This will be the first time the two players share a field since the Bengals linebacker’s head shot on Brown that helped set up the game-winning field goal for Pittsburgh in last season’s AFC wild-card game. The hit was one of several by Burfict that earned him a three-game suspension to start this season, which, among other things, kept him out of Cincinnati’s Week 2 matchup against the Steelers....
In a live video that streamed Wednesday on Instagram, Brown suggested the team re-sign him. “You guys that follow the Patriots, tell them to call me,” Brown said. “They’ve still got to pay me, so might as well let me earn it.” Brown is referring to the grievances and appeals he filed last month, which total more than $61 million he believes he is owed from the Raiders and Patriots....
The NFL’s leading receiver in 2014 says he wants to be the best ever at his position. MORE: 15 must-watch games in 2015 | Newcomer Brandon Boykin is already Steelers’ best corner “I want to be special. Things are different now,” Brown told ESPN.com. “I’m not that sixth-round pick anymore.” Indeed, Brown has proven he is one of the best receivers in the league, if not the best. He’s gone over 1,000 yards three times in his five seasons....
The Chargers’ tight end has been dominant at his position for years and had another big season in 2014. He caught 69 passes for 821 yards and 12 touchdowns (tied for third in the league). But even he admitted it was more than he expected. MORE: Chargers should trade Rivers to Titans now | 10 late-risers in NFL Draft “With injuries and whatnot, I played a little bit more than they expected me to play last season,” he said to MMQB....
The 25-year-old has received petitions from a section of Egyptian fans urging him to make a nationality switch in favour of the Pharaohs ahead of the 2018 Fifa World Cup holding in Russia. With Antwi having a blistering form this season in the Egyptian Premier League, scoring nine goals in ten games, there have been suggestions he could partner Mohammed Salah upfront at the World Cup. “I have not thought about representing Egypt so I can’t say my decision but will certainly decide if the proposal comes,” Antwi told Footballmadeinghana....
Addressing her vote, Ocasio-Cortez said House leadership made a “reckless decision” in rushing the vote by calling it “within a matter of hours and without true consideration.” “I want to be clear that the decision to rush the vote—virtually preventing any member from meaningfully consulting their community—was both intentional and necessary,” she wrote in a Friday letter to her constituents in New York’s 14th congressional district. She also criticized the legislative language for its “attempt to quietly slip this funding into routine legislation, without any of the usually-necessary committee debate, markup, or regular order....
Dawn Wooten, a nurse in Georgia, flagged concerns about the treatment of detained immigrants at the Irwin County Detention Center. Through advocacy group Project South, she submitted a complaint to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). She highlighted the rate of hysterectomies performed by a local gynecologist on women held at the ICE facility. Wooten also alleged that some of those who underwent the procedure told her they did not know why it had been carried out....
“It’s at this point, I think, the depth of that unwellness has raised concerns for other members, as well,” Ocasio-Cortez told reporters at the Capitol on Friday. “I’m concerned about her perceptions of reality.” Greene, a first-term lawmaker from Georgia, was spotted earlier this week attempting to confront Ocasio-Cortez just off the House floor, demanding a debate between the two over environmental policies and Ocasio-Cortez’s support for the Green New Deal....
Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday evening recalled the endless ridicule she received last October from Republican lawmakers and conservative news outlets alike who piled on a Washington Times “exclusive” report that she spent $250 at a hair salon in Washington. The congresswoman challenged these same GOP critics to blast their “idol” Trump for paying $70,000 in haircut expenses during his time on NBC’s The Apprentice, according to a long-awaited New York Times report Sunday, which revealed the president’s taxes and financial expenditures....
Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat who represents New York’s 14th congressional district, told The New Yorker in an interview published on Monday that the president’s “hesitancy” on the issue was having a demoralizing effect on a key voting bloc. Her comments come as the Democrats face crucial midterm elections in November with Republicans aiming to take back the House of Representatives and the Senate and then to potentially stymie Biden’s agenda....
Florida State remains at No. 1 with 35 first-place votes, while Auburn (23) and Mississippi State (2) also received votes. MORE: FSU reclaims No. 1 spot in coaches poll | HAYES: Ole Miss wants more | BENDER: Michigan State still in playoff discussion Florida State is followed in the top five by Auburn, Mississippi and Mississippi State are tied for No. 3 and then Baylor. This is Mississippi State’s highest ranking in the poll’s history....
No, Florida State remains the best team in the country according to voters, earning 27 first place votes. The only newcomer to the Top 10 is UCLA, which moved from No. 11 to No. 8 after its thrashing of Arizona State. MORE: Coaches Poll | HAYES: Four In, Four Out | BENDER: FSU’s ‘Carnival’ continues Mississippi dropped out of the Top 10 to No. 11 to make way for Michigan State at No....
While the event’s official page did not give us that much to go by, there were a number of leaks that provided us with a good idea of what to expect and most of them turned out to be entirely accurate. The iPhone 13 line-up was, of course, the headline attraction of the livestream. During the event, it was announced that users will benefit from improved battery life, faster processing chips, better facial recognition software, and a 120hz display with the new mobile devices....
Employees at the store in Towson voted 65-33 to to seek entry into the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). “We did it Towson! We won our union vote!” the workers, who organized in the Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (CORE), said on Twitter. “Thanks to all who worked so hard and all who supported! Now we celebrate with @machinistsunion. Tomorrow we keep organizing.” IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr, congratulated the employees on what he described as a “historic victory....
No question: taxes are a political tinderbox. Walter Mondale’s call for a federal tax hike sent his 1984 presidential campaign crashing to defeat. In 1991, New Jerseyans overwhelmingly turned out a Democratic legislature after the biggest tax boost in state history. Ross Perot, the irascible Texas tycoon who’s fanning the flames of a presidential campaign, would like a constitutional amendment barring Congress from raising taxes without a national referendum. Yet for all the rhetoric, Americans don’t have much to complain about....
“Big Momma? She was like the duke of the neighborhood,” Talib said on ESPN’s “Highly Questionable.” “If there was a situation or a beef — Big Momma carried a gun with her all day long. She was in the grocery store with a .38 Special ready for any situation. Everyone around East Cleveland know Big Ma.” MORE: Eight worst Johnny Manziel roommates | Josh Gordon picked up Manziel after hit-and-run incident...
For that to happen, Arbus had to spend days, months and sometimes years around her subjects. In that way she became friends with Charlie Lucas, an African-American carnival performer who managed Hubert’s in its twilight in the mid-’60s. She even gave him more than two dozen of her photographs. The pictures, along with Charlie’s diaries, his collection of show cards, carnival posters and the other ephemera collected in a lifetime spent as a carnival performer, would not surface again until 2002, when two trunks left unclaimed in a New York storage facility were sold at public auction....
Storm Elliott has killed at least 34 people across the U.S., according to a tally by the Associated Press. Sky News reported that the toll in the U.S. and Canada, where four people died after a bus rolled over on an icy road, has risen above 50. The storm is expected to claim more lives after trapping some inside houses and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses....
The 30-year-old is yet to make a first-team appearance this season and has been linked with a move back to the Super Lig since Paulinho’s €40 million arrival from Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao. However, the Turkey star – who has been named in Barca’s 25-man squad for the Champions League group stage – insists he intends to honour his contract, which expires in 2020. Barca 17/20 to beat Juventus “I’m staying,” he told Beyaz Futbol....
Juve claim sixth successive Serie A title “This team, my dear boys, is coming off the back of two consecutive seventh-placed finishes in the league,” Andrea Pirlo recounted in his autobiography, ’ Penso Quindi Gioco ‘. “Crazy stuff! Spine-chilling! I’m not here for this. It’s time to stop being crap. “The last few seasons here have hurt everyone, so, we have to do something to rediscover ourselves, to get back to being Juve....
