Month: April 2023

Columbus Crew replaces injured Will Sands with Defender Malte Amundsen acquired from New York City FC for $400,000 in General Allocation Money

Homegrown Defender Will Sands to undergo ACL surgery on left knee  April 25, 2023  COLUMBUS – The Columbus Crew via trade, finalized before last night’s close of the primary transfer window, have acquired Defender Malte Amundsen (MEL-de AM-und-son) from New York City FC for $400,000 ($200,000 […]

NHL News: Avalanche’s Makar Suspended One Game for Interference

NHL Public Relations April 25, 2023 https://www.nhl.com/video/embed/t-277350912/c-16839457?autostart=false NEW YORK (April 25, 2023) – Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar has been suspended for one game for interference against Seattle Kraken forward Jared McCann during Game 4 of the teams’ First Round series in Seattle on Monday, April 24, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced today. The […]

The Man known for Banana Boat Song, Day-O, Harry Belafonte dead at 96

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor and activist, who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte was best known for […]

NHL News: Panthers’ Tkachuk Fined for Cross-Checking

NEW YORK (April 24, 2023) – Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for cross-checking Boston Bruins forward Garnet Hathaway during Game 4 of the teams’ First Round Series in Florida on Sunday, April 23, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced today. The incident […]

Barry Humphries aka Dame Edna, dead at 89

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS John Barry Humphries AO CBE (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) was an Australian comedian, actor, author, satirist and drag artist. He was best known for writing and playing his stage and television characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. For his delivery of Dadaist and absurdist humour to millions, his biographer […]