Jan. 21 (UPI) — All-Pro punter Pat McAfee didn’t mince words when he heard about general manager Ryan Grigson losing his job.
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Olympic Kayaker Possibly Capsized by Couch in Rio de Janeiro
#KayakSofa has emerged, relating to a couch that was allegedly submerged, jarring an Olympic kayaker off course at the Summer Games.
Russian Track and Field Team Banned from Olympics After Appeal Loses
Russia will not send its track and field team to the 2016 Summer Olympics after losing an appeal Thursday in the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Dutch Journalist Arrested In Turkey For Criticising Erdogan
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, April 24 (UPI) — A Dutch journalist was detained in Turkey after writing a column allegedly critical of Turkish President Erdogan. Her newspaper, Dutch Metro, reported journalist Ebru Umar was on vacation in southern Turkey when she was arrested Saturday night and taken into custody in the nearby resort of Kusadasi for questioning, the newspaper said. But she was released Sunday morning after she was arraigned, according to Dutch Metro. Last week, the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam had urged Turks in the Netherlands to report insults to Turkey or its president. But it withdrew its call after it was criticized by Dutch MPs and Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Umar’s column criticized the president’s clampdown on dissent. Umar was arrested soon after posting a tweet that the police were at her door around 11 p.m. Turkish time. She later tweeted that she was being taken to a police station. Dutch Foreign Ministry spokesman Herman van Gelderen confirmed Umar was detained. “We are aware of it,” he said. “We are in contact and we’re following the case very closely.” Last week, Umar’s column criticized the Turkish consulate’s appeal to report insults. She compared the request to “NASB practices,” which
WATCH: Queen’s Guard takes a ‘pratfall’ at Buckingham Palace
LONDON, Aug. 12 (UPI) – A tourist in London captured video of a Queen’s Guard taking a pratfall during the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. Jordan Austin, a Northern Ireland man visiting London, was filming a group of seven Queen’s Guards marching during the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace Sunday morning when a guard standing in back slipped while attempting to halt and fell on his rear end. “He’ll be getting fired,” an onlooker can be heard saying after the guard’s fall. “Watched the changing of the guard this morning, caught this little gem on camera,” Austin wrote in a Facebook post. “This guy is having a bad day.” YOUTUBE, QUEEN’S GUARD FALLS:
‘Heat Dome’ Sends Middle East Temperatures Sky High
BANDAR MAHSHAHR, Iran, Aug. 1 (UPI) — In Iran Friday afternoon the heat index touched 163 degrees Fahrenheit — a blistering total, rare even for one of the hottest regions on earth.
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