Adele was the centre of a swirl of bad press on Wednesday after giving a middle finger salute when she was cut off during her acceptance speech at the Brit Awards Tuesday evening.

Madonna positioned herself as the queen of a new generation of pop stars at the Super Bowl halftime show, while guest performer M.I.A. shocked the crowd by giving them the finger.

The Detroit Red Wings said Friday that goalie Jimmy Howard suffered a broken finger in the previous night's road win in Vancouver.