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New York Post
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Jordon Hudson flaunts abs while wearing bikini in new summery photo
Jordon Hudson is a California girl — at least for the weekend. On Friday, the Maine native and 24-year-old girlfriend of Bill Belichick teased her recent travels to the West Coast by sharing a poolside snap on Instagram that featured her lounging in a pink and white striped bikini. 'Maine girl takes on California (ironically),' Hudson captioned the post with her abs on full display. Advertisement 6 Jordon Hudson showed off her abs while modeling a pink and white striped bikini in June 2025. Jordon Hudson/Instagram 6 The 24-year-old girlfriend of Bill Belichick posted the poolside snap on Instagram. Getty Images Hudson appeared to be joined by pal and former Miss Massachusetts USA Melissa Sapini, who was tagged in Hudson's post and shared poolside snaps on her own Instagram Story. Advertisement The former college cheerleader is one month removed from representing her hometown of Hancock, Maine, in Miss Maine USA, where she placed third to Shelby Howell of Bangor. However, Howell's win wasn't without controversy as the Bangor Daily News reported in May that she 'has few discernible ties to the Queen City,' citing social media and public profiles linking her to California. 6 Jordon Hudson competed in the Miss Maine USA pageant in May 2025. Toby Canham for NY Post 6 She's been supported by her friend, former Miss Massachusetts USA Melissa Sapini (l.). jordon/Instagram Advertisement Even though the competition didn't go Hudson's way, she's clearly enjoying this summer vacation before the college football season begins. Belichick, an eight-time Super Bowl winner, will make his collegiate coaching debut this fall as head football coach of the Tar Heels. UNC hired Belichick, 73, in December after he parted ways with the Patriots in January 2024 following 24 seasons at the helm. 6 Jordon Hudson's romance with Bill Belichick became public in 2024. WireImage Advertisement 6 Bill Belichick is preparing for his first season as head football coach at UNC. Getty Images Hudson, whose romance with Belichick was revealed last summer, has been supporting the coach in Chapel Hill while combating detractors. She fired back at former ESPNer Pablo Torre last month after he peeled back the curtain on a previous Airbnb couple's retreat on his 'Pablo Torre Finds Out' program and spoke with the property's owners. Belichick, who first met Hudson aboard a flight in 2021, told reporters this month how he's tuning out the noise. 'Is there noise out there? We've always dealt with that,' he said. 'Really, our job is to build a football team and… help build the team and also build their individual careers. So that's really where we're at.' UNC hosts TCU in its season opener on Sept. 1.
USA Today
3 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
UNC basketball star a late first-round in ESPN's latest NBA Mock Draft
Will Drake Powell carve himself out a successful NBA career? The NBA Draft takes center stage in the sports world on Wednesday, June 25 – and there's a strong likelihood a former UNC basketball star will hear his name called. The Tar Heel in question is Drake Powell, who grew up minutes from Chapel Hill – and watched his dream come true last year. Powell started his freshman campaign as one of North Carolina's top bench options, but after a few strong offensives performances and consistent lockdown defense, Powell became a mainstay in the starting lineup. Many wondered if Powell would withdraw soon after initially declaring for the NBA Draft, but Powell proved he was NBA-ready in just one year at UNC. In ESPN's latest NBA Mock Draft, Powell goes 28th overall – which is a late, first-round selection – to the Boston Celtics. Nothing says welcome to the pros like playing for arguably the NBA's most-storied franchise. Boston holds a league-leading 18 NBA titles, breaking a tie with the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2024 Finals. The Celtics are a deep team, with former Duke superstar Jayson Tatum and Cal-Berkeley star Jaylen Brown leading the charge. Boston starts former All-Stars Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford and Jrue Holiday, with Holiday taking Tatum's starting spot after the latter's season-ending achilles injury. Derrick White, one of the NBA's top undervalued guards, rounds out the starting lineup. The Celtics have all the offensive firepower an NBA team could imagine, but they're also a great defensive squad. Powell's defensive presence would only add to Boston's firepower, while Powell is also more than capable of dropping 10 points – on any given night. Follow us @TarHeelsWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels news, notes and opinions.
Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Emails provide glimpse into how Bill Belichick handled fallout from Jordon Hudson's viral moment in CBS interview
Bill Belichick has said that Jordon Hudson was "simply doing her job" when she chimed in during his interview with "CBS Sunday Morning." (Photo by) Bill Belichick told North Carolina 'I don't want to make a wrong move here' when responding to the aftermath of his book interview with 'CBS Sunday Morning." The late-April interview went viral for the way that Belichick's girlfriend Jordon Hudson chimed in when the 73-year-old coach was asked a question about how the two met. Instead of Belichick answering — and likely deflecting — the innocuous question from interviewer, the 24-year-old Hudson curtly said the topic was off-limits. Advertisement That moment thrust the relationship between the two into an even bigger spotlight and led to Belichick releasing a statement saying that Hudson had no direct involvement with North Carolina football and that he had a 'personal and professional' relationship with her. In communications between Belichick and employees at North Carolina obtained by WRAL, the coach wanted advice on his post-interview statement and said that Hudson was at the interview because no PR representative from his publisher Simon & Schuster was there. From WRAL: 'Jordon and I have both a personal & professional relationship,' Belchick wrote in the email. 'This is not a secret. Jordon assists me with my personal media, which is why I asked UNC to forward media requests (E.G. CBS 60 Minutes) to her. Jordon has zero involvement in the UNC football program, beyond the degree that my personal media intersects with it.' CBS wanted to do the interview in Chapel Hill, Belichick wrote in an email, 'which I rejected because UNC was not part of the book.' The interview took place in Annapolis, Maryland, at the site of Belichick's former high school. Belichick wore a tattered U.S. Naval Academy sweatshirt during the interview. His father coached at Navy for decades. 'Jordon was present at the CBS interview because David Kass, the Simon & Schuster publicist, was not there,' Belichick wrote, referring to the publisher of his book. 'I included Jordon in the book acknowledgments because she was a creative contributor to the book, including having the idea for formatting the 4 special pages in the book.' Belichick also claimed that CBS 'secretly' had a camera trained on Hudson during the interview. In an email, Belichick said that Hudson had asked where she could sit off camera and that 'secretly, CBS had a camera focused on Jordon where lead producer Gabe [Falcon] instructed her to sit.' Advertisement The coach also said that CBS wanted to do a walk-and-talk with Doukopil for the interview package but he declined after the question about Hudson. According to TMZ, the moment that CBS aired of Hudson was not the only time she chimed in during the interview. In his statement, Belichick said that Hudson was 'simply doing her job' and said that he only wanted to focus on topics in his book during promotional interviews. He also added that he was 'surprised when unrelated topics were introduced.' Doukopil asked Belichick about New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and why he was omitted from the book. Advertisement If the subject of Kraft was off-limits to Belichick because he wasn't in the book, the same can't be said for Hudson. She is mentioned in the book acknowledgments and Belichick told UNC staff that she was included 'because she was a creative contributor to the book, including having the idea for formatting the four special pages in the book.' After Belichick's statement was released, CBS said there were no preconditions on the interview and that fact was 'confirmed repeatedly with his publisher before the interview took place and after it was completed.'
Bloomberg
11 hours ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Thriving Southern Cities Face Economic Threat From Funding Cuts
Economics North Carolina's Research Triangle shows how federal efforts to curb spending are unleashing economic uncertainty in communities across the US. The same economic anchor that propelled North Carolina's Research Triangle into one of America's most thriving economies now risks becoming a liability. Major academic institutions in the community have helped lure businesses of all sizes — and the jobs that come with them — to Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, transforming an economy once reliant on industries like tobacco and textiles into a leading science and technology hub.
USA Today
a day ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Player was DQ'd from KPMG Women's PGA for scorecard infraction
Player was DQ'd from KPMG Women's PGA for scorecard infraction Heather Angell was disqualified from the KPMG Women's PGA Championship on Thursday after signing an incorrect scorecard. The 2024 and 2021 South Florida PGA Southwest Teacher of the Year returned a scorecard with a hole score lower than what she actually made (Rule 3.3b(3)). Angell signed for a score of five on the par-5 16th hole when the actual score was six. She opened with a 15-over 87 on the Fields Ranch East course. The former UNC player finished fifth at the 2024 LPGA Professionals Championship to earn a spot on the 2025 Corebridge Financial Team and was competing in her second KPMG Women's PGA. She played professionally from 2003 to 2019.
