ESPN personality Peter Burns became teary-eyed during his show Monday when he recalled the moment aMissouri football fan stepped in to save his life after he began choking during dinner over the weekend. Burns, who joined the SEC Network in 2014, took a moment during the broadcast to thank a heroic bystander who jumped in to help when he began …
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New York Mets rookie Christian Scott will not just miss the end of the 2024 campaign, but all of 2025 as well, after needing special surgery on his pitching elbow. Scott, who has been trying to recover from a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his right arm, will get a combined Tommy John ligament replacement as well as an internal …
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There’s nothing quite like a division rivalry game for a home opener, but New York Jets fans took “fired up” to a whole new level in the parking lot of MetLife Stadium on Thursday night. East Rutherford, New Jersey was the site for “Thursday Night Football” this week between the Jets and New England Patriots, the team’s AFC East foe …
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Excavations at Wroxeter Roman City in Shropshire, England, have unveiled an ancient mosaic dating back to the early second century. The 2,000-year-old Roman mosaic depicts dolphins and fish on colorful white, red and blue tiles, according to a news release from English Heritage. The ancient city was established in the 90s AD, according to the news release, and was once …
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The NFL was not in the same celebratory mood as Derek Carr was during the New Orleans Saints’ blowout win over the Dallas Cowboys. In the second quarter of the game, Carr scored a touchdown on a 1-yard run. He mimicked late pop star Michael Jackson’s signature dance moves to celebrate the Saints taking a 34-13 lead. While Carr was …
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TheKansas City Chiefs might be without star running back Isiah Pacheco for the foreseeable future. Head coach Andy Reid offered a less-than-ideal update on the third-year player Wednesday, telling reporters Pacheco underwent surgery days after he broke a fibula in the closing minutes of the Chiefs’ 26-25 win over theCincinnati Bengals. Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco (10) runs …
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Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell is selling his suburban Detroit home for more privacy. Campbell and his wife Holly listed the 7,800-square-foot house in Bloomfield for $4.5 million this week. “There’s plenty of space. It’s on two acres. The home is beautiful,” Campbell told Crain’s Detroit Business. “It’s just that people figured out where we lived when we lost.” …
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Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian named highly touted sophomore Arch Manning as the starter heading into the Longhorns‘ Week 4 matchup with Louisiana Monroe. Manning did not start in any games during his freshman season, and Quinn Ewers was once again named the starter entering the 2024 campaign. Manning stepped in for Ewers after the quarterback suffered an abdominal …
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Aaron Rodgers made it through the first two weeks of the 2024 NFL season, but all New York Jets fans were waiting for Thursday night for the team’s home opener because it’s the first time he’s back home since his Achilles tear. Rodgers infamously didn’t make it through his first series as a Jet last season, tearing his Achilles on …
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Israeli authorities indicted a Jewish Israeli man for being recruited by Iran to pursue an assassination plot against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials. Moti Maman, 73, told authorities he had a “lapse of judgment” and is now cooperating with law enforcement. Israeli police arrested Maman in August, saying he had twice visited Iran to meet with …
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