Day: July 30, 2023

Sports radio host fired after ‘Barbie’ comments to female TV reporter

5:41 pm July 30, 2023

A Washington, D.C.-based sports radio host was fired on Saturday following comments he made about a female TV reporter who was covering the Washington Commanders. Don Geronimo, whose real name is Michael Sorce, made the comments toward WUSA9 reporter Sharla McBride. The remarks led to the Commanders barring iHeartMedia – the parent company of WBIG […]

COVID hospitalizations are on the rise, could signal ‘late summer wave,’ says the CDC

5:38 pm July 30, 2023

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is rising this summer in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Hospitalizations of people with the virus are up 10%, per CDC data — the sharpest increase since December 2022. More than 7,100 patients with COVID were hospitalized in the week of July 15, […]

ND Gov Burgum slams RNC ‘clubhouse rules,’ accuses party of trying to keep ‘fresh faces’ off debate stage

5:13 pm July 30, 2023

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, accused the Republican National Committee of trying to keep new voices off the debate stage. Burgum, the latest candidate to meet the RNC’s polling and fundraising thresholds for the first GOP debate on Aug. 23, made the comments during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” […]

Brewers’ Justin Wilson suffers injury right before he was set to make first appearance since elbow surgery

4:55 pm July 30, 2023

Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Justin Wilson suffered another setback on Friday night just before he was set to make his first appearance since undergoing Tommy John surgery in the spring of last year. Brewers manager Craig Counsell called Wilson out to the mound during the team’s 10-7 loss to the Atlanta Braves. However, there was […]

Colombia’s Linda Caicedo scores clutch Women’s World Cup goal after health scare

4:46 pm July 30, 2023

Colombian soccer player Linda Caicedo bounced back from a scary moment at practice earlier in the week to lift her squad to a 2-1 win over Germany at the Women’s World Cup on Sunday. Caicedo broke the scoreless tie in the second half of the match with a goal in the 52nd minute. Colombia had […]