The NY Jets have acquired linebacker Shaq Lawson from the the Houston Texans for a future sixth-round pick. Lawson will leave without playing a single regular game for Houston after joining the team in March; Lawson was traded to Houston from the Dolphins in exchange for linebacker Benardrick McKinney and a seventh-round pick. Lawson, a …
Monthly Archives: August 2021
NY Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard tests positive for COVID-19
Just after making his first rehab outing last week, Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard was scratched from his second rehab start on Sunday due to testing positive for COVID-19. Manager Luis Rojas shared that Syndergaard was dealing with a “non-baseball related injury,” but that’s all the information he was willing to provide. It was later reported …
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Garth Brooks gives details about COVID protocols on the upcoming “Dive Bar’ tour
Garth Brooks cancelled his scheduled stadium concert events for 2021 due to the surge in COVID-19 cases earlier this week, but has unveiled plans to return to the road in the fall playing dive bars. Brooks provided details on his ‘Inside Studio G’ Facebook Live series, and said the ‘dive bar’ shows will require all …
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Chris Stapleton and wife Morgane donate to family who lost twins in devastating Tennessee floods
Chris Stapleton and wife Morgane have donated $10,000 to help a family grieving the death of their twin babies who were lost after the devastating flooding in Tennessee. A GoFundMe for the twins parents, Danielle Hall and her husband Matt, set a modest goal of $5,000, but donations quickly exceeded that figure and as of …
Netflix picks up ‘Manifest’ for fourth and final season
Netflix announced on Twitter over the weekend that it has renewed the sci-fi drama Manifest for a fourth and final season. NBCs had announced back in June that it would not be making more episodes of the show, which follows passengers of a plane who arrived more than five years after they took off, but …
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Legendary actor Ed Asner dies at age 91
Hollywood legend Ed Asner has passed away at age 91. Asner’s death was confirmed by his family on his Twitter account Sunday morning in a statement which read: “We are sorry to say that our beloved patriarch passed away this morning peacefully. Words cannot express the sadness we feel. With a kiss on your head- …
President Biden pledges retaliation after 12 U.S. service members and dozens others are killed in Kabul attack
President Joe Biden pledged retaliation after a pair of explosions near Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday killed 12 U.S. service members and dozens others. The Islamic State-Khorasan Province, a self-proclaimed offshoot of the IS which has denied affiliation with the Afghan-based militant group, has claimed responsibility for the attack. Pentagon press …
CDC warns against use of animal de-wormer to treat COVID-19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent out an advisory on Thursday against the use of a drug prescribed to fight parasites in animals, which some believe can also treat those diagnosed with COVID-19. The CDC said it is seeing an alarming number of prescriptions for the drug ivermectin, due to false claims that …
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Jacksonville Jaguars announce Trevor Lawrence as their starting quarterback
Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer announced that Trevor Lawrence will start the Sept. 12 season opener in Houston against the Texans, as well as Sunday’s preseason finale in Dallas against the Cowboys. Said Meyer: “We wanted him to earn it, as we do with every position. We felt he has, after [Monday] night’s performance …
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Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill placed on reserve/COVID-19 list
On Thursday, the Tennessee Titans placed quarterback Ryan Tannehill on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Per the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols, Tannehill — who is vaccinated — will need to register two consecutive negative PCR tests over a 24-hour period in order to rejoin Tennessee. He could return to the Titans in time for their preseason finale on …
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