Mitchell G. Patton

Sometimes a photo really is worth a thousand words. Even after enduring a lengthy playoff drought, a single image continues to follow the New York Giants: the infamous "ship" image.Six years ago, Sterling Shepard and then-Giants teammates Odell Beckham Jr., Victor Cruz and Roger Lewis decided to charter a private plane to Miami after the regular season wrapped up. A day after he arrived in Florida, a photo surfaced of the soccer player shirtless on a boat with singer Trey Songz and other celebrities.After the image went viral, many of the players seen in the photo spent the next few…

Bill Russell: Legend – Picture: Netflix Netflix has set a February 2023 release date for one of its most anticipated upcoming sports documentaries exploring the life and career of famed NBA champion, coach, and civil rights activist Bill Russell. The documentary, now titled Bill Russell: Legendwill hit Netflix worldwide on February 8, 2023. It comes to Netflix almost exactly one year after Netflix initially announced it in February 2022. Back then, they provided the following synopsis for the upcoming doc: “The definitive biodoc on NBA legend Bill Russell, the greatest champion in American sports history and a true civil rights…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Sri Lankan Supreme Court ruled Thursday that inaction by the country's former president and four others led to the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed nearly 270 people and ordered them to pay compensation for violate the basic rights of victims and their families. familiesA bench of seven high court judges ordered former President Maithripala Sirisena to pay 100 million rupees ($273,300) from his personal funds. It also ordered the police chief, two senior intelligence officials and the secretary of the Defense Ministry at the time to pay a total of 210 million rupees ($574,000).Two…