Tag Archives: Aftermath

When NBC’s reality show The Biggest Loser premiered in 2004, producers weren’t sure if they could sell America on the idea of weight loss being fun. But what started as a network experiment with less than 500 applicants for its first season became a global sensation. The show ran for 17 seasons, each one upping the ante by getting more …

Calais Campbell has already intimated this – his 18th NFL season — could be his last. So when the veteran defensive lineman was asked by a local reporter here in Denver after practice Thursday if he would give thought to finishing his career with his hometown Broncos, Campbell gave a knowing chuckle. He had considered being a Bronco before (the …

Foot traffic fell 9% year over year at American Eagle stores for the week that began August 3, marking the second week of traffic declines since the retailer launched its controversial campaign featuring actor Sydney Sweeney, according to data from Pass_by provided exclusively to Retail Brew. American Eagle launched its campaign, “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans,” on July 23. For the first …

Explosions at the U.S. Steel Clairton plant on Monday left two people dead and injured at least 10 people. Allegheny County 911 began receiving calls about an explosion just before 11 a.m., starting a chain reaction that saw 14 fire departments and 20 EMS services respond to U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works, along with police. The plant, which sits along …

A night out at the bar might increase your risk of an unwanted pregnancy, a study suggests.  Researchers in California surveyed 2,200 young women, approximately 40 percent of whom explicitly said they did not want to get pregnant.  Of the women who said they did not want to become pregnant, about half were heavy drinkers, meaning they had at least …

In this age of mass layoffs, consolidation and site closures, it’s rare to get a good video games media story, so let’s treasure this one: Digital Foundry, the internet’s premiere frames-per-second nerds, have bought their way to freedom. Having first been founded all the way back in 2004, DF content started appearing on Eurogamer in 2007, then they were bought …

Before there was Walter Nolen III as a first-round pick, there was Darius Robinson. And Robinson, in Year 2, is looking to get to the levels he couldn’t in his injury-abbreviated rookie season. The man mountain that is Robinson is all smiles these days. He is doing well. He had a single rep against left tackle Paris Johnson Jr. during …

In 2014, a lake hidden beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet suddenly began to drain. The event occurred with such force that a surge of water was sent directly upwards, splitting through the ice to create a crater almost one kilometre deep. In the 10 days that followed, 90 million cubic metres of water were released from the lake – roughly …

Kyler Murray came into the press conference room after the first padded practice of training camp on Monday and showed his exasperation. “We hadn’t had a bad day (on offense) until today so it’s a little frustrating I have to talk to you after all that,” the quarterback said. How one analyzes Monday’s work is a matter of preference. The …

Originally appeared on E! Online Gary Coleman had a hard life, one marked by great success but also heartbreaking struggles. Yet it was a life that the Diff’rent Strokes alum planned to keep living. “I haven’t had the highest highs and the lowest lows yet. I’m still looking for that,” Coleman told E! News in January 2010. “I got 40 …