"I can't feel my body,” 17-year-old Georgia student Dylan Thomas said Friday once he regained consciousness after passing out on the sidelines during a high school football game.Then he passed out again. Two days later, he was dead.Thomas, a junior at Pike County High School outside of Atlanta, was complaining of a leg injury, his coach, Brad Webber, told the Atlana Journal-Constitution.“He was talking and (was) fine and then things went bad,” Webber said. 7 PHOTOS Dylan Thomas dies after injury in high school football game See Gallery Dylan Thomas dies after injury in high school football game Please say a prayer for PCHS Football Player, Dylan Thomas #32 https://t.co/V8cRfeA3lK BREAKING: We’ve just received word from family that 16-year-Old Dylan Thomas has passed away. We have more informat… https://t.co/O5JP3zbYbx It’s being reported by the Pike County school administrators that Dylan Thomas passed away earlier this … [Read more...] about Georgia high school football player’s last words were ‘I can’t feel my body’
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Case Keenum says Broncos can be ‘pretty special,’ and he wouldn’t mind retiring in Denver
Inside the quarterback's move from Minnesota and the mettle that's defined his career by Cody Benjamin 2m ago • 7 min read When Case Keenum registered for a football camp at the University of Texas at El Paso as a teenager, he wrote on the sign-up sheet that he was 6-foot-4.He says it was a joke. (UTEP coach Mike Price caught on quickly considering Keenum's never topped 6-foot-1.) But it's not a stretch to suggest Keenum may have just been a tad overzealous at a time when his home state was already brimming with other future NFL quarterbacks: Andrew Luck in Houston, Andy Dalton in Katy, Ryan Tannehill in Big Spring, Robert Griffin III in Copperas Cove, Matt Flynn in Tyler -- all of them taller than 6-foot-1.Raised on and around the gridiron in a region of the United States where even Friday nights are as sacred as Sundays, Keenum was under as much scrutiny as anyone to prove he had "it." He wanted as much as his father, Steve, to be the next in Texas' … [Read more...] about Case Keenum says Broncos can be ‘pretty special,’ and he wouldn’t mind retiring in Denver
Tim Tebow, other athletes react to deadly shooting at Madden tournament
Athletes from the Florida area and across the country reacted to the deadly shooting at a Madden tournament in Jacksonville, Florida on Sunday afternoon that left two dead and wounded 12 others.The alleged gunman, identified by Jacksonville police as gamer David Katz, died from a self-inflicted gunshot.Tim Tebow, a Florida legend who won the Heisman Trophy as a Gator, quickly responded to the tragedy.“Praying for my city of Jacksonville,” he wrote on Twitter.Praying for my city of Jacksonville!— Tim Tebow (@TimTebow) August 26, 2018The former Jets quarterback and current Mets minor leaguer moved to Jacksonville from the Phillipines when he was three years old.The Jacksonville Jaguars released a statement from owner Shad Khan.“It’s impossible to comprehend today’s news,” the statement read. “I’m heartbroken for the families and friends of the victims and can only express my deepest condolences as we try to understand why and how this … [Read more...] about Tim Tebow, other athletes react to deadly shooting at Madden tournament
Celebs Erupt At NRA, Trump After Jacksonville Shooting: ‘Gun-Humping Death Fetishists’
Hollywood celebrities wasted no time in taking to social media on Sunday to politicize the deadly shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, at Madden 19 tournament, attacking President Donald Trump, Republican lawmakers, and the NRA. Leading the way was Netflix’s Insatiable star Alyssa Milano, who urged her followers to “honor” the victims of the shooting “by voting for candidates that reject” the NRA.“It’s happened again in Florida. At least 4 dead. At least 11 injured. Florida’s primary elections are Tuesday. #Vote,” Milano tweeted. “Honor these victims by voting for candidates that reject the @NRA. Be a hero.” Four people have been identified as dead so far. Eleven total were reportedly shot at a video game tournament. The Los Angeles Times reports that the shooter, who has apparently killed himself on the scene, was a player who had lost. Others celebs chimed in, urging their followers to use the deadly shooting as … [Read more...] about Celebs Erupt At NRA, Trump After Jacksonville Shooting: ‘Gun-Humping Death Fetishists’
On leave at Ohio State, Urban Meyer had a mess as Gators coach, too
GAINESVILLE — Is this where it began?On Thursday, I was sitting at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Florida football citadel, attending media day. Like everyone else, I was focused on the news out of Columbus, Ohio. The Urban Meyer news.Meyer, who hit the heights at Florida, might lose his job as Ohio State coach over revelations in the Zach and Courtney Smith case. Meyer's thousand-yard stare, winning at all costs, should cost him his job if he knew as much as he seems to have known about the domestic abuse allegations against now former Buckeyes receivers coach Smith.Meyer now says he "failed" when dealing with questions from media at Big Ten media day. In other words: He lied. He is on paid administrative leave as Ohio State presumably ponders the exact cost of the cliff Meyer might be pushed off.But did this all begin in Gainesville? Is this where Meyer, thrust on the national stage, first displayed the tunnel vision that consumed him, that excluded everything but winning, including … [Read more...] about On leave at Ohio State, Urban Meyer had a mess as Gators coach, too