The Nets declined their $6.25 million team option for forward Ziaire Williams on Sunday, sources told The Post. While Brooklyn could still end up re-signing Williams, he’ll be an unrestricted free agent after spending the past two seasons with the Nets and is coming off a career year. Since his cap hold is actually higher than what his salary was, the Nets wouldn’t save any space by declining his team option unless they actually go ahead and renounce his rights. Williams averaged a career-high 10.2 points and 1.4 steals in 22.9 minutes last season, spread over 56 games (13 starts).…
BOSTON — For the first time since a gruesome ankle injury last May, Oswaldo Cabrera was back in a big league lineup Sunday night. It did not go as well as he had hoped, though, with a crucial fielding error giving way to a pair of runs early on the…
Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass is celebrating her electoral primary victory in style at the 2026 BET Awards. Bass, 72, was all smiles while walking the red carpet at L.A.’s Peacock Theater on Sunday, June 28, wearing a power suit for the occasion. Bass donned a fitted blue pantsuit with…
WASHINGTON — GOP Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Sunday urged President Trump to reconsider his decision to yank temporary protective status for thousands of Haitians, who the prez once claimed are “eating the dogs.’’ DeWine — whose state has more than 10,000 Haitians with that status — acknowledged that the…
The Heat are expected to remain busy this offseason. And in reality, they have no choice. The three-time NBA champions made a big swing earlier this week, landing Giannis Antetokounmpo after a year-long pursuit, and now they’re looking to add role players to fill out the rest of their roster…
SAN FRANCISCO — The Liberty were “out” of their league. They got outclassed, outplayed and outcoached by the undersized Valkyries, who won 76-67. Jonquel Jones called out the team’s lack of heart following the Storm loss — another example of New York getting outworked by a lesser opponent. Breanna Stewart…
Jennifer Lopez left little to the imagination as she took the stage at the Prime Video’s inaugural Obsessed Fest. Lopez, 56, wowed attendees with a surprise musical performance, sporting a flesh-colored bodysuit adorned with beads and illustrations reminiscent of tattoo ink. “Tough Luck” was written on the bodice, while “God…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Sunday refused to say whether he supports the existence of prisons. While showering praise on Darializa Avila Chevalier — the divisive far-left democratic socialist who won the Dem nod for New York’s 13th Congressional District and has called to abolish prisons — Mamdani dodged revealing if…
Bryson DeChambeau says he has not been playing “good enough golf” as the reason for why he’s missed three straight cuts in majors this season. The latest disappointment came earlier this month on Long Island when he missed the cut at the U.S. Open, finishing the first two days of…
Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan has an unusual request for fans planning to attend his Great Divide Tour concerts. “If you have to poop at a show please, dear God, just go to the bathroom,” Kahan, 29, wrote via X on Saturday, June 27. “Lmao I’ve pooped my pants as much as…
Tech billionaires behind California Forever are attempting an end run around years of local resistance by asking Sacramento to slash environmental reviews and potentially sidestep county voter restrictions in a bid to force through their planned utopian city. The billionaire-backed development group is lobbying Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers…
Nearly one million bottles of heart and kidney medication have been recalled nationwide over the possibility of a “foreign substance,” according to the US Food and Drug Administration. California-based Amgen, Inc. voluntarily recalled at least 944,142 bottles of Corlanor and Sensipar tablets after “unexpected foreign matter” was found “in the reserve sample of…
SAN FRANCISCO — It takes a lot for Willy Adames, who played 160 games last year and 161 the year before, to come out of a baseball game. So with that context, be the judge of just how much discomfort the Giants shortstop was in after going down swinging for…
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Republicans are in a strong position to pick up congressional seats in New York in November, a defiant new GOP analysis claims — while Dems laughed off the notion as “fantasy.” The analysis by the National Republican Campaign Committee suggests that GOP gubernatorial candidate and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman…
IRVINE, Calif. — Outside of injury, it’s the cruelest part of sports. But it’s the unforgiving reality facing the U.S. national team as the World Cup knockout stage begins. What happens next matters much more than what was just accomplished. What happens next will either enhance all the good that…
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Hollywood has been showing out for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with several A-list celebrities attending matches at Los Angeles Stadium throughout the tournament. Canada’s historic Round of 32 showdown with South Africa on Sunday afternoon was no different, as the inaugural match drew a celebrity crowd…
Argentina soccer player Lucas Trejo’s wife and two children have been killed in the devastating Venezuela earthquakes. “Club Sport Marítimo La Guaira deeply regrets the irreparable loss of the wife and children of our player Lucas Trejo. His wife Yanina and their children Aaron and Ainhoa. At this time of…
Former Gov. David Paterson warned New York Democrats could face extinction if they don’t thwart a socialist takeover that’s leaving moderates out to dry. The warning from Paterson, who also served as the state’s party chairman, comes days after a slate backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists…
Google has put limits on Meta’s use of its Gemini AI models after the social media company sought more computing capacity than the rival tech group could provide, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Google, owned by Alphabet, told Meta around March it could not meet the full Gemini capacity the company had sought…
A chance to win a game. A chance to win a series. A chance to seize momentum under interim manager Andy Green, and a chance to begin a streak that might rescue a team that is hurtling toward the trade deadline. All of those chances were wasted on an afternoon…
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GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman blasted Gov. Kathy Hochul for enabling Mayor Zohran Mamdani — calling the pair “dangerous” as he said New Yorkers should vote for him to restore sanity to the state. “The only way to save this state is to support my campaign this year, because left-wing…
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Lakers, one again, were so close. But they kept getting in their own way in their 125-107 Game 2 loss to the Thunder at Paycom Center. The Lakers had too many self-inflicted wounds, like their 21 turnovers for 26 OKC points. Or the 17 second-chance points…
The White Lotus has faced a surprising amount of behind-the-scenes drama ranging from feuds to characters being recast. The White Lotus, which premiered in 2021, focuses on the guests and employees at a fictional resort as they experience a slew of personal ups and downs while on vacation. The anthology…
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s “Project Freedom” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be back on in days after a previously secret spat with Gulf allies which halted the military operation was resolved. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have quietly reopened their bases and airspace to the US military, which could…
Soc’ it to ’em! Launching a free youth soccer academy on Long Island was an easy pitch to Bolla Market CEO Harry Singh. The Garden City-based businessman is happily funding the initiative with American Soccer Club to give local talent a chance to shine without families coughing up big bucks…
Hayden Panettiere was in constant “fear” while living in Nashville after a stalker fixated on her before being sentenced to prison years later. “This is a very terrifying individual who wreaked havoc on my life for a long, long time,” Panettiere, 36, exclusively recalls in Us Weekly’s latest cover story,…
A key architect of California’s controversial billionaire tax acknowledged this week that the proposed one-time levy may end up becoming permanent. Economics professor Emmanuel Saez made the admission during a Tuesday debate against Arthur Laffer, the father of trickle-down economics, at the University of California, Berkeley. The billionaires tax —…
PHILADELPHIA — The Knicks and the 76ers have major health questions as the Eastern Conference semifinal series shifts to Xfinity Mobile Arena on Friday night. The two centers, Joel Embiid and Mitchell Robinson, missed Game 2. Robinson (illness) is probable to return and Embiid (sprained right ankle, right hip soreness)…
Justin Baldoni’s longtime friend Adam Mondschein is sharing a glimpse into the actor’s mindset after his It Ends With Us legal battle with Blake Lively was settled before trial. “His sentiment, to me, is just relief as a friend, but also needing prayers and love and thoughts to weather the…
Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) vehemently denied claims he burned and beat his ex-wife Thursday after photos surfaced purportedly showing the aftermath of the alleged physical abuse amid an ugly child custody battle. Emily Moreno – Miller’s ex-wife and the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) – has been documenting the…
Whirlpool’s shares plunged more than 20% after the company said consumer confidence has fallen to “recession level lows” because of the Iran war, tanking demand for its big appliances. The maker of Maytag, KitchenAid and Amana suffered a 9.6% sales drop in the first quarter. That was only slightly steeper…
Unlike the U.S men’s national team or any other of the 48 squads participating in the 2026 World Cup, the newly installed pitch at MetLife Stadium will not get any tune-up matches before the start of one of the globe’s biggest sporting events. FIFA officials were on hand Thursday to…
Every day can be National Tequila Day thanks to these celebrity-owned spirit companies. Sure, the actual National Tequila Day is on July 24, and Cinco De Mayo is May 5 every year, but who needs an excuse to sip a margarita? No matter the day, tequila-lovers can drink in style.…
WASHINGTON — A US government watchdog has found at least four more staffers for the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee aid agency “kidnapped” Israelis and aided Hamas’ terror attack on Oct. 7, 2023, information that is likely to feed into a federal criminal probe, sources told The Post. The USAID Office…
Corporate America is celebrating one of its strongest earnings seasons of the century — but analysts warned of possible storm clouds ahead as energy prices surge and consumer sentiment tanks because of the Iran war. About two-thirds of the way through the first-quarter earnings season, a whopping 84% of the companies…
All the signings over the past few weeks inflated the Giants roster, and they released four players Thursday to get down to the 90-player limit. They parted ways with defensive tackles Elijah Chatman and Marlon Tuipulotu, linebacker Swayze Bozeman and wide receiver Courtney Jackson. Chatman was with the Giants the…
UPDATE 5/7/26 at 5:00 p.m. — Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale has spoken out after the battery charge against her was dropped following a court hearing on Wednesday, May 6. A judge dismissed the misdemeanor charge nolle pros, meaning the prosecution decided it no longer wanted to pursue charges. “We…
Dozens of California-based representatives sent a letter Thursday to the state’s attorney general urging him to conduct a “full and robust review” of the proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance Corporation. “If you determine that this merger would have anticompetitive effects, use your best judgment to pursue the appropriate course…
Shake Shake’s shares tumbled 30% on Thursday after it blamed disappointing financial results on bad weather, high beef prices and tourism declines. The Big Apple-based burger chain missed Wall Street’s estimates for sales and profits in the quarter ended April 1, losing $290,000 compared to last year when it posted…
Startling allegations have been made against University of Alabama Birmingham softball coach Taylor Smartt in a damming report that outlined alleged incidents of racist remarks and mental and physical abuse toward players. Smartt had “taken a step back” from the softball program last month, and a report from Sports Illustrated…
Nearly 30 years after Kristin Smart disappeared, the search for her body has continued after police issued a new search warrant in connection to her 1996 disappearance. Smart, 19, vanished from California Polytechnic State University, where she had just finished her freshman year, after she attended an off-campus party on…
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