MIKEL ARTETA is the new Arsenal manager! The Spaniard joins on a contract until 2023 and is set to be joined by Steve Round as assistant manager and Inaki Cana Pavon as goalkeeping coach. But the futures of dressing room leaders Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Granit Xhaka and Mesut Ozil remain very much up in the air. Follow all the latest gossip […]

NATCHEZ, Miss. — A man suspected to be homeless intentionally broke windows at local government buildings in Mississippi so he could spend the night in jail to shelter from the cold, a county sheriff said. The man smashed glass at the Adams County Courthouse and Adams County Sheriff’s Office in Natchez early Thursday morning, Sheriff Travis Patten said. Patten didn’t […]

DIEGO MARADONA has claimed to have been abducted by a UFO and says he lost his virginity “at 13” with an “older lady” who was “reading a newspaper”. The football legend, 59, made the comments in an interview with Argentine sports channel TyC Sports. When asked if he believed in UFOs, Maradona said: “Why make things up? Once, after a […]

FORMER four-weight boxing world champion Adrien Broner has been ordered to pay over £600,000 to a woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by him at a nightclub. The 30-year-old pleaded guilty to assault and unlawful restraint in April after the woman, 35, claimed the welterweight lay on her and forced his tongue into her mouth in Cleveland last year. […]

YAYA TOURE is the best penalty kick taker in the Premier League era. The former Man City midfielder netted all 11 of his spot-kicks during his eight years in the Premier League.   But while statistically his numbers come out top, the most impressive from the spot may be Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier. The Saints icon scored 25 of […]

15 Tulane medical students pose in front of the slave quarters at the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana. (Photo: Abedoyin Johnson) The image of 15 black Tulane University medical students standing tall in front of the slave quarters of a Louisiana plantation has captured the attention of social media.  Russell Ledet, who came up with the idea to take the photo — one of […]

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (3nd right) speaks as (L-R) Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tom Steyer react during the Democratic presidential primary debate at Loyola Marymount University on December 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images) Seven candidates took the stage for the sixth debate […]

It’s rare for a tech company to let people in on a dirty little secret. Many of them lose lots of money in their pursuit of customers.  So, it was refreshing to read this honest take on the fate of photo enthusiast website Flickr from the company’s owner, Don MacAskill, on Thursday.  His plea begins like this: “Flickr—the world’s most-beloved, […]

Some things seemed like a given after Saquon Barkley was named 2018 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. An annual spot in the Pro Bowl, for starters. But Barkley was not selected this week when the voting by players, fans and coaches was tabulated. He is a fourth alternate who could be invited later based on need created by injury […]

Gerwyn Price scraped into the third round of the PDC World Darts Championship with a 3-2 win over William O’Connor in a below-par performance at Alexandra Palace. The world number three averaged 90.98 in a contest that looked to be slipping away from him before a dramatic ending. With the score level at 2-2 in sets and 2-2 in legs […]