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2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo

Olympics News

Olympics Rundown: July 16, 2021

TOKYO -- The 2020 Summer Olympiad from Tokyo, Japan is only a week away, and news is coming out in the week that remains. Here are some news items on the Olympics radar that could impact some of the action, courtesy of UPI. Ugandan weightlifter missing from hotel at Tokyo Summer Olympics A Ugandan weightlifter in Japan who'd been hoping to compete in the Tokyo Summer Olympics went missing from his hotel Friday despite COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on athletes, local […]

todayJuly 16, 2021 22

Ted Ginn Jr.

Football News

Ted Ginn Jr. retires from NFL

Former Saints, Panthers WR retiring after 14 seasons

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UPI) -- Former New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. announced his retirement from the NFL on Friday after 14 seasons in the league. The 36-year-old Ginn made the announcement during a news conference at Glenville High School in Cleveland. He starred for Glenville before playing at Ohio State University and in the NFL. "I've dedicated my entire life to football until now," Ginn told reporters at the event. "I'm going out in peace. […]

todayJuly 16, 2021 21

AEW Fyter Fest 2021 Night 1 Omega Page

AEW News

AEW Fyter Fest: Allin, Page have first coffin match

CEDAR PARK, Tex. (UPI) -- Darby Allin and Ethan Page tried to settle their differences in AEW's first-ever coffin match, which took place at Fyter Fest Night 1. The coffin match is won after an opponent is tossed into a ringside coffin and the door is completely shut. Allin started the match on Wednesday by charging at Page and unleashing his move the Coffin Drop. Allin took off his jacket and showed that he was wearing a sheet of metal on his […]

todayJuly 15, 2021 3

Dick Tidrow

MLB News

Ex-MLB pitcher, longtime Giants executive Dick Tidrow dies at 74

SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- Dick Tidrow, a former MLB pitcher who later became a longtime member of the San Francisco Giants' front office, has died. He was 74. The Giants announced his death Wednesday on behalf of the Tidrow family. The team said he died unexpectedly Saturday in Lee's Summit, Mo. "Our entire organization is heartbroken by the news of Dick's passing," Giants President and CEO Larry Baer said in the news release. "So much of our success over these past […]

todayJuly 15, 2021 17

Joe Exotic

National

Court orders Joe Exotic to be re-sentenced

DENVER (UPI) -- An appeals court has ordered for Joe Exotic of Netflix's series "Tiger King" fame to be re-sentenced on Wednesday after he appealed his 22-year prison sentence as too long. Exotic, who was born Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was sentenced to 264 months' imprisonment in January 2020 when a court found him guilty of 21 charges, most stemming from wildlife charges concerning his care for big cats that he held in captivity. Two of the charges were in connection to […]

todayJuly 15, 2021 2

AEW Tommy End Malakai Black

AEW News

AEW Road Rager: Young Bucks survive street fight, Malakai Black arrives

MIAMI (UPI) -- AEW presented the first show of its new live tour, titled AEW Dynamite: Road Rager, from the James L. Knight Center in Miami. The energized crowd on Wednesday was treated to a championship main event as Matt and Nick Jackson of The Young Bucks defended their AEW World Tag Team Championships against Eddie Kingston and Penta El Zero Miedo in a Street Fight. Kingston kicked off the violent match right away by throwing a garbage can at […]

todayJuly 8, 2021 46

Cameron Kinley

Football News

DoD secretary allows Navy grad Kinley to play in NFL

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and the Naval Academy will allow rookie cornerback Cameron Kinley to pursue a career in the NFL. Austin announced Tuesday he approved a plan by the Department of the Navy to enlist Kinley in the Inactive Ready Reserve "for the duration of his football career." The decision comes after Kinley said his request to delay his Navy commission to compete in the NFL had initially been denied. "Upon completion of his playing […]

todayJuly 6, 2021 3

Andrew Cuomo

National

Gov. Andrew Cuomo declares gun violence emergency in New York

ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order on Tuesday declaring gun violence in the state a disaster emergency. Cuomo announced the order amid a surge in gun violence dating back to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and said the state would fund programs to combat gun violence as well as create government programs to track statistics surrounding shootings and gun trafficking. "Just like we did with COVID, New York is going to lead […]

todayJuly 6, 2021 3

Joey Chestnut

Entertainment

Chestnut relishes Nathan’s hot dog eating contest with record 76

Wins fourteenth title in competitive eating career

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (UPI) -- Joey Chestnut chowed down a record 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes for his 14th title and surpassing his record by one last year as Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest returned outdoors on Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., Sunday after it went inside during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Chestnut, 37, of San Jose, Calif., captured the mustard belt by dwarfing the 18-man field with Jeffrey Esper, 46, of Oxford, Mass., second with 50. […]

todayJuly 4, 2021 5

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