U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday visited Ukraine, where he will be meeting with Ukrainian officials to relay a message of solidarity with the Ukrainian people expressing that America stands firmly behind the Eastern European country in its war with Russia. After an 11-hour train ride from Poland to …
Read More »US official says Iran could be behind Yemen's Houthi rebels' seizure of Red Sea cargo ship: report
Yemen rebels who hijacked an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Red Sea were backed, supported and potentially trained by Iranian authorities, according to a U.S. official. New photos of the helicopter-borne Houthi attack on the Galaxy Leader, a cargo vessel linked to Israeli billionaire Abraham “Rami” Ungar, shows “all the …
Read More »Kansas' Bill Self, Marquette's Shaka Smart exchange heated words after 'dust-up' when benches cleared
Things got heated between the head coaches of Marquette and Kansas on Tuesday night during the No. 4 Golden Eagles’ 73-59 win over the No. 1 Jayhawks during the Maui Invitational semifinal. Marquette’s Shaka Smart and Kansas’s Bill Self were seen voicing frustrations with one another after a play cleared …
Read More »FOX Sports expands Google Cloud partnership, generative AI to automate archived sports video search
Over the past nearly three decades, FOX Sports, a unit of FOX Corp., parent to Fox News and FOX Business, has accumulated a countless amount of video footage. Millions of hours’ worth of sports-related content live within vast archives. At any given time, various individuals have been tasked with sorting …
Read More »'Hunk' Travis Kelce turns Tom Brady admirer's head: 'I get you Taylor'
Slovakian model Veronika Rajek went viral last year over her admiration for NFL legend Tom Brady as his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was coming to an end. Now, it appears she may have her sights set on another NFL star – Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. …
Read More »SI faces pushback for naming Deion Sanders 'Sportsperson of the Year' after 4-8 season
Sports Illustrated received some more flak on Thursday as it revealed its 2023 Sportsperson of the Year to be Colorado Buffaloes’ first-year head coach Deion Sanders. Sanders took the Colorado job after his time with Jackson State was over. The move brought national attention to a fledgling Pac-12 program that …
Read More »Florida State CFP snub was ‘disrespectful to the game of football,’ former college football coach says
The College Football Playoff committee’s controversial decision to snub Florida State from a chance to play in the national championship next month has been met with overwhelming criticism. But for Dan Mullen, former Mississippi State and University of Florida head coach, he believes the decision has left an indelible mark …
Read More »Steelers' George Pickens faces criticism after frustrations boil over during upset loss to Patriots
Pittsburgh Steelers star George Pickens was visibly frustrated on Thursday during what ended up being a three-point loss to the struggling New England Patriots. The Steelers offensive production has been widely discussed this season, prompting longtime head coach Mike Tomlin to move on from offensive coordinator Matt Canada earlier this …
Read More »Polish leaders celebrate Hanukkah after menorah extinguished by far-right lawmaker
Top Polish leaders joined members of the Jewish community for a Hanukkah celebration in parliament Thursday after a far-right lawmaker used a fire extinguisher to put out burning candles on a menorah earlier this week. The attendance of the president, speaker of parliament and other top legislative officials sent the …
Read More »IDF rebuffs accusations it killed two women at church in Gaza as investigation continues
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is pushing back against reports concerning two Christian women killed during fighting within the area of Gaza’s only Catholic Church over the weekend. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem claimed in a press release Saturday an IDF sniper murdered two Christian women inside the Holy Family …
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