Sidney Crosby is now the Pittsburgh Penguins’ all-time leading scorer, passing legend Mario Lemieux. Crosby picked up a goal and an assist in the first period against the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday, Dec. 21 to give him 1,724 career points, all with the Penguins. That moved him past Hall of Famer Lemieux, who had been the Penguins’ leader since he ...
Georgetown men’s basketball coach Ed Cooley threw his water bottle into the home crowd after a loss to Xavier Saturday night, Dec. 20, appearing to hit a child sitting on his mother’s lap behind the bench. Now, the Big East school has suspended Cooley for one game following the incident. ‘I met with Coach Cooley today to discuss the incident ...
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf got into an altercation with a fan during the first half of his team’s Week 16 game against the Detroit Lions. CBS’ cameras captured video of the skirmish. Metcalf was seen having a conversation with a fan sitting in the first row of the stands at Ford Field on Sunday. The veteran receiver then ...
Los Angeles Clippers center Ivica Zubac is expected to miss several weeks due to an injury suffered on Saturday, Dec. 20, against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Clippers have already struggled throughout the season and the loss of their big man won’t help their cause. Zubac’s absence will likely be noticeable out on the court despite the Clippers having a ...
The fate of 30 NBA, NHL and MLB teams’ local television broadcasts could hang in the balance if a proposed sale to sports streaming platform DAZN isn’t completed next month. According to a Sports Business Journal report, Main Street Sports Group missed its December rights payment to the St. Louis Cardinals, raising a red flag as it looks to complete ...
The remains of a famous sycamore tree, which stood on Britain’s Roman-built Hadrian’s Wall in northern England for more than 200 years, has found a new home nearly two years after it was illegally felled. The removal of the tree from its spot known as “Sycamore Gap,” a pronounced dip in Hadrian’s Wall, in September 2023 sparked global outrage. Sycamore ...
Australian universities may lose funding if they’re not judged to be doing enough to address anti-Jewish hate crimes, according to new measures proposed by the country’s first antisemitism envoy. Jillian Segal was appointed to the role a year ago in response to a surge in reports of attacks against Jewish sites and property in Australia, following Israel’s invasion of Gaza, ...
Rescuers pulled six crew members alive from the Red Sea after Houthi militants attacked and sank a second ship this week, while the fate of another 15 was unknown after the Iran-aligned group said they held some of the seafarers. The Houthis claimed responsibility for the assault that maritime officials say killed four of the 25 people aboard the Eternity ...
PHOENIX, Ariz. – While it is true that Erika Kirk is head of one of the nation’s leading conservative groups, at one point this weekend at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, she made it clear that she holds an even more important title: mother. After two days of infighting at the conference between some of its top stars, Kirk smiled on ...
The words “Get out of Mexico” are still visible on one shop window as protestors violently kicked in the glass pane. In another clip, “Kill a gringo” is spray-painted on a wall in Mexico City as demonstrators carried placards demanding western foreigners “stop stealing our home.” These were some of the striking scenes at a mass protest last week against ...