DIRS.INFO top alerts submit data jurnalism about API
login
Top related persons:
” - 2 NORMAN - 1 Okla - 1 Toby Keith - 1 Keith - 1 “ - 1 Beer - 1 Willie Nelson - 1
Top related locs:
Oklahoma Texas Nashville Mercury Oklahoma City Palm Beach , Florida South Florida Winn
Top related orgs:
United States Football League - 2 Associated Press - 1 Oklahoma City Drillers - 1 Mercury Records - 1 Alabama - 1 AP - 1 DreamWorks Records - 1 Academy of Country - 1

Search resuls for: "United States Football League"


4 mentions found


☆ 'Beer for My Horses' Singer-Songwriter Toby Keith Has Died After Battling Stomach Cancer
  + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Associated Press | Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +8 min
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — “Beer For My Horses” singer-songwriter Toby Keith has died. “The money to be made was unbelievable,” Keith told The Associated Press in 1996. “Should’ve Been a Cowboy,” his breakout hit, was played 3 million times on radio stations, making it the most played country song of the 1990s. “They were trying to get me to compromise, and I was living a miserable existence,” Keith told the AP. “I always felt like that the songwriting was the most important part of this whole industry,” Keith told the crowd of fellow singers and writers.
Persons: NORMAN, Okla, Toby Keith, Keith, “, ”, Beer, Willie Nelson, ” Keith, I’ve, I’m, ” ‘, Harold Shedd, Shedd, “ Should’ve, Shania Twain, That’s, “ I’ve, Bobby Braddock, “ They’re, He’s, George W, Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, We’ll, Singer, Steve Earle, Natalie Maines, Maines, Saddam Hussein, FUTK, Ethan Hawke, Kris Kristofferson, Hawke, Vince Gill, Scott Borchetta, Trace Adkins, Joe Nichols, Josh Thompson, Clay Walker, Phil Vassar Organizations: Associated Press, Oklahoma City Drillers, United States Football League, Mercury Records, Alabama, AP, DreamWorks Records, Academy of Country, “ Billboard, Arts, “, Universal Music Group, DreamWorks, Universal, Songwriters Hall of Fame, BMI Locations: Oklahoma, Texas, Nashville, Mercury, Oklahoma City
☆ This pitmaster is keeping his family’s 89-year-old BBQ restaurant alive—it brought in $1.5 million last year
  + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
McCray's Backyard BBQ and Seafood is serving up ribs with a side of rich history — and now CEO and pitmaster Derrick McCray wants to take the mom-and-pop restaurant nationwide. "Uncle Jay brought my father up in the barbecue business and made him a barbecue extraordinaire," he tells CNBC Make It. And he was pretty much the only black restaurant business in his area during that time." Declared the "war on drugs" by President Nixon in 1971, the epidemic hurt the health and profitability of McCray's Backyard BBQ and Seafood. It was a major wake-up call for McCray, and ultimately led him back home to take over the BBQ business.
Persons: pitmaster Derrick McCray, McCray, Jay Harvey, Uncle Jay, Jesse Jackson, James Brown, Isaac Hayes, Nixon, FAMU, everything's, Uncle Harvey Organizations: CNBC, Klan, Florida, Mechanical University, Dixie, United States Football League, Super Bowl Locations: Palm Beach , Florida, South Florida, Winn, Dallas , Texas
☆ Alex Collins: Former NFL player dies in motorcycle accident at age 28
  + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Homero De La Fuente | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —Former NFL running back Alex Collins, who played with the Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens, died in a motorcycle accident on Sunday night, according to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Alex Collins this morning,” Collins’ family said in a statement via the Seahawks on Monday night. In his first season with Baltimore in 2017, Collins finished with 973 rushing yards and six touchdowns. Overall, Collins played across five seasons in the NFL, tallying 483 carries for 1,997 yards and 18 touchdowns, with an additional 467 receiving yards in 50 career games. Most recently, Collins played with the United States Football League’s Memphis Showboats this past season.
Persons: CNN —, Alex Collins, Collins, ” Collins, “ Alex, John Harbaugh, “ I’ll, ” Organizations: CNN, NFL, Seattle Seahawks, Baltimore Ravens, Broward County Sheriff’s, West Oakland, Seahawks, University of Arkansas, Seattle, Ravens, Baltimore, United States Football, Memphis, ” Ravens Locations: Broward County, Lauderdale Lakes Florida, Baltimore
☆ Former Detroit Lions linebacker Lemonier dies at 25
  + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Jan 26 (Reuters) - Former Detroit Lions linebacker Jessie Lemonier has died at the age of 25, the National Football League (NFL) team said on Thursday. Lemonier began his professional career with the Los Angeles Chargers in 2020. "We are shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of former Detroit Lion Jessie Lemonier," the Lions wrote on Twitter. "Jessie was a model team mate and wonderful young man who is gone far too soon. Lemonier was recently traded to the Birmingham Stallions in the United States Football League after signing for the Houston Gamblers.
0 next >>
Total: 4