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Giants vs. Lions: Preview, prediction, what to watch for in Week 12
An inside look at Sunday’s Giants-Lions NFL Week 12 matchup in Detroit: Marquee matchup Lions RBs Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery vs. Giants run defense Jahmyr Gibbs Getty Images Anyone suspect this is a mismatch? The Giants are 30th in the league in run defense, allowing a bloated 149.9 yards per game. The Lions are…
Read MoreBill Maher hits back at Larry David’s ‘dumb’ NYT op-ed criticizing his dinner with Trump
Bill Maher is firing back against fellow liberal comedian Larry David. The HBO host slammed David’s April op-ed in The New York Times, “My Dinner with Adolf,” calling it “dumb” and “unhelpful.” The “Seinfeld” co-creator’s op-ed satirized Maher’s cordial dinner with President Donald Trump in March, depicting a fictional dinner between himself and Adolf Hitler in 1939 and reflecting…
Read MoreThese Wizard of Oz Secrets Will Make You Feel Right at Home
Rumor also had it—thanks to the stars of the movie, no less—that the little people cast as the residents of Munchkinland ran amok in their free time. “They were little drunks,” Garland said in a 1967 interview with Jack Paar. “They got smashed every night and the police used to scoop them up in butterfly nets.”…
Read MoreDisgraced ex-news anchor Stephanie Hockridge sentenced in massive COVID fraud scheme — will be jailed with Ghislaine Maxwell
Disgraced ex-TV anchor Stephanie Hockridge will spend the next ten years behind bars for her role in a multi-million-dollar COVID fraud scheme – serving her time in the same cushy lockup as notorious sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. The 42-year-old, a former Phoenix TV anchor turned entrepreneur, was sentenced in Texas federal court Friday and ordered…
Read MorePresident says Chicagoans are ‘chanting bring in Trump’ after violent downtown riot leaves 8 shot, 1 dead
President Donald Trump on Saturday said Chicagoans are asking to “bring in Trump” amid a recent crime wave in the Democrat-run city. At least eight teens were shot, one fatally, and multiple police officers were attacked Friday after a riot broke out in the Chicago Loop, the city’s downtown central business district. “Massive crime and rioting in the Chicago Loop…
Read MoreHarrison Phillips showing Jets what playing through pain looks like
BALTIMORE — Jets defensive tackle Harrison Phillips could barely walk after last week’s loss to the Patriots. Phillips was dealing with a foot injury, the severity of which he can’t reveal, but it is serious enough that he was in a walking boot before and after the game. Somehow, Phillips managed to play 41 snaps…
Read MoreIn Its Best Week Since 2021, Sotheby’s Hit $1.173B With a $54.7M Kahlo Finale
On November 20, Sotheby’s generated a combined total of $304.6 million between the Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection, Exquisite Corps and Modern Evening sales. Julian Cassady Photography / Ali Of the $1.6 billion of art expected to change hands during this year’s November sales, $1.1 billion was secured by Sotheby’s when the evening sales concluded…
Read MoreNic Claxton’s first career triple-double flashed all the ‘growth’ Nets have waited for
It was a performance Nic Claxton was “flirting with” throughout the season, he described on Friday. He knew it was only a matter of time before he got his first on the stat sheet and it finally came during an impressive 113-105 win over the Celtics in TD Garden. Claxton recorded his first career triple-double…
Read MoreJets hope to spark offense against Ravens as Tyrod Taylor gets starting nod
BALTIMORE — It’s Tyrod’s turn. The Jets made a quarterback change this week after watching Justin Fields struggle for most of this season, turning to veteran Tyrod Taylor to start Sunday’s game against the 5-5 Ravens. Taylor, 36, started against the Buccaneers earlier this season when Fields was injured but has spent the rest of…
Read MoreDisney’s original Tinker Bell, 96, reveals trait she snuck into the film
All it takes is faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust. And a whole lot of dance! According to Margaret Kerry, who was the model for Disney’s original Tinker Bell, the actress and dancer was able to put herself into the creation of the fairy. The 96-year-old worked closely with Disney animator Marc…
Read MoreThe MLB betting scandal that has long been forgotten — but shouldn’t be
Usually, these kinds of anniversary stories have a nice, round number attached to them — 25 years since, 50 years since, 100 years since. This one doesn’t. This one notes a forgotten piece of baseball history that seems awfully relevant all of a sudden, Today, we remember Nov. 23, 1943. Today, we remember the day…
Read MoreLamar Jackson isn’t Superman right now — but Jets will still have their hands full
BALTIMORE — This isn’t two-time MVP Lamar Jackson. Ask his barking ankle. Ask his quarrelsome knee. He won’t be winning a third MVP. But that’s still Lamar Jackson. Just because there may be no cape for the Jets to tug on doesn’t mean they should dare to assume that he can’t be Superman at any…
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