Day: March 16, 2024

Ex-UFC star says Mike Tyson’s training video for Jake Paul fight is illegitimate

6:59 pm March 16, 2024

Mike Tyson is back in the ring to train for his fight against Jake Paul. The 57-year-old will fight the YouTuber turned boxer at AT&T Stadium July 20.  It will be Tyson’s first time in the ring since an exhibition with Roy Jones Jr. in 2020, when Paul was on the undercard. Tyson posted a […]

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New ‘Civil War’ movie called an ‘election year provocation’ in early analysis of the film after SXSW premiere

6:25 pm March 16, 2024

Alex Garland’s “Civil War” was connected to a “contentious election year,” following its premiere at the SXSW festival, as some media outlets associated it with the “anxieties” of the 2024 election between President Biden and the presumptive GOP nominee, Donald Trump. The Associated Press called Garland’s film an “election year provocation,” and said it was […]

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Loose pig in Louisiana sends sheriff’s department on wild goose chase through the woods

6:20 pm March 16, 2024

Police in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, had a bit of an unusual call the other day: A pig was on the loose.  The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office described the adventure in a Facebook post on March 13 — noting the irony of police officers being summoned to help capture a pig.  “Oh, the irony […]

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Three-time Olympic medalist Shane Rose in ICU after being seriously injured during ‘nasty fall’

6:01 pm March 16, 2024

Three-time Olympic medalist Shane Rose was hospitalized this week after being seriously injured in a “nasty fall” during a schooling session, his team confirmed Friday.  Rose’s team posted an update on Facebook confirming that the equestrian was currently in the Intensive Care Unit after suffering a significant number of injuries during a fall the previous […]

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New report blasts government’s COVID response, warns of repeating same mistakes

5:56 pm March 16, 2024

A new report has sharply criticized the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, writing that lockdowns, school closures and vaccine mandates were “catastrophic errors” resulting in many Americans losing faith in public health institutions.  The report, published this week by the non-profit Committee to Unleash Prosperity (CTUP), paints a damning indictment of the government’s role […]

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