Breaking down winners and losers of first round of 2026 NBA Draft

A look at the winners and losers of the first round of the NBA draft: Winners 76ers A home run of a pick, landing Alabama guard Labaron Philon Jr. at No. 22. He should’ve gone in the late teens at worst. He was one of college basketball’s top guards last season, averaging 22 points, five assists and shooting 39.9 percent from distance on 6.1 attempts. He’s terrific going to the basket, has a sweet jumper and made a major leap from his freshman to sophomore season. Teams were concerned that he would struggle to hold up defensively at only 176…

Tyler Mahle shines, Giants walk off A’s with two homers in ninth

Where has this Tyler Mahle been? The woeful Giants walked off the A’s, 2-1, with two homers in the ninth, but don’t let that distract you from the biggest development of a foggy Wednesday evening at Oracle Park. Mahle looked like a totally different pitcher than the one that owned…

Mets trade David Peterson to Cubs as they dump struggling lefty

Could this be the beginning of a Mets sell-off? The Mets have dealt left-handed starter David Peterson to the Cubs after getting swept in a doubleheader by Chicago, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed. New York will receive minor league third baseman Cole Mathis as the return, The Athletic’s Will Sammon…

DCC’s Kelli Finglass on Where She Stands With the Bramhall Family After Cutting Dayton for 3rd Time (Exclusive)

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders director Kelli Finglass revealed where her relationship stands with associate choreographer Shelly Bramhall after cutting Shelly’s daughter, Dayton, for the third consecutive time.  “We are still standing,” Finglass, 61, exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday, June 23. “Shelly is still reporting to work and contributing in a…

Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries shrug off Mamdani’s NYC socialist sweep — as ‘normie’ Dems erupt over ‘wackjob’ invasion

WASHINGTON — Democratic congressional leaders downplayed wins for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s handpicked challengers in primary races Tuesday, as moderates clamored for results to be a wake-up call for the party establishment. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) claimed the elections showed “a great united party,” and House…

Trump cuts off NATO’s Mark Rutte in Oval Office with stinging two-word comeback

WASHINGTON — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte aggressively flattered President Trump during a Wednesday visit to the Oval Office while making a brazen claim that European allies hadn’t snubbed Trump during the Iran war. Rutte brought two large gold-lettered charts hailing Trump’s success in boosting NATO military spending as he…

The fun activities that can trick your body into aging slower

Forget the fountain of youth — the secret to staying young may lie in how you spend your free time. New research has identified a series of fun activities that appear to help slow how quickly the body ages, with effects similar to those linked to exercise. But don’t expect…

8-year-old African American boy from Colonial Maryland found buried with white Colonists, and it’s unclear if he was enslaved

A composite image of Anne Wolseley Calvert, whose skeletal remains excavated from a 17th-century cemetery have been superimposed onto an image of what she may have looked like in life.(Image credit: Chip Clark/Smithsonian Institution)Two indentured servants and an 8-year-old boy who was possibly enslaved were buried alongside distinguished local families…

Brutal first-punch KO ends boxing match in controversy: ‘Super unfair’

The first and only punch of a boxing match delivered a knockout and plenty of controversy. Viktor Jurk, 26, landed a vicious left-hook knockout of Edwin Castillo, 23, to open their heavyweight fight on the Karen Chukhadzhian-Paddy Donovan undercard in Mannheim, Germany, on Friday night.  “Unbelievable,” DAZN play-by-play man Adam…

Buzz kill! Feds nix VA contract to buy thousands of vibrators for female vets

The Veterans’ Affairs Administration pulled the plug this month on a Biden-era initiative to supply vibrators to female vets. Lawmakers and watchdogs says it’s only the latest out-of-touch proposal from the free-spending agency. The off-the-shelf machines – called “Clitoral Therapy Devices” – were for the “clinical needs of impaired patient…

AI job screeners prefer AI-written resumes over human ones, researchers find

Choose your bot wisely. Job seekers desperate for a new gig now have to contend with a thoroughly modern hurdle: applicant tracking systems that automatically give preference to candidates who used AI to write their resumes. A recent study found AI-powered applicant tracking systems, or ATS, not only prefer AI-written…

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