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News of O’Brien’s return to coach under Bill Belichick has, unsurprisingly, generated renewed interest in a potential return by Tom Brady to play for the Patriots. Ignoring the fact the Patriots would have to move on from third-year quarterback Mac Jones to bring Brady on, the Buccaneers signal-caller is now an unrestricted free agent following his final contract year in Tampa Bay. Boston Globe columnist Chris Gasper added more intrigue to a potential Belichick-Brady-O’Brien reunion in New England, saying on Friday the quarterback “really has an interest” in pairing back up with O’Brien....

The latest such declaration came Wednesday in a conversation with Myron Medcalf of ESPN when Self said, “I’ve said all along that if I could go into may late 50s, that’d be good for me. Now that I’m getting close to my late 50s, I’m like, ‘Well. …’ “But my contract runs until I’m 59, so I’ve got five more years left. I definitely want to do that. Then whatever happens after that, I’d be happy with whatever....

MORE: Preseason Power Rankings Ragland, a second-round pick out of Alabama, injured himself pursuing running back Reggie Bush toward the sideline on a play during Friday’s practice. To make matters worse, the Bills were already dealing with the loss of first-round pick Shaq Lawson for at least the first portion of the regular season after he underwent right shoulder surgery this spring. MORE: Buffalo can’t give up on Sammy Watkins...

The Hall of Fame defensive end pulled out a photo taken the day he signed his rookie contract in 1985. The picture showed Wilson with his hands across his face as if he were praying. "He has that worried look on his face, like, 'Lord knows, I hope I'm not wasting this draft pick on this chubby kid from Norfolk, Va.,'" Smith said, laughing. "I thought it would be befitting I brought this, and showed some of the players....

McCoy, released over the weekend, reportedly landed quickly with the Chiefs, a potential Super Bowl contender coached by Andy Reid. On Sunday, Beane met with the media for the first time since terminating McCoy’s contract, and the topic came up as the GM addressed his team’s roster. From his news conference: Reporter: What did you make of how quickly LeSean was able to land on his feet? Beane: I mean he’s probably a Hall of Fame player, right there at it and I think that’s a great fit for him....

The gunfire erupted in W.C. Patton Park, where a large crowd of people had gathered to celebrate Easter, at around 7 p.m., AL.com reported. A 32-year-old woman was pronounced dead in the back of a vehicle and the wounded victims—aged 4, 15, 16, 17 and 21—were transported to hospital and are in stable condition, Sgt. Rod Mauldin, with the Birmingham Police Department, told reporters. The name of the slain woman and those who were injured were not immediately released....

In a statement released on Thursday, the National Park Service said that the attack occurred near Yellowstone’s Storm Point at Yellowstone Lake, when the woman and her daughter “inadvertently approached the bison as they were returning to their vehicle at the trailhead, causing the bull bison to charge.” The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital in Cody, Wyoming. The incident is under investigation, and the park service said there’s no additional information to share....

Bitcoin has dropped in value, with a value of about $37,000 as of June 4. That’s down from a peak of more than $63,000 earlier this year. But cryptocurrency investors and analysts believe the decentralized digital currency will rise further in value in the coming months and years. “About $40,000 may be the Bitcoin cap a while within what we see as a resting crypto-asset bull market,” McGlone said in the Bloomberg Crypto Outlook report....

““It’s all been such a blast–particularly seeing myself on MTV,’’ says Wek in her thick British accent. ““It’s just been real fun–that’s the best I can say.’’ Born into the Dinka tribe in Sudan, Wek escaped the war-torn country with her family when she was 14. After relocating to London, the 5-foot-11 beauty was discovered at an outdoor market two years ago. Since then her African look has begun to redefine what and who is considered beautiful....

The entire incident, which occurred in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, was captured by KTTV (Fox 11) Los Angeles. A few minutes before police handcuffed the black family, one of its members spoke on camera to the news outlet. “He’s not African American. His son’s not African American,” the black woman, who identified herself as a resident of the neighborhood, said, pointing to the shop owner and his son....

MORE: Black History Month: Celebrating Black Pioneers In Sports In celebration of Black History Month, Sporting News takes a look at the athletes who stayed true to themselves, bringing a flair to the game that the sports world had never seen before. Simply put, Black Excellence is everywhere. If any of this upsets you, it shouldn’t. Because, whether you like it or not, Black Culture is, in fact, American Culture....

While most of Africa’s snakes are not dangerous to humans, it is home to one of the most feared species in the world—the black mamba. So what exactly makes this species special? Newsweek spoke to South African snake catcher Nick Evans, who owns a snake removal business in the KwaZulu-Natal province and greater Durban area, where black mambas are abundant. Evans has removed hundreds of black mambas in his career, and is currently researching the species....

Hosenball: Rep. [Henry] Waxman has charts claiming that [from ‘01 to ‘06, your company got] more than $1 billion in contracts. That correct? [If so], how did you grow so rapidly? Prince: Our first big growth as a defense contractor started after the bombing of the [USS] Cole, October of 2000. You had two fanatics in a boat packed with explosives that blew up a billion-anda-half-dollar ship while it was refueling....

During the spy-plane affair last month, China’s President Jiang Zemin puzzled observers by decamping to Latin America: Cuba, Venezuela, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina–all of which have seats on the commission. Jiang’s complaints of American hypocrisy often found a “sympathetic ear,” says one foreign diplomat in Beijing. And at a conference last October, China convinced 44 African states to endorse its language effectively condemning the U.S. approach to human rights. To encourage them to sign on, Beijing canceled $1....

When asked about Durant’s injury, Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum told The Oregonian that Durant’s recovery time might take longer than expected: McCollum dealt with the injury twice, once in college and then again as a rookie with Portland. He’s also not the only Blazers player to have had a Jones fracture. All-Star Damian Lillard also broke the fifth metatarsal in Dec. 2010 while playing at Weber St....

MORE: Time flies: 12 NBA players now and then | Dion Waiters denies national anthem situation | Steve Nash addresses angry fans Zickefoose, aged 67, collapsed during a game on Nov. 6 betweeen the Blazers and Mavericks in the fourth quarter. It was a stunning scene and players and fans alike stood with their hands over their mouths while EMTs performed CPR on the fan. She later died at Legacy Emmanuel Hospital, just up the road from the Moda Center....

On Thursday, the extremist militant group ISIS-K claimed responsibility for an attack at the Kabul airport that left 13 U.S. service members dead and over 170 dead in total. President Joe Biden said Saturday that another attack was “highly likely” before the full U.S. withdrawal from the country after two decades of war is completed on Tuesday. Blinken was asked about the threat during an interview broadcast Sunday morning by ABC News’ This Week....

Multiple outlets are reporting that the team bus is stuck in a ditch off of Interstate 57 in Champaign County, Ill., roughly three hours away from the Salukis' campus in Carbondale, Ill. The driver of the bus made an executive decision to pull off to the side of the road when the blinding snow hampered his vision (though junior guard Michael Balogun had a different version of the bus driver's situation entirely....

““Kill’’ is based on John Grisham’s first novel, regarded by his fans as his most brilliant book and by his detractors as the only halfway decent one. (Director Schumacher has already tackled Grisham with ““The Client’’ and vigilantism with ““Falling Down.’’) Here, Hailey’s trial turns into a dated, ’60s-ish spectacle. Blacks riot with the Ku Klux Klan. The National Guard arrives. And people sell T shirts reading both FREE CARL HAILEY and FRY CARL HAILEY....

While Bloomberg’s political opponents attacked him on his past record during the debates, Trump called Bloomberg’s performance “grossly incompetent.” “Mini Mike Bloomberg’s debate performance tonight was perhaps the worst in the history of debates,” Trump tweeted after the Las Vegas debate in February, “and there have been some really bad ones. He was stumbling, bumbling and grossly incompetent. If this doesn’t knock him out of the race, nothing will. Not so easy to do what I did!...