By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Mike Pereira knows the pressure Carl Cheffers and his officiating crew will be under during Super Bowl 57 between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. As the NFL’s vice president of officiating in 2008, Pereira promoted Cheffers from side judge to referee. After 14 years with the league,
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By Nicole Chavez and Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN A middle school in New York and its food vendor, Aramark, apologized after students were served chicken and waffles, along with watermelon on the first day of Black History Month. The lunch menu offered on February 1 at Nyack Middle School in Rockland County was “inexcusably insensitive and
Continue ReadingBy Joylyn Bukovac Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Dozens of families in South Nashville are without a home after their apartment building when up in flames overnight. The fire started around 10:15 p.m. at Hickory Creek Apartments on Vultee Boulevard. One neighbor credits people knocking on doors for saving
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Smithson Click here for updates on this story COOKEVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A teddy bear made from a grandmother’s jacket — found at a Goodwill in Cookeville — could soon be back in the hands of its family with the help of a Facebook group. Regena Moreno posted two photos of the teddy
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By David Close, CNN Tom Brady says he will start his broadcasting career in the “fall of 2024” as he reiterated Monday his NFL playing career is over. Colin Cowherd, host of FS1’s “The Herd,” asked Brady if there was a “1% chance” he would be talked back into returning to the NFL. The seven-time
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will return home Tuesday to take on South Carolina after suffering a road loss at Mississippi State. “We have shown the ability to bounce back throughout our season,” said head coach Dennis Gates. “Being 5-5 in conference is something that we look at, but you have to
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zack Greinke can earn up to $15 million in his one-year contract to return to the Kansas City Royals. The 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner rejoined the Royals last year for the first time since 2010 and went 4-9 with a 3.68 ERA in 26 starts and 137 innings.
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zack Greinke can earn up to $15 million in his one-year contract to return to the Kansas City Royals. The 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner rejoined the Royals last year for the first time since 2010 and went 4-9 with a 3.68 ERA in 26 starts and 137 innings.
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zack Greinke can earn up to $15 million in his one-year contract to return to the Kansas City Royals. The 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner rejoined the Royals last year for the first time since 2010 and went 4-9 with a 3.68 ERA in 26 starts and 137 innings.
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Twins shortstop Carlos Correa will not play in the World Baseball Classic for family reasons. His wife is expecting a baby during the tournament. The Twins said they made a mutual decision with Correa that he would not join the Puerto Rico national team for the event. Correa’s wife, Daniella, is
Continue Reading BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish prosecutors oppose the appeal made by Dani Alves’ defense team asking for him to be free on bail while the investigation continues into sexual assault accusations against the footballer. Alves’ lawyers filed the appeal last week saying the Brazilian agreed to turn in his passport and wear a tracking device
Continue ReadingBy Derrick Lewis Click here for updates on this story HUMBLE, Texas (KTRK) — A 6-year-old boy is safe after a Good Samaritan reunited them with their parent after he was found wandering in a store parking lot in Humble. According to the child’s aunt, the child, a student at Humble Rhodes School for Performing
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN Patients with failing kidneys who need regular dialysis treatments still have sky-high rates of dangerous staph infections in their blood compared with people who don’t need these treatments, according to a new Vital Signs report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rates of infection are particularly high among
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Lazio has been held at relegation-threatened Hellas Verona to 1-1 in Serie A. That hampers its hopes of consolidating its place in the top four in a tight race for the Champions League spots. Cyril Ngonge scored his first goal for Verona on his first start
Continue Reading By DARVIN HAM For The Associated Press Darvin Ham is in his first season as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James, who is poised to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. Ham doesn’t think James has ever wanted the scoring record. But coach says James is one of one. That no one
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By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN The American military had a “domain awareness gap” that allowed three other suspected Chinese spy balloons to transit the continental United States undetected under the Trump administration, the Pentagon general responsible for providing air and missile defense over North America said on Monday. “Every day as a NORAD
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Varios sitios arqueológicos de Siria sufrieron daños tras el fuerte terremoto que sacudió la región este lunes por la mañana, según la Dirección General de Antigüedades y Museos de Siria (DGAM por sus siglas en inglés). Últimas noticias del terremoto en Turquía y Siria: más de 2.700 muertos y casi 10.000 heridos
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Brady told Colin Cowherd during Monday’s episode of “The Herd” on FS1 and Fox Sports Radio that he will not start his broadcasting career with Fox until the 2024 season. The seven-time Super Bowl champion — who retired last week after a 23-year career with the New England Patriots and
Continue Reading By SHANE BATTIER For The Associated Press Shane Battier is a former Miami Heat teammate of LeBron James, who is poised to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. Battier played in the NBA for 13 seasons, the last three of them with James in Miami. Battier says James is the greatest basketball player and doesn’t
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La gala de los Grammy 2023 del domingo por la noche fue un espectáculo histórico lleno de actuaciones dinámicas de artistas musicales icónicos. Hito en la música: mujer transgénero gana por primera vez un Grammy 0:46 Y durante todo ello, Ben Affleck parecía abatido. Ben Affleck, con Jennifer López, con cara
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