News about Calvin Johnson

Roger Goodell deflects boos alongside Eminem at 2024 NFL Draft by bringing host city Detroit's favorite son on stage along with Lions greats Barry Sanders, Calvin Johnson, and Aidan Hutchinson

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 26, 2024
Roger Goodell deflected the boos from the NFL Draft crowd in Detroit by bringing out hometown favorite rapper Eminem. Goodell walked onstage alone to Eminem's hit song 'Not Afraid' and received his usual chorus of boos from the crowd. However, jeers quickly turned to jeers as the 51-year-old rapper appeared seconds later and sent the crowd wild. 

As Hall of Fame member Calvin Johnson admits he was "barely hanging on" during his final season

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 6, 2024
Johnson told Robert Griffin III on Thursday's episode of RG3 and The Ones that he used cannabis to ease the discomfort before games in 2015. Griffin asked Johnson if he was 'high' when he told him. Yes, I have,' Johnson chuckled. 'I don't know how Imma make it today,' let me get my mind right.' It's like my last year,' Johnson said,' because I was barely hanging on.'

After two teams clashed over jet skis, a young boy, 7, was shot in the head and killed

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 7, 2023
In Florida, a seven-year-old boy was fatally shot during a fight over jet skis. Yitzian Torres Garcia was enjoying the Fourth of July fireworks with his grandfather in Tampa when a group became outraged with one another's riding jet skis too close to the shore, resulting in a gunfight. The grandfather shoved his grandson into his truck for cover, but a bullet struck the man's finger before striking the boy's head.

In Florida, a 7-year-old boy is fatally shot in the head by a stray bullet after a fight broke out over jet skis

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 5, 2023
In a fight against jet skis, a seven-year-old Florida boy who went to watch the fireworks with his grandfather was fatally shot in the head by a stray bullet. On Tuesday night, the boy, whose identity was not revealed, was at the 8500 block of the Courtney Campbell Causeway west of Ben T. Davis Beach in Tampa, Texas, when he was struck by a random bullet. The boy's grandfather, whose identity was not revealed, was also shot in the hand. Two groups of men erupted into a tense discussion. Witnesses informed police that a verbal confrontation concerning one of the men's irresponsible driving began near where children were playing in the sea.

After 29 years in Louisiana prison for suspected rape of his six-year-old stepdaughter, a man is released

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 11, 2023
Since the perpetrator and the perpetrator long denied that he did not commit the heinous offence, a Louisiana man who was found guilty of raping his six-year-old stepdaughter in 1994 is now free. Patrick Brown, 49, was found guilty based on what Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams called adults testifying 'to what they suspected she had said.' Brown was released by Criminal District Judge Calvin Johnson on Monday after 29 years in the maximum-security Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Vikings are growing weary of illegal hits on NFL leading receiver Justin Jefferson

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 20, 2022
The Minnesota Vikings are concerned over some of Justin Jefferson's big hits. During December, Jefferson has drawn a flag after being struck unlawfully, prompting head coach Kevin O'Connell to believe that defenses are targeting his star wideout. 'I believe it's about the fifth or sixth week in a row that has followed a flag,' O'Connell reporters reported on Monday. Clearly, there's an emphasis on the fact that some of the hits aren't due to chance at times.'