Acting Navy secretary salutes Lincoln crew amid mental health crisis reports

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao is saluting the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier after lawmakers raised concerns about conditions during its long deployment — saying nobody died from a “small number” of mental health crises on board. “The USS Abraham Lincoln crushed their deployment and will return home soon as part of a planned rotation. Details will come but let me be clear: the safety and security of our Sailors and Marines always comes first,” he posted on X. “Mission accomplishment. Troop Welfare. This is how we lead.” He wrote that “a small number of mental health…

Aaron Judge takes major step toward Yankees return

Aaron Judge’s lengthy route back to the Yankees’ lineup has taken another step. Judge played catch Friday for the first time since landing on the injured list in early June with a stress fracture in his first right rib, manager Aaron Boone said Saturday before the Yankees continued a series…

Karl Ravech finally opens up on shocking ESPN layoff

To Karl Ravech, seeing news of his status at ESPN — the network that laid him off last month — and reading about everything “has been surreal.” But Ravech, addressing everything for the first time since the decision during an appearance on “Westwood One Sports Night” on Friday, added that…

Cancer-fighting gum chews away at 93% of oral HPV

You may soon be able to walk and chew cancer-fighting gum at the same time.  Researchers have bioengineered chewing gum to attack three microbes linked to oral cancer, including human papillomavirus, the most common sexually transmitted infection. It was 93% effective in reducing the virus in saliva samples.  The research…

Three things to watch for in Giants’ preseason opener vs. Vikings

Three things to watch for in the Giants’ preseason opener against the Vikings on Saturday afternoon at MetLife Stadium: 1. Odell Beckham Jr. will play in a Giants uniform for the first time since Dec. 2, 2018. He somehow never played at MetLife Stadium as a visitor. The cheers he…

Nate Lavender has ‘proven himself out here’ in overhauled Mets bullpen

ATLANTA — Nate Lavender’s early returns have left the biggest impression on Mets officials just over a week since the bullpen was overhauled.  The lefty entered Tuesday with three scoreless outings in as many appearances, spanning 3 ¹/₃ innings, with only one hit allowed and five strikeouts. Lavender has joined…

RFK Jr goes nuclear over LA’s homeless agency as feds threaten to cut off 0M

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. brought a flamethrower to Los Angeles Tuesday, blasting the city’s homelessness system as a taxpayer-funded failure and warning that the Trump administration will cut off federal cash to programs that don’t get people off the streets. “We cannot solve homelessness by funding systems that perpetuate it,”…

Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez’s Relationship Timeline

Stronger every day. Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez‘s love for one another has guided them through even their biggest challenges. The couple were first linked two years after the former Manchester United player‘s 2015 split from Irina Shayk. Ronaldo was already the father of son Cristiano Jr., born in 2010,…

Ex-Jets linebacker earns UFC contract after wild 34-second knockout

A former Jet is taking flight… in the UFC. Ex-Jets linebacker Anthony Wint earned a UFC contract after defeating Matthew Adams in a heavyweight bout on “Dana White’s Contender Series.” Wint took down Adams via TKO 34 seconds into the first round of their Tuesday night fight, delivering a flurry…

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