It was arguably the first big Sunday AM panel post Covid at Comic-Con, as Star Wars creator George Lucas, 3x Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro and Oscar winning Death Becomes Her production designer Doug Chiang gathered to tease to a very packed Hall H, the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. For Lucas, it was the first time he’s appeared …
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The Steelers announced plans to honor three former members of the team during the 2025 season. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, linebacker Joey Porter Jr., and center Maurkice Pouncey will be inducted into the team’s Hall of Honor during their Monday night game against the Dolphins on December 15. “It’s special,” Steelers president Art Rooney II said in a statement. “Just to …
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The Jets signed two members of their 2022 draft class to contract extensions this offseason, but running back Breece Hall isn’t expecting to join cornerback Sauce Gardner and wide receiver Garrett Wilson in celebrating a new deal. Hall was a second-round pick that year and an impressive rookie season was cut short by a torn ACL. He returned to post …
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Ben RoethlisbergerQuarterback2004-2021 Ben Roethlisberger played in more games in Steelers’ history than any other player, with 249 under his belt, but that number ended when Roethlisberger announced his retirement after 18 remarkable seasons in the black and gold. “I don’t know how to put into words what the game of football has meant to me and what a blessing it …
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For baseball fans across the country, outfielder Ichiro Suzuki’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend is the capstone to a storied career of broken records. But for players of Asian descent, it’s also a profound moment of recognition and visibility. Suzuki, who spent the majority of his 19 years in Major League Baseball with the Seattle Mariners, …
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — As CC Sabathia prepares for his enshrinement in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Cleveland legend is using his platform to advocate for overlooked stars and the future of Black players in baseball. Speaking to reporters ahead of his Cooperstown induction, the former Cleveland first-round draft pick who spent eight seasons with the Indians and won …
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Saniyah Hall, the No. 1 recruit in the 2026 class, has committed to the USC Trojans. The 6-2 combo guard from Lorain (OH) previously took official visits to both North Carolina and UCLA. Hall played for the USA U19 team this year and averaged 19.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, two assists, 2.9 steals and 1.1 blocks per game. Hall made her …
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On Sept. 9, 2014, three months before the members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Golden Era Committee would vote to determine whether any of the 10 candidates on their ballot were worthy of induction, the writer and statistician Bill James wrote an email inspired, at least partially, by a vague threat. Dick Allen was one of those candidates. …
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Major League Baseball will honour this year’s Hall of Fame induction weekend with a look back into the past across the league as all 30 teams wear retro-style caps during games played July 25 through 27. It marks the first time every club has worn a specially designed throwback cap for the occasion. The caps, each designed by New Era, …
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It’s Hall of Fame weekend — for Ichiro Suzuki, for CC Sabathia, for Billy Wagner and for two men who will be missed on that podium, Dick Allen and Dave Parker. We’ll be talking and writing about all of them in the coming days. We promise. But this is a different kind of Hall of Fame column — because it’s …
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