Mitchell G. Patton

ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith has responded to criticism for his position on Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones after his colleague liked, and later liked, a tweet criticizing him using an epithet racial.Mark Jones, who narrates NBA games for the company, liked the tweet that called Smith a "c---" for defending Jerry Jones over a photo showing him in the crowd of white students trying to stop for black students to enter an Arkansas school in 1957.Mark Jones didn't like the tweet, but not before it was captured on social media. ESPN declined to comment earlier this week on whether…

Police investigating the grisly murders of four University of Idaho students have retracted an earlier statement and now say it is not known whether the residence where the bodies were found or its occupants were "specifically targeted."Friends Madison Mogen, 21; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; and Xana Kernodle, 20; and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, 20, were found fatally stabbed in an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho, on November 13, and their killer remains a mystery.The Latah County Prosecutor's Office had previously stated that the "suspects specifically looked at this residence" and "one or more of the occupants was undoubtedly attacked." On Wednesday,…

The high-stakes Senate runoff in Georgia next week will be the first major test of abortion policy since the 2022 general election, when a backlash to the Supreme Court decision galvanized abortion rights advocates and He galvanized the Democrats.Abortion was a major issue on Election Day in Georgia, when Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock finished roughly 1 point ahead of Republican challenger Herschel Walker, though he narrowly lost the 50% he needed to win outright. The 26% of Georgians who ranked abortion as their top issue backed Warnock by a margin of 77% to 21%, NBC News exit polls showed.Now, Democrats…

Deshaun Watson did not speak to the media Wednesday, but in the days leading up to his return to the field after a nearly two-year absence, his teammates and Cleveland Browns colleagues are excited.Watson will play against his former team, the Houston Texans, after an 11-game suspension. He has been charged with sexual misconduct in some two dozen masseur civil lawsuits. He has settled 23 of the lawsuits, and the women's attorney said at least 10 of the women who accused the quarterback of wrongdoing will be at NRG Stadium for the game to serve as a reminder.CLICK HERE FOR…