Peterson’s son A.J. lost his battle with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), the same type of cancerous tumor Lauren Hill has been fighting and raising awareness for. A.J. was diagnosed with the inoperable brain tumor back in June. MORE: Chandler Jones MMA fight might void Pats contract | Family ties Josh Harper to NFL, success | NFL’s richest owners Adrian Peterson and his son A.J. (GoFundMe) Peterson, who played eight seasons for the Bears, made the difficult announcement via his Facebook page....

Cox said he’s been thinking about what he’d be doing had he been governor during the health crisis—especially concerning the homeless population—and noted that suffering from the condition himself gives him a unique perspective. “I’ve got a slight headache and have been in bed for nine days straight,” the 64-year-old Republican gubernatorial nominee told Newsweek. “My wife has rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disorder, so I’m upstairs and she’s downstairs.”...

But her being the first hire showed NFL teams that it’s possible to have women coach men. Progress has been slow for women working with teams, but the Bills advanced gender equality when they hired Kathryn Smith as a special teams quality control coach, making her the first full-time female coach. MORE: Ideal cities for NFL relocation | Williams ‘glad’ Pats have problems The hope is that NFL teams hiring women will some day be so commonplace that it doesn’t deserve a story but, alas, we’re somehow not there yet....

Kelly, a retired U.S. Marine Corps General, first served as secretary of homeland security in the Trump administration before transitioning to serve as chief of staff from July 2017 to January 2019. His remarks about Ukraine and Vindman came during a 75-minute Q&A at Drew University in New Jersey on Wednesday evening, which was first reported by The Atlantic. Vindman, who served on the White House National Security Council, was ousted from his role last Friday due to his testimony against Trump in the impeachment inquiry....

Dennis Morgan, who returned kicks and punts for the Cowboys in 1974, suffered a fatal heart attack while sitting in the stands at MetLife Stadium during the Cowboys’ 27-20 loss. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2015 After going into cardiac arrest at the stadium, Morgan was transported to Meadowlands Hospital where he was pronounced dead at the age of 63, according to NJ.com. Morgan was drafted in 1974 by the Cowboys in the 10th round out of Western Illinois, where he was an All-American Honorable Mention in 1972 as a running back....

Garcia spoke with “The Mac Attack” on 610 AM WFNZ Charlotte on Thursday, and the former Gamecocks quarterback suggested multiple SEC programs have players receiving cash. “I guarantee there are players getting some handshakes with some cash in them,” Garcia said. HAYES: Gurley, Winston hurt teams with selfish actions Garcia, now an analyst for Saturday Down South, said that list excludes Vanderbilt and Kentucky. Garcia also said he knew of one instance where a player earned, “$160 thousand for autographs and stuff” in a single season....

Abe, who led the country as its longest-serving premier from 2012 to 2020, was reportedly delivering a campaign speech for a member of his Liberal Democratic Party late Thursday, early Friday local time, when a gunman opened fire, wounding Abe, according to national broadcaster NHK. Footage aired on Japanese television appeared to show Abe being shot from behind and collapsing as bystanders rushed to his aid. Kyodo News also reported on the incident and later cited local authorities as saying that the ex-prime minister was showing no signs of life....

Instead, the Italian is setting his sights on one day taking the reins of his country’s national side and possibly taking in a spell at Scottish champions Celtic. Will England learn from Guardiola? Mancini took in three-and-a-half seasons with City, guiding them to the English top-flight crown in 2011-12. He has been linked with several posts since then, having seen a second stint at Inter come to a close, with Leicester City said to be keen on acquiring his services after parting with Claudio Ranieri....

Newcastle were on the lookout for a new keeper both last summer and in January, and eventually brought in Martin Dubravka on loan from Sparta Prague to great effect. Dubravka has subsequently signed a permanent contract at St James’ Park, but Birmingham’s Kuszczak claims he was one of the keepers Newcastle had previously been interested in signing. But Kuszczak, who was also a target for Derby County, says Birmingham rejected the approach from Rafa Benitez’s Newcastle....

Kagawa had been facing an uncertain future after being released by PAOK in mid-December, having initially joined the Greek Super League side from Real Zaragoza just 11 months earlier. The 32-year-old played for United and Borussia Dortmund in his prime before enduring a rapid fall from grace, but has now been offered the chance to revive his career at STVV. The Belgian club sits 13th in the league table....

According to local ABC-affiliate WXYZ, the former employee, Jermaine Ware, complained about the noose hanging on the door, but little was done. Ware’s attorney Jon Marko said that Black employees at Benlee faced harassment, with the rope being the worst thing that workers dealt with. “The pattern of treatment was not just limited to Jermaine. If you had dark skin, you were not treated very well at this place. When I say not very well, I mean threatening, intimidation, threatening their lives really, with I think exhibit A–one of the most incontrovertible pieces of evidence–is this hangman’s noose that they had put in the shop as a message and warning towards the African-American workers,” Marko told Newsweek....

Though Farnsworth didn’t mention him by name, the message was largely perceived to be about Baltimore Orioles first baseman Trey Mancini, who is playing his first season since successfully fighting stage 3 colon cancer. However, after a large social media backlash, Farnsworth posted Tuesday on Twitter that his original message was not about Mancini. Farnsworth, who played for nine different teams from 1999 to 2014, wrote the following on Monday: “So I just saw that a MLB player didn’t play today because of general soreness....

Next week, the telescope will celebrate 30 years in space, marking the anniversary of its historic launch on April 24, 1990. In advance of the anniversary, Newsweek spoke to former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino, who has completed two space flights—the fourth and fifth Hubble servicing missions in 2002 and 2009—aboard the space shuttles Columbia and Atlantis respectively. Massimino holds a team record for the number of hours spacewalking in a single shuttle mission, and is also the first person to tweet from space....

That is what the Vikings loved about 6-2, 250-pound linebacker and Wake Forest product Dion “Rocko Slaw” Williams. MORE: Jeff Gordon’s final season in NASCAR | Gordon content with move to television It is also the athleticism NASCAR race teams are looking for when putting together a pit crew. So when Williams suffered an NFL career-ending seventh concussion three games into his pro career, during the 2004 preseason with the Vikings, his agent reached out to a NASCAR recruiter hoping to keep Williams’ athletic career going....

The former NFL punter sent out a series of tweets in response to the New York Daily News story breaking down details of a sexual assault case that originated from a 1996 incident involving Manning and a Tennessee trainer. It all started innocently enough with a tweet about Kluwe watching his daughter’s softball game. MORE: What will Manning do next? | Time for Manning to walk away Everything that followed from Kluwe was much less family friendly....

Selected by the Buccaneers in the second round (No. 30 overall) out of Tennessee in the 1990 NFL Draft, Cobb started 47 games over the next four seasons for Tampa Bay. His best season came in 1992, when he rushed for 1,171 yards and scored nine TDs with the Buccaneers. Cobb completed his seven-year career with single-season stints with the Packers, Jaguars and Jets. He finished his tenure with 3,743 rushing yards (3....

The former Kings forward told the New York Post that during his three-year tenure with Los Angeles, he was kicked by then-head coach Marc Crawford, who now serves as an assistant coach with the Chicago Blackhawks. “This was right after I [messed] up a drill and dumped the puck into the wrong corner, and it landed on [Crawford’s] head and cut him for six [stitches]. He kicked me during a game,” Avery said in the interview....

The endorsement letter, signed by more than 200 people, said Buttigieg’s intelligence, steadiness, demeanor and understanding of the world were characteristics that were necessary for a president to possess. Shared with USA Today, it said Buttigieg could lead America past President Donald Trump without returning to life before Trump, claiming they had “great respect” for Obama’s administration but there are new challenges and issues that need to be addressed....

Former Penn State wide receiver Juwan Johnson on Thursday tweeted his intention to join the Ducks as a graduate transfer. In late January, 247Sports ranked Johnson as the No. 28 transfer for the 2019 season. MORE: Best transfer quarterbacks of 2019 season Johnson caught 81 passes over three seasons with the Nittany Lions, with his best campaign coming in 2017 when he had 54 receptions for 701 yards and one touchdown....

ROAD TRIP: SN’s Ryan Fagan’s 4-games-in-one-day excursion | Aaron Rodgers at KU practice George H.W. Bush has been dealing with some health issues over the past year or so, including a bronchitis-like illness that kept him hospitalized for a lengthy time over the holidays late in 2012. But he also had the spunk to shave his head this past July in a sign of solidarity for one of the 2-year-old sons of his Secret Service detail....