WIGAN, England (AP) — Christian Wade is making another switch and this time he's staying in the rugby world.
The 33-year-old Wade, who spent three seasons trying to crack the Buffalo Bills' active NFL roster only to return to rugby union, has signed to play for rugby league's Wigan Warriors.
“I’m looking forward to this next chapter in my career and I can’t wait to get started,” Wade said in the team's announcement Friday.
Wade scored 82 tries during a seven-year spell with rugby union's Wasps before joining the NFL international player pathway program in 2019 and later signing with the Bills. He was assigned to the team's practice squad.
He returned to rugby union with Racing 92 in 2022 and joined Gloucester for the current season.
Wade’s contract will start at the conclusion of Gloucester's season in Premiership Rugby and extend for the remainder of Wigan’s campaign in the Super League.
“Christian is an exceptional athlete with highly transferable skills suited to rugby league,” Wigan chief executive Kris Radlinski said.
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FILE - Buffalo Bills' Christian Wade runs the ball for a touchdown during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019, in Orchard Park. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s motorcade took a different route than usual to the airport as he was departing Florida on Sunday due to a “suspicious object,” according to the White House.
The object, which the White House did not describe, was discovered during security sweeps in advance of Trump’s arrival at Palm Beach International Airport.
“A further investigation was warranted and the presidential motorcade route was adjusted accordingly,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Sunday.
The president, when asked about the package by reporters, said, “I know nothing about it.”
Trump left his Palm Beach, Florida, club, Mar-a-Lago, around 6:20 p.m. for the roughly 10-minute drive to the airport, but took a circular route around the city to get there.
During the drive, police officers on motorcycles created a moving blockade for the motorcade, at one point almost colliding with the vans that accompanied Trump.
Air Force One was parked on the opposite side of the airport from where it is usually located and the lights outside the plane were turned off.
Anthony Guglielmi, the spokesman for U.S. Secret Service, said the secondary route was taken just as a precaution and that “that is standard protocol.”
President Donald Trump departs Trump International Golf Club in the presidential limousine, known as The Beast, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
