
Aaron Rodgers left Week 17 with another NFL record, but not the one he wanted. Rodgers is heading into the final game of his two-year spell with the New York Jets and has not snapped the teams playoff drought, which is a US Sports-leading 14 seasons. Rodgers does however need to throw just one more touchdown to become just the second quarterback to throw 500 touchdowns in fewer than 250 games. It is a feat only achieved by Peyton Manning - not by Tom Brady, Dan Marino or Joe Montana and for Rodgers games are now running out. However, the 40-year-old arrived in Orchard Park to face the Buffalo Bills with 14 touchdowns in his last eight games, and no interceptions, his TD in defeat to the Rams in Week 16 leaving him on the brink of history. The feeling was the former Green Bay Packers quarterback would hit the mark and give the Jets something to celebrate in a miserable season. But standing on the brink he was left to reflect on slowly diminishing standards following a miserable afternoon in Western New York. Rodgers completed 12 of his 18 passes against the Buffalo Bills for 112 yards, but with no touchdowns and two interceptions he left the game in the second half as the Bills ran riot. Instead, Rodgers walked away with another NFL record but not the one he wanted. He was sacked four times on the day, the third of which saw him overtake the total of Tom Brady as the most sacks in an NFL career. It speaks to Rodgers longevity that he hit the mark, but it was a bad day at the office. To make matters worse, with the Jets trailing 40-0 Rodgers' replacement Tyrod Taylor came in to throw the Jets only two touchdowns of the afternoon. Rodgers has now played 247 games to stand one short, but with his future shrouded in doubt he may only have one more game to do it. The Jets face the Miami Dolphins at MetLife Stadium, but Rodgers has said he has not decided on whether he will stay with the Jets or even play on - adding another note of drama to his two-year spell in the Big Apple. Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos great Manning took 244 to reach the mark, Tom Brady (649 touchdown passes) and Drew Brees (571) join Hall of Famers Pro Manning (539) and Brett Favre (508) on an elite list of players to hit the mark. The closest active player is Matthew Stafford, who has 377 in 222 games. Patrick Mahomes is on track to beat Manning and Rodgers' pace with 245 passing scores in just 112 games. Davante Adams' first-ever receiving score happened to be the 200th passing TD of Aaron Rodgers’ career. In 2020, Adams caught Rodgers’ 400th touchdown pass while they were both on the Green Bay Packers. He is well aware of his place in history and was depserate to catch No. 500. “Obviously, I’d love to,” Adams said, via ESPN. “I got 200, I got 400, so it would be dope to get 500 as well . Adams and Rodgers will get one more try in Week 18, when the 4-12 Jets finish out a season that has seen them fire head coach Robert Saleh and general manager Joe Douglas. An overhaul is coming is coming in New Jersey, and whether Rodgers gets his landmark moment this season he also has franchise history in his sights. talkSPORT is your home of the NFL, join us every Sunday through the regular season and the playoffs for live commentary - and talkSPORT will be in New Orleans for Super Bowl LIX Catch up on the latest news, views and interviews via our dedicated NFL YouTube channel and weekly 'Run Down' showChristopher Nolan’s next film is based on ‘The Odyssey’ Christopher Nolan is following his Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” with a true epic: Homer’s “The Odyssey.” It will open in theaters on July 17, 2026, Universal Pictures said Monday. Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press Dec 24, 2024 6:55 AM Dec 24, 2024 7:05 AM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message FILE - Christopher Nolan arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) Christopher Nolan is following his Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” with a true epic: Homer’s “The Odyssey.” It will open in theaters on July 17, 2026, Universal Pictures said Monday. Details remain scarce, but the studio teased that it will be a “mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX technology.” It will also be the first time that an adaptation of Homer’s saga will play on IMAX film screens. Nolan has been an IMAX enthusiast for years, going back to “The Dark Knight,” and has made his last three films exclusively using large format film and the highest resolution film cameras. For “Oppenheimer,” the first black-and-white IMAX film stock was developed. Nolan hasn’t said specifically what the new technology for “The Odyssey” will be, but earlier this month he told The Associated Press that they’re in an intensive testing phase with IMAX to prepare for the new production. “They have an incredible engineering staff, really brilliant minds doing extraordinary work,” Nolan said. “It’s wonderful to see innovation in the celluloid film arena still happening and happening at the highest level possible.” “The Odyssey” will be Nolan’s second collaboration with Universal Pictures following “Oppenheimer,” which earned nearly $1 billion at the box office and won the filmmaker his first Oscars, including for best director and best picture . Rumors about his next project have been swirling ever since, with near-daily speculations about plot — none of which turned out to be true — and casting. While there are many reports about actors joining the ensemble, none has been officially confirmed by the studio. 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DENVER — Amid renewed interest in the killing of JonBenet Ramsey triggered in part by a new Netflix documentary, police in Boulder, Colorado, refuted assertions this week that there is viable evidence and leads about the 1996 killing of the 6-year-old girl that they are not pursuing. JonBenet Ramsey, who competed in beauty pageants, was found dead in the basement of her family's home in the college town of Boulder the day after Christmas in 1996. Her body was found several hours after her mother called 911 to say her daughter was missing and a ransom note was left behind. The gravesite of JonBenet Ramsey is covered with flowers Jan. 8, 1997, at St. James Episcopal Cemetery in Marietta, Ga. JonBenet was bludgeoned and strangled. Her death was ruled a homicide, but nobody was ever prosecuted. The details of the crime and video footage of JonBenet competing in pageants propelled the case into one of the highest-profile mysteries in the United States. The police comments came as part of their annual update on the investigation, a month before the 28th anniversary of JonBenet's killing. Police said they released it a little earlier due to the increased attention on the case, apparently referring to the three-part Netflix series "Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey." In a video statement, Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn said the department welcomes news coverage and documentaries about the killing of JonBenet, who would have been 34 this year, as a way to generate possible new leads. He said the department is committed to solving the case but needs to be careful about what it shares about the investigation to protect a possible future prosecution. "What I can tell you though, is we have thoroughly investigated multiple people as suspects throughout the years and we continue to be open-minded about what occurred as we investigate the tips that come in to detectives," he said. The Netflix documentary focuses on the mistakes made by police and the "media circus" surrounding the case. A police officer sits in her cruiser Jan. 3, 1997, outside the home in which 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered Dec. 26, 1996, in Boulder, Colo. Police were widely criticized for mishandling the early investigation into her death amid speculation that her family was responsible. However, a prosecutor cleared her parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, and brother Burke in 2008 based on new DNA evidence from JonBenet's clothing that pointed to the involvement of an "unexplained third party" in her slaying. The announcement by former district attorney Mary Lacy came two years after Patsy Ramsey died of cancer. Lacy called the Ramseys "victims of this crime." John Ramsey continued to speak out for the case to be solved. In 2022, he supported an online petition asking Colorado's governor to intervene in the investigation by putting an outside agency in charge of DNA testing in the case. In the Netflix documentary, he said he advocated for several items that were not prepared for DNA testing to be tested and for other items to be retested. He said the results should be put through a genealogy database. In recent years, investigators identified suspects in unsolved cases by comparing DNA profiles from crime scenes and to DNA testing results shared online by people researching their family trees. In 2021, police said in their annual update that DNA hadn't been ruled out to help solve the case, and in 2022 noted that some evidence could be "consumed" if DNA testing is done on it. Last year, police said they convened a panel of outside experts to review the investigation to give recommendations and determine if updated technologies or forensic testing might produce new leads. In the latest update, Redfearn said that review ended but police continue to work through and evaluate a "lengthy list of recommendations" from the panel. Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly!