Gordon announced Tuesday on CBS This Morning that he’ll drive the famous rainbow car at the August night race at Bristol Motor Speedway. MORE: 2015 NASCAR paint schemes | Gordon’s final season | Sprint Cup winners Gordon became the “Rainbow Warrior” while driving the iconic scheme from his rookie season in 1992 until 2000. He won 52 races and three Sprint Cup Series titles in the No. 24 rainbow car....
Both Green and Stephenson (who has a team option that almost certainly will be declined) will be free agents after this season. MORE: Thunder get key addition in Randy Foye | Shelvin Mack headed to Utah The Clippers have been weak at small forward all season and hope Green can fill their need while also playing power forward. Stephenson, whom they traded for this offseason from Charlotte, never really produced much of anything in Los Angeles....
Saturday guided the Colts to a win on Sunday afternoon vs. the Raiders, the first of his tenure as interim head coach for the Colts. In the process, he handed a lot of his critics an L, too. Saturday has been barraged by criticisms and critiques since his hiring, none louder than former coach Bill Cowher and former player Joe Thomas on Sunday. Cowher described the hiring as a “disgrace to the coaching profession....
During ESPN’s broadcast of the Knicks-Rockets exhibition Tuesday night in Houston, Van Gundy laid out how he wants the NBA to deal with those who are convicted of domestic abuse or sexual assault. MORE: Most heinous crimes connected to athletes Van Gundy also referred to a conference he attended earlier in the day on domestic violence and sexual abuse, in which NFL vice president Troy Vincent and Texans general manager Rick Smith spoke on the issue....
The Virginian, played by Nick Nolte, was a 41-year-old widower when he landed in Louis XVI’s France, a country on the verge of a revolution inspired in part by Jefferson’s own words. It’s fascinating to learn, as Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s heavily researched script reveals, that at the time Jefferson was minister to the Versailles court, Congress was insolvent, and that one of his accomplishments was procuring a loan from Dutch bankers to remunerate the French volunteers who had fought alongside us in our revolutionary struggle with England....
The Netflix series’ executive producer Joe Berlinger told The Guardian that he was drawn to the story as it was “the biggest example I’ve ever seen of somebody using their money and influence to thwart reporting on the subject and to work out an outrageous deal.” After Epstein was arrested on sex trafficking charges in July 2019, federal prosecutors revealed exactly how much money he had. A document from an unspecified financial institution put his assets as of June 30, 2019 at $559,120,954....
Epstein is indicted on sex trafficking charges after multiple women accused him of sexually abusing them and prostituting them out to his friends so they could do the same. Many of the women were underage at the time of the alleged abuse. Dershowitz, a Harvard professor, was one of several lawyers who helped secure Epstein a lenient sweetheart deal with Florida prosecutors back in 2008 when he was convicted of sex offenses involving an underage girl....
A year, later Sachs is still unafraid to talk dramatically. And he’s not much more optimistic. In a recent appearance at Harvard University he didn’t pull any punches, telling audience members that 2003 was an “utter disaster.” What made the last year so terribly bad? “It was a year in which almost every decent agenda in the world was overtaken by war, by the loss of life, by a failure to address impoverishment, disease and environmental degradation....
But this is actually about real-life “Candyman” David Klein. The founder of The Jelly Belly jelly beans and Tricky Treasures has arranged for gold tickets to be hidden across the world for people to find ahead of his retirement. In the U.S., gold style tickets in the form of necklaces have been put in places Klein and his partner come across with an interesting story. According to a news release issued by Tricky Treausres, plans are to have multiple treasure hunts for tickets in each state....
The former adult film star, who has been living with an as-yet-undiagnosed illness since January, has long faced speculation from her social media followers over her relationship with Israeli businessman Bitton, given their living arrangement. While Jameson, 48, is based in Hawaii, Bitton—to whom she has been engaged since 2015—had spent the past several months sharing footage of himself in Los Angeles with their 5-year-old daughter, Batel Lu. After sharing in an Instagram Story in the late summer post that she and Bitton had been going through a rough patch, Jameson appeared to be addressing her engagement on Monday when she shared a pair of cryptic Instagram posts....
According to Kao USA Inc., the presence of the bacteria Pluralibacter gergovia was discovered in some lots of its 3- and 10-ounce Ultra Healing moisturizer. The risk this bacteria poses is “little” for healthy people according to the FDA, but could be a significant threat to those with a compromised immune system or pre-existing medical conditions that make them more vulnerable to the risk of infection. According to the FDA, investigations are ongoing to determine the risk posed by the bacteria in the products....
MORE: Portraits of USA Olympians “I want Coach K’s role after 2016 to be alongside me and get as much experience as he possibly can,” Colangelo said Tuesday, via ESPN.com. “The real question mark is, how many more years will he be coaching at Duke? I don’t think he would be able to handle or be eligible to serve in my capacity in USA Basketball if he’s still coaching....
Elliott rushed for 96 yards in Sunday night’s 29-23 overtime victory over the Eagles, giving him 799 for the season. IYER: Prescott erases any remaining doubt Afterward, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones confirmed CBS Sports’ report that he spoke with Lisa Friel, the NFL official in charge of investigating alleged violations of the league’s personal code of conduct, at the recent owners meetings in Houston, The Dallas Morning News reported....
Palmer also made the comparison after watching Jackson put up 216 passing yards, 146 rushing yards and five total TDs in that victory. Palmer couldn’t believe Jackson did all that to the Seminoles’ defense. “He reminds me of Cam Newton and Michael Vick in the sense that he’s by far the best athlete on the field,” Palmer told Sporting News. “I’m not saying he’s better than those guys, but his athleticism is noticeably different....
His left knee buckled as he tried to cut in coverage. MORE: Must-see NFL Week 1 images | Top 10 NFL cornerbacks Team trainers examined Cromartie’s left knee on the sideline, and the Jets called his return doubtful.
According to Finnish sportswriter Pekka Jalonen, the 21-year-old restricted free agent told him that he was unsatisfied with his linemates in 2018-19 and felt he “would have the chance to play with the best players” somewhere outside of Winnipeg. Laine, who is caught in a contract dispute with the Jets, played more minutes with Little than any other teammate at even-strength last season — so all eyes turned to the veteran as a potential source of Laine’s grievances....
The Jets have fired defensive coordinator Williams, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, after an abysmal fourth-quarter call that led to the Raiders connecting on a game-winning touchdown with just seconds left. MORE: SN’s NFL power rankings for Week 14 While some conspiracy theorists and tinfoil-hat wearers believed that Williams was given the order to “tank” from the higher-ups, in reality, Williams blitzing is what Williams does, regardless of the game situation....
In a viral post on Reddit’s r/antiwork subreddit that has received nearly 30,000 votes and more than 1,300 comments, u/abighairybaby said that their mother (that they live with) tested positive for COVID, and that they were feeling sick themselves. Explaining that they currently work at a retirement home, the Redditor said that despite their close contact with their COVID-positive mother, their boss still requested they come into work for their scheduled shift....
“My co-worker’s sister put Snickers in her co-worker’s gas tank because she wouldn’t loan her $20…” the post is titled. Shared in the post are photos of a car’s gas tank with the words, “My own sister” above. In one image, you can see something is shoved and covering up the gas tank, presumably the Snickers candy. It’s gotten all over the outside of the gas tank as well. Someone’s reflection can be seen in the side of the car too....
