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Simone Biles’ family explains her absence from Olympics opening ceremony
Simone Biles was noticeably absent from the Olympics opening ceremony Friday, and according to her mom, she had good reason. Ronald and Nellie Biles quickly explained their daughter’s absence from the events on the Seine during an interview with NBC News’ Hoda Kotb and Snoop Dogg. “The first competition is Sunday, which is women’s qualifier, and so … of course, she needs to rest up before that competition,” Nellie Biles said. Athletes who participated in the opening ceremony were anticipated to be on their feet for over nine hours on Friday, so gymnasts competing on Sunday were discouraged from attending the festivities. Simone Biles fires back at...
Details of NCAA’s bombshell $2.8 billion settlemeant revealed — here’s what it means for college athletes’ pay
Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement agreed to by the NCAA and five power conferences, a deal that also paves the way for schools to directly compensate athletes while attempting to regulate payments from boosters. Details of the sprawling plan were filed Friday in federal court in the Northern District of California, a little more than two months after the framework of an agreement was announced. The deal must still be approved by a judge. “College athletes will finally be able to share in...
2024 Olympics opening ceremony ends in star-studded torch relay with Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal
One boat, four GOATs: Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, Carl Lewis and Nadia Comaneci comprised a star-studded squad that helped close out the torch relay for the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony Friday. Over the course of three months, the torch seared its flames across 450 towns and cities — spanning 65 regions, including five overseas territories. Once it reached the Eiffel Tower — after starting in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympics — Nadal was in charge of carrying the flame as part of an epic boat ride down the Seine River. Simone Biles’ family explains her absence from Olympics opening ceremony France...
Tony Adams enters Jets training camp with ‘more confidence’ and higher expectations
Tony Adams was an unknown entering the 2023 season. He ended up starting 15 games at safety in his second season. Now, he enters with more expectations and more belief in himself. “I think I have a lot more confidence,” Adams said Friday. “I feel like confidence comes from preparation and the best thing you can have is experience and I’ve got it now. I played a full season as a starter. I understand what’s going on in this defense. It’s Year 3 for me in this defense and I trust everybody around me, so the best is yet to come.” Adams had...
Allen Robinson’s leadership rubbing off as he fights for Giants role
Allen Robinson’s 11th NFL training camp is unlike any of the others. For the first time in a decade, the veteran wide receiver, who signed a one-year, $1.3 million deal with the Giants on May 9, has no guaranteed job in sight. “Being a veteran in this league, going into Year 11, I know that things can look multifaceted, you know, it’s about just being ready for when my number is called, but at the same time being able to help the younger guys,” Robinson, 30, said Friday after a quiet third day of camp. Though the Penn State product, the 61st overall...
Savannah Guthrie left ‘hot and bothered’ after 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony threesome moment
Savannah Guthrie was feeling a little “hot and bothered” after a segment in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony that gave heavy ménage à trois energy. “We are transitioning from the ‘liberty’ portion, which got us a little hot and bothered in the pouring rain,” the Today show host, 52, said with a wry smile during the Olympics broadcast on Friday, July 26, referencing one of three sections of the opening ceremonies that paid homage to the national motto of France: liberté, égalité, fraternité – liberty, equality, fraternity. The pre-taped bit showed three dancers in a library passing a book called,...
Michael Carter II is Jets’ ‘quiet assassin’ on star-studded defense
The Jets defense features more stars than a planetarium. From Sauce Gardner to Quinnen Williams to C.J. Mosley, the unit has players considered to be some of the best at their position all over the field. That’s may be why it is easy to overlook nickel cornerback Michael Carter II. He is not as splashy as Gardner or dynamic as Williams, but he is steady and has made himself into one of the best nickel cornerbacks in the NFL. Soon, he may be paid like one. “Yeah, I feel like that,” Carter told The Post this week when asked if he feels like...
Apparent drag ‘parody of Last Supper’ at Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony sparks controversy
A crew of drag queens performed an apparent “parody of the Last Supper” at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony Friday, drawing intense criticism across social media. “This is crazy. Opening your event by replacing Jesus and the disciples at the The Last Supper with men in drag,” Clint Russel, the host of the Liberty Lockdown podcast, fumed on X. “There are 2.4 billion Christians on earth and apparently the Olympics wanted to declare loudly to all of them, right out of the gate NOT WELCOME,” said Russel. During the show, a group of 18 performers struck poses behind a long...
Mets acquire Ryne Stanek in trade with Mariners to help beleaguered bullpen
Four days before the trade deadline, David Stearns made a move to fortify the Mets’ razor-thin bullpen. The team’s general manager made a trade with the Mariners for right-handed reliever Ryne Stanek, according to The Post’s Jon Heyman. Mets place emerging reliever Dedniel Nunez on IL, oust Adrian Houser in roster shakeup The Mets sent outfield prospect Rhylan Thomas — their No. 30-ranked prospect, per MLB pipeline — to Seattle in return. Brian Snitker calls out Braves outfielder for ‘unacceptable’ mistake that preceded game-ending gaffe CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR STARTING LINEUP NEWSLETTER The red-hot Mets are in need of quality bullpen arms, particularly with Dedniel Nunez going on the 15-day injured list on Friday. The hard-throwing Stanek has a 4.38 ERA with the Mariners and 44 strikeouts in 39 innings. He also has seven saves. For the latest in sports, top headlines, breaking news and more, visit nypost.com/sports/
The Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony was a boring, soaking-wet mess
Talk about miserables. The Paris Summer Olympic 2024 Opening Ceremony on Friday was so rough that the local dancers bungled the Can-Can. The Can-Can! What were the French thinking? Je ne comprend pas! Re-conceived from the usual arena spectacle into an aquatic procession down the river Seine — like a moist Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade without fun — the kickoff to the quadrennial athletic competition meant to promote worldwide unity was boring, ill-conceived and choppy. And not only because of the downpour of rain. The entire poncho-covered celebration felt needlessly divided. For instance, the international teams of brilliant athletes, including our exceptional Team USA, were scattered on...
Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown loses police endorsement for the first time in 12 years
COLUMBUS, Ohio — For the first time since his Senate career began, Democrat Sherrod Brown has failed to earn the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police’s official endorsement for re-election. That was back in 2006, when the police union went with then-Senator and now-Governor Mike DeWine, who lost his seat in an upset from Brown. Since then, Brown has won the support of Ohio’s men in blue, deftly navigating the blue dog politics of an ever-reddening state. But not this year. “It came down to a tweet,” said Mike Weinman, Ohio FOP spokesman and a retired officer who was paralyzed in the...
Deckers shares soar after profit forecast hike on strong Hoka, UGG sales
Deckers Outdoor shares jumped as much as 17% on Friday, after multiple brokerages raised their price targets following the company’s bet on full-price sales of its hot-selling Hoka running shoes and UGG boots to raise its annual profit forecast. Deckers shares rose as high as $961 a share – but gave up some of those gains before closing up 6.5%, at $894.70. Rivals On Holding – backed by tennis star Roger Federer – and Nike also saw a boost in shares. On Holding shares were up 6.2% and Nike shares were up 1.7%. Shoe manufacturers have seen a boost in running shoe sales, though Oregon-based...
Katie Ledecky’s legend can grow even further with history on line at 2024 Olympics
Here are the stakes for seven-time gold medalist Katie Ledecky at her fourth Olympic Games in Paris, starting Saturday. She can pass Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina for the most gold medals by any woman, should she win three. She can join Michael Phelps as the second Olympian ever to earn 10 or more gold medals. If she wins gold in the 800-meter freestyle, the last event in which she’s expected to compete in a week from Saturday, she will become the second woman and first female swimmer to earn gold in the same event in four consecutive Olympics, following Japanese wrestler Kaori Icho. Ledecky...
Three men arrested for allegedly forcing teens to marry each other
Three men allegedly forced two teenagers who wanted to date each other to marry for cultural reasons. The men, who cannot be identified, faced Australia’s Perth Magistrates Court on Friday charged with causing a person to enter into a forced marriage in circumstances of aggravation. Australian Federal Police officers allege the teenagers, one aged between 13 and 15 years old and the other aged 17, wanted to date each other but their relatives told them they would have to be married for cultural reasons. The three men allegedly arranged the marriage at a religious ceremony in Alexander Heights, in Perth’s northeast, last year. ‘Greenpoint...
Chris Wray’s attempt to cast doubt on Trump assassination attempt is all politics
FBI Director Christopher Wray chose to fan the flames of conspiracy in his House Judiciary Committee testimony Wednesday. Discussing the July 13 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, he declared: “With respect to former President Trump, there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear.” Huh? Ex-Trump doctor says FBI’s Christopher Wray is ‘wrong’ to doubt ex-prez was struck by bullet In the hours right afterward, a few outlets raised doubts — but that pretty well was laid to rest by the jaw-dropping picture of a bullet whizzing by Trump’s head. And it should...
LeBron James majestically carries American flag at 2024 Olympics opening ceremony
A meme was born when LeBron James carried the American flag on the Seine River during the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony on Friday. Serving as one of America’s flagbearers with tennis star Coco Gauff, James drew comparisons to the iconic image of George Washington crossing the Delaware River on social media. Simone Biles’ family explains her absence from Olympics opening ceremony Rain poured on the NBA legend and roughly 600 American Olympic athletes as Team USA’s boat navigated the waters in Paris, creating an iconic scene for the two-time Gold Medalist. 2024 Olympics opening ceremony ends in star-studded torch relay with Serena Williams, Rafael...
3-year-old boy not expected to survive after getting viciously attacked by pair of pit bulls: family
A 3-year-old boy who was viciously attacked by a pair of pit bull mixes in Minnesota last week is not expected to survive his injuries, according to his heartbroken family. The tragedy unfolded when the boy, Covil Allen, and his mother, Natasha Palacios Vega, were visiting a home on July 19 in Brooklyn Park where the two dogs were up for sale, according to police. Suddenly one of the dogs attacked Covil — and the second dog joined in, biting the boy and Vega. Desperate bystanders grabbed any weapons within reach to fight back the animals. “There were adults in the area that started...
Serena Williams’ millionaire husband gets confused for ‘umbrella holder’ at Olympic opening ceremony
Queue “Umbrella” by Rihanna. Serena Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, was confused for an “umbrella holder” on Friday during the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony by one European Olympics commentator. Williams, 42, and the Reddit co-founder decided to partake in the French festivities — despite the tennis icon not competing — and when she took to the red carpet, a downfall of rain ensued. Ohanian proceeded to be a gentleman by holding an umbrella over his wife’s head, and the gesture caught the eyes of a ceremony broadcaster. 2024 Olympics opening ceremony ends in star-studded torch relay with Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal “She looks absolutely incredible,”...
Why some of America’s poorest states have the highest homeownership
With high mortgage rates and soaring home prices, the dream of homeownership has escaped the reach of many Americans. That’s why it might come as a surprise that some of the poorest states across the nation have more homeowners than their more affluent counterparts. West Virginia leads all states with a 77% homeownership rate, followed closely by Delaware (75.7%), Mississippi (75.5%), Maine (75.5%), and Wyoming (74.5%), according to U.S. Census data. Despite the high ownership percentages, these states—for the most part—have vastly lower average incomes compared with the rest of the country. Wyoming is the exception (8th), though Mississippi and West Virginia have the first- and...
Pennsylvania Dem accuses potential Harris VP pick Gov. Josh Shapiro of sexism, covering up sexual harassment
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A Democrat running for statewide office issued a scathing critique of her party mate and governor, potential vice-presidential nominee Josh Shapiro, leading to a war of words with the Pennsylvania party chief — which she’s continuing in The Post. Treasurer nominee Erin McClelland appeared to accuse Shapiro of sexism and covering up sexual harassment and imply he wouldn’t be satisfied playing second fiddle in a Tuesday night tweet. “I want a VP pick that’s secure enough to be second under a woman, is content to be VP & won’t undermine the President to maneuver his own election & doesn’t...
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