Author: Tim Runn

Buffalo Bills rookie punter Matt Araiza, who on Thursday was accused in a civil lawsuit of taking part in the gang rape of a minor during an off-campus party at San Diego State University in 2021, will not play Friday in his team’s preseason finale against the Carolina Panthers, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported.Araiza traveled with the team to Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday and was in attendance pregame on Friday. He is currently the only punter on the Bills’ roster. Buffalo backup quarterback Matt Barkley punted for the team on Friday.The lawsuit, filed…

It took a while, as the 2022 NBA Draft took place on June 23, but the Toronto Raptors and the 33rd overall pick in Christian Koloko have finally agreed to a deal, the team announced on Friday. According to Blake Murphy, Koloko signed a three-year deal with Toronto, who used a chunk of their mid-level exception to sign the rookie big man. He will make $1.5 million this upcoming 2022-23 season and then Koloko will earn the minimum the following two years, that is if he remains on the Raptors roster through the 2024-25 season. A potential first-round prospect that…

8/26/2022   CFO Jimmy Patronis: State Bomb Squad to Assist with NASCAR Safety Measures   DAYTONA, Fla. – Today, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis announced that members of his Division of Investigative and Forensic Services’ (DIFS) Bomb Squad Team were deployed to Daytona to help ensure safety during the Coke Zero Sugar 400 this weekend. The DIFS’ Bomb Squad consists of 13 Certified Bomb Technicians and three Apprentices. DIFS also has explosive detection K-9s that have been deployed in support of the race. CFO Jimmy Patronis said, “As Floridians look forward to watching the best drivers…

Atlanta Braves Marcell Ozuna has now been arrested twice in fifteen months. Some around Major League Baseball questioned the team’s decision to welcome him back after that infamous domestic violence scandal. Now, he’s facing DUI and unsafe lane change charges, and he’s not even an everyday player for the team, which is why it’s getting harder to make a case for him. This news is republished from another source. You can check the original article here

CALGARY, AB, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – Canadian Pacific celebrated CP Ambassador Lorie Kane today on the 18th green of the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club as the Canadian golf icon finished her 30th and final CP Women’s Open. “Lorie has made outstanding contributions to women’s golf and the community, including as a CP Ambassador,” said Keith Creel, CP President and CEO. “We cherish Lorie for her contributions as a CP Ambassador since 2014, and I look forward to her continuing as a significant member of the CP team promoting CP Has Heart in the community.” Kane is moving on to…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Sometimes stories are worth repeating, especially the really good ones.   Consider the case of West Virginia’s Casey Legg, whose collegiate kicking career was born out of a midweek kicking session at Charleston’s Laidley Field one October afternoon in 2017.   Prior to that, Casey was strictly a soccer player.   “I loved soccer,” he recalled recently.   But one day, either a parent or a grandparent of one of the players on the opposing team Casey was facing (he doesn’t remember) approached his mother and asked her if her son had ever kicked footballs. She said no,…

Ben Stokes gets tempo spot on during 12th Test ton as he helps England into a commanding position in the second Test against South Africa at Emirates Old Trafford – watch day three on Sky Sports on Saturday (10.15am on air, 11am start) Last Updated: 26/08/22 8:20pm Ben Stokes struck 103 from 163 balls on day two at Emirates Old Trafford – at a strike-rate of 63.19 Friday was always going to be a big day for Ben Stokes. It was the day his candid documentary Phoenix from the Ashes was released, a film in which he goes into granular…

By Ken Hissner: It was May of 1953, and I was nine years old when my dad and I watched on our small black and white television the rematch between the new heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano, 44-0, and former champion “Jersey” Joe Walcott, 49-19-1, at Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois. It would be 2:25 later that I was hooked on boxing with Marciano’s quick first-round knockout of Walcott. Little did I know then that I was told years later by one of Marciano’s stablemates Hank Cisco from Norristown, next to my hometown of Conshohocken, also known as “Conshy!” I get I…

Althea Gibson made history by breaking barriers in tennis. Now she is getting a street renamed in her honor.During a celebration Thursday, Gibson — who was the first Black tennis player to win a Grand Slam title — was honored in her hometown, Harlem, by having a street renamed after her on what would have been her 95th birthday. The intersection of West 143rd Street and Malcolm X Boulevard, where Gibson grew up, is now called Althea Gibson Way. The ceremony took place in front of Gibson’s old apartment building on 143rd Street and was attended by the tennis star’s family,…

The Philadelphia Flyers announced today they have made the following signings, according to President of Hockey Operations & General Manager, Chuck Fletcher.The Flyers have signed forward Wade Allison to a two-year, two-way/one-way contract with an average annual value (AAV) of $785,000. The Flyers signed defenseman Linus Högberg to a one-year, two-way contract with an average annual value (AAV) of $750,000. Allison, 24 (10/14/1997), played one game with the Flyers at the end of 2021-22 and spent a majority of the season with the club’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, where he recorded 10 goals and seven assists for 17…