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Chargers linebacker Joey Bosa. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
NBA fines Hornets’ LaMelo Ball $100K for ‘offensive and derogatory comment’ during interview
The NBA fined Hornets star LaMelo Ball $100,000 after he made an anti-gay comment during an interview following Charlotte’s 115-114 upset win over the struggling Bucks at home Saturday. Ball had been talking about the last play of the game, where Grant Williams successfully defended Giannis Antetokounmpo at the top of the key and forced … Read more
Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht is taking his shot, and swishing it
Lakers rookie guard Dalton Knecht, getting to the basket against San Antonio’s Julian Champagnie on Friday, shined in two starts this weekend. (Darren Abate / Associated Press) Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht, still sweaty from the career-high 27 points that helped bury the Pelicans on Saturday night, wanted a minute. His Tennessee Volunteers were driving against … Read more
Fox NFL pregame show takes shot at Netflix over Jake Paul-Mike Tyson streaming issues
Fox took a not-so-subtle shot at Netflix during its NFL pregame show Sunday. Co-host Curt Menefee brought up the fact that fellow co-host Rob Gronkowski was at Friday’s Mike Tyson-Jake Paul bout at AT&T Stadium, which aired on Netflix. “Our man Gronk was at the big Jake Paul fight against Mike Tyson,” Menefee began. “There … Read more
USC loses commitment from QB Julian Lewis, but gets one from Husan Longstreet
Corona Centennial quarterback Husan Longstreet runs with the ball during a game against Murrieta Valley on Oct. 18. Longstreet announced Sunday his commitment to USC. (Craig Weston) The plan had been in place for nearly two years, Lincoln Riley zeroing in on Julian Lewis as his quarterback in the 2025 recruiting class. The coach rarely … Read more
Jets lose heartbreaker against Colts on last-minute touchdown to bury their playoff hopes for good
Score one for the young guy. In a matchup between 22-year-old Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson and 40-year-old Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Richardson and the Colts prevailed. Richardson scored a four-yard rushing touchdown, his second of the game, with 46 seconds left in the game to give the Colts the 28-27 victory. The loss drops the … Read more
Backers of ‘City of Yes’ housing plan prepare final secret weapon to try to push it through
Backers of Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” housing plan are mounting a final blitz to try to pressure the City Council into approving the zoning overhaul — and they’re going straight to New Yorkers with it. The housing plan — the proposed first major change to the city’s zoning rules since 1961 that would … Read more
15-year-old boy shot at NYC subway station in latest burst of youth violence
A 15-year-old boy was shot at a Bronx subway station Saturday night in the latest example of spiking violence involving Big Apple youngsters. The shooting took place around 10 p.m. on the mezzanine level of the station at River Avenue and West 167th Street, an NYPD spokesman said Sunday. The teen was wounded in the … Read more
Older bully hangs second-grader by his neck in school bathroom — but district shockingly calls it ‘horseplay’: parent
A Maryland second grader was rushed to the hospital after he was “hung” in the boy’s bathroom by an older bully who told him “I’m going to show you how I did people back in the day,” his parents claim. The horrifying incident, which left the 7-year-old boy in the hospital with a neck contusion, … Read more
Plane crashes at Pomona dragstrip, jolting NHRA championship finals
The NHRA championship finals were briefly halted Sunday after a single-engine plane crashed near the track at the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip. (Marc Gewertz / AP) Two people were critically injured Sunday after a single-engine plane crashed near the track at the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, where fans were gathered for the finals of a … Read more