Giants TE Darren Waller retires after 1 season with team, describes scary medical situation that preceded decision

Giants TE Darren Waller retires after 1 season with team, describes scary medical situation that preceded decision

Former Pro Bowl tight end Darren Waller has retired from the NFL at 31 years old after a single season with the New York Giants. Waller informed the Giants of his decision prior to the start of their minicamp, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports. The Giants confirmed his retirement in a statement Sunday afternoon. “We […]

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Mexico’s Leftists Won Big. Investors Are Worried.

Mexico’s Leftists Won Big. Investors Are Worried.

A final count of votes released over the weekend suggests Mexico’s leftist governing party and its allies would capture large majorities in Congress, potentially enabling the coalition to pass sweeping changes to the Constitution. The official tally from elections last week showed that the party, Morena, and its partners appeared on their way to clinching

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Time is on Micah Parsons’s side, as long as he stays healthy

Time is on Micah Parsons’s side, as long as he stays healthy

Cowboys defensive jack-of-all-trades Micah Parsons is willing to wait for his next contract. It’s not a bad strategy. With one big caveat. Eventually, he’ll be the highest-paid non-quarterback in football. The current high-water mark is $35 million per year in new money, set six days ago by Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson. The Cowboys would be

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Tigers take jab at Lions’ former rival Aaron Rodgers in scoreboard trivia game

Tigers take jab at Lions’ former rival Aaron Rodgers in scoreboard trivia game

The Detroit Tigers beat the Milwaukee Brewers at Comerica Park on Sunday, 10–2. That was the main attraction at the ballpark. But during a break in the action, the scoreboard operator took the opportunity to troll a former rival who previously played for another Wisconsin team while supporting the hometown Detroit Lions. For a trivia

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Flemish Nationalists Thwart Ascent of Secessionist Party as They Win Belgian Elections

Flemish Nationalists Thwart Ascent of Secessionist Party as They Win Belgian Elections

Voters in Belgium handed a victory to a conservative Flemish nationalist party, disproving polls that had predicted a sweep to first place by Flemish secessionists, preliminary results showed on Sunday. The New Flemish Alliance, a party that seeks greater autonomy for the Dutch-speaking northern half of Belgium, was poised in the national elections to become

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Moderates quit Netanyahu’s emergency government, call for elections

Moderates quit Netanyahu’s emergency government, call for elections

TEL AVIV — Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, centrist members of Israel’s war cabinet, announced on Sunday night they would resign from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government, deepening the country’s political turmoil as it struggles to manage global fallout from the war in Gaza and escalating hostilities along its border with Lebanon. “Unfortunately, Netanyahu

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Marcedes Lewis to meet with Bears Monday: Report

Marcedes Lewis to meet with Bears Monday: Report

Marcedes Lewis to meet with Bears Monday: Report originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Free agent tight end Marcedes Lewis is expected to meet with the Chicago Bears tomorrow with “the intention of re-signing” with the team, according to Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer A little Sunday scoopage for @ChicagoBears fans, @MarcedesLewis89 tells me he is

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Why Eisen believes CMC’s lucrative new contract ‘still sounds low’

Why Eisen believes CMC’s lucrative new contract ‘still sounds low’

Why Eisen believes CMC’s lucrative new contract ‘still sounds low’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Star running back Christian McCaffrey received a significant pay raise last Tuesday, signing a lucrative contract extension to remain with the 49ers through the 2027 NFL season. But when sportscaster Rich Eisen considers McCaffrey’s two-year, $38 million deal,

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Monday Briefing: Macron Calls New French Legislative Elections

Monday Briefing: Macron Calls New French Legislative Elections

France’s president calls for new elections after E.U. vote President Emmanuel Macron of France, dealt a crushing defeat by the extreme right in European elections, dissolved the lower house of Parliament yesterday. He called for legislative elections beginning on June 30. Macron’s decision was a measure of the devastating nature of the European Parliament election

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