Swans culture rebuild 'actually beautiful': AFLW team Sydney star Cynthia Hamilton believes continued support across the AFL and AFLW is a testament to the Bloods culture, believing the club is tighter than before. AAP · Sep 7
Spencer Pratt throws ‘block party’ to garner votes from LA gang members in mayor race IN FULL The Independent UK · May 27
Spencer Pratt claims he’s ‘cool’ with two LA street gangs as he looks to unseat Mayor Karen Bass Reality star is running on a platform aimed at taking down ‘California’s entrenched political establishment’ The Independent UK · May 27
Teen charged with 4 counts of murder in Utah carnival shooting Prosecutors in Utah have charged a 16-year-old boy with four counts of murder Friday for allegedly shooting to death three people in an apparent gang confrontation at a carnival in the Salt Lake City area The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025
Blood-curdling 90-point win something to Crow about Adelaide have sounded a warning to their AFL rivals, producing a statement win after slotting 12 unanswered goals against Sydney at the SCG. AAP · May 31, 2025
Battling Bloods: Swans aim to emulate 2005 breakthrough Sydney's 2005 premiership side will perform a lap of honour at the SCG this weekend, with Dean Cox urging his side to draw on the greats' Bloods lessons. AAP · May 30, 2025
Snoop Dogg is a new boss in Fortnite – but does his character do the controversial 'Crip Walk' in the game? Snoop Dogg is available to buy in the game’s latest update, including a signature dance move that’s raising some eyebrows Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2024
Minnesota men convicted of gang charges connected to federal crackdown A Minnesota jury has convicted three alleged members of a Minneapolis street gang of charges stemming from what prosecutors said was a yearslong pattern of violence and murder The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2024
Lions, Swans diehards embrace Victorian roots Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans fans have made pilgrimages to their clubs' old homes in Fitzroy and South Melbourne throughout AFL grand final week. AAP · Sep 27, 2024
The Swans and their arduous journey to becoming a staple of Sydney’s sporting landscape Club with roots in South Melbourne has not always been prosperous but now has a sixth AFL/VFL premiership in sight in its 150th anniversary year The Guardian - AU · Sep 26, 2024
‘There’s red and white everywhere’: how Swans pride connects South Melbourne and Sydney fans Longtime ties to the ‘Bloods’ are strong in South Melbourne, where ‘you can still feel the feeling during footy season’ The Guardian - AU · Sep 25, 2024
Gangs’stories: The Sierra Leonian gangster who gave up violence and drugs for poetry For the past five years, the GANGS project, a European Research Council-funded project led by Dennis Rodgers, has been studying global gang dynamics in a comparative perspective. When understood in a nuanced manner that goes beyond the usual stereotypes and Manichean representations, gangs and gangsters arguably constitute fundamental lenses through… The Conversation · Sep 17, 2024
Sydney stage epic comeback to defeat GWS Giants and snatch home preliminary final The Swans have staged an amazing comeback, overturning a 28-point deficit to defeat the Giants in a thrilling AFL qualifying final. The Guardian - AU · Sep 7, 2024
YSL and Pushin P: A dictionary guide to the Young Thug trial The rapper’s defence attorney defined ‘thug’ as ‘truly humble under God’ in a now-viral moment The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023
Texas Observer · Sep 25, 2023 Reconciliation on Death Row A murder and an execution date changed those on both sides of the bars. A changed viewpoint on capital punishment.
The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023 Masked detective prevents YNW Melly from facing accuser in murder trial, defense attorneys say Defense attorneys are arguing that rapper YNW Melly was denied the right to face his accuser when a masked witness took the stand to testify about alleged gang connections during the performer’s double murder trial in South Florida
The Guardian - US · Jun 13, 2023 Adele Bertei: ‘We did all the things rock’n’roll boys would be lionised for’ The creator of the first all-female openly queer rock band talks about her memoir and why the music scene wasn’t ready for her
Tribune News Service · Mar 31, 2023 3 arrested, including leader of Palm Beach County Latin Kings, in assault on rapper 6ix9ine at LA Fitness gym FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Three men, including the leader of the Palm Beach County chapter of the Latin Kings gang and his son, were arrested Monday in connection with an assault on rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine at an LA Fitness gym in Lake Worth Beach last week, the Palm Beach County…
The Guardian - AU · Nov 12, 2022 Vale Kenny Williams – Swans’ song leader and Blood brother to all As the Swans’ greatest supporter over 40 years, Kenny Williams, became a friend, father-figure and ‘hydration specialist’ to generations of Sydney players. This week, legends of the club paid tribute to a life in the winner’s circle
ABC News · Sep 21, 2022 With Swans in the grand final, super fan gran Nell Cooper books seat at the tattoo parlour When her beloved South Melbourne Bloods — the Sydney Swans — sent Collingwood packing to secure a grand final berth at the weekend, Nell Cooper wasted no time in booking a tattoo.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2022 AFL grand final: Sydney Swans fans fork out up to $1,781 to fly to Melbourne Prices soar for direct return flights to see match against Geelong Cats a week after Collingwood diehards made the pilgrimage to Sydney
Tribune News Service · Sep 18, 2022 Bronx mobster survived five attacks in a year before he was rubbed out on his son’s orders, prosecutors say NEW YORK — The first attack on Sally Daz came more than a year before his murder — a man he’d never met stepped up to him in his Bronx driveway, asked him for a job, then punched him in the neck.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 17, 2022 Sydney defy thrilling Collingwood comeback to win through to AFL grand final Sydney survived a thrilling comeback to defeat Collingwood 14.11.95 to 14.10.94 and will now play Geelong in the 2022 grand final next week
AAP · Aug 22, 2022 Building the Bloods in the AFLW Maddy Collier believes the strong leadership team in the Swans AFLW team will help them establish their own 'Bloods' culture in their first year
Los Angeles Times · Jun 2, 2022 Nipsey Hussle's alleged killer heads to trial. Conviction won't bring closure to Crenshaw LOS ANGELES — There are only nine miles between the Crenshaw neighborhood parking lot where Nipsey Hussle was shot to death in 2019 and the downtown Los Angeles courtroom where his alleged killer will stand trial this month. But to some, the two places might as well be worlds apart.