Vanessa Bryant claims in her wrongful death lawsuit following the death of her husband Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna that the former NBA player’s future earnings could have equaled “hundreds of millions of dollars.” Vanessa’s lawsuit against the helicopter company and the estate of pilot Ara Zobayan, who also perished in the January crash, is …
Monthly Archives: June 2020
CrossFit CEO Apologizes For Racially Insensitive Tweets As Reebok Ends Partnership With The Brand
President Trump Pledges To Maintain Funding For Police Departments Despite Protests
On Monday, President Donald Trump pledged to maintain funding for police departments in the United States, despite growing calls for cuts to law enforcement budgets. “There won’t be defunding, there won’t be dismantling of our police,” Trump told a roundtable of state, federal, and local law enforcement officials at the White House on Monday. …
San Antonio Spurs’ LaMarcus Aldridge Out For Season Due To Shoulder Surgery
San Antonio Spurs’ LaMarcus Aldridge will miss the remainder of the season while he recovers from surgery on his right shoulder. The Spurs announced Monday that Aldridge had the surgery on April 24, stemming from an injury he suffered in a game at Utah on Feb. 21. San Antonio is one of the 22 teams …
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MLB Proposes 76-Game Schedule, Prorated Salaries
Major League Baseball is proposing a 76-game regular season, expanding the playoffs from 10 teams to as many as 16 and allowing players to earn about 75% of their prorated salaries. Players have refused cuts beyond what they agreed to in March shortly after the pandemic began. The negotiations have jeopardized plans to hold opening …
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Lifetime Cuts Ties With Abby Lee Miller Of “Dance Moms” After Allegations Of Racist Comments
Lifetime is cutting ties with Dance Moms‘ Abby Lee Miller after accusations of racism surfaced against the reality star. The network will no longer move forward with Millers’s planned new show, Abby’s Virtual Dance Off, a spinoff series to Dance Moms scheduled to premiere later this summer. In addition, should Dance Moms be renewed for …
Cate Blanchett Says She’s “Fine” After Injuring Her Head With Chainsaw During Quarantine
Cate Blanchett revealed she cut her head with a chainsaw during quarantine, but is “fine.” The Oscar winner shared her experience on former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s podcast, A Podcast of One’s Own, May 27. However, Blanchett said she’s totally fine, and the injury was minor. “I had a bit of a chainsaw accident …
Conor McGregor Makes 3rd Retirement Announcement In 4 Years
UFC Champion Conor McGregor has announced his retirement for the third time in four years. McGregor made his latest announcement Sunday morning on his Twitter account, where the former two-division UFC champion also announced his retirement in 2016 and 2019. “Hey guys I’ve decided to retire from fighting,” McGregor wrote in a caption below a …
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Majority Of Minneapolis City Council Backs Dismantling Police Department
A majority of the Minneapolis City Council agreed Sunday to dismantle the city’s police department after the in-custody killing of George Floyd. Councilman Jeremiah Ellison said the council would work to disband the department in its “current iteration. The plan has to start somewhere. We are not going to hit the eject button without a …
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Kevin Harvick Continues To Dominate With Victory At Atlanta Motor Speedway
Kevin Harvick was victorious at Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at the at Atlanta Motor Speedway 1.5-mile oval in Hampton, Ga. The victory was the third for Harvick at Atlanta — the site of his very first NASCAR Cup Series win way back in 2001. Harvick started the race with a series-best 1,197 laps …
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