NEW YORK (AP) — George “Funky” Brown, the co-founder and longtime drummer of Kool & The Gang who helped write such hits as “Too Hot,” “Ladies Night,” “Joanna” and the party favorite “Celebration,” died Thursday in Los Angeles at age 74. Brown died after a battle with cancer, according to a statement released by Universal...
The NFL is eventually going to win. People can push back on the product, and complain about Thursday Night Football and overseas football all they want, but in due time changes become normalized, and even the most inept schedule makers hit on a matchup. Enter the Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens on Thursday. Read more…
Tigers Freshman guard Mikaylah Williams scored a career high 42 points as No. 7 LSU cruises to a 109-79 victory over Kent State. 42 points is the most by any freshman in the NCAA college basketball era. Written and edited by Sara Jane Gamelli Twitter Instagram (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Mikaylah Williams makes history...
The scoresheet will say that the USMNT got a 3-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago. And because it’s the Nations League, and more importantly the qualifying round for next summer’s Copa America, the result lords over all. Manager Gregg Berhalter will probably say something about the patience and fortitude the US showed in… Read more…
Having been part of the NFL since 1978, Doug Williams usually isn’t one to get excited about games in November because the league’s biggest moments occur later in the calendar, which he knows firsthand. This week’s Monday Night Football matchup of the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, however, does pique Williams’ interest. In a...
There are eight games on the NBA slate, today, including two prime time matchups on ESPN. For the Eastern Conference, the Boston Celtics (8-2, 3-2 away) will face the Philadelphia 76ers (8-2, 6-1 Home) on the road. For the Western Conference, the Sacramento Kings (5-4, 1-3 away) will matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers (6-5,...
In 2004, award-winning choreographer LaTasha Barnes was hit by a car while in a crosswalk. At the time, Barnes, an Army sergeant first class, had just been assigned to the White House Communications Agency and was years away from accolades in the performing arts. The accident broke her hip, back and wrist. Dance —and in...
I and many other Chicagoans used to sit in our simple Midwestern homes, huddled by the coal stove or whatever people picture us doing in the winter (it’s not that far off, it’s just huddled at the bar), and have a good chuckle at how New Yorkers were sentenced to a life with James Dolan....
There are ten total NBA In-Season Tournament games today, beginning at 7 p.m and 10:30 PM EDT. There will be several prime time games on TNT, including the Clippers (3-6) against the Nuggets (8-2), and the Spurs (3-7) versus the Thunder (6-4). With less than a month left to go, teams will continue group play...
Back in his days as an NFL wide receiver, Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson reportedly had a very unorthodox way of enhancing his performance before games. In June 2020, the player-turned-podcaster tweeted out, “I took Viagra before every game & people thought they’d stop me, if my stat line was bad I wasn’t covered, the pass was...