Day: May 27, 2023

All-Pro running back Le’Veon Bell admits he was ‘petty’ and made a mistake not re-signing with Steelers

8:03 pm May 27, 2023

The Pittsburgh Steelers selected running back Le’Veon Bell in the second round of the 2013 draft. He had a prolific five-year career in Pittsburgh before the Steelers and Bell reached an impasse during contract negotiations. Bell held out during the 2017 offseason before eventually playing under the franchise tag that year. Bell sat out of […]

Charles Barkley ‘disappointed in’ LeBron James for hinting at retirement after getting swept

7:55 pm May 27, 2023

Charles Barkley remains upset with LeBron James. Following his Los Angeles Lakers getting swept in the Western Conference Finals, James, 38, told reporters he was contemplating retirement. Barkley said the next day that he was annoyed that the conversation had been about James rather than the Denver Nuggets‘ dominant performance. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS […]

Climate activists indicted for smearing paint on Degas sculpture case at National Gallery

7:45 pm May 27, 2023

Two climate activists who allegedly smeared paint on a case surrounding 19th century French artist Edgar Degas’ “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” sculpture at Washington, D.C.’s National Gallery of Art last month were taken into custody Friday and face federal charges. Timothy Martin, 53, and Joanna Smith, 53, both surrendered themselves to authorities Friday after they were […]

Judge: School district can bar student from wearing Mexican and American flag sash at graduation

7:44 pm May 27, 2023

A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after the student sued the school district. Judge Nina Y. Wang wrote that wearing a sash during a graduation ceremony falls under school-sponsored speech, not […]

Tarantino blasts Brits ‘pretending to be Americans’ on film: ‘I’m not being xenophobic,’ but it’s ‘weird’

7:00 pm May 27, 2023

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino blasted the idea of non-American actors, such as Brits or Australians, taking the leading roles in modern American movies, dismissing the idea as “weird” examples of people “pretending to be American.” The famed director talked to Deadline at the Cannes Film Festival and rejected the possibility of casting a foreign leading man in […]