Former Golden State Warriors player Gilbert Arenas clarified his comments about current Warriors star Stephen Curry’s wife, Ayesha, but stopped short of offering a full apology.Speaking on his “Gil’s Arena” podcast, Arenas said his comments were intended to point out that Steph typically avoids controversy while identifying what he called a “blemish” on the Curry family.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated. This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.”All I said is he doesn’t get in trouble for nothing,” Arenas said. “He says the right things. If you gotta judge this family, his only blemish is what his wife said. That’s all I said. If there is a blemish, it’s that.” The three-time All-Star later expressed regret if his comments offended Steph, but maintained that he had not intended them as a personal attack.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE “I’m sorry if he’s offended. I didn’t mean it like that. I was just saying that he’s such a perfect dude… but I am sorry.”Nick Young, who is a “Gil’s Arena” contributor, provided a more direct…

The House approved legislation Thursday that would allow combat-injured military retirees with less than 20 years of service to collect their full military retirement pay and Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation without the dollar-for-dollar offset that currently reduces their retirement benefits. The passage of the Major Richard Star Act, H.R. 2102, sends the measure to the Senate, where lawmakers must still approve it before it can reach the president’s desk. The vote followed a months-long effort led by Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., ranking Democrat on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, to force consideration of the standalone legislation. On May 21, Takano and Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., began an effort to force a House vote on a resolution that would set the rules for bringing the Major Richard Star Act to the floor. The petition reached the required 218 signatures on Sept. 15, with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., providing the decisive endorsement. On Thursday, lawmakers adopted H. Res. 1247 by a 271-135 vote, clearing the way for final consideration of the Star Act. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., who signed the discharge petition, urged the Senate to act following Thursday’s passage. “By finally passing the Major Richard Star Act, a bipartisan…

This is one you’re going to want to bookmark. It’s the ultimate index to survival uses for everyday items. Below you’ll find a list of nearly 100 ordinary items that have all sorts of survival applications. I did the math, and it adds up to 2,511 survival uses! I put the items in alphabetical order, and next to each item I listed some of my favorite uses for it, but I couldn’t include all of them because if I had, this post would have been insanely long—like the length of a short book. However, each list item is also a link to an article where you can learn all about the particular survival uses, so be sure to click that to see every use and how to do them. As I said, this is an index. Now on to the list… Want to save this post for later? Click Here to Pin It On Pinterest! Activated Charcoal (25 Uses) Activated charcoal is a miraculous substance that should be in every emergency kit. It’s good for your skin, whitens your teeth, eases intestinal discomfort, absorbs poisons, filters air and water, prevents rust, and deodorizes your fridge. On top of all that,…

With the recent trade that sent quarterback Kirk Cousins back to Minnesota, there are a lot of people in the Land of 10,000 Lakes feeling pretty nostalgic these last few days.After all, Cousins was selected to three Pro Bowls with the Vikings and won them their most recent playoff game.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated. This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.But not everyone wearing purple and gold is on board with the optimism surrounding Mr. Cousins, and one of those Debbie Downers happens to be Locked on Vikings podcast host Luke Braun.KIRK COUSINS REVEALS TOUCHING DECISION HIS SONS MADE AFTER TRADE TO VIKINGS: ‘LET’S GO!’ Braun took to social media on Tuesday lamenting the move from his beloved Vikings, calling the trade his “long personal nightmare.””I was always a big Kirk hater when he was here in Minnesota,” Braun admits. “Because I thought, hey, this guy is not going to lead us to the promised land.”NFL TRADE DEADLINE WINNERS AND LOSERS, INCLUDING DIANNA RUSSINI AND KIRK COUSINSThe podcaster brought up Cousins’ supposed turnover problems…

The U.S. Navy released images of the football uniforms that Midshipmen players will wear in the 127th Army-Navy game, courtesy of Under Armour. The threads pay homage to the history of sailors who served in the branch’s Naval special warfare component, honoring SEALs, special warfare combatant-craft crewmen and Underwater Demolition Teams. “From the earliest Navy Frogmen of World War II to today’s highly trained SEALs and SWCC operators, the uniform pays tribute to generations of service members whose courage, determination, innovation and sacrifice have helped define Naval Special Warfare,” the Navy said in a release. The uniform’s dark blue helmet is emblazoned with images of a Navy SEAL trident, SWCC master warboat and bone frog, which sits on top of the headpiece and represents the World War II-era Underwater Demolition Team frogmen. The jersey’s sleeves feature a version of the Navy Working Uniform Type II camouflage pattern, first rolled out for Naval special warfare operators. Each sleeve also carries a symbol of the service’s special warfare history. On the left, a Naval Special Warfare Command emblem is etched into the fabric; on the right, an American flag; and on the back of the collar, a Naval special warfare locker tag…

Jared Verse has zero sacks, zero forced fumbles and zero fumble recoveries for the Cleveland Browns this season, and the defensive end believes a mental block could be contributing to his struggles.Verse, 26, told reporters on Thursday he is working on himself to overcome the frustration he’s feeling over his lack of production. And that work isn’t about lifting more weights, improving his technique or studying his opponents more closely.”I think it was definitely a mental block,” Verse said. “I train my body every day to push myself to the limits of what I’m physically capable of doing. So I don’t think it was any issue with my body, but I think I’ve taken the steps to figure out what it was.”CLEVELAND BROWNS RESET UNDER TODD MONKEN AFTER TRADING MYLES GARRETT AND PARTING WITH STEFANSKI The steps Verse has taken, he said, include meeting with Browns team psychiatrist Mayur Pandya to address his mental health.”Obviously, like, I’m upset with the way I’ve been playing,” Verse said. “I don’t think it’s anything physical. There’s nothing wrong with my body. It’s not like that. I think it was a mental aspect of the game.”Verse declined to explain exactly how he’s addressing the…

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., is leading a push to remove provisions from the Senate and House versions of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act that would promote closer ties between the U.S. industrial base and Israel’s.  A letter sent Tuesday to House and Senate leadership signed by Van Hollen and 11 other Senate colleagues, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., specifically addresses Section 1217 of the Senate version and Section 219 of the House version of the bill. Those sections, called the United States-Israel Defense Cooperation Initiative in the House and the United States-Israel Framework for Upgraded Technologies, Unified Research, and Enhanced Security (FUTURES) Act in the Senate, each call for enhanced cooperation between the two countries on weapons technology development, including in artificial intelligence, quantum technology and chemical and biological weapons.  “The Senator is working with his colleagues to remove these provisions and will determine next steps should they remain in,” Van Hollen’s office said in an email to Military Times. “The Senator will continue to push to remove these provisions and push to protect the United States’ ability to act independently and in line with U.S. national security interests.” The letter also…

CRKT is giving balisong fans something they’ve been asking for all year today, in the form of a Trainer variant of their new M16 Balisong. Hard to believe we’re nearing the end of 2026 already, isn’t it? But, indeed, the fleet-footed days have passed and there’s less than two months left of the year. When it was still young, in January in fact, CRKT’s 2026 product catalog dropped, and one of the new models with a starring role was the M16 Balisong. The M16 family, established by the legendary Kit Carson way back when, had seen a lot of variants, sequels, prequels (if knives can have prequels) over the years, but this marked the first time that it metamorphosed into a butterfly. The handle is made from aluminum, not titanium, on the Trainer Now, balisongs have many decades backing up their claims to being a practical, useful cutting tool, but in addition to those who want to carry one for their daily chores, many bali appreciators take particular pleasure in the tricks that its split, folding format allows for. But one does not simply pick up a butterfly knife and know how to flip it, and that’s why trainers are…

The NFL is continuing with its European slate (which I enjoy; how are people mad at a Sunday morning coffee and football-watching sesh?) in Munich, with the Detroit Lions taking on the New England Patriots at Allianz Arena.And what better way to get people fired up than by letting an all-time great take a turn at tapping a beer keg Oktoberfest-style?…Right, there isn’t one, and that’s why Lions legend Barry Sanders threw on a protective apron to show us how it’s done.NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL CONFIRMS LEAGUE WANTS MULTIPLE TEAMS BASED OUTSIDE THE US: ‘NO DOUBT’ Turns out this is way harder than it looks.Not a bad first attempt by the Hall of Famer, but poor Barry was just thrown to, as the Germans would say, “der wolves.”First of all, do they not have normal mallets? I’ve never been to Germany (though I do have an affinity for bratwursts and the music of Kraftwerk), so maybe they don’t.I don’t want to tell the Germans how to tap a keg, but wouldn’t that be way easier with a flat-sided rubber mallet? They’re using the mallet that someone stole from a Whac-A-Mole machine at the arcade down the Straße. Get Barry a…

The Pentagon “greenlit” the permanent presence of U.S. troops in Poland, with the final decision slated to be made by the White House in early December. As the U.S. military reviews its force posture in Europe, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth indicated to Polish officials that “everything is going in a good direction” with regard to the decision on a permanent U.S. military base in the European country, according to a recent statement released by Poland’s Ministry of National Defense following a meeting between Hegseth and Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz at the Pentagon. “The permanent presence of US troops in Poland is our absolute priority and we will not abandon this matter,” Kosiniak-Kamysz said in the release. “We will argue for this to the very end. This green light was very visible on the side of the Pentagon, in what Secretary Hegseth and his associates were saying.” Although the final decision lies in the White House next month, Kosiniak-Kamysz said the decision is proceeding in the “best direction possible,” highlighting the teams that facilitated discussions and showcased possible locations.  President Donald Trump recently told reporters last month that the U.S. was considering the base in…