In addition to the murder of Odin Lloyd, Aaron Hernandez is under investigation for a drive-by shooting outside a Boston nightclub that killed two men. Now, one of the survivors of the car that was shot up tells Fox Boston that he recognized Hernandez as the shooter. The unnamed man, who has told his story to investigators, said he only realized it was Hernandez after his arrest in June. "When I see his face, I just recognize his face. Compare his face that night to his face now. It's that face that I remember," he said. On July 16, 2012, an apparent fight at Cure in Boston's South End took place between two groups of people, one of them including Hernandez. As the other group left the club, an SUV pulled up alongside and sprayed the car with bullets, killing Danny…
Many many years ago, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Rajon Rondo were coworkers in Boston. Doc Rivers was their coach. They won the 2008 NBA championship together; then, later, some of them went on to work in other places. Some of them don’t really like each other. They don’t all come to each others’ life events and work functions anymore, a decade after they won that championship and a full six years after the last time all of them were coworkers. Absolutely nothing about this is the least bit interesting or unusual, so far. Do you still hang out with all the people with whom you shared a professional context six years ago? Do you go through life with the expectation that you will be close personal friends with all of your former coworkers more than six fucking years a…
data-mm-id=”_uuuz7hyo8″>Few players in sports feel more pressure than a field goal kicker trying to win or tie a game for his team in the closing moments. Some wilt under that pressure (Mike Vanderjagt). Others thrive (Adam Vinatieri). And some get unfairly lumped into the former category, when moments earlier they were squarely in the latter. Enter 49ers kicker Chase McLaughlin and ESPN play-by-play announcer Joe Tessitore. Shortly after McLaughlin nailed arguably the most pressure-packed field goal a kicker can make (trying to tie the game on the last play in regulation), he missed a kick in overtime to try and win it. While the OT miss was bad, it didn't change the fact that McLaughlin had kept the 49ers in the game with a 47-yard field goal (not easy) with six seconds left on …
data-mm-id=”_jhgwyoqsz”>The Chargers are officially moving on from Philip Rivers. Earlier today, The Big Lead listed the best landing spots for Rivers' future. Reverse it, and here is a ranking of the five best options at quarterback for the Chargers post-Rivers this offseason:1. Tom BradyTom Brady — Chargers / Maddie Meyer/Getty ImagesTurning the year-long fantasy rumor into reality is priority No. 1 for the Chargers this offseason. Tom Brady is well past his prime and is a two-year option max. But Brady's value for the Chargers exceeds his play on the field — which is an upgrade over Rivers. The fan-less Chargers are moving into a new stadium in desperation for relevance. Brady gives the Chargers the following: A home-field advantage eight times a year, primetime games…
data-mm-id=”_bqrwsbp2x”>Over the weekend, news broke that the NBA would consider allowing teams to re-open their practice facilities in states that have relaxed stay-at-home orders put in place to prevent spread of the coronavirus. On Monday, a series of reports emerged that the league faced pushback from multiple teams over the idea as the Atlanta Hawks said they wouldn't be re-opening their facility despite relaxed restrictions in Georgia. Hawks President of Basketball Operations/GM Travis Schlenk tells ESPN that Hawks won’t be opening team facility to players Friday. “We are going to wait and see what happens in the state over the couple of weeks,” Schlenk tells ESPN. Georgia relaxed stay-at-home policies.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 27, 2020NBA has received si…
data-mm-id=”_y637rvnze”>The Kansas City Star Editorial Board published an article today asking the Chiefs and local government to reconsider allowing fans at the team's season opening game. The current plan is to allow 16,000 fans into Arrowhead Stadium in three weeks. What they will require is masks and ask that fans only interact with the other fans in their ticket pods. If you think this is just more media fear mongering, let's see what the people allowing this to happen think. Here's mayor Quinton Lucas and KC health director Rex Archer. Via KC Star: “Interestingly, Lucas — a vocal and visible Chiefs fan — said he may not go to Arrowhead Stadium. “I understand the risk,” he said. “I don’t know if I plan to go to a Chiefs game this year.”
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data-mm-id=”_ffkqavqzz”>It's a strange year and it is hard to keep track of everything that isn't as it should be, since nothing is as it should be. That's a confusing way to say that so many aspects of life have gone off the rails that nothing surprises us anymore. I would argue, however, that Kentucky has been a big surprise this year. Because they are bad. Like, really bad. John Calipari's squad entered the year with one of the top recruits in this year's class, a guard by the name of BJ Boston. The quality of his name (high) has not been reflected in his play (average) and the rest of the team has been downright terrible. The Wildcats, a perennial college basketball powerhouse alongside such programs as Duke and Kansas, have started the 2020-21 season 1-6. …
data-mm-id=”_qel3byn44″>Every year at the College World Series there is a competition between fanbases to see which school's fans can purchase the most Jello shots at Rocco's, the bar across the street from the stadium. It's a brilliant bit of marketing for the bar as college baseball fans flock there to be upsold on an alcoholic children's treat in the name of school pride. Records are meant to be broken! All time team total ✅ All time overall total ✅ Guinness Book of World Record for shots purchased by one person ✅. @ToddGraves head fry cook from @raisingcanes out here supporting @LSUbaseball. Congrats on the new record. #RoccosOmaha #Cws2023 pic.twitter.com/jKi2aWEj4S— CWS Jello Shot Challenge (@CWSShotBoard) June 19, 2023College sports fans pretend it�…
data-mm-id=”_bgc8hh8b8″>The New York Giants spent the first 45 minutes of Monday Night Football getting absolutely wrecked by the Seattle Seahawks defense, with rookie Devon Witherspoon serving as primary destructor. Momentary signs of life from Daniel Jones' unit evaporated when he tried to wedge a pass into tight coverage at the goal line near the end of the third quarter and then found himself turning into a meme on a feeble tackle attempt as Witherspoon raced the other way for what appears to be a game-securing pick-six. Giants coach Brian Daboll, like every other fan doing the Surrender Cobra pose in the crowd, did not much care for the 14-point swing and endeavored to get to the bottom of what the heck Jones was thinking in a frustrated sideline confab. It could just be the …
data-mm-id=”_q5t101fkc”>The Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Rams are battling it out at SoFi Stadium on Sunday. Things were going well when something really odd happened. As Miles Garrett rushed the quarterback, he engaged with Rams tackle Alaric Jackson. As the two men came together, so did their helmets. In fact, they got stuck together somehow. Then Garrett's popped clean off his head and stuck to Jackson's. It was a crazy sight. Check this out:pic.twitter.com/Kms6PrJBrJ— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) December 3, 2023Another look:is that the bite of 87 pic.twitter.com/OxeG1S8tEv— alex (@highlightheaven) December 3, 2023And the official taking it off:There's a first for everything I guess pic.twitter.com/YlH0DiE5tK— Bridget Condon (@BridgetCond…