A former NFL safety took a big step Tuesday night toward a whole new career.Burgess Owens, who played from 1973-1982 for the New York Jets and the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders, won Utah’s Republican primary for a U.S. House seat, according to The Associated Press.Owens, 68, who played college football at the University of Miami,…
Joe Lockhart, a former NFL and Clinton White House spokesman, had a suggestion for addressing the violent rioting taking over the streets of Minneapolis: The Minnesota Vikings should sign Colin Kaepernick. Mr. Lockhart said in a CNN op-ed that the “situation in Minnesota right now offers a unique opportunity to deal with the symbols of…
Marshal Yanda announced his retirement from the NFL in March after 13 seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, eight Pro Bowl appearances and a Super Bowl championship.In the first two months of retirement, Yanda revealed to ESPN on Sunday how he was able to lose 60 pounds. Yanda was listed at 312 pounds during his career…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Quarantine Routine is a regular feature that asks political, business, sports and entertainment power brokers how their daily lives have changed -- and how they're still doing their jobs -- during the coronavirus crisis.Former New Orleans Saints star Marques Colston is…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…