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Dramatic video and photos captured an Arizona sheriff deploying a helicopter to rescue two people stranded in a flooded car during heavy rains.The scene unfolded Wednesday along State Route 238, about 20 miles west of Maricopa, where the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office reported two people in their 80s stuck inside a vehicle, according to AZ Family."Reminder, crossing flooded roadways can have dangerous and many times deadly outcomes," the Sheriff’s Office […]

A Texas death row inmate was given one final opportunity to speak Wednesday evening, moments before the state executed him for the murders of three people during a botched 2005 robbery.LeJames Norman, 40, had nothing to say.When the warden asked whether he wanted to make a final statement, Norman simply shook his head before he was put to death by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.ARIZONA EXECUTES MAN […]

Tom Brady's power rankings are back for a third season, and before he reveals his first top-10 of the new season, there are a few rules the GOAT has. One, in order to make this week's top 10, you've had to have won in Week 1. Two, the power rankings are all about what you've done lately, not what you can be. And three, if you have any complaints, direct […]

There's no better time to overreact than after Week 1 of the NFL season. Week 1 brought plenty of surprises around the league, giving us plenty of material to judge and make grand statements. Are the Los Angeles Rams not as good as we thought? Will the New England Patriots take a step back? We asked people around the league which overreactions they think are a figment, and which ones […]

I played offensive line for eight seasons in the NFL, and before that I spent my Saturdays in Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, blocking for guys who ended up on lists like this one. So when I watch college football now, I watch for the stuff that signaled to me in the huddle whether a guy was for real. I'm picking the 10 players who impressed me most during the […]

Despite helping AC Milan fight back from a two-goal deficit last weekend, Christian Pulisic won’t be on the United States men’s soccer team’s first roster of the 2030 World Cup cycle, multiple sources told me on Wednesday. After fracturing two bones in his right leg in the Americans’ 2026 FIFA World Cup-ending 4-1 loss to Belgium in the round of 16, Pulisic was an unused substitute in Milan’s first three […]

Week 2 of the college football season was nothing but thrilling. Oregon and Oklahoma faced massive upsets, Texas claimed the No. 1 spot in the rankings and Bob Chesney and UCLA are continuing to prove their offseason hype in the regular season. Notably, Mississippi State's Kamario Taylor defeated its first Big Ten opponent on the road for the first time since 1980. But after two weeks, where do some teams […]

Jerseys line the walls of attorney Tom Mars’ South Florida office, affixed to wooden paneling above a marble countertop. As the unofficial legal representative for anyone intent on challenging the NCAA, Mars has made a living navigating the dramatic shifts in the college sports ecosystem over the last two decades. That brings its share of memorabilia and cherished tokens of appreciation from clients he holds dear — even if, Mars […]

A 6-year-old boy from Houma, Louisiana, is being hailed as a "superhero" for escaping a mass stabbing that left four dead, making it to a neighbor's doorstep and passing out inside the house after suffering stab wounds that landed him in the hospital.The suspect, Kaegan Jude Solet, 47, reportedly followed the boy to the neighbor's door, knocked him to the ground and then fled. Once the boy got into the […]