• Bubba Wallace addresses NASCAR noose incident in powerful speech

    Bubba Wallace addresses NASCAR noose incident in powerful speech

    TALLADEGA, Ala. — Ryan Blaney held onto the lead after a restart with two laps to go Monday, earning his second straight win at Talladega Superspeedway on a day that began with NASCAR drivers throwing their support behind Bubba Wallace and him address fans afterward. The racing was overshadowed by an extraordinary act of solidarity …
  • Emotional scene as ‘enraged’ NASCAR rallies around Bubba Wallace

    Emotional scene as ‘enraged’ NASCAR rallies around Bubba Wallace

    NASCAR rallied around driver Bubba Wallace, literally, on Monday. A day after a noose was discovered hanging in his stall at Talladega Superspeedway ahead of the Geico 500, drivers showed their solidarity by pushing Wallace’s No. 43 Chevrolet to the front of the field. It was an emotional display that involved team members walking behind …
  • ESPN’s Marty Smith has emotional response to noose found in Bubba Wallace’s garage

    ESPN’s Marty Smith has emotional response to noose found in Bubba Wallace’s garage

    The racist incident that hit NASCAR on Sunday drew a lot of reactions. Marty Smith, who has covered the sport for ESPN since 2006, offered an emotional one following NASCAR’s announcement that a noose was found in Bubba Wallace Jr.’s garage at Talladega Superspeedway, calling the incident “despicable crap.” “He stood up for something he …
  • Comedian D.L. Hughley tests positive for coronavirus after collapse

    Comedian D.L. Hughley tests positive for coronavirus after collapse

    Actor-comedian D.L. Hughley, who collapsed in the middle of his set at a Nashville comedy club, has announced that he tested positive for the coronavirus. The 57-year-old stunned patrons and employees when he lost consciousness while performing at the Zanies comedy nightclub on Friday night. On Saturday, Hughley posted a video on Twitter in which …
  • Kid Rock’s Nashville bar temporarily loses beer permit over coronavirus violations

    Kid Rock’s Nashville bar temporarily loses beer permit over coronavirus violations

    Kid Rock’s Nashville bar had its beer permit temporarily yanked for breaking a city coronavirus health order, a report said. Kid Rock’s Big Honky Tonk and Steakhouse was issued a five-day suspension by the Metropolitan Beer Permit Board after the downtown establishment was caught serving customers at its bar on Saturday night, The Tennessean reported. …
  • Beverly Johnson calls for hiring process reform at Condé Nast

    Beverly Johnson calls for hiring process reform at Condé Nast

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  • Pregnant Sophie Turner flaunts baby bump in leggings and crop top

    Pregnant Sophie Turner flaunts baby bump in leggings and crop top

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  • Could James Dolan save the Islanders’ Coliseum?

    Could James Dolan save the Islanders’ Coliseum?

    Maybe Jim Dolan will ride to the rescue. How would that be if the Garden CEO swooped in to save the Coliseum for the Islanders for one more season before the team can settle into its new digs at Belmont Park for 2021-22? Because the Grand Old Barn that Dolan’s and MSG’s affiliated Oak View …
  • Mikhail Prokhorov shuttering Nassau Coliseum, putting Islanders in flux

    Mikhail Prokhorov shuttering Nassau Coliseum, putting Islanders in flux

    The Islanders are somehow headed back to Brooklyn. Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov’s Onexim Sports and Entertainment, which operates the venue under a lease from Nassau County, plans to shutter the Long Island arena indefinitely while it seeks new investors to take over the 13,000-seat arena and assume the remaining debt, according to Bloomberg. The development comes …
  • Jane Fonda, Lil Nas X star in new environmentally-conscious Gucci campaign

    Jane Fonda, Lil Nas X star in new environmentally-conscious Gucci campaign

    Jane Fonda may never buy a new item of clothing again, but she’s officially the face of Gucci. The “Grace & Frankie” star, 82, joins “Old Town Road” singer Lil Nas X, singer King Princess, Japanese artist Miyavi and environmentalist David de Rothschild in an ad campaign for the Italian high fashion brand’s new “Off …