• Nick Cannon visits Simon Wiesenthal Center after anti-Semitic remarks

    Nick Cannon visits Simon Wiesenthal Center after anti-Semitic remarks

    Nick Cannon paid a visit to the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles in response to backlash over anti-Semitic remarks he made on his podcast last week. According to a press release from the center, the “America’s Got Talent” alum spoke with senior officials and heard stories from Holocaust survivors on …
  • Mookie Betts kneels during national anthem after saying he’d never do so

    Mookie Betts kneels during national anthem after saying he’d never do so

    Four years ago, Mookie Betts said he would never kneel during the national anthem because of his father, Willie, an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam. The 27-year-old’s stance has changed. Right before his first official game with the Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday night, Betts took a knee during the anthem. Nearly every player …
  • Giants mailbag: Avoiding Saquon Barkley burnout is no easy task

    Giants mailbag: Avoiding Saquon Barkley burnout is no easy task

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Giants. How are the Giants going to ensure that Saquon Barkley does not meet the same fate as …
  • This was perfect start for Giancarlo Stanton and Yankees

    This was perfect start for Giancarlo Stanton and Yankees

    Sometimes, these things can be an illusion on television. A ball looks like it is absolutely clobbered in real time — but on replay, slowed down, you see it was hit south of the trademark, or all the way up to the tip of the barrel. A switch of cameras shows a cannon shot that’s …
  • Gerrit Cole shows Yankees he can thrive while grinding: Sherman

    Gerrit Cole shows Yankees he can thrive while grinding: Sherman

    In any other season, Gerrit Cole is the main story and two sidebars. What did you eat for breakfast and how did you feed the Nationals their lunch? No detail would be too small. This is what it is like when you are the big new Yankee making his debut. Whether your name is Clemens …
  • Yankees win rain-shortened opener as Gerrit Cole thrives in debut

    Yankees win rain-shortened opener as Gerrit Cole thrives in debut

    WASHINGTON — What Hal Steinbrenner dreamed of when he dropped an ocean of money on Gerrit Cole in December came to life Thursday on a stormy late July evening. Nothing about this baseball season has been normal. Spring training vanished in the middle of March due to the coronavirus and the invisible COVID-19 dances into …
  • Yankees and Nationals kneel before the national anthem

    Yankees and Nationals kneel before the national anthem

    WASHINGTON — Everyone from both the Yankees and Nationals knelt … before the national anthem. Major League Baseball’s long-awaited opening night featured a pregame ceremony at Nationals Park that recognized a social issue that has risen to prominence since the death of George Floyd in custody of Minneapolis police in May. The entire Yankees and …
  • Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi’s home burglarized

    Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi’s home burglarized

    God bless America. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi’s Montecito home was burglarized on the Fourth of July, according to local affiliate KEYT. “High-value jewelry and watches” were reportedly the items taken from the home, which deputies said was targeted because of its status as a …
  • Giancarlo Stanton starts Yankees season with 459-foot home run

    Giancarlo Stanton starts Yankees season with 459-foot home run

    New York Yankees Giancarlo Stanton opened the 2020 season with a monster home run into left-center field. The 459-foot blast in the first inning gave the Yankees a 2-0 lead on Thursday night. It had an exit velocity of 112.2, according to Statcast. Stanton, who slammed Washington Nationals Max Scherzer’s 96.9 mph cutter, joined a …
  • Meet Drew Sidora and LaToya Ali, the latest additions to ‘RHOA’

    Meet Drew Sidora and LaToya Ali, the latest additions to ‘RHOA’

    Rumor has it that some new faces will be joining the upcoming season of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” Actress Drew Sidora, 35, and influencer LaToya Ali, 33, will be joining the show, as confirmed by Us Weekly. This comes after news of Eva Marcille’s departure, announced in June after three seasons. While these names …