If there was any doubt about who the real "King of Cringe" is in MMA, Colby Covington reminded fans Wednesday that he still holds that title. Covington, who headlines UFC on ESPN 63 against Joaquin Buckley on Saturday, attended a media day for the first time since losing his third undisputed title fight almost one year ago, and right off the bat, he attacked NBA star LeBron James. Why? Because back in September, a video from four years ago of James and disgraced hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs resurfaced in which The clip from an Instagram Live stream resurfaced shortly after Combs was indicted and arrested on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges. awaiting a trial after a plethora of women alleged he sexually abused them, including at his now-infamous "white parties." Armed with that information, No. 1 Donald Trump supporter Covington, who's gone after James in the past for his left-leaning political views and stance against police brutality, opened his UFC on ESPN 63 media day by going after him once again. "I'm gonna start this off since I'm the man of the hour, the man of the show," Covington told MMA Junkie and other reporters without a question being asked. "I want to ask LeBron: What does he mean by 'there's no party like a Diddy party'? I truly want to know. And not only that, LeBron, how many Diddy parties have you actually been to? I'm really curious to know. Is that the reason you left social media? Because all the backlash you were getting for going to so many Diddy parties? It's just pathetic, man. "People think this guy is a role model. He wants to defund the police, the most patriotic people in America serving and protecting our country. Lebron, you're a f*cking scumbag, and I hope you get locked up in the same cell with Diddy." This was only the beginning. For the next 20-plus minutes, Covington rambled about Shavkat Rakhmonov, Khamzat Chimaev, Ian Machado Garry, and made even . To Covington's credit, he did speak mostly respectfully of his opponent, Buckley, when discussing Saturday's headliner. Perhaps the cringe-worthiest of Covington's diatribes came at the end, when he was asked what he thought of Jon Jones' performance in his to retain his heavyweight title. Rather than answer the question, Covington used it as an opportunity to go down an unexpected road regarding . "Jon has some fruity tendencies. I think the media needs to look into some of the fruity things that he does. It's very strange," Covington said. "But I can tell you that I know he has been with some women, because I remember in college he always used to get the fattest girls in the school. I'm talking 300 pounds-plus. Dude, he knows deep down inside, this is not a joke. He knows deep down inside, like, I know his dark, hidden secrets that are in his closet. He's been with some of the fattest, 300-pound slobs. It's disgusting. Dude, Jon Jones is an absolute f*cking disgrace to this earth. He's a f*cking joke." Then Covington got to addressing the question before finishing off with one more tangent as he took a shot at Jones for his in a Las Vegas hotel room. "Yeah, he beat Stipe," he continued. "Respect to Stipe first off because he's a first responder and he puts his life on the line for the people and for his community. So shout out to Stipe, the greatest heavyweight of all time, but he was past his time. He shouldn't have even been there, man. He knows he was old. He was just showing up for a paycheck. That's not the Stipe of old that was in his prime anymore. I don't think anything special of that performance. "I think Jon needs to stop ducking Tom Aspinall, just like he ducked Ngannou. He ducked Ngannou a few years ago, now he's ducking Aspinall. He doesn't want to fight the guys he knows he's gonna get his ass whooped against, so I don't think anything special of Jon Jones. "He's a f*cking coward, he's a cheat, and he's a woman beater. He needs to stop beating his wife and leaving her bloody in Las Vegas hotel rooms."
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to implement the “toughest” anti-U.S. policy, state media reported Sunday, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president. Trump’s return to the White House raises prospects for high-profile diplomacy with North Korea. During his first term, Trump met Kim three times for talks on the North’s nuclear program. Many experts however say a quick resumption of Kim-Trump summitry is unlikely as Trump would first focus on conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. North Korea’s support for Russia’s war against Ukraine also poses a challenge to efforts to revive diplomacy, experts say. During a five-day plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party that ended Friday, Kim called the U.S. “the most reactionary state that regards anti-communism as its invariable state policy.” Kim said that the U.S.-South Korea-Japan security partnership is expanding into “a nuclear military bloc for aggression.” “This reality clearly shows to which direction we should advance and what we should do and how,” Kim said, according to the official Korean Central News Agency. It said Kim’s speech “clarified the strategy for the toughest anti-U.S. counteraction to be launched aggressively” by North Korea for its long-term national interests and security. KCNA didn’t elaborate on the anti-U.S. strategy. But it said Kim set forth tasks to bolster military capability through defense technology advancements and stressed the need to improve the mental toughness of North Korean soldiers. The previous meetings between Trump and Kim had not only put an end to their exchanges of fiery rhetoric and threats of destruction, but they developed personal connections. Trump once famously said he and Kim “fell in love.” But their talks eventually collapsed in 2019, as they wrangled over U.S.-led sanctions on the North. North Korea has since sharply increased the pace of its weapons testing activities to build more reliable nuclear missiles targeting the U.S. and its allies. The U.S. and South Korea have responded by expanding their military bilateral drills and also trilateral ones involving Japan, drawing strong rebukes from the North, which views such U.S.-led exercises as invasion rehearsals. Further complicating efforts to convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons in return for economic and political benefits is its deepening military cooperation with Russia. According to U.S., Ukrainian and South Korean assessments, North Korea has sent more than 10,000 troops and conventional weapons systems to support Moscow’s war against Ukraine. There are concerns that Russia could give North Korea advanced weapons technology in return, including help to build more powerful nuclear missiles. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last week that 3,000 North Korean troops have been killed and wounded in the fighting in Russia’s Kursk region. It was the first significant estimate by Ukraine of North Korean casualties since the North Korean troop deployment to Russia began in October. Russia and China, locked in separate disputes with the U.S., have repeatedly blocked U.S.-led pushes to levy more U.N. sanctions on North Korea despite its repeated missile tests in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions. Last month, Kim said that his past negotiations with the United States only confirmed Washington’s “unchangeable” hostility toward his country and described his nuclear buildup as the only way to counter external threats.It’s not human to do this to your own child... monsters who killed my Sara should die in jail, says her heartbroken mum
Cal State University students, faculty and staff rallied this week to voice their concerns and frustrations with what protestors called the CSU management’s suppression of free speech, absence of shared governance and lack of accountability. The CSU chancellor’s office, in a statement, said it takes the concerns seriously — but the students remain at the center of its decision making. Professors, lecturers, counselors, coaches, librarians and students gathered outside of the CSU Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 20, in Long Beach, urging that trustees prioritize student learning and success in and out of the classroom. “We are the voice of the people and we are here to remind them that we matter,” Vang Vang, California Faculty Association treasurer and Fresno State librarian, said during the rally. “We are the heart and soul of the universities and we will make sure that they hear us every single day.” During the rally, there were speeches from students, faculty and staff. Many said they were done with the trustees’ limit of one minute per speaker for public comment during board meetings, so holding their own public comment offered a space for people to share their experiences at the CSU. CFA members also put on a street theater performance, during which they criticized the actions of CSU Chancellor Mildred Garcia and brought attention to issues of limited free speech, how tuition money is being spent, courses being cut and more happening at the 23 campuses across the CSU system. “It was a creative way to express our frustration towards the chancellor’s office,” said Elaine Bernal, a lecturer in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at Cal State Long Beach, who participated in the performance. “They’re not going to listen to use in our one-minute comments, so might as well get really creative with it and really showcase what’s going on inside.” Luis Ortiz, a student at Cal State Long Beach and member of Students for Quality Education, said that he had been coming to the chamber for three years and has felt ignored by the CSU Board of Trustees. “Every single cry for change, tears were shed in that chamber, their backs turned against us but we won’t give up,” Ortiz said. “We don’t do it for ourselves; we do it for the next generation.” In a statement on Wednesday, the CSU Office of the Chancellor said that they acknowledged the concerns expressed by the CFA members and “take them seriously.” “But our collective focus must continue to keep students at the center of our decision-making,” the statement said. “We have a shared responsibility to empower students from all socioeconomic backgrounds to achieve their academic and personal goals, and our faculty and staff play a critically important role in helping the CSU fulfill that promise.” Students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members gathered at the CSU Board of Trustees building in Long Beach on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, to voice their concerns with CSU management and other issues happening across the CSU system. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram/SCNG) During the rally on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, at the CSU Board of Trustees building in Long Beach, the CFA presented a street theater performance sharing their concerns with CSU management and other issues across the CSU system. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram/SCNG) During the rally on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, at the CSU Board of Trustees building in Long Beach, the CFA presented a street theater performance sharing their concerns with CSU management and other issues across the CSU system. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram/SCNG) During the rally on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, at the CSU Board of Trustees building in Long Beach, the CFA presented a street theater performance sharing their concerns with CSU management and other issues across the CSU system. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram/SCNG) Vang Vang, CFA treasurer and Fresno State librarian, at the rally on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, at the CSU Board of Trustee building in Long Beach. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram/SCNG) Students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members gathered at the CSU Board of Trustees building in Long Beach on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, to voice their concerns with CSU management and other issues happening across the CSU system. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram/SCNG) CSULB student and SQE member Luis Ortiz speaking at the rally on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, at the CSU Board of Trustees building in Long Beach. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram/SCNG) Students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members gathered at the CSU Board of Trustees building in Long Beach on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, to voice their concerns with CSU management and other issues happening across the CSU system. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram/SCNG) Protestors also accused the chancellor’s office of silencing and intimidating faculty and students for exercising their free speech and academic freedom on CSU campuses, especially with the new “ Time, Place and Manner” policy that was implemented earlier this year after a rise in pro-Palestininan students setting up encampments and protesting for universities to divest from Israel as the ongoing war in the Middle East continues. The policy restricts face coverings and requires advance written approval for posters, signs, banners and chalking, protestors said. “The CSU is committed to freedom of speech and expression as an essential component of its educational mission,” the chancellor’s office said in a statement. “Through its new systemwide policy, the CSU will ensure that individuals and groups are afforded wide latitude in lawfully exercising the right of free expression and that their constitutionally protected right to free expression is not abridged.” Students and faculty once again brought up the concern of the 34% tuition hike over the next five years , which the board approved last year after much opposition. Raising fees would further disproportionately affect marginalized students – such as native, Black and brown students, students with disabilities, and trans students who are already under tremendous financial strain, protestors said on Wednesday. “I was here last year trying to avoid the tuition hikes but that didn’t work, so I want to know, where is that money going?” said Britneey Ochoa, a student from Cal State Northridge, “because obviously we’re not being shown that, because our campus is not providing anything new for us.” The CSU raised tuition twice in the past 13 years, according to the CSU chancellor’s office. “No university system can sustain financial viability for that length of time without a tuition increase,” the chancellor’s office said in a statement. “The revenue from the tuition increase is essential to provide the CSU with the financial stability it needs to continue to serve students today and in the future, invest in our academic programs, and support our workforce. “In fact, one-third of new tuition revenue from the recent increase is dedicated to financial aid,” the statement added, “ensuring that we can continue to make higher education attainment affordable for all students.” Related Articles
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Only the Cleveland Browns. Only a team beset by perpetual problems at quarterback for the better part of two decades can get a record-setting 497-yard, four-touchdown, jaw-dropping, where-did-that-come-from performance on Monday night from Jameis Winston — and still lose. History wrapped in misery. Only the Browns. Winston spoiled a high-level performance in Denver's thin air by throwing a pair of pick-sixes — the second with 1:48 remaining — as the Broncos rode big plays to a 41-32 win over the Browns (3-9), who have to wonder what their disappointing season might look like if Deshaun Watson had been benched before getting hurt. The loss ended any illusions the Browns had of making a late playoff push like they did a year ago. It also clinched the team's 22nd losing season since its expansion rebirth in 1999. In his fifth start this season, Winston provided further evidence that the Browns made a major mistake by not switching QBs long before Watson ruptured his Achilles tendon on Oct. 20 against Cincinnati. Cleveland's offense has come alive behind Winston, who has thrown for over 300 yards three times, something Watson didn't do in 19 starts over his three suspension-shortened, injury-riddled seasons with the Browns. While there were some positives, Winston's turnovers were too costly. "You’re not going to play perfect at the quarterback position. He knows that," coach Kevin Stefanski said Tuesday on a Zoom call. “I know that ultimately he wants to do anything in his power to help this team win and that’s going to be taking care of the ball. But he also had moments there where he was moving that offense and did a nice job.” Winston may not be the long-term answer for the Browns, but he's showing he can at least give them a viable option for 2025 while the club sorts through the tangled Watson situation, which continues to have a stranglehold on the franchise. In all likelihood, and assuming he's fully recovered, Watson will be back next season in some capacity with the Browns, who are still on the hook to pay him $92 million — of his fully guaranteed $230 million contract — over the next two seasons. Releasing Watson would have damaging salary-cap implications, and while that would be a bitter financial pill for owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam to swallow, it could the Browns' safest and easiest exit strategy. And if they needed any proof that such a strategy can work, the Browns only had to look across the field at the Broncos, who got out from under QB Russell Wilson's monster contract by cutting him, taking the financial hit and drafting Bo Nix. After some common early growing pains, Nix has settled in and the rookie has the Broncos in the mix for a postseason berth. It wasn't long ago that the Browns thought their quarterback concerns were behind them. Instead, they lie ahead. Stefanski's decision to hand over the play-calling duties to first-year coordinator Ken Dorsey has been a positive. While the move hasn't led directly to many wins, the Browns have moved the ball much more effectively and scored at least 20 points in three of five games since the switch after not scoring 20 in their first eight. An issue all season, Cleveland's defense was again gashed for long plays and TDs, including a 93-yard scoring pass in the third quarter. The Browns have allowed 48 plays of 20-plus yards and 12 of at least 40 yards. WR Jerry Jeudy. His return to Denver was a personal and professional triumph — except on the scoreboard. Vowing revenge on the Broncos, who traded him to the Browns in March, Jeudy had the best game of his career, catching nine passes for 235 yards and a TD. Since Winston took over as Cleveland's starter, Jeudy leads the league with 614 yards receiving. Jeudy just might be the No. 1 receiver the Browns have needed following Amari Cooper's trade. Jordan Hicks gets an honorable mention after recording 12 tackles. K Dustin Hopkins. He missed a 47-yard field goal to end Cleveland's first drive, setting the tone for a night of missed opportunities. After making 33 of 36 field goal tries in his first season with the Browns, Hopkins is just 16 of 23, with his inaccuracy raising questions why the team signed him to a three-year, $15.9 million contract in July. Stefanski had no updates from the game. ... LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah remains sidelined with a neck injury suffered on Nov. 2. Stefanski ruled him out again for Sunday's game at Pittsburgh. 552 — Yards of total offense for the Browns, just 10 shy of the single-game franchise record set in 1989. A short turnaround before visiting the Steelers (9-3), who will be looking to avenge their 24-19 loss in Cleveland on Nov. 21. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl
Packers vs. Saints where to watch: NFL kickoff time, live stream, odds, prediction for Week 16 'MNF' gameMaupay also had a dig at Everton when he departed on loan to Marseille in the summer and his latest taunt has further angered the Premier League club’s supporters. The 28-year-old said on X after Sean Dyche’s side had lost 2-0 to Nottingham Forest at Goodison Park on Sunday: “Whenever I’m having a bad day I just check the Everton score and smile.” Whenever I’m having a bad day I just check the Everton score and smile 🙂 — Neal Maupay (@nealmaupay_) December 29, 2024 Former boxer Tony Bellew was among the Toffees’ supporters who responded to Maupay, with the ex-world cruiserweight champion replying on X with: “P****!” Maupay endured a miserable spell at Everton, scoring just one league goal in 29 appearances after being signed by the Merseysiders for an undisclosed fee in 2022. He departed on a season-long loan to his former club Brentford for the 2023-24 season and left Goodison for a second time in August when Marseille signed him on loan with an obligation to make the deal permanent. After leaving Everton in the summer, Maupay outraged their fans by posting on social media a scene from the film Shawshank Redemption, famous for depicting the main character’s long fight for freedom.
Santa Colin Cowherd hands out Christmas presents to several NFL teams this holiday season, including the Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers. Three players in the Philadelphia Eagles’ 41-7 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday weren’t on the field to see the clock hit triple zeroes as the team in Kelly green wrapped up an NFC East title. Eagles safety Sydney Brown and Cowboys cornerback Troy Pride Jr. and wide receiver Jalen Brooks were all ejected from the game after a Philadelphia punt with 2:32 left in the game. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Philadelphia Eagles safety Sydney Brown (21) is held back after a fight in the tunnel against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. (Eric Hartline-Imagn Images) A fight breaks out at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday. (Eric Hartline-Imagn Images) As the three players were in the end zone, Brooks and Brown started the skirmish. Then Pride got involved. Brown dragged Pride into the tunnel and tackled him down. It took a moment or two to get things under control. NFL officials threw flags on the play and each of the three players involved was sent to the showers early. Brown had one tackle in the game. Sunday’s game was the 10th time he’s appeared this season. RAIDERS STAR TIGHT END BROCK BOWERS BREAKS MULTIPLE ROOKIE RECORDS VS SAINTS Pride is in his first season with the Cowboys . It was the first time he saw action for Dallas. Brooks has split time between the offense and special teams. He has 11 catches on 29 targets for 165 yards and a touchdown this season. The Eagles finished off their NFC East rival minutes later. Kenny Pickett was 10-of-15 with 143 passing yards and a touchdown pass, but he left the game with a rib injury. Tanner McKee came into the game and threw two touchdown passes. Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley, right, is congratulated by offensive tackle Jordan Mailata after Barkley rushed for a long run to put him over 2,000 yards for the season. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Eagles running back Saquon Barkley eclipsed 2,000 rushing yards in a single season with his 167-yard game on 31 carries. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The Eagles moved to 13-3 on the season and the Cowboys fell to 7-9. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter . Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.
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