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,…

Gold and silver plummet — here’s why Iran war is hammering prices

Gold and silver futures plummeted Thursday to one-month lows after a historic metals rally earlier this year as the Iran war crushed hopes for interest rate cuts anytime soon. Precious metals are seen as a safe-haven asset thanks to their ability to hold value while other assets fall, and typically…

Nearly 90K bottles of Children’s Ibuprofen Oral Suspension recalled nationwide after complaints of ‘gel-like mass’

A children’s pain reliever sold nationwide has been recalled after reports of foreign material in the product, according to federal regulators. Nearly 90,000 bottles of Children’s Ibuprofen Oral Suspension have been recalled after consumers reported finding a “gel-like mass and black particles” inside the medication, according to an enforcement report…

Monte Verde, one of the earliest Indigenous sites in South America, is much younger than thought, study claims. But others call it ‘egregiously poor geological work.’

A team of archaeologists is questioning the 14,500-year-old date of Monte Verde in Chile, one of the oldest human occupations in the Americas, and proposing a much younger age for the key Paleo-Indian site. The researchers suggest their new date challenges the current narrative of how early the Americas were…

UCLA’s Tyler Bilodeau, Donovan Dent set to play in NCAA Tournament

PHILADELPHIA — Tyler Bilodeau took a pass, rose from near the free-throw line and swished a jumper. On the other end of the court, Donovan Dent made a step-back jumper. All signs pointed toward UCLA’s two leading scorers returning Friday when the Bruins open the NCAA Tournament inside Xfinity Mobile…

Hochul delivers savage response to renaming NYC train station for Trump

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Manhattan’s Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station will keep its name — despite President Trump requesting that the major hub be renamed after him. “It will over my dead body,” Hochul said when asked Thursday whether the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s name should remain on…

Should compulsive shopping and gaming be considered an addiction? Psychiatrists are considering expanding the definition.

What counts as an addiction — should compulsive shopping or gaming qualify?Researchers are currently debating whether to classify problematic behaviors as addictions in the next edition of psychiatry’s “bible” of mental health disorders. The current version of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5, includes…

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