'Pawn Stars' Rick Harrison's Son Adam Dead at 39 After Overdose

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  39 words  |  Martina Birk

update

1/20 10:23 AM PT -- Rick Harrison posted a tribute to Adam on his Instagram saying "You will always be in my heart! I love you Adam. 💔"

Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.

ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbnZZ5qopV9nfXOAjmloaGlpZL2iw81mqq2Zoqh6s7XCpGShmaKntrS7zWaqqKZdlrGiuYydnJqcXZm2pr%2BMqK2eqpSkwKZ7

Toronto Maple Leafs Prospect Rodion Amirov Dead at 21

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  337 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Getty Rodion Amirov -- the Toronto Maple Leafs 2020 first-round draft pick --- died Monday after courageously battling a brain tumor, his agent announced. He was just 21 years old. "It is we great sadness that we announce the passing of Rodion Amirov. Two years ago, Rodion was diagnosed with a brain tumour. From the moment he received the news, he refused to speak in the negative, determined to enjoy every day, facing it with the same positive attitude he showed during his hockey career," [Read More]

2024 Sentry Tournament of Champions: Whats in Wyndham Clarks Bag?

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  478 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Wyndham Clark had a spectacular year on the PGA Tour. However, there were rumors about his defection to LIV Golf. The situation got attention after he talked in favor of the globalization of the game. Later, the American golfer denied these rumors and is now scheduled to play at the 2024 Sentry tournament. In 2023, the 30-year-old won his very first major at the U.S. Open, as he beat Rory McIlroy by one stroke. [Read More]

Carlos Vives

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  75 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Carlos Vives : NPR Accessibility links Carlos Vives Carlos Vives artist page. Totó la Momposina Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the artist Carlos Vives plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption toggle caption NPR Carlos Vives leans into his Colombian roots on his latest album, Cumbiana. Andres Oyuela/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Andres Oyuela/Courtesy of the artist Alt. [Read More]

I Tried to Help: Hulk Hogan Explains Why No One Would Talk to 60-Year-Old WWEHall of Famer, W

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  581 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

In his decades-long career, pro-wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has wrestled in various promotions. While he spent a substantial amount of time in WWE, The Hulkster had graced its rivals like WCW and TNA. Not just the 69-year-old, but another wrestler seemed to have a similar path, wowing spectators in the aforementioned promotions. He is also among the group of wrestlers who has had a beef with The Immortal One. Hogan recently addressed it and revealed his side of the story. [Read More]

The M&M anomaly (Classic)

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  131 words  |  Martina Birk

Note: This episode originally ran in 2014. A few years ago, we noticed something strange: a pack of milk chocolate M&M's weighs 1.69 ounces, but a pack of peanut butter M&M's weigh a tiny tiny bit less, 1.63 ounces. The two packs are the same price, but you get slightly less of the peanut butter M&M's! 0.06 ounces less! It turns out there is a whole weird world living down there at the third decimal place. [Read More]

Wildfire smoke is making parts of the northeastern US look like Mars

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  578 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Wildfires in Canada are sending smoke to cities across the northeastern US.  Multiple states face air quality alerts as haze takes over the sky.  Photos from New York, Washington, DC, and other cities show how bad the haze is.  Wildfires blazing across eastern Canada have sent plumes of smoke cascading hundreds of miles south into the US, transforming huge swaths of the Northeast into a Martian landscape with hazy, red skies. [Read More]

'I'm Not Trying To Fit Within Any World': Vince Staples On Newfound Creative Freedom

 Posted on March 16, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  1937 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Vince Staples says he had never heard the three-word phrase "Northside Long Beach" in pop culture before he said it on his 2015 single "Norf Norf." "As far as music and media and films, I never had really seen any reference to where I grew up at," Staples said in a recent interview. "So it means a lot to me, obviously, to do that." Six years on from that single, Staples' career is in a very different place: He's released three more albums. [Read More]

Britney Spears Reflects on Her Iconic VMAs Performance With a Snake

 Posted on March 16, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  124 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

"At one point, she said, 'He's not gonna bite me, right?'" he shared. "And my answer is always, and my agent hates me for this, 'Probably not.'" He also remembered telling the singer, "You're freakin' Britney Spears, you know, if this thing bites you, I think my career is over." But, as fans around the world witnessed that night, the performance went off without a hitch. "She was very good," Hano told Today. " [Read More]

Dave Chappelle Is Not Going to Do Any Jokes About Rachel Dolezal

 Posted on March 16, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  331 words  |  Martina Birk

#AskRachel. One of Dave Chappelle’s most iconic sketches involves a character named Clayton Bigsby, a blind, black Ku Klux Klan member who thinks he’s white. Over the weekend, life, strangely, appeared to imitate art with the case of Rachel Dolezal, a Spokane NAACP president whose parents have accused her of lying about being black when she is, in fact, white. Speaking at his high school’s commencement ceremony on Sunday, Chappelle made light of the Rachel controversy. [Read More]