Evgeni Malkin re-signs with Penguins to return for 21st NHL season

Evgeni Malkin is back for another year in the Steel City.  The beloved Penguins star signed a one-year, $5.5 million contract on Tuesday, marking his return for his 21st NHL season, and one that will likely be his last.  Malkin will turn 40 later this summer and has spent his entire NHL career in a Penguins jersey.  In a video posted by the team, Malkin expressed his excitement to remain in Pittsburgh for another year, calling Tuesday the “best day of my life!”  “Best city. Best fans. I stay one more year,” he said earlier in the video. The new…

From Cartier’s golden gift to American astronauts to Madonna’s breast-baring Gaultier dress: Comité Colbert’s new exhibit celebrates France’s friendship with the US

Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were over the moon in 1969 when each was gifted a solid gold model of their Lunar Excursion Module created by Cartier. The glittering tribute to America’s pioneering spacemen was commissioned by the French newspaper Le Figaro, funded by its…

Gavin Newsom’s last state budget includes K portrait of himself

The time for Gavin Newsom honoring himself isn’t over yet. California’s governor wants taxpayers to spend $33,000 on an official portrait of Newsom, even as Democratic lawmakers fume over his “absurd” $20 million proposal to honor the state’s living former governors — an exclusive club of which he’ll soon be…

Bob Horner, 1978 National League Rookie of the Year, dead at 68

Former Braves star Bob Horner has died, the team announced Tuesday.  He was 68. Horner, the No. 1 pick in the 1978 draft, played 10 total seasons in the big leagues after skipping the minor leagues.  No cause of death was not given. “The Atlanta Braves extend sincere sympathies to…

Ranking the top QBs Justin Herbert, Chargers will face this season

Justin Herbert provides the Chargers with an advantage at the most important position on the football field in nearly every game. That said, the Bolts face a gauntlet of quarterbacks this year. Here is our ranking of every quarterback Herbert will square off against: 1. Matthew Stafford, Rams, Week 8…

Court blocks ‘tainted’ GOP-drawn Alabama congressional map

WASHINGTON — A federal court Tuesday blocked Republicans’ new congressional map in Alabama that was intended to give them a key seat pick-up opportunity. The GOP is expected to appeal the ruling to the US Supreme Court. The three-judge lower panel ruled that the top court’s related recent decision on…

Vice President JD Vance touts billions of dollars recovered from fraudsters

Vice President JD Vance claimed Tuesday an anti-fraud task force has worked to recover hundreds of billions of dollars in fraudulent small business loans, COVID-19 relief and student aid. “We referred over $22 billion in fraudulent small business loans back to the Treasury for collection,” Vance said at a White…

Knicks have shot to repeat feat 37 years in making — sweeping rival 76ers

PHILADELPHIA — Before social media and brand marketing and everything else that’s snatched away most genuine reactions from team sports, Charles Oakley, the enforcer and spokesman of the Knicks, told a ballboy, “Go get that broom.”  The Knicks were in Philadelphia and just completed a first-round sweep of the Sixers.…

Blake Snell returns in Dodgers’ loss to Atlanta Braves

If the game was viewed as an extension of spring training, which is basically what it was for Blake Snell, the Dodgers’ 7-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night could be charitably classified as a success. After missing the first six weeks of the season, Snell was throwing…

Steve Kerr signs two-year deal to remain as Warriors head coach

Steve Kerr will be remaining in The Bay for the near future. Kerr agreed to a two-year deal to remain as head coach of the Warriors, ESPN reported Saturday. The exact amount of the contract has yet to be disclosed, with league officials telling ESPN that the deal will keep…

Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman remembers late Braves manager Bobby Cox

If the sun is blocked at some point Sunday by clouds passing over Dodger Stadium, Freddie Freeman won’t move his sunglasses to the brim of his cap. He doesn’t want his shades to obscure the Dodgers’ logo. “It will be on the back of my hat,” Freeman said. “That’s Bobby.…

SoCal Dem candidate accused of X-rated harassment by staff

An Orange County Democrat’s struggling campaign is fighting back after ex-staffers accused the candidate of turning a discussion about her fake boobs into an all-hands meeting. Janet Keo Conklin, a real estate agent and La Palma council member who is seeking to become Orange County’s next assessor, has denied allegations…

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