Kawhi Leonard confidant Cris Carter says decision coming Friday

#KawhiWatch may be nearing its end. Former NFL star Cris Carter, whose former agent Mitch Frankel represents Kawhi Leonard, said on Fox Sports 1 on Thursday morning that Leonard will make his free-agency announcement on Friday. “And that hasn’t changed from what we talked about this weekend, what we talked about Sunday before free agencyRead moreRead more

Queens DA race heats up as Tiffany Cab\u00e1n eyes rejected provisional ballots

Katz gets a revival! Borough President Melinda Katz’s newfound 20-vote margin over lefty insurgent Tiffany Cabán stunned New York’s political world Thursday and ensures a recount of the once-thought-done Democratic primary battle for Queens district attorney. The dramatic seesaw in the race has Cabán’s campaign eyeing the roughly 2,500 rejected provisional ballots subject to aRead moreRead more

Nike’s pathetic Colin Kaepernick bungle turned Betsy Ross flag into racist symbol

Nike is doing it wrong. I don’t mean the shoemaking, though that thing with Zion Williamson was pretty bad, I have to say. No, Nike is doing it wrong because it managed to do something that all the neo-Nazis, Klansmen, alt-righters and other denizens of the lowest coprophagic phylum of our political life could neverRead moreRead more

California hit by significant 6.4-magnitude earthquake

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake on Thursday struck Southern California, about 150 miles northeast of Los Angeles, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake near the city of Ridgecrest — the largest to hit the region in two decades — made buildings in LA rock for several seconds, according to CNN. There were no immediate reportsRead moreRead more

Kawhi Leonard warns free-agency suitors to keep quiet

Tread lightly. That seems to be the message Kawhi Leonard and his camp have sent to his free-agency suitors, telling the teams he’s meeting with, including the Lakers, Clippers and Raptors, to keep everything about the recruitment process to themselves. “The teams have simply been told this: If information on your presentation gets out, you’reRead moreRead more

Joey Chestnut wins 12th Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Contest

He’s still the top dog. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut won his 12th Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Thursday, downing 71 franks and buns in 10 minutes to take the annual Fourth of July feeding frenzy in Coney Island. Click Here: fjallraven kanken backpack But the astounding feat of eating was three wieners short of hisRead moreRead more

Michael Kay needs vocal cord surgery, will miss month of Yankees games

YES broadcaster Michael Kay will take a medical leave of absence after it was recommended he undergo surgery to correct an issue with his vocal cord, he announced Wednesday on Twitter. Kay, who missed Wednesday night’s Yankees-Mets game, said he expects to be out for around a month, an absence that will also keep himRead moreRead more

Where Elfrid Payton sees himself in the Knicks’ point-guard pecking order

LAS VEGAS — Elfrid Payton certainly didn’t sound like he was going to be a backup point guard for the Knicks. In fact, Payton said he had “so many options,” but picked the Knicks partly because of playing time. One of GM Scott Perry’s favorites, Payton agreed to terms on a two-year deal for $16Read moreRead more

Trump rips ‘total loser’ Justin Amash after he quits GOP

President Trump on Thursday slammed Rep. Justin Amash as a “total loser” — cheering the Michigan lawmaker’s decision to quit the GOP. “Great news for the Republican Party as one of the dumbest & most disloyal men in Congress is ‘quitting’ the Party. No Collusion, No Obstruction!” Trump tweeted hours after the 39-year-old libertarian announced hisRead moreRead more

Horrifying mix-up sees wrong man taken off life support at Chicago hospital

They thought they had lost their beloved brother for good, taking him off life support and painfully watching him die. Then he showed up for a family barbecue. In a shocking bungle, Chicago police misidentified a badly beaten and unconscious patient, leaving a family to mistakenly think he was their relative and remove him fromRead moreRead more