Oddities
FILE - Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Blaine Gabbert (11) during the second half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Glendale, Ariz. Gabbert helped rescue four people whose helicopter crashed into the Hillsborough Bay after it lost power. The Tampa Police Department said Friday, Dec. 30, 2022, that Gabbert had been riding on a jet ski with his two brothers on their own water vehicles in the bay south of Tampa Thursday evening when they spotted the helicopter broken up into pieces in the water. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
Bucs' Gabbert, brothers rescue people in Tampa chopper crash

By The Associated Press Dec. 30, 2022 04:20 PM EST

War on Drugs drummer Charlie Hall poses in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Hall teamed up with several members of the Philadelphia Eagles football team and other musicians to record the seven-song LP "A Philly Special Christmas." Proceeds from this record will benefit Children's Crisis Treatment Center and other charities in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Eagles belt holiday hits on 'Philly Special Christmas' album

By Dan Gelston Dec. 15, 2022 09:33 AM EST

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty visit a food and drinks market promoting British small businesses at Downing Street in London, Wednesday Nov. 30, 2022. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)
Tagovailoa, Zaporizhzhia make list of most mangled words

By Mark Pratt Dec. 07, 2022 11:46 AM EST

FILE - Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) passes against the San Francisco 49ers during an NFL football game at Ford Field in Detroit, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015. A sports apparel company is capitalizing on Detroit Lions fans’ loyalty to Matthew Stafford, the Super Bowl-bound Los Angeles Rams quarterback who for 12 years prior had made an appearance in that game seem possible for their home team. A store in a metro Detroit mall is selling the Lions-colored clothing with the phrase “Detroit Rams” featured above a logo that resembles a lion, only it’s a ram. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File)
'Detroit Rams?' Odd Super Bowl shirts sold for Stafford fans

Feb. 12, 2022 12:03 AM EST

Trapped cat rescued from undercarriage of Isaac Yiadom's car

May. 17, 2021 06:11 PM EDT
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Firefighters in Florida were called to rescue a cat — not out of a tree, but from the undercarriage of a car owned by New York...

Confused fans rip Garth Brooks for wearing 'Sanders' jersey

Feb. 28, 2020 03:23 PM EST
DETROIT (AP) — Leave it to the internet to interpret Garth Brooks wearing a Barry Sanders jersey during a concert in Detroit as a political endorsement of a...

CORRECTS TO BEING CLAIMED OFF WAIVERS FROM THE PATRIOTS, NOT AS AN UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT FROM THE UNIV. OF TEXAS - In this image taken from video, New York Jets rookie offensive lineman Calvin Anderson works on a Rubik's Cube at the NFL football team's practice facility in Florham Park, N.J., Sunday, July 28, 2019. The puzzle cubes are a bit of an obsession for Anderson, who was claimed off waivers from the Patriots after New England signed him as an undrafted free agent. (AP Photo/Dennis Waszak)
Rubik's Rookie: Jets' Calvin Anderson has puzzling talent

By Dennis Waszak Jr. Jul. 30, 2019 12:02 PM EDT

Don Crisman poses for a photo in his Kennebunk, Maine, home on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, holding a Super Bowl LI ball signed by a few Patriots NFL football players. Crisman has never missed a Super Bowl and will be heading to Atlanta to watch his 53rd Super Bowl as the Patriots take on the Chiefs. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via AP)
Super Bowl super fan can't stop because Patriots won't stop

Feb. 02, 2019 02:59 PM EST

Governors make unusual Super Bowl bet on hometown teams

Feb. 02, 2019 01:38 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — The governors of Massachusetts and California are placing a friendly wager on the outcome of Super Bowl matchup between the New England Patriots and...

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2018, file photo, Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Jeff Allen during the first half of an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo. Allen thanked the man who helped pull his vehicle out of the snow with tickets to next week's AFC Championship game. Allen said he got stuck on the way to Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, because of the snow, but he made it in time for the Chief's victory over the Indianapolis Colts because of the Good Samaritan. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File)
Dave? Dave? Kansas City man gets tickets for helping Chief

Jan. 13, 2019 03:57 PM EST