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NHL Star, Brother On Bikes Killed By Drunk Driver Before Sister's Philly Wedding: Troopers
An NHL star and his brother from Salem County were killed by a suspected drunk driver one day before their sister's wedding, authorities said. Johnny Gaudreau of Carneys Point and Matthew Gaudreau of Pedricktown died on Thursday, Aug. 29, a state police spokesperson confirmed to Daily Voice. Troopers responded to the crash near milepost 11.1 on County Route 551 in Oldmans Township at around 8:19 p.m. Sean Higgins of Woodstown was accused of driving drunk during the crash. The 43-year-old was charged with two counts of death by auto. Johnny Gaudreau, 31, played 11 N…
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'Dinner On Me': Jersey Shore Mayor Apologizes To Jason, Kylie Kelce After Woman Berates Couple
A Jersey Shore city's mayor apologized to former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce and his wife Kylie after a video showed a woman yelling at the couple while going to dinner over Memorial Day weekend. The Philadelphia-based "Word to the Wise Podcast" shared a video of the argument on Instagram on Tuesday, May 28. While the eight-second video's caption said the dispute was in Sea Isle City, where the Kelces own a beach home, it reportedly happened outside Steve & Cookie's By the Bay restaurant in Margate. The podcast's post said the unidentified woman approached the Kelces to take …
Sports
NJ Devils Players, Flyers Goalie Charged With Sex Assault: Legal Reps
The two New Jersey Devils players and the Philadelphia Flyers goalie who took leaves of absences last week have all been charged with sexual assault in London, Ontario, Daily Voice has learned Devils forward Michael McLeod, defenseman Cal Foote, and Flyers goalie Carter Hart — all members of the 2018 Canadian World Junior team — requested leaves the same day that The Globe and Mail released a report saying police in Canada called for the surrender of five players from the 2018 Canadian World Junior team in connection with a sex assault investigation. All three were on the team. Seth W…
Sports
'Always The Underdog:' Toms River Fighter Frankie Edgar Will Be Inducted Into UFC Hall Of Fame
A Toms River mixed martial artist known for taking down more physically imposing fighters has reached the summit of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Frankie "The Answer" Edgar was named as the first UFC Hall of Fame inductee for 2024. The UFC announced his acceptance into MMA's most exclusive club during UFC 297 in Toronto on Saturday, Jan. 20. The UFC released a video tribute to Edgar's career when making the announcement. "Undersized, always the underdog, everyone could see themselves in Frankie," UFC commentator Din Thomas said in the video. "Frankie was really the first fighter to p…
Sports
Skate Blade Slashing Death Of Former Pittsburgh Penguin Adam Johnson Leads To Arrest In UK
A man has been arrested in the United Kingdom on the suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the gruesome death of former Pittsburgh Penguin Adam Johnson. Former Pittsburgh Penguin and NHL member, Adam Johnson, 29, died at North General Hospital in Sheffield England following a skate incident on the rink at the Utilita Arena during the Champions Cup Game on Oct. 28, according to a release by the South Yorkshire area coroner Tanyka Rawden. Johnson was playing for the Nottingham Panthers in the Elite Ice Hockey League at the time of the deadly skating collision. Matt Petgrave, 31, wh…
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76ers Guard Struck By Car In Philadelphia Has Broken Rib, Hip Injury: Police
Philadelphia 76ers guard Kelly Oubre, Jr. was hospitalized after being struck by a hit-and-run vehicle on Saturday, Nov. 11. City police say Oubre was crossing at the 1400 block of Spruce Street at Hick Street when a speeding vehicle tried turning onto Hick, hitting him in the chest with the driver's side mirror. The vehicle fled the location south on Hicks Street. Philadelphia Fire Department medics responded to the scene and brought Oubre to Jefferson Hospital in stable condition with a broken rib and injuries to his hip and right leg. Tweets by sixers ESPN says the guard will miss a…
Sports
Woj Bomb: NBA Insider, North Jersey Resident Broke Harden Trade From Bowels Of Newark Airport
The life of ESPN's top NBA insider isn't always glamorous. Adrian Wojnarowski, a Glen Rock resident, set the entire league ablaze (and woke many people up) when he set off one of his patented "Woj bombs", tweeting at 2:01 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 31 that James Harden had been traded from the Philadelphia 76ers to the Los Angeles Clippers. BREAKING: The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed on a trade to send guard James Harden to the Los Angeles Clippers, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/wAyuJKMfAw — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 31, 2023 On his podcast, the well-connected scoop machi…
Obituaries
Son Of Former Philadelphia Eagle Hugh Douglas Killed In Car Crash
The son of former Philadelphia Eagle defensive end Hugh Douglas was killed in a car crash outside Atlanta on Labor Day. Douglas' son, also named Hugh Douglas, was studying business administration at Morehouse College and was set to graduate in the class of 2025. Both Douglas and his roommate, Christion Files Jr., were in a vehicle heading south on a roadway at a high rate of speed when they passed another vehicle at a curve, according to Morehouse officials and Georgia State Police. "The vehicle left the roadway and struck a power pole, rotated, struck another power pole, and overturned,"…
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‘F***ing C**t’ Slur By Now-Ex ESPN Reporter In Front Of Aaron Judge, Fans Caught On Video
“See ya!” as New York Yankees announcer Michael Kay would say. The ”f---ing c—t’ insult that now-former ESPN reporter Marly Rivera hurled at a female freelancer was captured on video and released by TMZ Sports on Thursday. Aaron Judge was giving autographs and posing for pics with fans at Yankee Stadium on April 18 before a game against the Los Angeles Angels when freelance reporter Ivón Gaete tried to speak with the star slugger. Gaete was at the game for a piece on Angels star Shohei Ohtani for Tokyo Broadcasting, according to the New York Post. Rivera, who apparently had set up an int…
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SFU Linebackers Raped Virgin In PA Basement, Police Say
Two 20-year-old football players from St. Francis University sexually assaulted and raped a woman who had never had sex before in a Pennsylvania basement, authorities detail in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Marcel Mami, of Fredrick, MD, and Daunte White, of Wharton, NJ, have been arrested following a nearly six-month-long investigation on Tuesday, January 24, Loretto Borough police say. The unnamed Cambria County woman came forward during the summer following the assault during a house party in the borough on February 4, 2022, according to the affidavit of probable cause. The men…
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NEWS: Man Who KO's Roadside Brawler In Viral Video ISN'T Former NY Jet Shaun Ellis
If you believed that former New York Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis is the man in a now-viral video who dropped a driver with a jab during a bare-knuckle roadside brawl, you're not the only one. The identification of Ellis in the clip of two men squaring off -- and one falling like a sack of potatoes when he's popped seconds later -- is the handiwork of a superfan prankster known as "Incarcerated Bob." Both men had their dukes up when the winner in the flat cap, polo shirt and brown shoes feigned a left and snapped a right jab right to the kisser. Boom! goes the dynamite. "That’s not Sh…
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PA's Damar Hamlin Of Buffalo Bills Collapses, Monday Night Football Game Postponed
Defensive back Damar Hamlin, a Pittsburgh College graduate and McKees Rocks native out of Pennsylvania, suffered a terrifying injury that postponed a Monday Night Football game between his Buffalo Bills and the hometown Cincinnati Bengals. Roughly six minutes remained in the first quarter when Hamlin, 24, made an open-field tackle on Bengals wideout Tee Higgins, who'd caught a pass while headed across the middle of the field. Higgins's helmet appeared to hit Hamlin square in the upper chest area. Hamlin got up -- and seconds later fell onto his back without moving again. Replays were broa…
Sports
Suspension Of Ime Udoka Is '100 Times Uglier' Than Public Knows, Analyst Says
Former NBA star and current basketball analyst Matt Barnes says the details of what led to Ime Udoka's season-long suspension are a lot worse than people realize. The Boston Celtics suspended their coach, who coached the Philadelphia 76ers in 2019-20, after it came to light that he had an improper relationship with a female staffer and made inappropriate comments to her following the end of that relationship, ESPN reports. Team officials refused to go into details about what happened between the two during a press conference Friday morning. Meanwhile, Barnes said he spoke with someone w…
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Football Fans Hurt In Railing Collapse At Eagles V. Commanders Game File Lawsuit
A handful of football fans are suing the Washington Commanders over a railing collapse that injured them after a game against the Philadelphia Eagles in January 2021, as reported by various news outlets. Quarterback Jalen Hurts was greeting fans when a railing collapsed, injuring multiple spectators including several from New Jersey who fell between five and 10 feet onto concrete at FedEx Field. Four of the individuals who were hurt in the incident are suing the Commanders for gross negligence, seeking $300,000 to compensate for their physical and emotional pain, ESPN says. Soon after the …
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'Slap In The Face To Women' UPenn Transgender Swimmer Nominated As NCAA 'Woman Of The Year'
Many top female athletes feel "slapped in the face" as the NCAA's "Woman Of The Year" nomination list includes recent University of Pennsylvania graduate transgender swimmer Lia Thomas. Lia Thomas, 22, who previously competed as William on the men's swim team, made history as the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA championship on Mar. 17, the school and dozens of media outlets announced immediately following the event. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ESPN (@espn) Fellow NCAA "Woman Of The Year" Riley Gaines who previously…
Sports
Pittsburgh Steelers' QB Dwayne Haskins' BAC 3X Legal Limit, On Ketamine When He Died: Reports
New details are emerging about Pittsburgh Steelers' Quarterback and New Jersey native, raised in Maryland, Dwayne Haskins, 24, who was struck dead by a dump truck on a Florida highway on Saturday, April 9. The 24-year-old Highland Park, NJ native, who was raised in Potomac, Maryland, was trying to cross the westbound lanes of Interstate 595 while trying to get gas in Florida when he was struck and killed, authorities previously said. Haskins death has been ruled an accident caused by blunt force, multiple media outlets report citing an autopsy report released by the Broward Medical Ex…
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Controversial UPenn Swimmer Is First Transgender NCAA Championship Winner
A University of Pennsylvania athlete has swum her way to victory both a man and a woman, this time taking home an NCAA trophy on Thursday. Lia Thomas, 22, who previously competed as William on the men's swim team, has made history as the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA championship on Mar. 17, the school and dozens of media outlets announced immediately following the event. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ESPN (@espn) Thomas is also the first Quaker female swimmer to win an NCAA individual title, according to a release…
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Giants Head Coach Joe Judge Fired
Embattled New York Giants Head Coach Joe Judge was fired Tuesday after two seasons that produced a 10-23 record and a series of public embarrassments, the team confirmed. "Steve (Tisch) and I both believe it is in the best interest of our franchise to move in another direction," team President John Mara said in a statement shortly after 5:30 p.m. "We met with Joe [Monday] afternoon to discuss the state of the team," Mara added. "I met again with Joe this afternoon, and it was during that conversation I informed Joe of our decision. We appreciate Joe's efforts on behalf of the organization.…
Sports
That Teacher's A Baller: Suburban Philly Native Sinks Playground Shot In Viral Video
Drexel Hill native Kathleen Fitzpatrick was playing basketball with her third graders one Friday afternoon at recess as she usually does, when she made the shot that nearly broke the sports-side of TikTok: "If I make this shot, we'll have hot chocolate as a class on Monday," Fitzpatrick told the students, she said in an interview with ESPN. Dressed in jeans and a white blouse dribbles toward the hoop before launching the ball -- her students watching in anticipation. It goes in. The crowd goes wild. Make no mistake, it's not "Miss Fitz's" first time handling a basketball: The Washington D…
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Child Swallows Flashlight Battery Prompting Recall:
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Halo is recalling five models of its children’s projector flashlights because the company has received two reports of children accessing the button cell batteries and in one case swallowing them. The child who swallowed the battery required surgery to remove it. The company says the models include it’s Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, Avengers, and ESPN projector flashlights. They have a key chain on one end and a flashlight projector on the other end. The flashlights were part of a Disney-branded care package that Starlight Children’s Foundation (“Starlight”) distributed to hospitals and healthc…
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2 Fully-Vaccinated Pittsburgh Steelers' Players Test Positive For
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19, ESPN Says
The second Pittsburgh Steelers' player has tested positive for COVID-19 in the last three days, according to an ESPN report. Minkah Annane Fitzpatrick Jr., 25, of New Jersey, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, the outlet reports citing an unnamed source. Fitzpatrick was scheduled to speak at a press conference Monday at noon but had to cancel due to the test result, according to ESPN. If Fitzpatrick does not test positive in time to play in Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Charges, Tre Norwood would most likely play in his place, according to DKPittsburghSports. Fitzpatrick …
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Seven Charged With Homicide In Death Of Soccer Great Diego Maradona
Authorities in Argentina have charged seven medical professionals in the death of soccer legend Diego Maradona. Maradona, considered one of the greatest soccer players of all time, died of a heart attack in Buenos Aires last November after undergoing surgery for a blood clot on his brain just two weeks earlier. He was 60. Family members’ concerns prompted an investigation that included a raid on the home and private clinic of neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, various news outlets reported. Then came the bombshell announcement that Luque and six others – including Maradona’s psychiatrist and two…
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NFL Player Aaron Donald Accused Of Beating Man In Pittsburgh
Los Angeles Rams Defensive Tackle Aaron Donald has been accused of beating a Pittsburgh man at a nightclub over the weekend, according to ESPN. Attorney Todd Hollis and his client, De Vincent Spriggs 26 of Pittsburgh have filed a police report against Donald for an alleged assault, according to KDKA CBS2. Spriggs claims the attack happened at the after-hours club, Boom Boom Boom Nightclub on the city’s South Side between 3-4 a.m. April 11, according to Action 4 News. Police visited UPMC Mercy Hospital on Sunday around 1 p.m. for a man who wanted to report an assault, as was disclosed in a …