May 9, 2021 - Brief Briefing

For Mother’s Day, here are some classic moments between athletes and their mothers

4:06 PM ET You gotta give it up for the moms of the world, especially on Mother’s Day. Who else was there for you...

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NFL allows resumption of off-site training camps

4:09 PM ET NFL teams will be permitted to resume hosting off-site training camps in 2021 after a one-year pause due to the COVID-19...

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Sports

Source: Bills GM hears from NFL on vaccine talk

2:00 PM ET Brandon Beane got a call from the NFL league office this week, a league source said, about the Buffalo Bills general...

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Sports

Eagles claim former Lions RB Johnson off waivers

4:23 PM ET The Philadelphia Eagles have claimed former Detroit Lions running back Kerryon Johnson off waivers, the team announced Friday. The Lions waived...

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Sports

Ex-NFL player saves man after fiery train crash

7:50 PM ET Former NFL defensive end Brandon Bair saved a man from a flaming semi-truck minutes after it had been struck by a...

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Sports

No freebie: Wilson says Jets job must be ‘earned’

2:37 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – New York Jets rookie quarterback Zach Wilson appears to have a clear path to the starting job,...

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Sports

WR Metcalf runs 100 in 10.37 vs. elite sprinters

4:44 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN DK Metcalf did not run fast enough in the 100 meters Sunday to advance to the finals of the...

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‘Stand on the right side of history’: Experts call on UK to back intellectual property waiver on COVID vaccines

More than 400 academics, politicians, charities, faith leaders, and others have called on the prime minister to waive vaccine patents. The move comes just...

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‘It’s a race against time’: Rescuers attempt to save stranded whale in Thames

Rescuers are trying to save a whale stuck on the River Thames in west London. The whale, thought to be a young minke whale,...

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Politics

Sturgeon’s future depends on both the ‘when’ and the ‘if’ of indyref2

Nicola Sturgeon told Boris Johnson on a Sunday phone call that a second independence referendum was question of “when, not if.” Her political future...

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Second Scottish independence referendum is ‘when, not if’, Sturgeon tells PM

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has told the prime minister it is a “matter of when, not if” there will be another vote on Scottish...

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UEFA to hold talks over moving Champions League final to London

Talks are due to take place that could see the Champions League final moved from Istanbul to London. UEFA has said it will hold...

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World

Girl vows to return to her school after bombing kills friends

Lying in her hospital bed, a survivor of a triple bombing in Kabul that left dozens of fellow schoolgirls dead has vowed to return...

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Raise a pint! Indoor hospitality and household mixing is a week away

Boris Johnson has confirmed a major easing of COVID-19 restrictions in England will go ahead from next week. At a news conference on Monday...

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Technology

Digital media companies pump the brakes on their rush to go public as SPAC market cools

In this article SPCX Jonah Peretti, Founder and CEO, Buzzfeed, speaks at the Wall Street Journal Digital Conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., October...

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Technology

Mandolin, meditation, and workouts: These three entrepreneurs made my Covid quarantine bearable

Banjo Ben Clark Zoe Weaver As an aspiring mandolin player, I’ve spent years looking up YouTube videos to learn various bluegrass licks, frequently landing...

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World