The Pop-Tarts mascots were a chaotic, entertaining presence at the Pop-Tarts Bowl, with Cinnamon Roll (R) eventually consumed by Iowa State after the game as part of a ritual sacrifice. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) For the second straight year, the Pop-Tarts Bowl captured the attention of the college football world. The story of the … Read more
After the 2024 season, it seemed like a Gleyber Torres reunion with the Yankees was unlikely, and that turned out to be true when the infielder signed a one-year deal with the Detroit Tigers on Friday. While the longtime Yankee infielder was appreciative of his time in The Bronx, he also revealed that his former … Read more
Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson Matt Krohn-Imagn Images The internet is infinite. But, if we tried to chronicle all the trials and tribulations that have swirled around the Vancouver Canucks so far this season, we could probably come pretty close to maxing it out. The 2024-25 campaign has been anything but smooth sailing for Rick … Read more
It was a big night for the Savannah Ghost Pirates and defenseman Dennis Cesana on Saturday. The Ghost Pirates went on the road and handed the South Carolina Stingrays a 5-1 defeat in front of 6,000-plus fans at North Charleston Coliseum. Cesana also reached a milestone in the win, becoming the first defenseman in the … Read more
The Chiefs have a dilemma. They can try to knock the Broncos out of the playoffs next weekend with a win in Denver, or they can do what they typically do when the last game of the regular season means nothing to their playoff fortunes — rest the starting quarterback and other key starters. That’s … Read more
The Winnipeg Jets have placed forward Daniel Torgersson on Waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract. On Saturday, the team announced the move, and on Sunday, the transaction was official, with the 22-year-old parting ways from the organization that drafted him 40th overall in the second round of the 2020 NHL Draft. View the … Read more
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s new coalition government will make a series of tax hikes and caps on public sector wages and pensions via emergency decree on Monday, in a move to lower the EU’s largest budget deficit as a percentage of gross domestic product. The prospect of presidential and parliamentary elections in central Europe’s second-largest … Read more
Viktor Hovland’s disappointing 2024 appears to be ending on a painful note. Hovland posted on Friday an image to his Instagram account that looked like a broken pinky toe. “Bed frame 1 – 0 me,” he wrote. Hovland was still listed on the initial full field for the season-opening Sentry, Jan. 2-5 in Maui, Hawaii. … Read more
A passenger jet crashed and burst into flames at a South Korean airport on Sunday, killing at least 179 people in the country’s deadliest air disaster for nearly three decades. Dramatic footage showed the Jeju Air Boeing 737 skidding down the runway without landing gear before smashing into a wall at Muan International Airport in … Read more
Manchester City will be hoping to end a wretched recent run as they travel to take on Leicester in their final fixture of 2024. Pep Guardiola’s glittering and much-garlanded squad have won just once in their last 13 games, with their hopes of a fifth consecutive Premier League title in tatters and a slide down … Read more