Rickey Smiley is used to jokes; he is a comedian after all. But this week, Smiley made it clear there’s a difference between playful roasting and what feels like disrespect. The situation began last ...

Comedian and syndicated radio host Rickey Smiley recently weighed in on Stephen A. Smith's Omega Psi Phi blunder from his Straight Shooter SiriusXM show last week. In the January 13th episode of ...

Two parents from Tennessee couldn’t cope with the reason why their son’s homework was marked with a smiley face. In a post shared to Reddit’s r/funny channel, Evan, who goes by u/menotsorrythrowaway ...

The Smiley Company, the licensing business behind the Smiley mark, has launched a coffee brand called Smiley Coffee and opened a cafe on New York City’s Lower East Side. In keeping with the icon’s ...

IOWA CITY — When Gary Lee Bloore came into the world in 1946 in a small town near Maquoketa, his mother described him as a “blue baby.” The condition that gives infants bluish skin is caused by poorly ...

Viral social media posts claiming a celestial "smiley face" will appear on Christmas are false. The "smiley face" illusion is an optical effect caused by the alignment of a crescent Moon and two ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - One of the most famous fans of sports in Iowa has passed away. Gary “Smiley” Bloore died on December 22, 2025, following a battle with dementia, according to a Facebook ...

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley has been thrust into the national spotlight following the mass shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine more. So what else should you know ...

The mass shooting at Brown University has shoved Providence Mayor Brett Smiley into the national spotlight, causing some people, largely outside of the state to ask who he is. Since the shooting at ...

Bodies keep surfacing — and so do questions. There's a dark current in Houston's bayous this year, with 16 bodies recovered, five of them in the same week last month. City leaders are downplaying ...

Driving along Oregon 18 in the fall, near mile-marker 25, travelers might catch an unexpected sight: a smiley face in the trees. Nestled between the towns of Grand Ronde and Willamina, this cheerful ...