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This was always the day that was going to cause the most dread among a preponderance of sporting citizens. Maybe not around here: New York City, after all, hasn’t been much of a college football town since Fordham’s Seven Blocks of Granite were terrorizing visitors to the Polo Grounds in the ’30s, since West Point’s …
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An undated photo appearing to show Dabo Swinney wearing a “Football Matters” t-shirt surfaced Saturday on Twitter, leading to more backlash against the Clemson football coach who had already been criticized for his response to the death of George Floyd. The phrase “Football Matters” is used as a slogan by the National Football Foundation, which …
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“It is going to be the first line in my obituary.” — Jim Joyce It is not this simple: Joyce missed a call and the Astros committed baseball sins that rocked the sport. It is not that kind of straight line. From there to here. A lot happened in between. And MLB was probably on …
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Before “Tiger King” scratched his way into household name status — there was a tiger queen. Actress Dakota Johnson has revealed that her 90-year-old grandmother, Tippi Hedren, still has “13 or 14 lions and tigers,” having downsized from her original 60 or so. Yes, “The Birds” star is also a big cat collector. The Hitchcock …
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Hey all you healthy cats and kittens out there. Carole Baskin, founder of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Fla., and one of the stars of “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness,” is now selling themed face masks printed with her very own catchphrase: “Hey all you cool cats and kittens.” “Be one of the first …
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Hundreds flocked this weekend to the reopening of Tiger King Park, the exotic animal zoo that was featured in Netflix’s docu-series “Tiger King” and previously owned by Joe Exotic. According to the Daily Mail, the Wynnewood, Okla., animal park was given clearance to reopen as long as both workers and visitors followed the Centers for …
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ESPN got personal in its NFL Draft coverage this year — a little too much for some fans’ liking, resulting in the network apologizing for one case in particular. When Tee Higgins was drafted 33rd overall Friday night by the Cincinnati Bengals, ESPN flashed a “Get to Know” graphic about the star Clemson wide receiver. …
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The Redskins added some good bloodlines after NFL Draft 2020 was over. LSU tight end Thaddeus Moss, the son of Hall of Fame receiver Randy Moss, didn’t hear his name called during the virtual event but signed with the Redskins as an undrafted free agent Saturday night, Washington’s vice president of player personnel Kyle Smith …
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Mike Tyson says the three tigers he owned in the 1990s might have come from “Tiger King” Joe Exotic. Tyson was one of the 64 million viewers around the world who watched the bizarre Netflix docuseries about ex-zookeeper and tiger collector Joe Exotic — now in prison for a murder-for-hire plot and federal wildlife violations. …
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The popular Netflix docuseries “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” will add a new episode, it was announced Saturday. Show fan Justin Turner, of the Los Angeles Dodgers, tweeted the big reveal with a video featuring one of the show’s characters, zoo owner Jeff Lowe. Lowe and Turner became connected after the baseball star mentioned …
This was always the day that was going to cause the most dread among a preponderance of sporting citizens. Maybe not around here: New York City, after all, hasn’t been much of a college football town since Fordham’s Seven Blocks of Granite were terrorizing visitors to the Polo Grounds in the ’30s, since West Point’s …
