The days of Birmingham City supporters waiting around for released and retained lists appear to be over. Every May, usually a ...

The following short story is a work of fiction written by Stephen Cooper. It is the 12th part to his previous short stories ...

Things were not so swell with the city’s NFL team, owned by the ruddy-faced Robert Irsay. (Ruddy-faced is a newspaper euphemism for a reddish complexion and not from vigorous exercise.) ...

With five first-team goalkeepers in their ranks, Newcastle United should be well covered between the sticks. The comicality of the summer transfer window saw the Magpies stuck in a perennial state ...

most of us have experienced an instance of going red in the face. And it’s usually pretty easy to figure out why our skin has taken on a ruddy glow. But some people are prone to more lasting periods ...

ruddy-faced and unfailingly genial barman. The four were not friends, were in fact rather rivals, each ruling a separate coterie—the ladies at their tables at the Dome, Rotonde or Select ...

Black Lives Matter protests in wake of killing of George Floyd in America; Petition raised to rename Sir John Hawkins Square; ...

A sensor on the border was tripped and Gil, responding to a potential illegal crossing, had come face to face with a smuggler ...

curly-haired boy about 5 or 6 years old with a ruddy face stood squeezing an old, soiled teddy bear with one leg missing, its ligament-stuffing exposed. In the boy’s other hand, he gripped his ...

An innocent enough query, but I bristle and stifle a fleeting urge to slap the half-smile off the grocery clerk’s ruddy face. Why? I am not a “young man” and could hardly be mistaken for one.

Strauss is not at home.” After awhile, when even tall (6 ft. 3 in.), ruddy-faced Dr. Strauss had tired of his crusty prank, visitors were merely asked by a servant to state their business.

The world's 26 poorest economies are facing the most significant debt burden since 2006, the World Bank announced in a new ...