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This photo hits different now. RIP Mike Ditka.
Key FactsMike Ditka, Bears legend, dies at 86
Oct 9, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: nytimes.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: nytimes.com
- He died at home Friday morning, with his wife Diana at his side.
- As a player, Ditka helped the Bears win the 1963 NFL championship and the Cowboys in 1971.
- In 1988, Ditka became the first tight end inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame; the Bears retired No. 89 25 years later.
- As coach, he led Chicago to a 46-10 Super Bowl XX victory over New England on January 26, 1986.
"The good news is we will win the Super Bowl," he told them. "But the bad news is half of you won’t be here when we get there."— Mike Ditka to his Bears players at the first team meeting in suburban Phoenix, spring 1985; promising a Super Bowl win and warning that half would not be there when they got there.
Dan Campbell shared a story about Mike Ditka after learning about his death ❤️
The Chicago Bears will wear “89” decals on their helmets for Sunday’s game to honor the late Mike Ditka 🧡💙
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Mike Ditka has survived a heart attack and multiple strokes. He has had three hip replacements and is 86 years old.
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Sick Posts of MAGA Rep’s ‘Fascist’ Former Staffer Exposed: Mike Collins’ Senate campaign has been plagued by far-right controversies.
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Key FactsReports expose former Collins staffer’s KKK and Nazi posts
Aug 27, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: thedailybeast.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: thedailybeast.com
- Preston Parra, 24, interned for Collins in 2024 and worked for his political action committee until late May 2025.
- The Washington Post found KKK depictions, swastika material and racist posts, which Parra defended as satirical.
- Parra made his X posts private on August 24, 2026, after earlier posts were first detailed in January.
- Collins’s campaign denies any connection and condemns the posts; Jon Ossoff calls the reporting further evidence of neo-Nazi ties.
The state of Georgia rejects hatred. The state of Georgia rejects bigotry. The state of Georgia rejects neo-Nazism. The state of Georgia rejects the Klan.— Sen. Jon Ossoff, in response to reports about Mike Collins' staff and ties to white nationalists.
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Michael Porter Jr. on the Nuggets:
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Sen. Jon Ossoff is demanding that Rep. Mike Collins cooperate with a federal investigation into the alleged misuse of tax dollars, testify in the matter ... Show more
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Ossoff Calls on Mike Collins to Explain Reported White Nationalist Ties
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Jon Ossoff Calls Mike Collins a 'Bigot Congressman' in Escalating Senate Race
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Jon Ossoff accused Mike Collins of cutting healthcare for Georgians before supporting taxpayer-funded payouts to “violent criminals.”
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Key FactsRodgers targets Fauci and ESPN on McAfee show
Aug 4, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: jsonline.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: jsonline.com
- During the appearance at Pittsburgh Steelers training camp, Rodgers discussed his 22nd NFL season and second year in Pittsburgh.
- He referred to Anthony Fauci invoking the Fifth Amendment 111 times at a Senate hearing and denounced him as cowardly.
- Rodgers later also called Fauci a criminal, although the article notes that Fauci is not accused of any crime.
- Rodgers also criticized ESPN over a scandal involving former ESPN reporter Dianna Russini and Patriots coach Mike Vrabel; Russini resigned from The Athletic after several photos of the pair surfaced.
If science is Dr. Fauci, you're damn right I’m defying it.— Aaron Rodgers on The Pat McAfee Show during the Pittsburgh Steelers training camp
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs' release date moves up a month amid confinement reports
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Rep. Mike Collins will win Georgia GOP Senate runoff and face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November, CNN projects
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Key FactsTrump Influence Shapes Key Southern Primaries
Jun 17, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: cnn.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: cnn.com
- Mike Collins won the Georgia Republican Senate primary and will face Democrat Jon Ossoff in a high-profile November race.
- Rick Jackson defeated Trump-backed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in Georgia’s governor runoff despite Jones’ early voting lead.
- Trump-endorsed Barry Moore secured the Alabama GOP Senate nomination, while Oklahoma’s governor race heads to an August runoff.
- Washington, DC delayed election results as both parties prepare intensely for the upcoming general elections.
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