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Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is on trial for sex crimes this week in Los Angeles. The 70-year-old is already serving a 23-year prison sentence after a jury convicted him of rape in New York, and reportedly at least 100 women have accused him of rape or sexual assault. On a recent episode of “Influencers with Andy Serwer,” the New Yorker staff writer Ken Auletta compared Weinstein to another “evil” yet talented person he profiled — the late Roy Cohn, a key figure during the Red… Source link

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is on trial for sex crimes this week in Los Angeles. The 70-year-old is already serving a 23-year prison sentence after a jury convicted him of rape in New York, and reportedly at least 100 women have accused him of rape or sexual assault. On a recent episode of “Influencers with Andy Serwer,” the New Yorker staff writer Ken Auletta compared Weinstein to another “evil” yet talented person he profiled — the late Roy Cohn, a key figure during the Red… Source link

The Guardian Texas court to hear appeal from woman sentenced to prison for voting while ineligible Crystal Mason was sentenced to five years in prison for voting while inadvertently ineligible in 2016 Crystal Mason said she did not know she was ineligible to vote in 2016. Photograph: Ed Pilkington/The Guardian Sign up for the Guardian’s Fight to Vote newsletter. Texas’ highest criminal appeals court said Wednesday it would hear an appeal from a Texas woman who was sentenced to five years… Source link

INDIANAPOLIS — For nearly a half-century, Roy Williams has been a fixture in the college basketball space. He helped recruit Michael Jordan to North Carolina, brought Paul Pierce to Kansas, and his return to North Carolina led to three national championships, a Hall of Fame induction and a legacy as one of the great coaches to grace the sideline in this or any generation. In a practical sense, the retirement of Roy Williams from UNC on Thursday shouldn’t come as a shock. He’s 70, has… Source link

Entering Friday, North Carolina head coach Roy Williams held a 29-0 record in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Wisconsin basketball held a 4-42 record at Mackey Arena, the site of the Badgers’ first-round matchup against Williams’ Tar Heels. Lies, damned lies and statistics. Improbability became emphatic reality in West Lafayette, Indiana, on Friday, as the ninth-seeded Badgers blew out North Carolina 85-62 to snap Williams’ unbeaten streak, which went back to his first March Madness in… Source link

Hey, it clearly worked. Mike Tyson wasn’t shy when asked whether he smoked marijuana just ahead of his exhibition bout with Roy Jones Jr. on Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. “Absolutely, yes,” he responded to the question, via USA Today. Tyson, 54, stepped back into the ring for the first time in 15 years on Saturday night for his exhibition match against Jones Jr. — which was eventually declared a draw by the celebrity judges from the WBC. Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole… Source link

Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. got into the ring again at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Saturday at a combined age of 105 … and it wasn’t bad. It wasn’t scored officially, but the celebrity judges from the WBC saw it as a draw. Yahoo Sports scored it six rounds to two, 78-74, for Tyson. The idea of men older than 50 fighting isn’t a good one, but despite those misgivings, the entire show was fun. The production was top-notch and the music interludes were good and didn’t overwhelm… Source link

Reuters NFL: Denver QBs ineligible for Sunday’s game due to COVID-19 exposure Drew Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles were all deemed to be a “high-risk” close contact to fellow Broncos quarterback Jeff Driskel, who tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, it said. The report, which cited unnamed sources, said Lock, Rypien and Bortles were pulled off the field early during Saturday’s practice and told to isolate at home after contact-tracing concerns had arisen. Source link

The training videos that former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has been releasing on social media weren’t just for show, it turns out. Yahoo Sports has learned from multiple sources that Tyson plans to return to boxing to face Roy Jones Jr. on Sept. 12 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Andy Foster, the executive director of the California State Athletic Commission, confirmed that Tyson has put a hold on that date. Foster told Yahoo Sports that he met with… Source link