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Top college football team rocked by gambling scandal

Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, the top college football transfer this offseason, has checked into a treatment program for a gambling addiction after he was caught betting on sports, including his own team. Sorsby is facing an NCAA investigation that could end his season before it starts. Texas Tech announced… Read More

Report: Two major airlines plotting blockbuster merger

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby on Monday outlined why he thinks a merger between his airline and rival American would benefit travelers, despite American’s refusal to engage in negotiations. “I was confident that this combination, which would have been about adding and not subtracting, creating a truly great airline that… Read More

Melania Trump has liberal ABC star fired!?

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel has finally crossed the line… and it could cost him his cushy late-night gig with the network. First lady Melania Trump unloaded on ABC to fire Kimmel over his “hateful” language on Monday after the longtime late-night host referred to her as “an expectant widow” just days… Read More

Olympic hero Lindsey Vonn in wheelchair (pics)

Olympic legend Lindsey Vonn was spotted being pushed through Los Angeles International Airport in a wheelchair over the weekend, a sobering reminder of just how far the ski champion has to go in her recovery. The 41-year-old American icon was wheeled through the terminal by airport staff nearly three months… Read More

3x Super Bowl winning NFL legend dead at 68

Monte Coleman, the hard-nosed linebacker who won three Super Bowls with Washington and later coached Arkansas-Pine Bluff to a conference championship, has died. He was 68. UAPB and the Commanders announced his death Sunday. No cause of death was disclosed. “Monte Coleman was one of the greatest players in Washington… Read More

Highly anticipated Michael Jackson biopic makes box office history 

“Michael,” the big-budget Michael Jackson spectacle, shrugged off bad reviews and a troubled production to launch with $97 million in U.S. and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, shattering a record debut for music biopics. A highly authorized portrayal of the King of Pop, co-produced by the Jackson estate,… Read More

Sub-2-hour marathon shattered in record-breaking fashion

A pair of African distance runners took down what was once among the most unthinkable records in sports on Sunday, shattering the long-unapproachable two-hour barrier in the 26.2-mile (42.2-kilometer) marathon. Sabastian Sawe of Kenya won the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds, bettering the previous men’s… Read More

Madness! Wayne Gretzky jersey sells for… what!?

Wayne Gretzky is still breaking records 30 years after he retired from professional hockey. The jersey Gretzky wore during Game 4 of the 1988 Stanley Cup Final sold at auction for jaw dropping $2,806,000 over the weekend, an all-time record for a hockey jersey. The same jersey had previously held… Read More

CBS News star stabbed in back, infighting spills into public

More than 20 current and former CBS News staffers took shots at network chief Bari Weiss and CBS News’ star anchor Tony Dokoupil in a blistering Vanity Fair profile this week. The piece, published Thursday, portrays Dokoupil’s first months anchoring CBS Evening News as a disaster — and blames much… Read More