Tight end Ryan Griffin was released by the Jets. The move was predictable after the Jets signed Tyler Conklin from the Vikings and C.J. Uzomah from the Bengals, which improves the tight end room significantly. Conklin and Uzomah combined last season for 110 catches, 1,086 yards and eight touchdowns. Griffin, 32, was a part of…
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As head of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority not once, but twice, Jim Reilly oversaw a redevelopment of popular Navy Pier and spearheaded efforts to build an arena and hotel near the McCormick Place convention center. He guided the Regional Transportation Authority, which oversees the CTA, Metra and Pace, through transportation budget straights and…
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Marking the start of a new era in UCF women’s basketball, Sytia Messer was named the program’s head coach Sunday evening. Messer comes from LSU where she served as an associate head coach at LSU for the 2021-22 season under 2022 Associated Press National Coach of the Year Kim Mulkey. Messer will be introduced at…
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Fans attending the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival attendees will not be seeing Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, in its Sunday lineup for both weekends, according to reports. The news broke Monday morning, not many hours after he won two Grammy awards but was not seen in attendance at the ceremony. Related…
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Midway through the third quarter of Saturday’s loss to the Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso asked coach Billy Donovan to take him out of the game. Caruso has been nursing tightness and soreness in his back for more than a week, which he attributes to his seven-week layoff due to a fractured wrist…
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By AAMER MADHANI, ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday called for a war crimes trial against Russia President Vladimir Putin and said he’d seek more sanctions after reported atrocities in Ukraine. “You saw what happened in Bucha,” Biden said. He added that Putin “is a war criminal.” Biden’s…
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Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, will no longer perform at the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, according to a report on Monday, April 4, from TMZ. Ye’s departure from the bill, less than two weeks before the festival begins, happened after a series of incidents and a petition from fans. The rapper…
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Welcome to the Ravens’ free-agency tracker, which will be updated throughout the offseason as the roster takes shape. With the NFL’s new league year beginning March 16 at 4 p.m., teams can officially announce signings and trades. Here’s a rundown of who the Ravens have signed thus far and who’s still on the open market:…
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By ADAM BEAM and KATHLEEN RONAYNE SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in California’s capital city on Monday identified the six people killed in Sacramento’s mass shooting as police searched for at least two shooters who opened fire in a crowd as bar patrons filled the streets at closing time on the outskirts of the city’s…
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By FRANCISCO UBILLA, ARITZ PARRA and MICHAEL BALSAMO PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — The U.S. government on Monday seized a 254-foot yacht in Spain owned by an oligarch with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, a first by the Biden administration under sanctions imposed after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine and targeting pricey…
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