Former Mexico Coach Osorio Appointed By Paraguay

Osorio’s Mexico earned admirers for their style of play in Russia despite being under pressure from supporters prior to the tournament. They were eliminated by Brazil in the last 16 and Osorio opted to part ways with Mexico thereafter, with other teams said to be keeping tabs on his situation. The United States and his native Colombia were said to be particularly keen, with the latter reportedly initially bracing themselves for Jose Pekerman stepping down....

January 4, 2023 · 1 min · 106 words · Amy Thomas

Former Mlb Player Andy Van Slyke Blasts Yasiel Puig Robinson Cano

During an interview with a St. Louis radio station, Van Slyke trashed Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig in his claim that ace pitcher Clayton Kershaw told Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi they should part ways with the sometimes-controversial Cuban outfielder. MORE: Yasiel Puig’s career in photos | Dodgers narrow managerial candidates to two “When the best player — the highest paid player on the Los Angeles Dodgers — goes to the GM and tells him, or is asked what is the No....

January 4, 2023 · 3 min · 596 words · Amado Hoener

Former Nazi Death Camp Secretary Flees Before Trial Is On The Run

Irmgard Furchner was due to be the first woman in decades to stand trial in Germany in connection to the atrocities committed by the Nazis during World War II. She was set to appear at an Itzehoe court, north of Hamburg, Germany, on Thursday but failed to show. The president of the court in Itzehoe said “the accused is on the run” and that an arrest warrant has been issued, reported the Agence France-Presse news agency....

January 4, 2023 · 2 min · 426 words · Marion Whipple

Former Negro League Star Baseball Hall Of Famer Monte Irvin Dies At 96

Irvin played nine seasons with the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League before spending six seasons with the New York Giants and a final season in 1956 with the Cubs. While with the Eagles, he was a teammate of Larry Doby, the first player to break the color barrier in the American League. Irvin was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973. “Monte Irvin’s affable demeanor, strong constitution and coolness under pressure helped guide baseball through desegregation and set a standard for American culture,” Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson said in a statement....

January 4, 2023 · 3 min · 638 words · Melvin Phillips

Former Nfl Unc Linebacker Quincy Monk Dies At 36

MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2015 Monk suffered a stroke in June, and he was rushed to the hospital where doctors found a blood clot in his brain. Surgery followed and cancer was discovered during follow-up appointments. Monk was born and raised in Jacksonville, N.C., where he stood out at White Oak High School as an all-conference player in both football and basketball. Following his collegiate career at UNC, he was selected by the Giants at linebacker in the seventh round of the 2002 NFL Draft....

January 4, 2023 · 1 min · 182 words · Carmen Brannan

Former Nfl Coach Thinks Jason Garrett Is Done After Comments Made By Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones

Appearing on Monday’s edition of the sports network’s Get Up, former NFL head coach and current ESPN analyst Rex Ryan said he thinks Garrett’s time with the Cowboys “is done” after the team lost 13-9 to the New England Patriots on Sunday. Ryan’s comments come after Cowboys owner Jerry Jones expressed his frustration with the team after they were unable to score a touchdown against the Patriots. Jones’ frustration was not only directed at his team’s performance but also toward Garrett....

January 4, 2023 · 3 min · 456 words · Edna Russell

Former Nfl Player Glenn Foster Dies In Police Custody Day After Assault Arrest

Foster, 31, was in jail in Pickens County, Alabama, the day before his death. As of press time, there is no indication if he had been released from the jail before he died. The CBS-affiliated station WWL-TV and NOLA.com—the website for The New Orleans Advocate/Times-Picayune—reported that an official at the Pickens County, Alabama, Medical Examiner and Coroner’s Office confirmed Foster’s death. The outlets reported that since the case remains under investigation, the official could not comment on the cause of death or the location where Foster died....

January 4, 2023 · 3 min · 429 words · Francine Keenan

Former Texas Judge Parts Ways With Gop Over Trump S Go Back Comments His Ideology Is Racism

Elsa Alcala said the president’s recent verbiage in attacking the “four women of color” serving in the House of Representatives was the final straw for her, and now she’s moving away from red in a state that many people see already turning purple. “It has taken me years to say this publicly but here I go. President Trump is the worst president in the history of this country,” Alcala wrote on Facebook, according to the Austin American-Statesman....

January 4, 2023 · 2 min · 398 words · Michael Eggleston

Former Tottenham Striker Peter Crouch Believes Spurs Will Regret Sacking Mauricio Pochettino

Did Spurs make the right decision by sacking Pochettino? Tottenham released an official statement on Tuesday evening, confirming the sacking of Pochettino. The Argentine manager joined Tottenham from Southampton in 2014 and helped the club to their first-ever Champions League final last season. Pochettino also guided Spurs to four top-four finishes. Also Read: Harry Redknapp believes the Tottenham players are responsible for Mauricio Pochettino’s sacking Although Spurs are currently 14th in the Premier League table, the north London club’s decision to part ways with Pochettino came as a surprise to many....

January 4, 2023 · 1 min · 149 words · Florencia Ferguson

Former Ufc Fighter Ben Askren Claims He Can Beat Jake Paul In Any Type Of Combat Sport

Even before the fight happened on Saturday night, on the card headlined by Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr., Jake Paul and Ben Askren had taken digs at each other on Twitter. Speaking to Submission Radio, Ben Askren addressed Jake Paul’s challenge and said that he would beat him in any form of combat sports. Ben Askren says “name the style, I’ll win” Jake Paul’s knockout of Nate Robinson was indeed an impressive sight....

January 4, 2023 · 2 min · 230 words · Janet Wilson

Former Universal Champion Blasts Fan For Being Obsessed With Seth Rollins

Braun Strowman was on a roll tonight and spent a considerable time engaging with hateful fans on Twitter. One of them told Strowman that he was too old to waste his time replying to trolls on Twitter. The former WWE Superstar didn’t take the tweet kindly and hit back at the fan. Strowman called the fan out for being a Seth Rollins ‘stan’. For those unaware, here’s stan means: An overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity....

January 4, 2023 · 2 min · 357 words · Ann Booker

Former Vanderbilt Football Player Cory Batey Convicted Of Raping Unconscious Woman

Cory Batey is one of four former Vanderbilt football players charged with aggravated rape and aggravated sexual battery stemming from the June 2013 incident. It took jurors just over two hours to reach the verdict. This was the second trial and conviction for Batey. He and a fellow former Vanderbilt football player, Brandon Vandenburg, were found guilty in January 2015 of aggravated rape and aggravated sexual battery but the judge declared a mistrial because one of the jurors had failed to disclose that he himself was a victim of rape....

January 4, 2023 · 2 min · 257 words · Christina Halbert

Former Wba Super Middleweight Champion George Groves Retires At 30

A post shared by George Groves (@stgeorgegroves) on Jan 28, 2019 at 3:28am PST Groves is coming off a seventh-round knockout loss to Callum Smith in the World Boxing Super Series final in September. Groves, 30, had defeated Jamie Cox by fourth-round KO to start the tournament and had the defining fight of his career via a gritty unanimous decision over Chris Eubank Jr. in the semifinal — a bout that Groves suffered a dislocated shoulder in — before losing to Smith....

January 4, 2023 · 3 min · 465 words · Carolyn Santos

Former World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty Announces Pregnancy Less Than A Year After Tennis Retirement

The former Australian tennis player revealed the news on Friday, January 6. Barty posted a picture of her adorable pet dog, Origi, in the frame alongside a pair of newborn baby shoes, calling her pet “the protective big sister.” The news comes less than a year after Barty decided to hang her racquet and take a leave from tennis. The three-time Grand Slam champion retired from the sport in March 2022, at the young age of 25....

January 4, 2023 · 2 min · 248 words · Justin Russell

Former Wwe Champion Praises The Rock

Kurt Angle had quite a few memorable matches with The Rock during his first run in the WWE, including their classic match at No Mercy 2000. Kurt Angle was asked about his experiences working with The Rock during a recent interview with The Hannibal TV. Angle put over The Rock as one of the best he’d stepped into the ring with. He also praised him for going on to become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood....

January 4, 2023 · 1 min · 182 words · Patsy Sandidge

Forspoken Has Kept The Tantas Close To Its Chest

Forspoken stars Frey Holland, a New Yorker who is suddenly transported to the magical realm of Athia. All is not well in Athia, and Frey discovers that terrifying sorceresses called Tantas stand as obstacles on her path back home. Luminous Productions has revealed a bit about these villains, but there are still plenty of burning questions surrounding the Tantas. RELATED: Why Forspoken’s Frey Holland May Have a Hard Time Being a Likeable Protagonist...

January 4, 2023 · 3 min · 604 words · June Munos

Former Manchester United Star Ryan Giggs Reveals His Best Xi

January 3, 2023 · 0 min · 0 words · Carlos Walker

Former Nascar Driver Juan Pablo Montoya Loses Indycar Ride With Penske

At 41, Montoya’s place in U.S. motorsports is fading. He lost his ride after the 2016 IndyCar season and will be replaced by Josef Newgarden, Team Penske announced on Wednesday. MORE: Ranking 12 remaining Cup contenders | Weather worries at Charlotte Don’t look for Montoya to get another crack at NASCAR. He spend nine seasons in the Cup series, winning two of 255 races. He drove most of them for Chip Ganassi’s organizations and two for Penske in his final season, 2014....

January 3, 2023 · 2 min · 370 words · Stephen Cunningham

Former Nfl Player Kellen Winslow Ii To Be Retried On Eight Charges

The prosecution announced its decision Friday in San Diego County Superior Court in Vista, California, after the judge earlier this week declared a mistrial when the jury became deadlocked on the remaining charges, including two counts of rape. The new trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 30. Winslow, 35, remains jailed after defense’s request that he be released on $1 million bail and confined to his home was denied....

January 3, 2023 · 1 min · 161 words · Pamela Miller

Former Nfl Player Says League Doesn T Care About Marijuana

The statement was in response to a question from Rome about Shane Ray’s drop in the NFL Draft. Ray, an outside linebacker from Missouri, was expected to be a top 10 pick but instead was selected 23rd overall by the Broncos. Ray was cited for marijuana possession three days before the draft. Fujita said Ray’s slide down draft boards was a reflection of Ray’s poor decision to get busted just before the draft and not about drug use or possession....

January 3, 2023 · 2 min · 392 words · Robert Herrera