Nick Mavar, deckhand on Discovery Channel’s extreme fishing reality series “Deadliest Catch,” died Thursday of natural causes, the Bristol Bay Borough Police Department in Alaska told Variety. He was 59. Police found Mavar dead Thursday in a boat yard in Naknek, Ala. His family has been notified. Mavar starred in 98 episodes of seasons one through 17 of … Read more
DALLAS — Luka Doncic scored 25 of his 29 points in the first half, Kyrie Irving added 21 points and the Dallas Mavericks emphatically extended their season on Friday night, fending off elimination by beating the Boston Celtics 122-84 in Game 4 of the NBA Finals. The Mavs’ stars were done by the end of … Read more
Alicia Amos cried after she learned of the resolution issued by the Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday opposing the use of in vitro fertilization as it is widely practiced, and thought of her 3-year-old daughter. Her spirited toddler was conceived through IVF, making her among the roughly 2% of children now born annually as a … Read more
Charles Barkley said Friday that next season will be his last on TV, no matter what happens with the NBA’s media deals. The Hall of Fame player has spent the last 24 years working as a studio analyst for TNT, which could lose the rights to broadcast NBA after next season. But no matter where … Read more
The 2024 Olympic Swimming Trials are coming full circle 100 years later. Just as top swimmers competed at the 1924 trials in Indianapolis ahead of the 1924 Paris Olympics, today’s swimmers will return to the same city on Saturday ahead of the 2024 Games, also in Paris. Olympic hopefuls, including members of the U.S. National … Read more
DALLAS — As a basketball fan, Adam Silver would have loved to have seen Caitlin Clark on the U.S. Olympic women’s team for this summer’s Paris Games. As NBA Commissioner, he understands why it didn’t happen. Clark was not selected for the team that was announced by USA Basketball earlier this week, a decision that … Read more
Police caught a Texas inmate-turned-fugitive armed with a knife early Friday, after he escaped following a court appearance in Houston. Joshua Nigel Thomas Sanders, 35, escaped around 3.30 p.m. Thursday, before holding a district attorney’s office employee against her will and trying to take her car, officials said. The Harris County Texas Sheriff’s Office said … Read more
It’s the end of an Era(s Tour). Taylor Swift announced Thursday night during her Eras Tour show in Liverpool, England, that her behemoth concert tour will officially end its unprecedented run in December, presumably after her Dec. 6-8 shows at the BC Palace in Vancouver, British Columbia. “This is the very first time I’ve ever … Read more
The Phoenix Police Department uses excessive force, violates constitutional rights, particularly those of homeless people, and discriminates against Black, Hispanic and Native American people, according to the results of an investigation by the Justice Department released Thursday. The Justice Department found a “pattern or practice” of violations, saying Phoenix police frequently stop, detain and arrest … Read more
After a lifetime of secrecy, a decorated veteran came out as gay in his obituary. Col. Edward Thomas Ryan, who is said to have lived most of his life in Rennselaer, New York, was a brother, uncle, retired firefighter and Army veteran. He also was gay, the late Ryan wrote in his own obituary. The obituary, … Read more