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Russell Steinberg is a lifelong sports fan, current dog dad and competitive reality TV connoisseur. Once he realized his diminutive stature wouldn’t get him to the NBA, he pivoted to writing and has been with Us since 2024 while retaining his NCAA eligibility just in case. Now a senior sports writer, Russell embraces all that the sports world has to offer, from a game’s quirks to its biggest bombshells. In a past life, he crisscrossed the sports world, covering everything from the Final Four to Monster Jam. His byline has also appeared at Boardroom, SLAM Magazine, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from New York University in 2012 where, against the advice of many, he double majored in journalism and history.

NHL Prospect Matthew Mayich Hospitalized After Collapsing During Team Workout

NHL Prospect Matthew Mayich Hospitalized After Collapsing During Team Workout

Arizona State University defenseman Matthew Mayich was hospitalized after collapsing during an outdoor team workout in Tempe, Arizona, on Thursday, August 20. Mayich, 21, is a sophomore for the Sun Devils and was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the sixth round of the 2023 NHL Draft. A family member confirmed to The Athletic […]

Former Duke Star Kyle Singler Calls Out Coach K in Video He Set Me Up

Former Duke Star Kyle Singler Calls Out Coach K in Video: He ‘Set Me Up’

Former Duke basketball star and NBA alum Kyle Singler has again sparked concern from fans after sharing a series of videos via social media in which he called out legendary former Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski. “Man, Coach K has set me up,” Singler, 38, said to begin the first video. “Set me up, […]

Cast Survivor 51

‘Survivor 51’ Cast Revealed: Yankees Exec, Farmer and More Kick Off ‘Open Era’

A new season of Survivor is almost upon us, and for the all-new castaways competing for the $1 million grand prize, everything is on the table. Survivor 51 signals the beginning of the “Open Era,” where everything the show has ever done, from twists and idols to format and everything in between, is fair game […]

Tiger Woods Sparks Fan Concern in Rare Public Appearance After DUI Arrest

Tiger Woods Sparks Fan Concern in Rare Public Appearance After DUI Arrest

Tiger Woods has kept a low profile since his DUI arrest in March, and after a rare public appearance this week, he has some fans worried. Woods, 50, sent a pre-recorded video message to longtime friend and retired pro golfer Notah Begay III, congratulating him on winning the 2026 Payne Stewart Award. The video was […]

Samantha Busch Addresses Husband Kyles Death in Speech Greatest Heartbreak

Samantha Busch Addresses Husband Kyle’s Death in Speech: ‘Greatest Heartbreak’

Samantha Busch is finding purpose in life without her late husband, NASCAR driver Kyle Busch. “Losing him has been the greatest heartbreak of my life,” Samantha, 40, told the crowd at the Carlos and Ashley Rodón Foundation’s Willow Gala on Monday, August 24, according to People. “And if I’m being truthful, there are still so […]

College Athlete Killed by Police After Mistakenly Trying to Enter Wrong Home

College Athlete Killed by Police After Mistakenly Trying to Enter Wrong Home

Glen Pysher, a New Jersey college baseball player, has died after being shot by police when he mistakenly tried to enter the wrong home. He was 23. Pysher, known by his friends as Bubba, was out at a bar in Upper Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, celebrating a friend’s birthday, on Saturday, August 22. The group then decided […]

Patrick Mahomes Status for Start of Season in Doubt Amid ACL Recovery

Patrick Mahomes’ Status for Start of Season in Doubt Amid ACL Recovery

Patrick Mahomes is still hoping to play for the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 1 against the Denver Broncos, but his head coach isn’t ready to name him the starter. “He’s doing great,” Andy Reid told reporters at Chiefs training camp on Tuesday, August 25. “We’ll just see. I’m literally taking it day by day. […]

High School Quarterback Adam Massman Dies of Injuries Sustained During Game

High School QB Adam Massman, 17, Dead After Sustaining Injury During Game

Adam Massman, a high school football star from Wisconsin, died from injuries he sustained during a recent game. He was 17. Massman was a rising senior at Alma Center Lincoln High School, where he played quarterback and defensive back for the school football team. He was expected to begin his senior year just before his […]

Conflicting Reports Emerge After NFL Star Rashod Batemans Battery Arrest

Conflicting Reports Emerge After NFL Star Rashod Bateman's Battery Arrest

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Rashod Bateman is still facing criminal charges after his June arrest stemming from an alleged domestic dispute, but his accuser has walked back some of her allegations. Marissa Crumley, with whom Bateman shares a daughter, says she wanted to get the NFL star, 26, “in trouble” when she alleged he pushed […]

49ers Owner Jed York Arrested Facing 2 Charges in Prostitution Case

49ers Owner Jed York Allegedly Arranged to Meet Sex Worker Before Arrest

Update 8/25/26 at 12:18 p.m. ET — More details have emerged around the surprising arrest of San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York in Ohio over the weekend. York, 46, was arrested Sunday, August 23, at a mobile home park in Ohio for allegedly offering a woman $140 for sex, court documents obtained by the California […]

Yankees Star Ben Rice Gushes About Harvard Engineer Girlfriend Sara Falkson

Yankees Star Ben Rice Gushes About Harvard Engineer Girlfriend Sara Falkson

First baseman Ben Rice has emerged as arguably the most important player for the 2026 New York Yankees, carrying the team’s offense amid long-term injuries from sluggers like Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton. But on a rare day off, he deferred the spotlight to his girlfriend, Sara Falkson — a Harvard engineering graduate […]

Death of Bills Star Ed Olivers Son 2 Ruled Accidental After Fatal Drowning

Death of Bills Star Ed Oliver’s Son, 2, Ruled Accidental After Fatal Drowning

The death of Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Ed Oliver’s 2-year-old son has been ruled accidental and the investigation is now closed. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office told TMZ that no charges will be filed against Oliver, 28, or anyone else related to the death. Authorities responded to a life-in-danger call from the Bills star’s Texas […]

NBA Players Rip Enes Kanter Freedom for WNBA Game Stunt Hes a Loser

NBA Players Rip Enes Kanter Freedom for WNBA Game Stunt

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom was kicked out of the Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky game on Sunday, August 23, and his colleagues are not amused by his antics. “Look at the drama queen….. no not Natasha [Cloud],” Milwaukee Bucks forward Kyle Kuzma wrote via X on Sunday. “Grown man stepping over the baseline […]

Tom Hanks Criticized Ryan Fitzpatrick at Travis Kelce and Taylor Swifts Wedding

Tom Hanks Criticized Ryan Fitzpatrick at Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s Wedding

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick thought he was about to have a moment with Tom Hanks, but instead, the legendary actor Big-timed him at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding. “Tom Hanks knows who I am and he’s approaching me to talk to me,” Fitzpatrick, 43, said he was thinking on the Thursday, August 20 […]

Brother of Milligan University Cyclist Speaks Out My Brother Was Murdered

Brother of Milligan University Cyclist Speaks Out: ‘My Brother Was Murdered’

The brother of Haylan Engdahl, one of the Milligan University cyclists killed this week after being struck by a driver while training, has spoken out. “My brother was murdered yesterday morning but my brother is so much more than just a murder victim,” Ryan Engdahl wrote via Instagram on Thursday, August 20. “My brother was […]

Anthony Edwards Must Pay 14K Per Month in Child Support for Son Hes Never Met

Anthony Edwards Must Pay $14K Per Month in Child Support for Son He’s Never Met

A court has ordered Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards to pay $14,000 per month in child support for a child he says he has never met. Edwards, 25, testified under oath that he has never met the son that he shares with ex Alexandria Descroche, according to court documents obtained by TMZ. The amount was […]

Simone Biles Unfollowed Popular Influencer After Weird Interaction in DMs

Simone Biles Unfollowed Popular Influencer After ‘Weird’ Interaction in DMs

Simone Biles doesn’t have time to go back and forth in the DMs. The seven-time Olympic gold medalist recalled unfollowing an influencer after sliding into her DMs to ask about the individual’s hairdresser. In a video posted via TikTok on Tuesday, August 18, Biles, 29, said she had been following the influencer for “a while” […]

Kurt Busch Details the Frantic Final Moments of Brother Kyle Buschs Life

Kurt Busch Details the Frantic Final Moments of Brother Kyle Busch’s Life

Kurt Busch is letting fans into the tragic final moments of his brother Kyle Busch’s life, starting with what seemed like a sinus cold and culminating in his unexpected death in May. Kurt, 48, told Craig Melvin during a Friday, August 21, appearance on Today that Kyle’s crew chief noticed something was wrong shortly before […]

UFC Legend Chuck Liddell Accuses Ex-Wife of Abducting Their Teenage Daughter

UFC Legend Chuck Liddell Accuses Ex-Wife of Abducting Their Teenage Daughter

Former UFC star Chuck Liddell is accusing his ex-wife, Heidi Liddell, of abducting their daughter, just over one year after the couple finalized their divorce. Chuck, 56, filed an emergency custody order requesting that their daughter, Guinevere, 14, be returned to him and placed in his custody full time, according to court documents obtained by […]

Sage Steele Claims Coach Doc Rivers Slid Into Her DMs to Bash Her Politics

Sage Steele Claims Coach Doc Rivers Slid Into Her DMs to Bash Her Politics

Sage Steele covered every NBA Finals for ESPN from 2012 to 2020, but the former SportsCenter anchor has since distanced herself from the Association — and some of its most prominent faces are part of the reason why. Steele, 53, blasted the league’s head coaches, including Hall of Famer Doc Rivers, in an appearance on […]

NASCAR Drivers Reflect on Kyle Buschs Final Days Death Was 1 in a Million

NASCAR Drivers Reflect on Kyle Busch’s Final Days: Death Was ‘1 in a Million’

Almost three months after the shocking death of NASCAR’s Kyle Busch, his fellow drivers are remembering him both as a legend and a cautionary tale for many in the profession. “There’s a flaw in the driver’s DNA,” former driver Kyle Petty told ESPN in a feature published Wednesday, August 19. “Somewhere in our DNA, we […]

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