Whitten Retiring After 17 Seasons In NFL
Published on January 28 2021 6:17 am
Last Updated on February 4 2021 6:23 am
The 38-year-old played 16 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, before spending 2020 with the Las Vegas Raiders, and plans to sign a one-day contract with the Cowboys and retire as a member of the team.
Texans Hire David Culley As Head Coach
The Houston Texans have hired David Culley as their new head coach, according to media reports Wednesday.
The 65-year-old Culley spent the past two seasons with the Baltimore Ravens as assistant head coach. This will be his first job as head coach.
Gorman To Read Poem Before Super Bowl
Amanda Gorman, who recited her poem, “The Hill We Climb," at President Biden’s inauguration last week to acclaim, will read a poem before the Super Bowl.
The National Football League has chosen three people who have served during the pandemic as honorary captains for the game, and the 22-year-old Gorman will read her original poem about their impact.
Seahawks Drop Chad Wheeler After Domestic Violence
The Seattle Seahawks have dropped offensive lineman Chad Wheeler after he was charged with first-degree domestic violence assault Wednesday following his arrest last weekend.
Police were called to a home in Kent, Washington, and found Wheeler with a woman whose face was covered in blood and had her arm hanging at her side.
She told investigators Wheeler had choked and tried to smother her and twisted her arm.
At one point, she said she lost consciousness and when she came to, Wheeler said, “Wow, you’re alive?”
The woman had a fractured bone and dislocated elbow in her arm, and lesions on her neck, some of which were in the shape of fingers.
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