Share this: Teslas are remarkable vehicles, but are they too powerful? One man certainly thinks so. Jon Speckman, whose daughter Casey died in Indianapolis on Nov. 3 after driving intoxicated and crashing her boss’ Tesla Model S into a tree, is claiming that his daughter still would be alive if she was driving any vehicle other than a Telsa, The Indianapolis Star reports. Speckman’s boss, Kevin McCarthy, also died n the accident. It’s recently acquired video surveillance footage, though, that has Speckman calling foul on Tesla. Video shows that prior to colliding with the tree, Casey had to avoid a wrong-way driver. And while Speckman acknowledges that his daughter should not have been driving intoxicated, in an interview with the IndyStar on Feb. 10, he claims
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This Mardis Gras Float Piling On Falcons’ Super Bowl Loss Is Ruthless
Share this: Some folks in New Orleans really enjoyed watching the Atlanta Falcons lose to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI. At least that’s what we can gather from this ruthless Mardi Gras float piling on the “ringless” Falcons. The Falcons now are 0-2 in Super Bowls, which plenty of New Orleans Saints fans probably are OK with seeing as how the teams both play in the NFC South. The Saints are coming off a season in which they went 7-9 and missed the playoffs, but New Orleans always will have its Super Bowl XLIV win over the Indianapolis Colts, while Atlanta forever will have to live with being the team that was on the losing end of the biggest comeback in
Bruins Wrap: Boston Demolishes Canadiens 4-0 In Solid All-Around Performance
Share this: BOSTON — The Boston Bruins have found new life under interim head coach Bruce Cassidy. The B’s won their third consecutive game Sunday night with a convincing 4-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens at TD Garden. Boston now is 3-0-0 since Cassidy was named interim bench boss on Tuesday. The Bruins are tied with the Ottawa Senators for second place in the Atlantic Division, although the Original Six club has played five more games than the Sens. Boston improves to 29-23-6 with Sunday’s win, while Montreal drops to 31-19-8. Here’s how it all went down. EARLY PHYSICALITYBruins defenseman Torey Krug and Habs winger Andrew Shaw fought just 58 seconds into the first period. It wasn’t the only game Sunday night to feature a first-period bout. There were two
Celebrities Butcher ‘Sweet Caroline’ In Sing-Along At 2017 Grammys
Share this: Singing “Sweet Caroline” during the middle of the eighth inning is a Fenway Park tradition, so it’s not surprising that Boston Red Sox fans would take offense when the words to one of their anthems are butchered. Enter comedian James Corden and the many celebrities who joined him in a karaoke version of the popular Neil Diamond song at the 2017 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Corden brought a fake car into the award show and conducted an impromptu sing-along of “Sweet Caroline” with Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw and Diamond himself, among others. Unfortunately for all of those involved, most of the members of the carpool karaoke didn’t exactly know all of the lyrics. As you can imagine, the Twitter reaction was
Pelicans’ Buddy Hield Ejected For Hitting Kings’ DeMarcus Cousins In Groin
Share this: Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins has been known to get under the skin of opposing players from time to time. For once, however, he was involved in an incident that he didn’t instigate. During the Kings’ game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night, Cousins set a screen on rookie guard Buddy Hield. As Hield went around the screen he connected with Cousins, in the one area you are never supposed to target. Hield received a flagrant-2 and was ejected for the first time in his career. Cousins, who was suspended earlier this week for picking up his league-leading 16th technical foul, was assessed a technical earlier in the game for hitting Pelicans forward Donatas Motiejunas in the face while going for
Ex-Dolphins Linebacker Quentin Moses, 33, Killed In Georgia House Fire
Share this: Tragedy struck the football world early Sunday morning. Former Miami Dolphins linebacker and University of Georgia star Quentin Moses was one of three people killed in a fire that engulfed his Monroe, Ga. home, local officials confirmed to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was 33. Andria Godard, 31, and her 10-year-old daughter, Jasmine Godard, also were killed by the blaze, which started at approximately 6 a.m. ET on Sunday. They were found dead inside the home, while Moses was moved outside the house after being found unconscious but died at a local hospital. The house was completely engulfed in flames by the time firefighters arrived on the scene, Monroe fire chief Keith Glass told the AJC. The cause of the fire is being
NBA Rumors: Blazers Land Jusuf Nurkic, Trade Mason Plumlee To Nuggets
Share this: The Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets don’t feel like waiting until the NBA’s Feb. 23 trade deadline. The two teams completed a trade Sunday that involved the Blazers sending center Mason Plumlee and a 2018 second-round pick to Denver in exchange for Nuggets center Jusuf Nurkic and the Memphis Grizzzlies’ 2017 first-round pick, league sources told The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski. It’s the first significant deal of the NBA’s unofficial “trade season” and could have benefits for both clubs. Portland gets size/strength, spares paying Plumlee extension this summer; Denver gets a good passing center to play with Jokic. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 12, 2017 Plumlee was enjoying a career season in Portland, averaging 11.1 points and 8.0 rebounds per game as of Sunday.