More people than ever tuned into this year’s World Baseball Classic championship game. Tuesday’s final between Team USA and Venezuela drew 10,784,000 viewers across Fox and Fox Deportes, making it the most-watched game in the tournament’s history, Fox Sports PR posted said on Thursday. This is up a whopping 128 percent jump from 2023’s championship … Read more
Michael Jordan still has Charles Barkley guessing. The rivals, who met in the 1993 NBA Finals and played countless rounds of golf together as one-time close friends, soon will be contemporaries in the broadcasting game. Barkley, who put off retirement, is making the move from TNT to ESPN as a studio analyst along with the … Read more
Talk about a c—y joke. Hannah Berner, who labeled Blake Lively the c-word in a new Netflix comedy special, says she supports the actress after the latter filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against her “It Ends With Us” co-star and director Justin Baldoni last week. Berner, 33, joked about Lively being a “c–t” in “Torching … Read more
Christmas football came with a side of sports media beef. On Wednesday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that longtime NFL and college coach Pete Carroll was considering getting back into game, citing league sources. “Three teams — the Bears, Jets and Saints — are in the market for a head coach who can help reset their … Read more
Pat McAfee’s spirited Friday episode of his daily “The Pat McAfee Show” was met with mixed reactions, but it’s clear where Ryan Leaf stands on it. Leaf, a former college football analyst on ESPN, alleged in a post on X that McAfee was “high 80% of the time on his TV show it’s said!! [sic]” Ryan … Read more
No joe-ke. Inflation-rattled Starbucks regulars struggling to accept rising prices will be spending more to get a little bit less, starting just weeks from now. Less plastic, that is. Cold cups at the coffee chain will soon slim down by a whopping 20 percent here in the United States — and the company is hoping … Read more
He wasn’t feeling the Kenergy. Ryan Gosling revealed he almost didn’t perform his viral song “I’m Just Ken” at this year’s Oscars, but was persuaded to do so because of his daughters’ love for Barbie. The Canadian actor, who starred alongside Margot Robbie in the summer hit film, initially told the Academy he wasn’t interested … Read more
Shirley MacLaine is back on the silver screen as she marks a milestone career anniversary this year. The 89-year-old actress is starring opposite Peter Dinklage in the dark comedy “American Dreamer,” which premiered in theaters on Friday ahead of the 96th Academy Awards. Forty years ago, MacLaine won her first best actress Oscar for her … Read more
Middle-aged women who sleep less than five hours every night dramatically increase their risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a major new study published in the American Heart Association’s journal, Circulation. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh followed nearly 3,000 women, aged 42 to 52, over the course of 22 years, recording their sleeping habits and … Read more
She said what she said. Actress Carey Mulligan’s lie detector flares up anytime she hears an actor say that “awards don’t matter.” In an interview with the British daily newspaper The Times, published on Saturday, the “Saltburn” star, 38, revealed her thoughts when her colleagues neglect the importance of industry accolades such as the Oscars while … Read more
The saga over “Lilibet” continues. Days after author and royal expert Robert Hardman claimed in his new biography, “Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story” that the late Queen Elizabeth was furious over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle naming their daughter Lilibet, a new source claims the Sussexes had the monarch’s support with … Read more
Former UFC star Paige VanZant is not buying the relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, claiming it’s “100 percent fake.” VanZant, 29, believes the “love story” between the star-studded couple is entirely a “publicity stunt.” She added on her podcast “Page and Austin” that the 12-time Grammy award winner is only with the Chiefs star tight end to reach “an … Read more
Matthew Perry was sober when he died, and did not relapse, according to one of the last friends who saw him. The “Friends” star passed away suddenly on Saturday, Oct. 28. He was 54. Perry, best known for playing sarcastic Chandler Bing, was open about his lifelong struggle with addiction and staying sober, and wrote about … Read more
Barstool Sports will lay off nearly 25 percent of its employees, which will result in around 100 lost jobs on Thursday, The Post has learned. Barstool founder Dave Portnoy has publicly stated the cuts were coming after he regained control of the company following its breakup with Penn Entertainment. Barstool has around 430 employees. It … Read more
A potential Kay Adams-Paige Spiranac golf event is getting closer. Adams had Spiranac as a guest on the Friday installment of her FanDuel TV morning show, “Up & Adams,” just four days after the pair agreed to play golf together on X, formerly known as Twitter. Although they didn’t confirm anything, Adams proposed the idea … Read more
When she finds herself in a hairy situation with a creep, it’s her hair that keeps her safe. Orim, who frequently posts body hair-positive videos on her TikTok along with content about her plant-based diet, recently shared a tip for shaving yourself from an uncomfortable encounter, The Sun reported. In a video posted in May … Read more
A Sydney vlogger has shared her outrage over an “obscene” restaurant surcharge she was forced to pay in a sign the city’s cost of living crisis is ramping up. TikTokker Lisa Sun detailed the unusual expense in a video titled “unreasonable surcharge rant (and) daily blog” which she posted to the social media platform. After … Read more
This shocking study is sure to give parents pause. A meta-analysis published Monday by medical journal JAMA Pediatrics found a staggering 22% of children and adolescents display signs of disordered eating. Disordered eating can take many forms including frequent dieting, weight fluctuation and feelings of guilt associated with eating. According to The Academy of Nutrition … Read more
Sportswriters were hit hard by layoffs at Vox, which cut seven percent of its workforce — about 130 employees — on Friday. “Unfortunately, in this economic climate, we’re not able to sustain projects and areas of the business that have not performed as anticipated, are less core to where we see the biggest opportunities in … Read more
Inflation might be turning Americans into grinches this holiday season, new data suggests. In a survey of 1,000 consumers and 165 restaurant owners and operators across the U.S. this month, just 43% of consumers are now tipping their servers 20% or more, a significant decline from 56% of customers last year. That’s according to a … Read more