The College Star Who Beat the NCAA in Court Isn’t Done Yet
Ed O’Bannon cuts down the net in 1995 after UCLA defeated Arkansas in the national championship.Icon Sportswire via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Long after the end of a storied college basketball career and a short stint in the NBA, Ed O’Bannon saw a version of his former self…
From Fringe to Baby Oil, Here Are 9 Eye-Catching Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Looks
US Olympic luge veteran Erin Hamlin carries the US flag at the 2018 opening ceremony.Mark Reis via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Fashion Week kicked off in New York City on Thursday, but nearly 7,000 miles away in Pyeongchang, almost 3,000 Olympic athletes from 92 countries were preparing for a fashion show…
California Is the Fourth State in a Month to Propose Banning Youth Tackle Football
Taylor Jones/The Palm Beach Post/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two California lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday that would set a yet-defined minimum age for kids who want to participate in organized tackle football in an attempt to offset the risk of long-term brain damage. If passed, California would become the first state…
The Cleveland Indians Decided the Chief Wahoo Logo Is Too Racist to Wear But Fine to Keep Selling
Patrick Semansky/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After 70 years of using a racist Native American caricature as its primary logo, baseball’s Cleveland Indians finally have agreed to stop using the Chief Wahoo logo on uniforms and banners throughout Progressive Field, starting in 2019. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred noted in…
Larry Nassar Is Locked Up for Life, But Michigan State’s Trouble Is Just Starting
Dale G.Young/Detroit News/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over the past two weeks, as more than 150 women came forward to tell their stories of abuse at the hands of sports physician Larry Nassar, one of the biggest questions has been how his behavior was able to continue for decades. “There…
“You Were Building an Army of Survivors”: The Most Horrifying and Inspiring Testimony from the Larry Nassar Hearing
A victim makes her “impact statement” during sentencing hearing to doctor Larry Nassar, who has pleaded guilty to sexual assault charges. Dale G. Young/Detroit News/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a Michigan courtroom earlier this week, Larry Nassar covered his eyes with his hands as, one by one, the women…