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The Detroit Lions hadn’t won a game in nearly a year (364 days to be exact). Dan Campbell, their rookie head coach, had never been victorious in Detroit. His quarterback, Jared Goff, also new to the team, was oh-fer as a Lion. Same for a bunch of teammates. Detroit is the worst team in the NFL, the butt of jokes and frustration. When the Lions blew a lead to Minnesota on Sunday afternoon, it looked like more of the same. They were staring down a humiliating, winless season until Goff… Source link

Serena Williams’ daughter, Alexis Ohanian Jr., takes after her mother. Alexis paid homage to her mom Wednesday, wearing the same tennis outfit Williams wore at the Australian Open in February.  Alexis wore the outfit at tennis practice Wednesday. The images were posted on Alexis’ Instagram page by her father, Alexis Ohanian. While the pictures are great, Williams wanted to be present for a side-by-side. Williams commented, “Awwwww mannnnnn I asked you to save this post until I was next to her… Source link

Google is paying tribute to one of Hollywood’s biggest child actors. On Wednesday, Google’s search page featured an homage to Shirley Temple Black, whose stardom was so immense she made history by receiving an honorary Academy Award at age 6. On June 9, 2015, California’s Santa Monica History Museum opened an exhibit titled “Love, Shirley Temple” featuring rare memorabilia, Google says in a post detailing Wednesday’s doodle. Temple was born April 23, 1928 in Santa Monica. She starred in a… Source link

The Kansas City Chiefs are honoring the memory of Yahoo Sports NFL writer Terez Paylor on Day 3 of the 2021 NFL draft.  Chiefs PR tweeted out a picture of the team’s coaching staff wearing All-Juice Team shirts as a tribute to Paylor. Head coach Andy Reid is among the many Chiefs staff members who appear in the picture. All proceeds from the All-Juice Team shirts will support the Terez A. Paylor scholarship at Howard University. Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt opened up his Zoom call with the media by… Source link

HOUSTON – Google has a sweet surprise when you visit its website today. Celebrating a quintessential element of Mexico’s cultural heritage, the search engine has created a video Doodle that greets users with Mariachi music. According to Google, during a session held the week of November 22, 2011, UNESCO inscribed Mariachi on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Since its birth during the 19th century, Mariachi music has evolved, mixing itself with other… Source link

PARIS (Reuters) – Thousands of people gathered across France on Sunday to support teachers and defend freedom of expression after the killing of Samuel Paty, a history teacher beheaded by a suspected Islamist on Friday. From Paris to Lyon, Marseille and Lille large crowds gathered quietly, pausing regularly to applaud, hold minutes of silence or sing the national anthem. Prime Minister Jean Castex attended the gathering on Place de La Republique in Paris along with Education Minister… Source link