Jeff Siemon, College Football Hall of Famer and four-time NFL Pro Bowler, dead at 75

Jeff Siemon, a four-time Pro Bowl linebacker who played 11 years in the NFL, died Saturday, the Vikings announced. He was 75. No cause of death was given. Born in Rochester, Minn., Siemon grew up in California and attended Stanford, where he became one of college football’s best linebackers. During the 1971 season, he won the Dick Butkus Award as the top player at the position at the college level. That same year, he was an All-American honoree and won the Pop Warner Trophy as the most valuable player on the West Coast. His accolades and accomplishments led the Vikings…

Hate exercise? You can actually fight dementia from your couch

Couch potatoes, rejoice: lounging around might not be so bad — at least for your brain. While exercise is known to help lower dementia risk, new research suggests that even a small change in how you spend your time sitting could also make a difference. That’s welcome news for Americans,…

Islanders vs. Panthers prediction: NHL picks, odds, best bet Saturday

Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. Islanders hockey isn’t for the faint of heart right now. Not only are the stakes massive, with every game essentially a must-win to keep…

NYPD, FDNY ready to renew their on-ice rivalry Sunday at UBS Arena

Put it over the radio: New York’s Bravest and Finest will light the lamps on the ice this weekend. The annual NYPD and FDNY hockey game — a grudge match filled with flying fists, punishing hits and high-octane play from the departments’ heroes — is a day circled on every…

Why does cannabis give people ‘the munchies’?

One of the best-known side effects of smoking cannabis is “the munchies,” or an intense increase in appetite. One minute someone might feel full, and the next they appear ravenous.This effect, known scientifically as cannabis-induced hyperphagia, is powerful enough that for regular marijuana users, it can even cause weight gain,…

Tennessee rips Iowa State to reach Elite Eight for third straight time

CHICAGO — Getting to the Elite Eight is becoming an annual event for Tennessee. This time, the Volunteers hope to go another round or two. Nate Ament scored 18 points, Ja’Kobi Gillespie finished with 16 and Tennessee beat Iowa State 76-62 on Friday night to advance to the regional finals…

Heroes, zeroes from St. John’s Sweet 16 loss to Duke

Heroes and zeros from St. John’s 80-75 loss to Duke in their Sweet 16 matchup on Friday night in Washington:   Hero The likely consensus National Player of the Year, Cameron Boozer, led Duke in crunch time. His three-point play with 3:06 left pushed the Blue Devils’ lead to three.…

Barack Obama greenlit Gavin Newsom’s Prop. 50 gerrymander

Former President Barack Obama gave his explicit blessing to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Prop. 50 redistricting measure, the governor revealed in an interview. Newsom was “very nervous” calling Obama for advice last summer over Prop. 50 — which passed overwhelmingly in November and shuffled California’s congressional maps to favor Democrats in…

Vance assembles cabinet secretaries for first anti-fraud task force meeting

WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance gathered Trump administration bigwigs Friday for his first anti-fraud task force meeting — saying the team would reverse a more relaxed approach to verification of social services benefits. Follow The Post’s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis “A lot…

Luka Doncic leads Lakers to blow out win over Nets

The first game after a lengthy road trip can be tricky.  Coach JJ Redick warned ahead of the Lakers’ home matchup against the Nets that games like Friday night can often feel like road games. And it showed for the Lakers, who struggled early on against the tanking Nets. But…

Lakers’ Luka Doncic picks up 16th technical foul against Nets

Less than a week after avoiding a suspension because of an accumulation of technical fouls, Lakers star guard Luka Doncic picked up his 16th technical foul of the season on Friday night, meaning he’ll have to serve a one-game suspension in the team’s next game.  Doncic picked up the technical…

Dodgers get 2025 World Series rings. Here’s how they look

The Dodgers had an idea about the grandiose nature of their 2025 World Series rings. “It is substantial,” manager Dave Roberts joked Friday afternoon. “I heard the ring is pretty over the top,” added now-retired pitcher Clayton Kershaw a little while later. Indeed, when the club unveiled the jewelry for…

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