BUFFALO, N.Y. — Khalil Shakir had his signature big, bright smile on his face as he opened the van door. Inside the vehicle, 19 dogs were waiting as Shakir arrived to save them from being euthanized.

On Sunday, the Buffalo Bills wide receiver helped local rescue, Nickel City Canine Rescue, with a transfer of dogs from Clarke County Animal Shelter — who has to euthanize dogs when space is needed.

The fosters who work with Nickel City Canine Rescue selected 19 dogs that they were able to save. It is the same shelter that the Shakirs’ dog, Missy, was rescued from by Nickel City, and then adopted by the family last year.

This was not the first time that Shakir and his wife, Sayler, assisted with a transport, including helping save 26 dogs in May. They have also been active in helping with dog rescues and animal welfare, especially in the western New York community.

The video of the transport that went viral came just a day after the Shakir Family Foundation held a large pet adoption event Saturday. Eight local rescues took part in the event, with a variety of Bills players attending in support, along with many members from the community. Eighteen dogs from Nickel City were adopted at the event.

It was mentioned to Shakir at the event that the transport of dogs was coming in the next day.

“[Shakir’s] eyes lit up! He said he would love to come help again,” a representative for Nickel City Canine Rescue said in an email.

The fourth-year wide receiver was also accompanied to help with the transport by his mother, Mona, and two best friends.

Manchester City have completed the signing of goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from Paris Saint-Germain.

The Italy international has moved to the Etihad Stadium in a deal worth €30 million ($40.2m). He’s signed a five-year contract to replace Ederson in Pep Guardiola’s squad.

Ederson’s eight-year stay at City is at an end after the Brazilian joined Fenerbahce for €14m.

“To have signed for Manchester City is such a special and proud moment for me,” said Donnarumma.

“I am joining a squad packed with world-class talent and a team led by the one of the greatest managers in the history of football in Pep Guardiola.

“This is a club every player in world football would love to join.

“I have admired watching Manchester City for many years so to now be able to play for the club is a huge honour and a privilege.”

Donnarumma, a Champions League winner with PSG last season, will fight it out with James Trafford to be Guardiola’s No.1.

Trafford, who rejoined the club from Burnley in a £27m deal earlier in the summer, has started City’s first three Premier League games of the season.

Ederson left the Etihad on Tuesday after a glittering stint in Manchester during which he won 15 major trophies including six Premier League titles.

He was also named in the PFA Premier League team of the year twice and won the Premier League golden glove award three times in a row between 2020 and 2022.

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“I leave Manchester City incredibly proud of what we have achieved together, and I am honoured to have worn the shirt so many times,” said Ederson.

“Under Pep, we have won and dominated the Premier League and conquered Europe. It has been amazing.

“I arrived in Manchester eight years ago full of hope, but I could not have predicted such a beautiful time together.

“Playing for City has been the most special time of my life and I will always be a fan of this special club.”

Ederson wasn’t the only exit from the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday. Defender Manuel Akanji completed his move to Inter Milan.

“I cannot wait to meet the Inter fans at San Siro, in the first home game that we’ll have: I am waiting for that moment,” Akanji told Inter’s website.

One TCU player took a jab at Bill Belichick’s girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, following the Horned Frogs’ 48-14 rout of the Tar Heels on Monday night.

Belichick’s college coaching debut was less than memorable, but the TCU players can forever say they handed the legendary coach his first loss at this level. Defensive captain Bud Clark invoked Hudson’s name during an Instagram Live from the Horned Frogs’ locker room after the game.

“Belichick gotta call for his girlfriend,” Clark, who had a pick-six in the win, was heard saying in a clip. “… He sad.”

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Hudson, 24, was spotted on the Tar Heels’ sideline before the game talking to Belichick, which some believed was odd behavior. She was also seen in a suite at Kenan Stadium alongside one of Belichick’s New England Patriots stars, wide receiver Randy Moss.

Hudson and Moss weren’t the only celebrities who flocked to Chapel Hill to witness the start of the Belichick era, as alumni such as Michael Jordan and Lawrence Taylor were also at the stadium. Legendary UNC basketball coach Roy Williams also attended, along with many other celebrities and athletic figures showing support for Belichick.

Hudson and Belichick created the wrong type of stir leading up to the 74-year-old coach’s debut, most notably the controversial “CBS Sunday Morning” interview.

UNC football coach Bill Belichick on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, during a press conference inside the Kenan Football Center. (IMAGN)

Hudson declared, “We’re not talking about that,” when Belichick was asked about how the couple met. Emails obtained by WRAL show Belichick addressing the controversy over his romantic and professional relationship with Jordon Hudson, where he claimed in one of them that CBS “secretly” had a camera focused on Hudson despite the model requesting to sit off camera.

“I met Jordon randomly on a flight to Palm Beach in 2021. That is no secret,” Belichick wrote in another email. “Jordon was not dodging the specific question regarding how we met, but rather was preventing the interview from continuing to probe into personal matters.”

Hudson also handles Belichick’s off-the-field career opportunities, and since the relationship began, it has been the punchline in jokes at award shows as well as storylines for national sports media.

But UNC football general manager Michael Lombardi was adamant when he said Belichick’s relationship with Hudson isn’t a distraction for the program.

North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Bill Belichick looks on from the sideline during the first half of a game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Kenan Stadium on Sept. 1, 2025, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina while Jordon Hudson attends the 2025 Fanatics Super Bowl Party at The Sugar Mill on Feb. 8, 2025, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Getty Images)

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“I mean, a lot of it is just noise,” he told ESPN Radio’s “Marty & McGee” in June. “And for us to be distracted by something that has no bearing, that has no relevance whatsoever, that is a complete falsehood, in terms of what people are saying or what they’re writing. It’s comical. And, for me, to really even attack anybody who’s saying it, gives them credibility. Which I don’t, because it’s a completely false narrative.”

Belichick will get another crack at notching his first collegiate win Saturday when the Tar Heels face in-state rival Charlotte 49ers.

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