Today, NASA announced PRIMA, a new space telescope that will explore long-standing mysteries around the formation of planets, stars, black holes, and even how water on Earth came to be. https://t.co/am7EPkNYof
Yeah, I know lots of fans are pissed, but the NBA Players Association reportedly drew a hard line and made it known that they were never going to allow Kawhi’s guaranteed max contract to be voided without dragging the league into thermonuclear federal arbitration.
By firing Dennis Robertson in June, Kawhi’s camp executed a textbook crisis-management play, serving Uncle Dennis up as the rogue scapegoat while Kawhi claimed plausible deniability.
Unfortunately, this message to the rest of the NBA is dangerous. If an illicit sidecar deal blows up, the franchise burns, but the superstar skates. Going forward, some way some how, that's going to come back and haunt the league, but rest assured… There’s always Karma, who sent out a press release of its own this afternoon with only three words on it: “I saw that!”
ESPN dropped a bombshell report just recently claiming Steve Ballmer and the Clippers were essentially in the clear on direct cap circumvention.
Clippers Owner Ballmer repeatedly and publicly insisted he was just a naive investor who got conned by Aspiration's fraudster founder.
As it turns out the NBA's investigators found the paper trail proving Ballmer knew his $50 million check was a direct precondition for the startup paying Kawhi.
For the next 365 days, Ballmer is barred from attending Clippers games, entering the new Intuit Dome for team operations, participating in NBA Board of Governors meetings, or having any day-to-day communication with Clippers basketball or business executives.
Also, the NBA has stripped five unprotected first-round picks (2029 to 2033), handed down a $30 million fine, and banned Ballmer, Lawrence Frank, and Gillian Zucker for a year. This is the harshest franchise punishment in modern NBA history. It completely cripples their future. It's worse than the Joe Smith penalty that crippled Kevin Garnett’s Minnesota Timberwolves for a decade. 💀
Dolly Parton addressed health concerns about her on May 4, 2026
She incredibly compared herself to an old antique car that needed a new engine, transmission, new pistons and spark plugs.
“They didn’t say anything about my mental health” she joked.
She clearly had a ton of plans and active projects for this year, including a Nashville museum and hotel, writing, recording, getting on stage in 5 inch heels.
RIP Dolly. Her greatness makes it feel like 80 is way too soon. 🧡
GARRETT KAALUND. NATIONAL CHAMP. 🥇
Garrett Kaalund makes his return in winning style to win his first @usatf championship title in 20.04🔥
Alum Max Thomas earns the bronze medal in 20.29 ✌️
A WORLD-LEAD 100M 9.79. 🔥
Noah Lyles equals his personal BEST for the men's outdoor 100m NATIONAL TITLE!
📺 USATF National Championships on Peacock & NBCSN
You can't even set most gym treadmills to the speed this guy just broke the MILE world record at. They max out around 12 to 14 mph. Josh Kerr held 16.2 mph for the entire mile today: 3:42.66, breaking a record that had survived 27 years.
The pace on this new mile record is just wild.
It works out to 13.8 seconds per 100 meters. Go sprint 100m all-out right now. If you're slower than 13.8, Kerr was moving faster than your sprint, and he did it 16 times in a row without stopping.
In 1954, Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile, a barrier people once argued was the limit of human physiology. Put Bannister's race on the track next to Kerr's today, and Kerr finishes while Bannister is still 110 meters back, coming off the final bend.
The man who lost the record, Hicham El Guerrouj, set it in 1999 with no pace lights and no super spikes. Beating him took 27 years of shoe technology plus a four-month engineering project Kerr named after the goal time itself. The margin: 0.47 seconds.
And El Guerrouj isn't finished. His 1500m record, set the year before on the same track, turned 28 this week. Only three men since have even broken 3:27. One record fell today. The harder one is still standing.
History made 🔥
Great Britain's Josh Kerr roars to a world record in the men's mile, snapping a 27-year record in 3:42.66 at the London #DiamondLeague.
#LondonDL
Victor Wembanyama has just signed a 5-year, $252M maximum rookie-scale extension with the Spurs, including a player option in Year 5.
The real story? By opting for the standard 25% max instead of the 30% Supermax escalators he easily qualified for, Wemby leaves $51M+ on the table.
That ~$10M/year discount is massive for avoiding the second apron and keeping the cap flexible enough to maintain a championship-caliber core around him. Unbelievable team-first move giving San Antonio long-term stability to build around their generational talent.
250 years ago, a bold idea changed the course of history. Today we celebrate the people, principles, and enduring promise of the United States of America.
Happy 4th of July from the White House. 🇺🇸