Kirk Cousins has hilarious mic’d-up response after passing John Elway on all-time touchdown passes list

Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins had a funny response after throwing his 301st career touchdown pass in the Raiders’ Week 1 win on Sunday. The 38-year-old quarterback, who threw three touchdowns in Las Vegas’ 27-13 home win over the Dolphins, knew he had passed Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway on the all-time list when he was talking with a person on the field after the game. “Hell of an accomplishment,” the man said to Cousins after his record-breaking touchdown pass to Ashton Jeanty, who had caught another TD earlier in the game. “Yeah, thank you, yeah. I just passed John…

Specialty clothing store closing all stores — including 9 in California

They don’t want no scrubs — not on shelves, anyway. Medical scrubs retailer Scrubs and Beyond dropped a bombshell today amid the ongoing national retail shrinkage saga — announcing the sudden shuttering of all of its physical store locations, shifting to a digital-only sales model. The specialty clothier currently has over…

Yankees beat up on Twins again to avoid post-playoff clinch hangover

MINNEAPOLIS — As the Yankees prepared for their game Tuesday, the visiting clubhouse at Target Field still smelled of stale champagne, the rug still wet from the morning cleaning it underwent hours after being drenched in a playoff-clinching celebration. Otherwise, there were no signs of a hangover for the Yankees,…

Pete Alonso hits game-tying blast against Mets for 300th career homer

In yet another surreal scene during a series that has been filled with them, Pete Alonso crushed a milestone, game-tying home run at Citi Field — and breathed in the adoration from Mets fans who had just watched him potentially steal a game from the team they root for. With…

Matthew Schaefer knows Islanders Year 2 isn’t going to get any easier

Matthew Schaefer was talking recently to his father, reminiscing about this time a year ago.  Schaefer was staying at a Long Island hotel, finishing up rookie camp. Even if everyone else knew it was unlikely he’d end up back in the Ontario League, he had to make the Islanders, had…

Are you worried about the US deploying weapons in space?

For years, the idea of nuclear weapons in space sounded more like science fiction than a realistic threat. That changed Monday (Sept. 14), when U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink announced at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference in Maryland that the U.S. had deployed “on-orbit space control weapons capable…

Giants’ win over Cowboys draws NBC’s best Sunday Week 1 rating in 11 years

People were really waiting all day for Sunday night. The Giants-Cowboys matchup averaged 25.7 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, which made it the most-watched Week 1 “Sunday Night Football” game since 2015 (which also happened to be Giants-Cowboys), NBC revealed in a release on Tuesday. Viewership for the 28-20…

Todd Blanche claims AI fears are Dem ploy ‘to influence the midterms’

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Todd Blanche claimed Tuesday that fears about artificial intelligence morphing into a “Terminator”-style takeover of humanity are “nothing but an effort to influence the midterms.” Blanche made the contention during an unusual press briefing in the Rose Garden as he served as the latest substitute press…

Forget data privacy, AI chatbots already know more than your own mother

We’re freaked out by how tailored our advertisements on Instagram are, or how much Pinterest seems to anticipate our interior design taste — and yet we continue to spoon-feed AI chatbots heaping piles of intensely personal information. AI companies are now in possession of heaps of personal information that social…

California restaurant’s heartbreaking closure after 31-year-run

That’s not amore. A treasured California Italian restaurant has closed after decades of business. Uricchio’s Trattoria in Bakersfield announced on Monday that they’ve served their last meal after 31 years in business downtown. Sign up for the California Morning Report newsletter The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right…

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