David Ubben

5 days ago | nytimes.com | David Ubben

Jordon Hudson, the girlfriend of North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick, is not banned from the Tar Heels' team facility, UNC said Friday in a statement. "While Jordon Hudson is not an employee at the University or Carolina athletics, she is welcome to the Carolina football facilities," an athletic department spokesperson said in a statement, noting there were "false reports" about her role.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | David Ubben

What doesn't show up on any of the 289 pages of Bill Belichick's book? Any references, veiled or explicit, to the Spygate, Deflategate or Aaron Hernandez scandals. And, of course, Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Malcolm Butler and, yes, Jordon Hudson, get shoutouts in the closing acknowledgments. But there's no discussion of why Belichick's starting cornerback and Super Bowl XLIX hero was unceremoniously benched for Super Bowl LII, a Patriots loss.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | David Ubben

A recent CBS interview with Bill Belichick was "selectively edited" to suggest a "false narrative," North Carolina's coach said in a statement released Wednesday. CBS' "Sunday Morning" recently aired a segment delving into Belichick and his new book that veered into his relationship with 24-year-old Jordon Hudson. Belichick, 73, said he "clearly communicated" with his publicist at Simon & Schuster that any promotional interviews he did for the book would focus only on the book's contents.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | David Ubben

Shedeur Sanders was the victim of a prank call Friday during his wait to be drafted by an NFL team. That wait has now extended to over two days and three rounds for a player who had expectations of being selected on Day 1 of the NFL Draft. "This is Mickey Loomis here, (general manager) of the Saints. It's been a long wait, man.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | David Ubben

Chad Brown's first instinct was to check the date. No, it wasn't April Fool's Day. "I had no idea whatsoever," Brown said. "I hadn't heard of anyone who heard it was happening. Everybody from my era was just as caught off guard as I was."Five days before Deion Sanders' third spring game as Colorado's head coach, the school announced it would be retiring Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter's No. 12 jersey and quarterback Shedeur Sanders' No. 2.