Former college basketball star Mike Babul has passed away, UMass announced on Tuesday. He was 47 years old. The school broke the news just minutes ago … saying in a heartfelt statement the Minutemen fanbase is grieving the loss of an iconic member of the community. “Babul was a true Massachusetts basketball legend on the…
Ezra Bailey | Stone | Getty Images Opening presents during the holidays is of course a lot of fun. But for many, opening those credit card statements will be just the opposite. Months before the holidays hit, consumers were already bracing for the anticipated costs. More than half of 2024 holiday shoppers, or 55%, felt…
Kristen Bell is wrapping up 2024 with a charitable gesture … donating a serious chunk of change to those needing help with their medical bills. Here’s the skinny … the “Frozen” star connected with Instagram personality Tommy Marcus (AKA Quentin Quarantino) after receiving a DM from him about assisting those impacted by the “broken healthcare…
One jet left the hangar this season. The New York Jets fired head coach Robert Saleh in October, making them the first NFL franchise to make a major move on the sideline this season. Five weeks into the year, the Jets, who many picked to be Super Bowl contenders in 2024, sat at an underwhelming…
The veteran BBC DJ Johnnie Walker has died at the age of 79, it has been announced. Walker, who hosted Radio 2’s Sounds of the 70s and the Radio 2 Rock Show, began his career as a pirate DJ in the 60s on Radio Caroline, before joining Radio 1 in 1969. He left the station…
A boxing referee turned into a human punching bag on Tuesday … getting hit in the face multiple times as he tried to break up the action — but surprisingly, he took it all like a champ!! It happened at the RIZIN 49: Decade event in Saitama, Japan … where Rukiya Anpo — who was…
Brock Purdy hurt his surgically repaired throwing elbow late in a loss to the Detroit Lions on Monday night, the latest blow in an injury-plagued season for the San Francisco 49ers. The injury came in the final two minutes of a 40-34 loss for San Francisco when Brian Branch brought down Purdy with a sack…
Bitcoin was far and away the best performing asset class in 2024 as new ETFs ushered in more widespread adoption and hopes for deregulation under a new presidential administration lifted digital assets to record levels. But owning cryptocurrency also came with its usual unpredictability and dizzying swings, as this month’s trading clearly illustrates. Bitcoin has…
A Tunisian national who had become one of Guantánamo Bay’s longest-held detainees has been released from the US military compound, the Pentagon announced on Monday night. Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi was transferred to his home country after being held without charge since the detention facility opened in January 2002. The 59-year-old appeared in one of…
Kim Kardashian‘s boots are made for walking, instead of rolling around on her blinged-out mobility scooter … ’cause she shared a bunch of sweet family photos from her holidays — and, it looks like her broken foot has healed. The reality star posted a ton of pics … including one alongside her sis, Kourtney Kardashian,…
