Mikal Bridges finally gets chip off his shoulder with Knicks title win: ‘I’m still here’

SAN ANTONIO — Over the past two seasons, there has been no bigger lightning rod on the Knicks roster than Mikal Bridges. He was an easy target for his inconsistency, but mostly because each of his performances was judged against the five first-round picks the Knicks used to get him from Brooklyn — picks that could have landed a superstar, such as Giannis Antetokounmpo. But in the early hours of Sunday morning, Bridges wore a hat and shirt that declared him an NBA champion, taking sips of champagne after wiping away tears of joy. He was a vital piece of…

UFC Freedom 250 spectacle went off after concerning delayed start

Better late than never for the UFC’s one-of-a-kind event at the White House. UFC Freedom 250 went off following a first-ever UFC rain delay Sunday night on the South Lawn, pushing back the broadcast’s start time by 20 minutes amid concerns of thunderstorms in the area. “We thought this thing…

Mike Brown let Knicks stars air grievances in meetings before playoff run

The airing of grievances is a Festivus tradition. The Knicks’ playoff run began with a Festivus of their own. Head coach Mike Brown met individually with each of his five starters — Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart — and then all of them collectively…

People are battling ‘ghost fat’ after losing weight on GLP-1s

Sometimes, seeing isn’t believing. Across the country, Americans are losing weight faster than ever thanks to blockbuster obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, with roughly one in eight US adults now turning to GLP-1s to slim down. But for some users, the dramatic physical changes come with an unexpected psychological…

How Lionel Messi changed everything about soccer in America

When acclaimed soccer writer Paul Tenorio followed Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami team to Dallas for one of the superstar’s first road games in America in 2023, the scene outside the team’s Renaissance Plano hotel was strangely calm. A few fans lingered behind barriers. Nothing unusual. Nothing chaotic. Not…

Science news this week: Ötzi the Iceman used to make sourdough, Italian teenagers discover Roman villa under school, Google plans to release 64 million mosquitos, and RIP to NASA’s Maven probe

Surprise discoveries that were thousands of years in the making dominated this week’s science news, with scientists discovering that Ötzi the Iceman’s body was teeming with ancient yeasts, which scientists promptly used to make a sourdough.First discovered in Italy’s Ötztal Alps in September 1991, Ötzi was a prehistoric man who…

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