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Macklemore Unveils His 'Free Palestine Tour'

Rapper launches a series of benefit shows in Europe after his exit from Ed Sheeran tour

(Newser) - Macklemore says getting booted from Ed Sheeran's stadium tour has cleared the way for his own: a three-city "Free Palestine Tour" this fall, with shows set for Dublin, London, and Paris, reports NBC News . Announced on Instagram with the line that his "schedule freed up a bit,...

Ed Sheeran May Be Going It Solo in Tonight's Philly Show

Singer to return to stage for first time since Macklemore was dropped, other bands folllowed

(Newser) - Ed Sheeran is set to resume his tour on Saturday—possibly solo—after all his supporting acts withdrew in solidarity with opener Macklemore, who was dropped after making pro-Palestinian comments onstage. It's not clear how Sheeran will handle the performance at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field given the departure...

Macklemore Donates Earnings From Sheeran Tour to Gaza

Rapper calls on Robert Kraft to match his donation

(Newser) - Macklemore is turning his exit from Ed Sheeran's tour into a seven-figure statement on Gaza, NBC News reports. The rapper said Wednesday he's giving $1 million—his full net earnings from the tour—to six groups supporting Palestinians, writing on Instagram that "Palestinian lives are worth protection"...

Sheeran Distances Self From Macklemore Controversy

Sheeran says venues, not him, forced rapper off tour after comments on Gaza

(Newser) - Ed Sheeran is famously apolitical as a performer, and he's now trying to distance himself from a growing controversy related to his tour and the rapper Macklemore. In an Instagram post Tuesday, Sheeran made clear that he didn't push Macklemore off his tour over his comments in favor...

Sheeran Tour Cuts Macklemore Over Onstage Remarks on Gaza

Stadiums, including Robert Kraft's, objected

(Newser) - Macklemore said Monday that he's been dropped from the remaining dates of Ed Sheeran's summer tour after stadium operators objected to his onstage support for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. In a social media statement, the rapper said multiple venues told tour promoter Messina Touring Group...

Mike Vrabel's Very Bad Week Just Got Worse

Pats coach apologizes for 'actions that caused a distraction' after more pics with reporter pop up

(Newser) - Mike Vrabel is now saying he fell short of his own standards, though he's not elaborating at the moment. Addressing the media on Thursday at Gillette Stadium on opening night of the NFL draft, the New England Patriots head coach, who's entering his second season in that role...

Football Hall of Fame Makes a 'Very Silly' Call
Football Hall of Fame
Makes a 'Very Silly' Call
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Jan 28, 2026 7:46 AM CST

Football Hall of Fame Makes a 'Very Silly' Call

Pundits question criteria for induction as Bill Belichick is snubbed on his first ballot

(Newser) - Bill Belichick just got snubbed—and that says more about Pro Football Hall of Fame politics and petty rivalries than about football greatness, according to two opinions. Writing in the Wall Street Journal , Jason Gay calls the decision to block the NFL's most decorated coach from first-ballot entry into...

Brady Seems Irked by Joke at Kraft's Expense at Roast

He tells Jeff Ross to knock it off after a dig at the Patriots owner's massage arrest

(Newser) - Tom Brady took a lot of jokes about himself with good humor during a live-streamed Netflix roast on Sunday, reports People , but one at the expense of Patriots owner Robert Kraft appeared to tick him off a bit.
  • The joke: Comedian Jeff Ross, recounting Brady's earlier days: "So
...

Post-Belichick, a New Head Coach for NE Patriots

Jerod Mayo, assistant coach who has also played for team, is Patriots' first Black head coach

(Newser) - The man set to replace Bill Belichick to lead the New England Patriots is someone Belichick knows well. He's also now the team's first Black head coach, as well as the National Football League's youngest. The NFL reports that team owner Robert Kraft has handed coaching responsibilities...

On 'Black Monday,' All Eyes on Belichick

After dismal season, Patriots coach sounds like he wants to stay in the job

(Newser) - The NFL regular season is in the books, and one of the biggest questions on "Black Monday"—the day when coaches' heads often roll—is one that would have been unthinkable not too long ago: Will the Patriots fire Bill Belichick? The 71-year-old's once-powerful team just wrapped...

Patriots Owner Funds Effort to Battle Antisemitism

Campaign will include ads intended to move people who aren't Jewish

(Newser) - New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft faced the camera during a video call, pointing to a small, sky-blue lapel pin on his blazer. The pin is the symbol of a $25 million "Stand Up to Jewish Hate" campaign launched Monday by the 81-year-old billionaire through his Foundation to Combat...

Robert Kraft Has One Last Request of Tom Brady

Patriots owner wants QB to sign a one-day contract and retire as a Patriot

(Newser) - Might Tom Brady un-retire again? Maybe, but not to take the field once more. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft suggested Thursday on CNN that Brady sign a one-day contract so he could retire as a Patriot. "Not only do I want it, our fans are clamoring for it,...

Kraft Is Off the Hook on Sex Charge
Good News
for Patriots
Owner Kraft
Sep 24, 2020 2:21 PM CDT

Good News for Patriots Owner Kraft

Prosecutors give up on massage parlor case after court blocks use of video

(Newser) - Florida prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Thursday after courts blocked their use of video that allegedly shows him paying for massage parlor sex. Court records show that the owner and manager of the Orchids of Asia Day Spa are still facing numerous...

Flying Into Boston, a 'Remarkable Delivery'

Robert Kraft sent New England Patriots plane to China to pick up 1.2M N95 masks

(Newser) - Massachusetts just saw its largest one-day spike in coronavirus cases yet: more than 1,000 reports on Wednesday, bringing the state's total to over 7,700, with more than 120 dead, per Politico . With an expected surge of cases expected in the state in mid-April, Gov. Charlie Baker has...

Belichick Responds to Tom Brady's Departure

Patriots' coach and owner address quarterback's departure

(Newser) - The only coach and owner Tom Brady has known in his 20-season NFL career praised their departing quarterback on Tuesday. Calling Brady "a special person and the greatest quarterback of all-time," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said: "Tom was not just a player who bought into our program....

Robert Kraft Can't Give Money Away Now

Nonprofit rejects New England Patriots owner's donation in wake of prostitution scandal

(Newser) - As the president of a nonprofit that give Haitian kids free education, Patrick Moynihan can't exactly afford to turn down free money. And yet, as the Boston Globe reports, that's exactly what he did when embattled New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft offered his organization $100,000. "...

Kraft's Reported Convo With Cop Who Stopped Him: Dolphins

As in Miami team, which prosecutors say 'polite' Kraft mentioned while showing Super Bowl ring

(Newser) - What do you do when you're pulled over by the cops after leaving a day spa where you allegedly paid for sex? If the latest reports on Robert Kraft are accurate, you talk football and show off your Super Bowl ring. That's according to Florida prosecutors cited by...

Kraft Massage Parlor Video's Release Banned —for Now

Judge says it won't be released until case against New England Patriots owner is resolved

(Newser) - A video that police say shows New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft paying a massage parlor worker for sex should not be publicly released for now because it would ruin his chance for a fair trial, a judge ruled Tuesday. Circuit Judge Leonard Hanser accepted arguments by Kraft's attorneys...

Spa Customers Videotaped in Kraft Case Sue Authorities

They say the surveillance was unlawful

(Newser) - Nearly three dozen men and women have filed a federal class-action lawsuit accusing Florida authorities of unlawfully videotaping them as they received legal massages at a parlor where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and others allegedly paid for sex. The lawsuit by 31 John and Jane Does alleges that...

Prosecutors Threaten New Move in Kraft Sex Case

That means releasing footage from a Florida spa

(Newser) - You may soon be watching video of Robert Kraft engaging in sex acts with alleged prostitutes at a Florida spa—if prosecutors follow through on their plan to release it, the Boston Globe reports. The Palm Beach County state attorney's office argued Wednesday in court papers that it can'...

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