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After winning the Women’s World Cup, the soccer players celebrated like Spaniards typically do, and that involves lots of hugging and yes, there is kissing involved. Well, the eyes of the easily outraged are all on Spain’s Soccer Federation President Luis Rubiales after he kissed team captain Jennifer Hermoso a bit longer than the other players
The UFC landscape might see a significant bout between former champions Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler, but totally not this year since Conor still, after many months, has not taken his drug test.
Auburn’s football coach Hugh Freeze is very, very familiar with former NFL vet Michael Oher and his ‘family’, the Tuohys, so when he finally spoke out on the recent controversy regarding the lawsuit, the blackmail allegations, and all the other ‘he said, she said’ involved, obviously people were going to pay attention.
Post-pandemic, pickeball is all the rage it seems. With great fun however means increased noise, and in some communities across the U.S. it seems like certain neighbors aren’t too happy hearing paddles and ricochets all hours of the day. Because of this unwanted additional noise, there is a movement to actually shut down pickleball courts (probably coming from the same people who thought Kevin Bacon was the bad guy in ‘Footloose’).
The celebrated story of Michael Oher, former NFL athlete and the subject of the best-selling book “The Blind Side” by Michael Lewis, has taken an insane turn over the past week. Oher has filed a lawsuit against the Tuohy family, claiming they never officially adopted him and accusing them of financial misdeeds related to movie profits. Meanwhile, the author Lewis has defended the Tuohys and pointed fingers at Hollywood’s accounting system.
Last week, undisputed super featherweight boxing champion Alycia Baumgardner announced that she had been informed that samples from her most recent urinalysis tested positive for several banned substances.
A seasoned NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver, Jason Alan White, was arrested earlier this month in Huntersville, North Carolina on charges of driving while impaired, according to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office.
Hailie Deegan, a rising star in motorsports, recently shared her experiences of transitioning from California’s racing scene to North Carolina’s, as part of NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program. Speaking with Kenny Wallace on his podcast, Deegan elaborated on the stark contrasts she noticed between the East and West Coast racing cultures, making it clear that not everyone who appears friendly is behaves the same behind the scenes.
NASCAR’s decision to shift its yearly race from Indianapolis’ iconic oval to the road course in 2021, although initially met with criticism, turned out to be an entertaining spectacle, surpassing the previous year’s wreck-heavy race.
I didn’t have “Michael Oher attempting to shake down the family who gave him an amazing life which propelled him to sports stardom” on my 2023 bingo card this year, but then again I don’t think anybody could have ever thought that the beloved family and their wayward football savant that inspired the film “The Blind Side” could have ever been soured in such a terrible way.