’s wife Luciana Barroso and a relative also joined the outing. The group, all …
Conor McGregor, who is considered the biggest star in UFC history, posted on Twitter late Saturday night that he’s retiring from the Octagon. The announcement, which came after Amanda Nunes’ impressive flyweight title defense in UFC 250, came as a surprise, but already some believe it’s insincere and could be more of a publicity stunt. …
