Kanye West says he ‘identifies with Alexander McQueen’ in comments about suicide

Kanye West has said he identifies with Alexander McQueen after watching a documentary about the late British fashion designer’s life. McQueen was one of the world’s top designers when he took his own life at the age of 40 in 2010 and West spoke about his own suicidal thoughts. In a series of tweets on …

Man killed by police shot intruder to protect grandson, says lawyer

A decorated Vietnam War veteran woke up to the sound of his front door crashing in and saw a naked intruder attack his grandson, so he acted to protect his loved ones, according to his family’s lawyer. As the man tried to choke and drown the boy in the bathroom, Richard Black and his son …

President of Calais region furious over ‘scandalous’ move to cut out French ports from post-Brexit trade route 

An EU plan to exclude French ports from new shipping routes linking Ireland with the Continent after Brexit is “scandalous and unacceptable”, the leader of the northern French region said yesterday. Xavier Bertrand, the president of the Hauts de France region that includes the ports of Calais, Boulogne and Dunkirk, urged the European Commission to …

Hamilton: Hungary pole required ‘absolute perfection’

Lewis Hamilton admitted that winning pole position for this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix had required a lap of ‘absolute perfection’. The reigning world champion eclipsed last year’s pole position time at the Hungaroring set by Max Verstappen by over a full second, despite brief spells of light rain sweeping over the circuit. Although he was …

B1G brothers

Minnesota’s Dardanes brothers try to win national titles Plenty of brothers have won NCAA titles, but rarely have they achieved that feat while teammates. Mark and Dave Schultz, portrayed in the critically acclaimed movie “Foxcatcher,” are two of collegiate wrestling’s best, both winning national titles for the University of Oklahoma in 1982. A decade later, …

Augsburg 49, Saint Olaf 6

MINNEAPOLIS — Winning nine of 10 bouts, including three by bonus-point margins, No. 5-ranked Augsburg College scored a 49-6 triumph over St. Olaf College in a wrestling dual meet on Friday evening at Minneapolis. Augsburg, ranked No. 5 in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III national poll, collected two pins and a major …

North Country Open

North Country Open results. February 7th at Collegeville, Minn. North Country Open Brackets Brackets/Results on TrackWrestling.com Open Division – 125 1st Place – Joel Salomon of St. Cloud State 1st Place – Forfeit Forfeit of Unattached 2nd Place – Brett Velasquez of St. Cloud State 3rd Place – Trevor Schultz of MSU-Mankato 4th Place – …

Enzo & Big Cass vs. Chris Jericho & Kevin Owens booked for WWE SummerSlam

Another match looks set for SummerSlam as the team of Kevin Owens and fellow Canadian Chris Jericho accepted a challenge to face Enzo Amore and Big Cass at WWE’s biggest event of the summer. Amore and Cass opened the show with a promo targeted at Jericho after he interrupted Amore’s romantic advances towards WWE Women’s …

Sami Zayn & Neville vs. The Dudley Boyz booked for SummerSlam kickoff show

Sami Zayn finally has a match on Sunday. It was announced on Friday afternoon that Zayn will team with Neville to take on The Dudley Boyz on the SummerSlam kickoff show. After defeating Kevin Owens at Battleground, Zayn has had little storyline direction since the WWE Draft. And it wasn’t certain what role he would …

WWE Raw video highlights: The coronation of Kevin Owens

WWE Raw Video Highlights — Raw pre-show: Sasha Banks gives an injury update On Monday night’s Raw pre-show, former WWE Women’s Champion Sasha Banks gave an update on her condition. She confirmed her real life back injury, but said that it was suffered in storyline during her match with Charlotte at SummerSlam. Booker T asked …