World and Olympic champion Sun Yang’s hopes of competing at the Tokyo Games have been ended after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) reduced the Chinese swimmer’s ban for doping violations to four years from eight. The shorter sentence announced by the Swiss-based court means Sun will be eligible […]
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Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Vanessa’s lawsuit accused the pilot of failing to properly monitor and assess the weather prior to takeoff, as well as failing to abort the flight when he knew of the cloudy conditions, among other allegations. At the time, she asked for unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. When the suit […]
Publisher Wizkids, better known for its HeroClix line of miniature games, is about to release a card game based on a song. Just one song. But it’s a very good one, and just in time for Summer. Summertime is a game by Omari Akil and Hamu Dennis, who previously worked […]
Amid all the back-and-forth about the feasibility of holding the Tokyo Olympics during the pandemic, there are early indications of viewer interest in the summer games By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer June 23, 2021, 12:26 AM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article LOS ANGELES […]
That’s how Jervon Hicks describes his mission as an outreach worker and life coach on Chicago’s South Side. Growing up in the city, Hicks, 44, found himself behind bars multiple times for what he says was “guns and shooting.” Now, he’s trying to prevent his history from becoming someone else’s […]
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents over one million workers in North America in industries including parcel delivery and freight, will vote on whether to make it a priority to organize Amazon workers and help them win a union contract. “Amazon is changing the nature of work in our […]
Questioning her father’s role Confidential court records reveal Ms. Spears’s concerns that her father was hardly the person to be setting, and enforcing, the rules that governed her life. Ms. Spears’s first tour under the conservatorship, The Circus Starring Britney Spears, was designed to be a dry one, with cast […]
Home sweet home. Britney Spears‘ father, Jamie Spears, has a new living situation in Kentwood, Louisiana — and it involves an RV. The 39-year-old Grammy winner’s controversial conservatorship was examined in a New York Times report on Tuesday, June 22, which revealed what Britney’s 68-year-old father is up to ahead […]