CHICAGO — Bob Avellini, the former Chicago quarterback who teamed with Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton to lead the Bears to the 1977 playoffs, died Saturday. He was 70. The Bears said Avellini died after a battle with cancer. Avellini and Payton had the finest seasons of their careers in 1977, when Chicago and the Minnesota Vikings each went 9-5 in the NFC North. Minnesota won the division, while Chicago earned a wild-card playoff berth. The Bears were beaten by Dallas 37-7 in the playoffs that season. Avellini threw 11 touchdown passes and had a career-high 2,004 yards…

Travis Kelce looked like a complete gentleman at the 150th annual Kentucky Derby races, dressing up in a crisp pinstripe suit. Kelce, 34, attended the Churchill Downs annual equestrian race on Saturday, May 4, looking dapper in a double-breasted pinstripe suit with a dark tie and pocket square. He wore a platinum watch and earrings and topped off the look with a dark fedora that held a light blue feather on the side. After walking the red carpet, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end made it to his seat to watch the jockeys take their places on the starting line.…

Sunday’s win at the LIV Golf Invitational in Singapore was extra special for Brooks Koepka. Moments after sealing his victory with a three-under 68 in the final round at Sentosa Golf Club, Koepka shared a sweet moment with wife Jena Sims and their 9-month-old son, Crew, on the eighteenth green. “My winning Crew,” Koepka posted Sunday on Instagram. “Happy to be heading home with some extra hardware, thank you Singapore!” With Sunday’s win, Koepka — who shot a 15-under for the weekend — became the first LIV Golf pro to capture four individual titles. “It’s all starting to come around,”…

Queen Rania al Abdullah defended the spate of anti-Israel protests sweeping campuses across the US, arguing that the students simply want peace and justice. “To vilify them as being, you know, pro-Hamas or pro-terrorism or antisemitic — I think that’s inaccurate, And I think it’s somewhat patronizing,” Rania told CBS’ “Face the Nation” in an interview that aired Sunday. “A lot of them are well-read, thoughtful young individuals who know exactly what they’re protesting. They are protesting for justice.” Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have bristled at the protests, highlighting a number of harrowing antisemitic instances on campuses and reports that…

Giddy up: The Kentucky Derby is back! The event, which takes place at the Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, has a star-studded history packed with over-the-top style. However, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 race plans were postponed due to health concerns. Instead of the traditional three charity galas and a red carpet for Hollywood’s biggest stars, racing fans had to watch the equestrians jockey from a safe distance when the race returned in May 2021. Through the years, the Derby has also been filled with darling dresses that always give Us our fix of fabulous fashion! Most of…

The Mets’ pitching has been shakier than a chihuahua standing on a block of ice. Nevertheless, Luis Severino has been solid in four of his past five starts. He pitches at Tampa Bay after throwing a one-hit, eight-inning gem against the Cubbies. The Rays seem to have lost their sting and have been mediocre at home. On the other hand, Ryan Pepiot has been sharp, permitting just eight hits and two runs in his past 18 innings. Let’s go Mets for $50. En Fuego! We bet the phlaming-hot Phillies, and they chased Giants’ starter Keaton Winn after just two-thirds of…

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is negotiating a new contract with the public schools system and is understood to be calling for an extra $50 billion to pay for wage hikes as well as other demands such as fully paid abortions for its members, new migrant services and facilities and a host of LGBT-related requirements and training in schools. To put the figure into context, the total base tax receipts for the state of Illinois last year were $50.7 billion.The incredible demands are being made despite its members delivering underwhelming results for its students, with only 21 percent of the city’s eighth graders being proficient…

Ready to toss your graduation hats in the air? Do so with cautious optimism, according to workforce experts. While the US added 303,000 new jobs in March, and the unemployment rate is ticking downward at 3.8%, some industries which historically grew rapidly, like tech, saw a bit of a slowdown, according to Hiring Lab, the economic research arm of online job search site Indeed.com. As of November 2023, software development jobs saw a decline of 51.3% in number of job postings, Hiring Lab reports. Additional fields with waning job posting numbers included mathematics (40.1%), media and communications (35%), banking and…

Bella Hadid was spotted out in the big city with her cowboy boyfriend Adan Banuelos. The couple was spotted leaving a party for Orebella, Hadid’s fragrance brand, at the Flower Shop in New York City on Friday, May 3. Hadid, 27, was clad in a black leather jacket, matching pants and boots, all of which were offset with a white top. Meanwhile, Banuelos, 35, donned a black cowboy hat and matching button-up shirt, light-wash denim jeans, cowboy boots and a Texas-sized belt buckle to tie it all together. A source exclusively told Us Weekly in March that Hadid has “entered…

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