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Russell Steinberg is a lifelong sports fan, current dog dad and competitive reality TV connoisseur. Once he realized his diminutive stature wouldn’t get him to the NBA, he pivoted to writing and has been with Us since 2024 while retaining his NCAA eligibility just in case. Now a senior sports writer, Russell embraces all that the sports world has to offer, from a game’s quirks to its biggest bombshells. In a past life, he crisscrossed the sports world, covering everything from the Final Four to Monster Jam. His byline has also appeared at Boardroom, SLAM Magazine, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from New York University in 2012 where, against the advice of many, he double majored in journalism and history.

Selma Blair Addresses Plane Incident RJ Mittes Family Gathers for Funeral and More Top Us Stories

Selma Blair Addresses Plane Incident, RJ Mitte Funeral and More Top Us Stories

Get a rundown of Us‘ top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on October 16, 2026. Here are the key takeaways: • A spokesperson for Selma Blair said the actress “did not intend to harm anyone” after her arrest at New York’s JFK Airport following an alleged mid-flight medical emergency on a […]

College Football Player Tyler Ulrich Dead at 21 After Traumatic Injury

College Football Player Tyler Ulrich Dead at 21 After ‘Traumatic Injury’

Southern Nazarene University football player Tyler Ulrich has died, days after suffering a traumatic injury during a game, the university announced. He was 21. Ulrich, a sophomore safety, died on Thursday, October 15, five days after his Crimson Storm lost on the road to Ouachita Baptist University. The Bethany, Oklahoma school did not disclose what […]

Why Arkansas Coach John Calipari Was Embarrassed to Approach Taylor Swift

Why Arkansas Coach John Calipari Was ‘Embarrassed’ to Approach Taylor Swift

It doesn’t seem easy to intimidate Arkansas men’s basketball coach John Calipari — the man many once considered to be the most powerful person in college basketball, pulling in top recruiting classes and regularly taking his teams to the Final Four. Taylor Swift, however, was up for the job. Calipari, 67, spoke to the “Eye […]

Wheaton College Baseballs Tommy Offer Dead at 18 After Being Struck by Train

Wheaton College Baseball’s Tommy Offer Dead at 18 After Being Struck by Train

Tomassino “Tommy” Offer, a freshman baseball player at Division III Wheaton College, is dead after his car was struck by a freight train shortly after he left church on Sunday, October 11. He was 18. “Our team is grieving and our hearts are heavy as we grieve alongside Tommy’s family and friends,” Wheaton coach Matt […]

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Jake Bauers’ Wife Reacts to NLCS MVP Win After His Viral Comments About Her

Jake Bauers and the Milwaukee Brewers are in full celebration mode in the aftermath of their shocking sweep of the two-time-defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers to punch their ticket to the 2026 Fall Classic. Bauers, 31, was named MVP of the National League Championship Series on Thursday, October 15, days after he credited […]

Denver Broncos Coach Sean Payton Goes Viral for Awkward Kiss With Charissa Thompson on Thursday Night Football

Broncos’ Sean Payton Goes Viral for Awkward ‘TNF’ Kiss With Charissa Thompson

The pressures and excitement of game day can bring out all the emotions, as Thursday Night Football reporter Charissa Thompson was reminded before the Denver Broncos took on the Seattle Seahawks on October 15. The Prime Video broadcast caught Broncos head coach Sean Payton giving Thompson, 44, a kiss on the cheek after a pregame […]

NY Mets Star Francisco Lindors Wife Celebrates His Vasectomy His Turn

NY Mets Star Francisco Lindor's Wife Celebrates His Vasectomy: ‘His Turn'

As a five-time All-Star, New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor has never had to worry about getting cut from the team — but getting snipped is a different story. “Three beautiful children later, we decided our family is complete. ❤️,” Lindor’s wife, Katia Lindor, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, October 14, revealing her husband recently […]

Pro Wrestler Max Caster Responds After Being Fired for Offensive Rap Lyric

Pro Wrestler Max Caster Responds After Being Fired for Offensive Rap Lyric

Wrestler Max Caster said he holds no ill will against TNA Wrestling after the promotion fired him for using a controversial rap lyric during its Bound for Glory pay-per-view over the weekend. Caster, 37, is known for dissing his opponents via rap as he walks to the ring. His match with Quinn Ojinnaka, better known […]

Tennis Player Rafael Jodar Yells Expletive at Ball Boy in Bizarre Scene

Tennis Player Rafael Jodar Yells Expletive at Ball Boy in Bizarre Scene

Spanish tennis pro Rafael Jodar was involved in another controversy with a ball person, this time swearing at one during his match at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday, October 14. “Give me the f***ing towel, damn it!” Jodar, 20, barked at a ball boy after losing consecutive break points while facing the Netherlands’ Botic Van […]

Kayleb Barnett Mugshot Vanderbilt Football Player Kicked Off Team After Arrest for Aggravated Assault by Strangulation

Vanderbilt Football’s Kayleb Barnett Kicked Off Team After Arrest for Assault

Vanderbilt University has dismissed wide receiver Kayleb Barnett from the football team after he was arrested over the weekend for allegedly assaulting someone outside of a Nashville bar. Barnett, 20, was charged with one count of aggravated assault by strangulation, identity theft and false identification. The false identification charge is a misdemeanor while the other […]

Travis Kelce Likes Video of Shane Gillis Controversial SNL Monologue

Travis Kelce ‘Likes’ Video of Shane Gillis’ Controversial ‘SNL’ Monologue

Shane Gillis seems to have a supporter in Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce amid the fallout from his recent — and controversial — Saturday Night Live monologue. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end liked a video of the monologue on Instagram, which featured a joke disparaging women at the gym. “I haven’t been […]

Terry Bradshaw Explains Sharing Story of His Depression Its Soul Cleansing

Terry Bradshaw Explains Sharing Story of His Depression: ‘It’s Soul Cleansing’

Former NFL quarterback Terry Bradshaw has spent more than 40 years talking football behind the mic, but he still has plenty more to say — about the game he loves and the personal demons he has continued to battle. “I dealt with depression, divorce. There’s a lot of personal stuff in here I haven’t talked […]

Podcaster Will Compton Declares Curse Over Reveals Hes Expecting 1st Son

Podcaster Will Compton Declares ‘Curse’ Over, Reveals He’s Expecting 1st Son

“Bussin’ With the Boys” podcaster Will Compton is expecting his third baby with his wife, Charo, and he seems thankful that he will finally have a son. “An A-Gap Successor is on the way,” Will, 37, wrote via Instagram on Monday, October 12. “The curse has been lifted 🔵🔵🔵.” The accompanying photo carousel alternated shots […]

Texas AM Basketballs Essence Cody Reveals Pregnancy Days Before Season Tips

Texas A&M Basketball’s Essence Cody Reveals Pregnancy Days Before Season Tips

Texas A&M women’s basketball will be without forward Essence Cody for the 2026-27 season with the senior announcing her pregnancy three weeks before the Aggies’ first game. “I want you to hear this news from me,” Cody, 22, wrote in a statement shared via social media on Monday, October 12. “I am expecting my first […]

President Trump Calls Sophie Cunningham a Beautiful Woman

President Trump Calls Sophie Cunningham a ‘Beautiful Young Woman’ at Rally

Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham has a fan in President Donald Trump. Trump, 80, invoked the controversial WNBA guard while discussing trans people in women’s sports at a rally in Ohio on Monday, October 12. “Sophie is a beautiful young woman,” he said, before gesturing to former NFL coach Jon Gruden, who was at the […]

Texas Steve Sarkisian Defends Arch Manning Amid Criticism

Steve Sarkisian Defends Arch Manning Amid Criticism: 'Expectations Are High'

The Texas Longhorns are undoubtedly off to a good start to the 2026 college football season, boasting a 4-1 record with a win over previously top-ranked Ohio State. But when your quarterback, Arch Manning, is the nephew of Hall of Famer Peyton Manning and two-time Super Bowl champion Eli Manning, “good” doesn’t always feel good […]

College Basketball Analyst Andy Katz Announces Death of Brother Danny at 62

College Basketball Analyst Andy Katz Announces Death of Brother Danny at 62

College basketball analyst Andy Katz has announced the death of his brother, Danny, after a battle with cancer. “My older brother, Danny Katz, passed away Friday in his New York apartment at the age of 62,” Andy, 58, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, October 11. “He fought a courageous battle against bile duct cancer for […]

MLB Prospect Cole Mathis Announces the Death of His Mother Jennifer at 53

MLB Prospect Cole Mathis Announces the Death of His Mother Jennifer at 53

New York Mets prospect Cole Mathis is mourning the loss of his mother, the minor league baseball player announced via Instagram. She was 53. “Two days ago I had to say goodbye to one of the people I loved most,” Mathis, 23, wrote in the caption alongside a carousel of photos of him with his […]

Bubba Wallace Leaves Track in Ambulance After Crash in Bank of America 400

Bubba Wallace Leaves Track in Ambulance After Crash in Bank of America 400

Bubba Wallace is recovering from a terrifying moment this weekend when a collision with driver Alex Bowman sent his car bouncing off a wall and back onto the track during lap 77 of the Bank of America 400 in Charlotte, North Carolina. “No warning,” Wallace, 33, told reporters after the race on Sunday, October 11. […]

Aaron Rodgers Calls Out the Media After 3Touchdown Performance Against Colts

Aaron Rodgers Calls Out the Media After 3-Touchdown Performance Against Colts

Aaron Rodgers proved in Week 5 that he’s still got it — on the field and behind the mic. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback took a shot at the media after leading his team to a 34-22 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, October 11, for not talking about Steelers running back Jaylen Warren prior […]

Dianna Russini Hires Justin Baldonis Crisis Manager Mike Vrabel Scandal

Dianna Russini Hires Justin Baldoni's Crisis Manager Mike Vrabel Scandal

Dianna Russini may be planning a comeback. The former senior NFL insider for The Athletic has hired veteran crisis publicist Melissa Nathan ahead of a possible return to work, according to Page Six. Nathan has worked with Logan Paul, Johnny Depp and Justin Baldoni, in the past, among others. She also finds herself in the […]

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