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Rams' Sean McVay suggests team is willing to 'work toward' resolution for Matthew Stafford’s contract
Super Bowl winner Matthew Stafford seems to want to return to the negotiating table. The NFL Network recently reported the 36-year-old quarterback was not happy with the amount of guaranteed money remaining on his contract with the Los Angeles Rams.
He is expected to collect an estimated $31 million in guarantees for the upcoming 2024 season, according to Overthecap.com.
Rams coach Sean McVay acknowledged the report but stopped short of providing any substantive details on a possible timetable for potentially adjusting Stafford's contract.
"I've had good dialogue with Matthew," McVay told reporters Friday. "We'll keep those things in house, but he's been working with our guys, and we'll keep those things in house."
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McVay and Rams general manager Les Snead were also asked if they believed the franchise would be able " to find a solution for the contract issue," but they danced around the question.
"We're definitely jacked to have Matthew as our QB," Snead said.
At times, an NFL player's displeasure about his contract can lead to the player skipping practices and other offseason workouts. McVay said the team is taking a day-by-day approach.
"We're going to take it a day at a time. We'll see," McVay said. "So, we're going to try to figure it out. There's nothing that's more important than making sure that he feels appreciated and he knows how much we love him and want him to lead the way. I think that commitment that I think he wants to have can be reciprocated, and we want to work towards figuring that out."
The Detroit Lions traded Stafford to the Rams in 2021. He led the Rams to a Super Bowl title in his first season in Los Angeles and signed a four-year extension with the Rams in 2022.
Stafford and star receiver Cooper Kupp dealt with injuries during the 2022 campaign, and the Rams finished with a disappointing 5-12 record. Stafford appeared in nine games in 2022. He injured his thumb last season but still appeared in 15 regular season games and helped lead the Rams to the playoffs.
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Jim Harbaugh tells Michigan star they are reuniting with Chargers, sings school's fight song in celebration
Junior Colson was coached by Jim Harbaugh for all three of his years at the University of Michigan. Well, Colson will be in familiar territory in the NFL.
After nine seasons in Ann Arbor, Harbaugh returned to the NFL to be the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers.
Several Wolverines were in this draft, including 10th overall pick J.J. McCarthy, who is now the Minnesota Vikings quarterback. In fact, in the third round, three-straight Michigan players were drafted (Blake Corum to the Rams, Roman Wilson to the Steelers and Zak Zinter to the Bengals).
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But before those three were picked, the linebacker in Colson got the life-changing call when he was informed that he would be the 69th pick of the draft . . . by Harbaugh's Chargers.
Harbaugh is the one who called Colson to let them know they were reunited.
During the call, Harbaugh let out his "Who's got it better than us?" which became a Michigan rallying cry en route to their national championship.
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Colson, of course, replied with "Nobody."
Shortly after the pick, Harbaugh belted out, "Hail to the Victors."
Harbaugh went to Michigan in 2015 after coaching the San Francisco 49ers for four years. He lost Super Bowl XLVII to his brother, John, and the Baltimore Ravens.
Colson set a career-high with 44 solo tackles last season as part of an elite defense who played a key factor into going 15-0 on the season. His 95 tackles led the team.
The Chargers' defense ranked 28th in the NFL last year, so they could sure use any help they can get.
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Marla Adams, ‘The Young and the Restless’ star, dead at 85: report
Marla Adams, who famously portrayed Abbott family matriarch Dina Abbott Mergeron on "The Young and the Restless" for 37 years, has reportedly died. She was 85.
The Emmy Award-winning soap opera actress died in Los Angeles on Thursday, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"We send our deepest sympathies to Marla Adams’ family," the show's official X account (formerly Twitter) wrote on Friday. "We’re so grateful and in awe of Marla’s incredible performance as Dina Abbott Mergeron as both Marla and Dina made an unforgettable mark on Y&R."
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Representatives for "The Young and the Restless" did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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Before Adams — born in Ocean City, New Jersey in 1938 — began her career in daytime television, she first appeared on Broadway in "The Visit" in 1958 and in the 1961 film, "Splendor in the Grass" alongside Natalie Wood.
It wasn't until 1968, when Adams made her official debut on daytime TV as Belle Clemens on CBS' "The Secret Storm" and years later, in 1982, as Dina Abbott Mergeron on "The Young and the Restless."
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"I was the b---- of daytime," she told Ocean City's Daily News Source in 2016. "I played a good b----."
Adams played her "Young and the Restless" character off and on over the course of nearly four decades. After her three-year contract was up in 1985, the actress returned to Genoa City in 1991, 1996, 2008 and again from 2017 to 2020. Towards the end, her character — living with Alzheimer's disease — died in an October 2020 episode.
"Of all the characters I've played, from ‘The Secret Storm’ to Broadway, this has been the most astonishing, amazing part I have ever had the privilege to play," she said in a 2020 tribute to her character.
"I’ve had the most wonderful life, this little gal from Ocean City," she said in a 2016 interview.
Jewish student slams Princeton for permitting terror group flags, antisemitism on campus: 'Must be stopped'
A Jewish Princeton University freshman recounted the virulent antisemitism he witnessed on the Ivy League campus at an anti-Israel protest encampment this week.
Maximillian Meyer of New York told Fox News Digital that protesters flew Hezbollah flags and chanted in support of Hamas as the wave of anti-Israel activism that continues to wash over some of America's top institutions came to Princeton — placing Jewish students in fear of attending classes and engaging in regular student life.
"The craziest thing to me is the fact that I saw the Hezbollah flag multiple times, and I wasn't even shocked," Meyer said in an interview. "And I thought that that is more emblematic of the moral rot that has taken hold on our college campuses — of our so-called elite college campuses — than anything else. The fact that not only do we have Hezbollah flags, not only are there chants supporting the Houthis, chants supporting Hamas, but that we're not even surprised. It has become ubiquitous. And that is devastating."
The U.S. State Department officially designates Hezbollah a foreign terrorist organization.
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The Hezbollah flag was spotted at the Princeton encampment at approximately 5:16 p.m. Thursday, according to The Daily Princetonian. Organizers then promptly asked it be put away.
The photo of the flag was initially shared by an X account belonging to Myles McKnight, an 2023 alum who also served as president of an undergraduate student organization dedicated to promoting free speech, per the publication. It was re-posted by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
Meyer, who is currently studying politics at Princeton, said he has been standing up against anti-Israel organizations since the war in Gaza broke out after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. He said the number of counter-protesters who have joined him varies, sometimes reaching a total of about six or seven students, in comparison to the 100 to 150 students and faculty demanding that Princeton divest from Israel and condemn the Jewish state's campaign to eradicate Hamas, a terrorist group.
However, Meyer said many Jewish students don't want to stay and speak out due to their fear and intimidation by the pro-Hamas groups.
"They are intimidated by the fact that their professors are participating in calls for their own for their own genocide," Meyer told Fox News Digital.
Meyer said that when he does protest, he always holds an American flag alongside the Israeli flag in an effort to signal his support for Israel as a Jewish American.
"So, when I carry my American flag and my Israeli flag, I understand that I'm not just protesting for my own people as a Jew, but I'm protesting for my own people as an American," he explained. "And that is a fundamental point that people need to understand. People need to understand that standing against the pro-Hamas mob is the exact same thing as standing with the United States of America."
Meyer stated his fellow Jewish students can no longer attend school normally, with students now distracted during class "because they hear the chants."
"They're calling for their genocide while they're trying to pay attention and obtain their education," he said. "These are not only distracting and hateful, but they are expressly antisemitic. I'd like to see the administration condemn any of these calls."
Meyer called out faculty members who had supported the protest and specifically mentioned professor Max Weiss, who recently made a speech at the tent encampment on Princeton University's campus wherein he read a poem written by a Palestinian writer. The poem says that Jews "evolved backward" from "victims to victimizes," according to a New York Post reporter, who witnessed the speech. Weiss is currently an associate professor of history at Princeton.
"In that poem [he] said, the Jews have ‘evolved backwards.’ Evolved backwards. And if that's not antisemitic, if that isn't in violation of policies regarding discrimination, I don't know what is," Meyer said.
Princeton University did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Just this past week, university police moved in on the tent encampment on Princeton's campus, ultimately leading to two arrests. Princeton University Public Safety, the Ivy League school’s police force, gave demonstrators several warnings before acting, the university said.
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Meyer said he thought the university made a move in the right direction with the arrests of the protesters, but "that's not enough."
"Espousing overt antisemitism is abhorrent. It is abhorrent, and the university doesn't do anything except for talk about free speech and not allow tents to be built. But tents are not the extent of the problem," Meyer told Fox News Digital. "Tents are not the end all, be all of what must be stopped. They certainly must be stopped. But Hezbollah flags must be stopped."
Fox News Digital's Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.
Shohei Ohtani booed by Blue Jays fans in first trip to Toronto since plane fiasco, answers with home run
For a little while in the offseason, Toronto Blue Jays fans thought they were getting arguably the most talented baseball player of all time.
Shohei Ohtani was a free agent in the winter, and rumors swirled he was en route to Toronto for a visit with the team.
It all started when it was reported by MLB Network that Ohtani's decision on his next team was "imminent."
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Then, a post on X, formerly Twitter, went viral that said Blue Jays' Japanese pitcher Yusei Kikuchi made reservations for 50 people at a Toronto sushi spot. But the big bolt came when Reddit users found there was a plane from Anaheim, California, where Ohtani played the previous six seasons, on its way to Toronto.
MLB Network then reported that Ohtani was en route to Toronto, and another rumor swirled that the Blue Jays had called a press conference.
Those reports were quickly debunked, though, and Ohtani eventually stayed in southern California, switching to the Dodgers on a record-setting $700 million deal.
Ohtani made his first trip to Toronto this weekend since the plane rumors, and fans made their displeasure known by booing him intensely.
How did he answer? By hitting a mammoth home run, of course.
For the record, the plane in question actually belonged to Canadian businessman Robert Herjavec of "Shark Tank."
The boos continued Saturday, and he answered with a base hit that left the bat at nearly 120 mph, his hardest hit ever recorded.
Entering Saturday, Ohtani was off to his best start ever offensively, hitting .354 with an MLB-leading .681 slugging percentage. He is not pitching as he recovers from elbow surgery.
He led the majors in 2023 with a .654 slugging percentage and 1.066 OPS, his .412 on-base percentage was second in the league, his 44 homers were fourth and his .304 average was ninth.
Ohtani was also brilliant on the mound, going 10-5 with a 3.14 ERA and 167 strikeouts in 132 innings pitched. Among pitchers who threw 130.0 innings, his ERA was the ninth-lowest in MLB and his K/9 was sixth. Among AL pitchers with that number of innings, he ranked fifth and third, respectively.
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Blue state governors share pics of their dogs to dunk on Gov. Noem’s story of shooting her own dog
Several Democratic governors ripped into Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., after an excerpt of her upcoming book detailing how she once killed her 14-month-old dog went viral on social media this week.
Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., Gov. Gretchen Whiter, D-Minn., and other blue state governors shared pictures of themselves with their own dogs to mock the Republican leader after The Guardian published a preview of her new book that recounted her killing her dog because it was "untrainable."
Noem confirmed on social media that she shot and killed the dog and characterized the decision as a "tough" one that comes with farm life.
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According to The Guardian’s report, Noem wrote in her book "No Going Back" that she took her 14-month-old female dog "Cricket" to a "gravel pit" near her farm and shot it dead because it was "less than worthless" and "untrainable."
Noem reportedly described in her work how the dog had ruined a pheasant hunt, going "out of her mind with excitement, chasing all those birds and having the time of her life."
The governor also noted that Cricket went AWOL and ate several of the chickens on her farm.
"It was not a pleasant job, but it had to be done. And after it was over, I realized another unpleasant job needed to be done," Noem’s book reportedly added about putting Cricket down.
Noem replied to The Guardian’s story on X, writing, "We love animals, but tough decisions like this happen all the time on a farm. Sadly, we just had to put down 3 horses a few weeks ago that had been in our family for 25 years."
"If you want more real, honest, and politically INcorrect stories that’ll have the media gasping, preorder ‘No Going Back,’ she added.
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The governor’s explanation did not stave off the tide of criticism that followed the story going viral, including criticism coming from her fellow lawmakers.
Gov. Walz posted an image of himself on Friday evening feeding his dog, adding the snarky caption, "Post a picture with your dog that doesn’t involve shooting them and throwing them in a gravel pit. I’ll start."
Several other blue state governors replied to his thread. Gov. Whitmer shared a photo of herself posing with her two pet dogs.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., contributed a photo of his dog standing in between the U.S. and Illinois state flags.
Gov. Tim Murphy, D-N.J., joined in as well, adding a picture of him lying on the floor next to his pet dog.
Even the DNC got in on the Noem bashing.
In a statement shared with The Hill, the organization – referring to itself in this instance as the "Dogmocratic Party" – said, "As DNC’s canine companions, we’ve heard a lot from our owners about just how extreme and dangerous Donald Trump and his far-right MAGA allies are — but nothing could prepare us for the truly disturbing and horrifying passages Kristi Noem willingly chose to put in her new book."
Fox News Digital reached out to a Noem representative for comment.
Ukraine lawmaker, 34, fights for Kharkiv in the public square
Mariia Mezentseva is a face of the war in Ukraine.
At just 34 years old and a member of Ukraine’s parliament, her formal tasks include looking into ways Ukraine can integrate into the rest of Europe’s institutions.
But, what really has gotten her attention are her posts about her hometown, Kharkiv. It has a population of 1.3 million people, just 20 miles from the northeast border with Russia.
From the beginning, Putin has wanted to take it over. In 2022, Ukrainians pushed them back.
However, in recent months, Russian attacks have grown furious, knocking out residential areas, power infrastructure, even the city’s huge TV tower.
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Moscow, in fact, made clear it has wanted to turn Kharkiv into a demilitarized zone so it would not threaten Russia.
Critics said Moscow has tried to turn Kharkiv into Aleppo, the Syrian rebel stronghold Russia flattened in its support of Assad in Damascus.
Mezentseva regularly has posted shots of damage, rescue and relief efforts in Kharkiv, branding Russian efforts "genocidal actions."
She generally has exuded hope, especially for the recent package of U.S. military aid for Ukraine which would benefit her home area.
The package, Mezentseva said, "will serve the purpose for sure."
Basically, for the time being at least, it will keep the city alive.
Daily showers could be harmful for skin health, some experts claim
Daily showers aren’t necessary and may not have any health benefits, according to some experts.
Proponents of less frequent showers claim that most people take them every day — or multiple times a day — only because this has become a societal norm.
"Why are we washing? Mostly because we’re afraid somebody else will tell us that we’re smelling," environmentalist Donnachadh McCarthy said in an interview with the BBC.
McCarthy said he only showers once a month, freshening up with sink washes in between.
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Approximately two-thirds of Americans shower every day, according to Harvard Health.
Some of the most common reasons are to prevent body odor, freshen up after working out and get help in waking up.
Robert H. Shmerling, M.D., senior faculty editor of Harvard Health Publishing, noted in an article for Harvard Health that frequent hot showers remove the healthy oils and "good" bacteria from the skin.
As a result, the skin can become dry, itchy or irritated, he noted.
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The skin may also become more susceptible to infections and allergic reactions, as harmful bacteria and allergens are able to enter through dry, cracked areas.
Daily showers could also weaken the immune system, Shmerling warned.
"Our immune systems need a certain amount of stimulation by normal microorganisms, dirt and other environmental exposures in order to create protective antibodies and ‘immune memory,’" he said.
"This is one reason some pediatricians and dermatologists recommend against daily baths for kids. Frequent baths or showers throughout a lifetime may reduce the ability of the immune system to do its job."
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Risks could also arise from exposure to chemicals in water — including salts, heavy metals, chlorine, fluoride and pesticides — and in shampoos, conditioners and soaps.
"Overcleaning your body is probably not a compelling health issue," Shmerling wrote.
"However, daily showers do not improve your health, could cause skin problems or other health issues — and, importantly, they waste a lot of water."
While some dermatologists recommend showering every other day or just two or three times per week, according to Healthline, the frequency of showers comes down to personal preferences, routines and lifestyles.
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There are some risks associated with not showering enough, experts say, including unpleasant body odor, skin infections, discoloration of the skin, acne, and flare-ups of eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis in people who have those conditions.
"While there is no ideal frequency, experts suggest that showering several times per week is plenty for most people (unless you are grimy, sweaty or have other reasons to shower more often)," said Shmerling in the Harvard Health article.
"Short showers (lasting three or four minutes) with a focus on the armpits and groin may suffice."
Fox News Digital reached out to Shmerling for additional comment.
Keith Olbermann says ‘goodbye’ to New York Times subscription, citing publisher’s ‘grudge against Biden’
Progressive commentator Keith Olbermann took out his frustration against The New York Times’ supposed bias against President Biden by appearing to end his subscription with the flagship liberal newspaper.
Olbermann shared a screenshot to X on Friday evening that showed him going through the process of ending his subscription with The Times on its website.
The image showed that Olbermann was choosing which explanation for why he was leaving that the paper’s website provided ahead of allowing him to opt out of paying for it.
Of the two shown – "I have concerns about the New York Times’s coverage" and "I want to cancel for a different reason" – the image revealed that Olbermann chose the former option.
In a subsequent prompt, where the website asked the user for "feedback" on why they were cutting the subscription, Olbermann called out The Times’ publisher, A.G. Sulzberger, for his alleged attitude towards Biden.
In the field, Olbermann wrote, "AG Sulzberger’s grudge against Biden is intolerable and endangers democracy."
In a caption he provided with the image, Olbermann added, "Goodbye, @nytimes. Subscriber since 1969. Not again until Sulzberger is gone."
In a video posted to his account on Saturday, Olbermann alluded to exactly why he was frustrated with Sulzberger – namely, a recent Politico article that detailed the tensions between the New York Times and the White House over the outlets and specifically pointed to Sulzberger.
Olbermann’s clip mentioned a quote in the Politico piece from an anonymous Times journalist who allegedly said, "It’s A.G. He’s the one who is pissed [that] Biden hasn’t done any interviews and quietly encourages all the tough reporting on his age."
According to Politico, Sulzberger also reportedly confronted Vice President Kamala Harris over Biden's decision to avoid interviews with major newspapers.
Following Politico’s piece, The Times released a statement which slammed Biden for granting "far fewer press conferences and sit-down interviews with independent journalists than virtually all of his predecessors."
"It is true that The Times has sought an on-the-record interview with Mr. Biden, as it has done with all presidents going back more than a century. If the president chooses not to sit down with The Times because he dislikes our independent coverage, that is his right, and we will continue to cover him fully and fairly either way," it added.
Fox News Digital reached out to the New York Times for comment on Olbermann allegedly canceling his subscription.
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Olbermann has demonstrated he isn't a fan of liberals criticizing President Biden. After "The Daily Show" host John Stewart mocked the Biden administration in February for avoiding the Super Bowl interview and opting for TikTok posts instead, the former MSNBC anchor slammed the comedian.
He posted to X, "Well after nine years away, there's nothing else to say to the bothsidesist fraud Jon Stewart bashing Biden, except: Please make it another nine years."
And when CNN anchor Abby Phillip remarked in January that "nobody" wants former President Trump or Biden to be president again, Olbermann hit her with a personal attack, posting, "CNN has to address the reality that [Phillip] has been an absolute disaster and that this foot-in-mouth editorial is the first thing she's gotten noticed for since her show debuted."
Phillip shot back at Olbermann on X, "Or, you can come to terms with the reality of your irrelevance and stop being a nasty social media troll. But that’s entirely up to you."
Heavyweight boxer dies at 27 after spending three weeks in coma due to knockout
A 27-year-old boxer died on Thursday after spending three weeks in a medically induced coma from his last fight.
Heavyweight Ardi Ndembo was knocked unconscious during his April 5 bout against Nestor Santana in Miami.
He was then transported to a local hospital, where he was placed in a coma, but he died earlier this week.
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"We at Viva Promotions mourn the loss of Ardi Ndembo, a talented Congolese boxer who tragically passed away after a knockout in a Team Combat League match on April 5," the promotion said in a statement, via the New York Post. "He remained in an induced coma until his untimely death. RIP Ardi Ndembo!"
Floyd Mayweather's uncle, Jeff, works with the Team Combat League on the same team that Ndembo represented when he fought.
"Boxing’s a sport where you grow up watching it and loving it, but there’s so much risk involved," Mayweather told The Sun. "Anyone can lose their life from boxing. When something like this happens, it wakes up the whole entire world.
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"I don’t think boxing’s a bad sport, because you can die in any sport. You drive a race car at 200 mph, if it slides, you’re going to die, too. You can die in any sport, but boxing is a brutal sport."
The league gave the fighter a 10-bell salute and is matching donations made to a GoFundMe up to $25,000.
Ndembo, who was Congolese, was 8-0 entering the fight earlier this month. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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