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Courtesy of Jason Carlton/Facebook Motocross rider Brooke Carlton has died at age 9 after a “freak accident” while racing at California track. Carlton was “riding an electric motorbike and was struck by another juvenile” on a motorbike at  Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park on Sunday, June 2, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. When deputies […]

Professional skier Jean Daniel Pession and his girlfriend Elisa Arlian are dead after falling more than 2,000 feet off northern Italy’s Mount Zerbion. The deaths were confirmed in a Saturday, June 1 statement by the Italian Winter Sports Federation. Pession, 28, was a member of the Italian World Cup ski team who placed 15th in […]

Caitlin Clark’s WNBA arrival has been a headline-making affair — both on and off the court.  Clark, 22, made her highly anticipated pro debut with the Indiana Fever on May 14, and since then, her fiercely debated status as the face of the league has continued to take some dramatic twists and turns.  Most recently, […]

Three years after he came out as gay, former Bachelor star Colton Underwood attended his first-ever Pride celebration.  In an exclusive interview with Luxury Handbag Shopping, Underwood, 32, explained why he finally decided to take the plunge at West Hollywood’s Pride celebration over the weekend. “Not that I didn’t feel qualified, I just wasn’t ready yet,” […]

The life of Grayson Murray was celebrated with a stirring, emotional tribute in his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina. Family and friends of the late golfer — who died by suicide at the age of 30 on May 25 — came together at Raleigh’s Providence Church to tell stories and remember the legacy of Murray. […]

Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images One of Grayson Murray’s peers from the world of professional sports shared a hopeful exchange he had with the late golfer weeks before his death. At a Monday, June 3, celebration of life ceremony for Murray — who died by suicide on May 25 — Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin spoke about […]

Xavi Torrent/TAS24/Getty Images When Taylor Swift wrote the song “Fifteen” and mused about dating a football player, it was hard to envision she’d end up dating one of the most famous ones on the planet. During her Eras Tour stop in Lyon, France, on Sunday, June 2, Swift, 34, performed the song “Fifteen” from her […]

Grayson Murray might be gone, but for friend and pro golfer Akshay Bhatia, he’s certainly not forgotten.  Ahead of this week’s RBC Canadian Open in Hamilton, Ontario, Bhatia, 22, inked his left wrist with “G$” to honor Murray, who Bhatia affectionately called “G-Money.” Murray died by suicide at the age of 30 on Saturday, May […]

Rory McIlroy’s opening round at the RBC Canadian Open was a major headache. McIlroy, 35, teed off at 7:40 a.m. on Thursday, May 30, at the Hamilton, Ontario Golf and Country Club, but it wasn’t just the early wake-up call that made things difficult — all thanks to caddie Harry Diamond. “A bit of a […]

Ice-T gave a matter-of-fact explanation for why he’s not down with Lenny Kravitz’s recent celibacy reveal. After Kravitz, 60, told The Guardian that he hasn’t had a serious relationship in nine years and is waiting to get married again to have sex, Ice-T, 66, wrote via X on Thursday, May 30, “Shit’s Weird to me….. […]

Rich Polk/Getty Images Zach Gilford isn’t turning down an invite to a reunion at Dillon High School.  Gilford, 42, who played quarterback-turned-art school student Matt Saracen on all five seasons of Friday Night Lights, exclusively told Luxury Handbag Shopping that he’s open to a reboot of the beloved football drama, with a few stipulations.  “What made […]

Mike Coppola/Getty Images; Ethan Miller/Getty Images Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier are out to prove that women’s basketball isn’t going anywhere.  On Thursday, May 30, it was announced that the two WNBA stars have co-founded a new six-team, three-on-three league called Unrivaled.  The Athletic’s Shams Charania broke the news about the league, which will set […]

Two all-star tennis couples have used the 2024 French Open as a chance to express their love-love. The second major tournament of the year, going down at Paris’ famed Roland Garros, has featured perhaps the final French Open appearance from Rafael Nadal, a highly-contested match between Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka, and enough rain delays […]

Rory McIlroy mourned alongside the rest of the golf world after the tragic death of Grayson Murray — but the two certainly didn’t always see eye-to-eye, according to various reports. Last year, McIlroy, 35, and Murray — who died by suicide at the age of 30 on Saturday, May 25 — took part in a […]

John Harbaugh might not be a fully-fledged Taylor Swift fan, but he’s majorly invested in her relationship with Travis Kelce. In an exclusive interview with Luxury Handbag Shopping, the Baltimore Ravens head coach and Harbaugh Coaching Academy co-founder, 61, explained he has daughter Alison to thank for giving him an education in all things Swiftie. “I […]

Golfer Carter Jenkins recalled the final conversation he had with his high school teammate and friend, Grayson Murray. “I asked him about the Masters and the U.S. Open he was going to be in and how he was playing,” Jenkins told the Raleigh News & Observer on Tuesday, May 28.  Jenkins said he ran into […]

Golfer Lexi Thompson, who won a major championship when she was just 19 years old, has announced her retirement.  Thompson, 29, broke the news that she’d be leaving the sport at the end of 2024 in a video posted via Instagram on Tuesday, May 28, calling it “the letter I wrote to the game of […]

Michael Yarish/Paramount+ Criminal Minds star A.J. Cook took some of her on-the-job training out for a spin in the real world. Cook, 45, has played Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer “JJ” Jareau for nearly two decades on Criminal Minds and spinoff Criminal Minds: Evolution. Given all of her accumulated expertise, she knew something was wrong when […]

The Palm Beach Gardens Police Department has addressed the death of professional golfer Grayson Murray. “The Palm Beach Gardens Police Department is investigating the death of resident Grayson C. Murray, a white male, 10/01/1993, which occurred inside a residence in Palm Beach Gardens,” the authorities said in a press release on Tuesday, May 28. “The […]

Reed Hoffmann/Getty Images Golfer Harry Higgs paid tribute to the late Grayson Murray with an emotional call to arms.  After Higgs, 32, became the first player in history to win back-to-back Korn Ferry Tour tournaments in a playoff, he used his winner’s speech to discuss Murray, who died by suicide at the age of 30 […]

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Austin Maddox has pleaded not guilty to a series of child sex crimes after being arrested in Jacksonville, Florida, last month. Maddox, 33, entered his plea in a Duval County courtroom on Tuesday, May 28, Luxury Handbag Shopping can confirm. He is facing four felony charges including traveling to meet a […]