• Mike D’Antoni leaving Rockets as NBA coaching market heats up

    Mike D’Antoni leaving Rockets as NBA coaching market heats up

    A day after intimating he wanted to come back to Houston, Mike D’Antoni told Rockets ownership he’s becoming a free agent and won’t return. Just like that, the list of elite coaching prospects on the market just got deeper. As did the number of ready-made win-now vacancies. ESPN was the first to report that D’Antoni …
  • Russell Westbrook was livid with Rajon Rondo’s brother: ‘Talking s–t’

    Russell Westbrook was livid with Rajon Rondo’s brother: ‘Talking s–t’

    Lakers guard Rajon Rondo has been known to talk a little trash. But Saturday night it was his brother William that got ejected from Los Angeles’ Game 5 win over Houston following a verbal altercation with Rockets star Russell Westbrook. Before the Lakers eliminated Houston with a 119-96 win in Lake Buena Vista (Fla.), William …
  • Feds can’t scapegoat Google and Big Tech as anti-trust targets forever

    Feds can’t scapegoat Google and Big Tech as anti-trust targets forever

    It seems that every week is a big week for Big Tech these days. Sometimes hitting record highs, sometimes taking a big hit. But I wouldn’t be worried about market jitters. The real Sword of Damocles for Big Tech could come as early as this week, when a supposedly free-market Trump administration could launch a …
  • Big Ten to vote on football returning as early as October

    Big Ten to vote on football returning as early as October

    The Big Ten could return sooner than it ever anticipated. A little more than a month after postponing all fall sports and turning its attention to spring football, the Big Ten is expected to hold a vote in the next 72 hours on when and if the league will return to play, with Oct. 17 …
  • Naomi Osaka rallies to beat Victoria Azarenka for US Open title

    Naomi Osaka rallies to beat Victoria Azarenka for US Open title

    Late in a disastrous first set, Naomi Osaka scattered a forehand long and stared up into the Flushing blue sky. Two points later, Osaka was broken for a third time by Victoria Azarenka and lost the first set 6-1 in 26 minutes without serving an ace. Her serve had abandoned her. Someone apparently was looking …
  • Browns’ Baker Mayfield to stand for national anthem after backlash

    Browns’ Baker Mayfield to stand for national anthem after backlash

    Baker Mayfield planned to make a stand. Instead, he’ll stand. After watching the Chiefs and Texans receive backlash from the Kansas City crowd for their “show of unity” prior to Thursday’s game, Mayfield has decided he will stand for the national anthem before Sunday’s game against the Ravens after the Browns quarterback previously said he …
  • Singer Tweet says female artists ‘have to be over sexualized in order to win’

    Singer Tweet says female artists ‘have to be over sexualized in order to win’

    Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion made a splash with their raunchy track “WAP.” But singer Tweet tells Page Six that she worries that the music industry is set up to encourage women to become sex objects — but she’s not going to play along. “I feel like female artists have to be over sexualized …
  • Sonja Morgan talks Century 21 closure after inking deal with retailer

    Sonja Morgan talks Century 21 closure after inking deal with retailer

    Century 21  filed for bankruptcy on Thursday — dooming Sonja Morgan’s fashion line with the New York institution. The “Real Housewives of New York” star has had a collection since 2014, but just did a deal with the famed designer discount chain to start selling it in its stores. But the 60-year-old bargain chain said …
  • Over 21,000 people have signed a petition urging leaders to prosecute Pelosi for violating local coronavirus rules

    Over 21,000 people have signed a petition urging leaders to prosecute Pelosi for violating local coronavirus rules

    Over 21,000 people have signed a petition urging leaders to prosecute House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for violating local coronavirus rules after getting salon services in San Francisco last week. The petition, which aims to garner 25,000 signatures, is addressed to San Francisco Police Chief William Scott and urges city leaders to prosecute the 81-year-old …
  • Federal Prosecutor Resigns from Durham Probe over Alleged Pressure to Wrap Up ahead of Election

    Federal Prosecutor Resigns from Durham Probe over Alleged Pressure to Wrap Up ahead of Election

    Nora Dannehy, a top federal prosecutor working with U.S. Attorney John Durham on his investigation into the origins of the FBI’s Russia probe, resigned from the Justice Department on Thursday, partially over concern that Attorney General William Barr is pressuring investigators to conclude their work prematurely for political purposes. Dannehy, a career prosecutor who has worked …