Archive for August, 2013



Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and his knee injury

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady left practice early Wednesday, several minutes after suffering a left knee injury at the end of a passing play. Two league sources said Brady suffered a sprain and the injury is not considered serious. The injury happened during 11-on-11 work – with the Patriots practicing in full pads against the visiting […]

Florida resort and sinkhole

A Florida time-share resort where a sinkhole devoured a building Sunday night said that it is open for business and next week’s guests should “come on down.” Paul Caldwell – the general manager of Summer Bay Resorts, which is located 6 miles from Walt Disney World – made the pitch to guests at a news […]

Chiefs’ Jamaal Charles strains foot

The Kansas City Chiefs (and fantasy football players nationwide) can exhale. Star running back Jamaal Charles was driven off the Chiefs’ practice field Monday morning, but X-rays revealed no serious damage, head coach Andy Reid told reporters in St. Joseph, Mo. The injury to Charles’ foot is being treated as a sprain. Charles rushed for […]

Jazz legend George Duke dead at 67

George Duke, who began his career as a jazz pianist in the 1960′s but made his name by crossing musical boundaries, died on Monday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 67. He had suffered heart complications after being treated for chronic lymphocytic leukemia – said his manager, Darryl Porter, who confirmed the death. The name […]

Alex Rodriguez will play rehab games in Trenton Friday

With Alex Rodriguez’s fate yet to be decided by Major League Baseball, the Yankees third baseman is headed to Trenton. The Yankees announced Thursday that Rodriguez will play rehab games with the Double-A Trenton Thunder Friday night and Saturday night. Whether Rodriguez actually will play in those games is in question, though – as MLB […]

Riley Cooper apologizes after using racial slur

Embarrassed Eagles receiver Riley Cooper stood fittingly with his back to a wall outside the team’s training complex press room Wednesday night, apologizing for a racial epithet used after a confrontation with an African American security guard working a June 8 Kenny Chesney concert. The six-minute, 45-second apology – which followed a Twitter apology – […]