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Fred Dean, 68, Former Charger and Hall of Famer, Dies After Coronavirus Hospitalization
Former San Diego Chargers player and Hall of Famer Fred Dean died Wednesday night after he was hospitalized with COVID-19. He was 68.
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21-Year-Old Woman Claims Bouncers Body Slammed Her Inside Pacific Beach Bar
A young woman said she was violently shoved and slammed to the ground by bouncers inside Pacific Beach’s Backyard Kitchen and Tap around 1 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 24.
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Husband, 106, and Wife, 105, Are Named World's Oldest Living Couple
With a combined 211 years between them, Charlotte and John Henderson, from Austin, Texas, have been named the oldest living couple by Guinness World Records. John Henderson is 106 — he turns 107 next month — and Charlotte Henderson is 105. They will be married 80 years on Dec. 15. The pair met in 1934 as students at the University...
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Former Rams Player and LAFD Firefighter Faces New Battle: ALS
Eric Stevens has spent his adult life fighting, and winning, but now, he’s in a fight against a disease that offers more questions and answers–with no clear path to victory.
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Gilroy High Football Cancels Season Amid Sexual Assault Probe
The remainder of Gilroy High School’s varsity football season was canceled Wednesday amid allegations of sexual assault against players brought by a teammate, school officials confirmed.
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Cut by Raiders, Antonio Brown Is a Patriot on Eve of Opener
Randy Moss. Josh Gordon. And now Antonio Brown. A dozen years after Bill Belichick took a chance on Moss when the talented but troubled diva had worn out his welcome in Oakland, the Patriots picked up Brown on Saturday hours after he was released by the Raiders without ever playing a game for them. Brown’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, confirmed to...
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Old Spice Guy Isaiah Mustafa On Starring in It: Chapter Two
Old Spice Guy Isaiah Mustafa talks the transition from playing in the NFL to becoming the Old Spice Guy to now staring in It: Chapter Two. As seen on California Live Friday, Sept. 6, 2019.
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Current Miami Dolphins, Former UM Player Has Arm Amputated After Morning Car Crash
Kendrick Norton, who played his college football at the University of Miami, is in critical condition at Ryder Trauma Center but is expected to live after being one of two people hospitalized.
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Nike Pulls Sneakers With ‘Betsy Ross' American Flag After Colin Kaepernick Complains
Nike is pulling sneakers featuring an early American flag after former NFL football player Colin Kaepernick told the company it shouldn’t sell a shoe that he and others consider offensive, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Kaepernick reportedly contacted Nike officials saying he and others felt the “Betsy Ross” flag — featuring 13 stars in...
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‘Why Not Now?' for Slavery Reparations, House Panel Is Told
The debate over reparations for descendants of slaves catapulted from the campaign trail to Congress on Wednesday with an impassioned plea from actor Danny Glover and others for lawmakers to address compensation for America’s blighted heritage of racism and Jim Crow laws. Glover, who told a House Judiciary panel that his great-grandfather was enslaved, called a national reparations policy “a...
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Former SDSU Football Player Sues PB Bar Over Bouncer's Body Slam
A former San Diego State University football player says a bouncer at the popular Pacific Beach bar Backyard Kitchen and Tap body-slammed him, leaving him with post-traumatic stress and mild brain damage.
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Rape Trial for Former NFL Player
Prosecution wraps up, and defense is now calling witnesses for rape trial for former NFL player. NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda has more.
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NCAA Can Claim Victory After Losing Federal Antitrust Case
The NCAA was able to claim victory Friday night after a judge ruled against the governing body for college sports in a federal antitrust lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken in Oakland, California, said college football and men’s and women’s basketball players competing at the NCAA’s highest level should be permitted to receive compensation from schools beyond the current athletic...
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Trump Judicial Pick: ‘I Cringe' at Past Remarks on Date Rape
President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Brett Kavanaugh on a high-profile appeals court said Tuesday she cringes at some of the language she used as a college student in writing about sexual assault, race and equal rights for women. Neomi Rao told the Senate Judiciary Committee that writings in which she criticized affirmative action and suggested that intoxicated women were...
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A Journey Through 2018's Top Pop Culture Moments
There was a royal wedding with something for everyone, some groundbreaking movies, the return of Mary Poppins (to the screen) and Harry Potter (to Broadway), and goodbyes to some favorite celebrities
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Georgia High School Football Player Injured in Game Dies
A football player at a Georgia high school has died from a severe brain injury. News outlets report Pike County High School student Dylan Thomas was hurt during a game Friday night and flown to a hospital in critical condition. Thomas’ uncle, Nick Burgess, says Thomas was hit in the second quarter of the game and later collapsed on the...
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'Heartbreak:' Ballou High School Football Player Ineligible Due to Homelessness
A homeless student in Washington, D.C., who has an offer to play college football was kicked off his high school football team because he doesn’t have a permanent address.
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Maryland Assistant Football Coach Accused of Bullying Resigns
The University of Maryland strength and conditioning coach accused of creating an environment of bullying in the football program has resigned, and the school has acknowledged mistakes were made in the treatment of a player who collapsed on the field and died two weeks later.
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University of Maryland Head Football Coach on Leave Amid Investigation Into Coaching Practices
The University of Maryland’s head football coach DJ Durkin has been placed on leave as the school investigates coaching practices following a football player’s death.
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Former Eagle LeSean McCoy's Ex-Girlfriend to 911 Operator After Home Invasion: ‘My Face Is Demolished'
Delicia Cordon, the ex-girlfriend of former Philadelphia Eagles running back, was assaulted in what police describe as a home invasion at McCoy’s Georgia home, but her friend claims the football player was responsible for the brutal attack — a claim he denies.