CNN — William “Rick” Singer, the mastermind of the sprawling college admissions scam aptly known as Operation Varsity Blues, is set to be sentenced in a federal courthouse in Boston on Wednesday, nearly four years after the scandal was publicly exposed. Singer was the central figure in the scam in which wealthy parents, desperate to … Read more
Chelsea are locked in talks with Benfica to sign World Cup winner Enzo Fernandez in January. With a release clause of €120m, roughly £105m, the Argentina midfielder would become the Premier League’s most expensive signing. But Sky Sports News have been told Chelsea are not prepared to pay his release clause in full, and instead … Read more
All the top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday’s newspapers… THE SUN Chelsea are set to snub Cristiano Ronaldo and deny him potentially the only avenue to staying in the Premier League in January. Paris Saint-Germain’s Qatari owners are looking at a potential move across the city by buying the Stade de France, which holds … Read more
Danny Kalb, who led the downtown blues scene in New York during the 1960s and 1970s as a guitarist with his band the Blues Project, died Saturday at a nursing home in Brooklyn where he lived. He was 80. His death was confirmed by his brother, Jonathan. The Blues Project was never a big name … Read more
Steve Burns. Courtesy Blue’s Clues & You!/YouTube On his own journey. When Steve Burns left Blue’s Clues in 2002, many of the beloved show’s young viewers wondered where he went — and now he’s telling his truth. “I didn’t know it yet, but I was the happiest depressed person in North America,” the former kids’ … Read more
The initial College Football Playoff rankings were released Tuesday, and as usual, a few fanbases came away upset. However, one long-struggling group of orange-clad supporters walked away ecstatic. The Tennessee Volunteers saw their name atop the heap, and in the history of the CFP, only one team ranked No. 1 in the… Read more… Source … Read more
Birmingham City supporters’ group Blues 4 All are taking the rare step of sponsoring first-team squad member Brandon Khela. Sikh-Punjabi midfielder Khela penned senior terms at St Andrew’s earlier this summer, becoming the first British South Asian ever to sign a professional deal with Birmingham City. Speaking exclusively to Sky Sports News at the time, … Read more
Ahead of A Jazzman’s Blues dropping on Netflix, Austin Scott joined HollywoodLife for an EXCLUSIVE interview to discuss the film, that has been a 27-year long project for Tyler Perry. “It’s definitely something he’s held in his heart for a very long time,” the actor, who stars as Willie Earl in the film, explained. “It was … Read more
If Chelsea are serious about rebuilding the club from top to bottom, a long-term job whoever is in charge, they have picked a man who ticks all the right boxes to make it happen in Brighton’s Graham Potter. Six games into the new season, his now former-Seagulls side sit three points and two places above … Read more
Champion jockey elect William Buick showed all his class to steer Bounce The Blues to victory in the feature Sceptre Stakes on day one of the St Leger Festival at Doncaster. Buick, who is set to ride St Leger favourite New London in Saturday’s Classic, live on Sky Sports Racing, was an eye-catching first-time booking … Read more