Sophie Cunningham had a blunt response after a New York Times column urged the Indiana Fever to part ways with her:”Suck it.”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.The Fever guard addressed the criticism on Friday’s episode of “No Hesitation with Sophie Cunningham & Drew Hanlen,” pushing back against questions about her basketball value while saying she no longer lets outside opinions dictate how she lives.”That’s why I literally don’t even care what anyone says about me anymore,” Cunningham said. “Because I’ve said this so many times, is if you’re going to live by the praise, you’re going to die by the hate.”The discussion followed an Oct. 6 column by New York Times-owned The Athletic arguing that Indiana should move on from Cunningham. The column contended that the attention surrounding the guard’s outspoken views had overwhelmed the team’s basketball priorities, describing her as “too combustible.” Cunningham is headed toward unrestricted free agency after two seasons with Indiana.Her opposition to transgender athletes competing in girls’ and women’s sports became a major…

College Football Week 6 is here, and with it comes one of the biggest games of the season. It seems like the two schools square off each year, and it is always a great game. That’s what happens when two of the best teams in the country and two of the top programs in college football meet, and tonight we have Georgia taking on Alabama.This season, Georgia comes into the game as the second-ranked team in the country. They are a few years removed from being the best defense in the league. Now the team seems to have a better offense than defense. Still, the team hasn’t been bad on the defensive side of the ball, either. The Bulldogs haven’t allowed more than 20 points in a game this season, but they also haven’t faced anyone that impressive.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. In Week 1, the Bulldogs played Tennessee State and won by 60 points. In Week 2, they won by 50. Then in Week 3, they…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former state trooper John Nagel pointed the finger at his opponent, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and the Democratic Party for allowing Somali-American gang-linked violence to escalate in the Twin Cities.Residents of Eden Prairie and surrounding Twin Cities suburbs have been left fearing for their safety after a string of gang-related incidents this month, including the shooting of two teens shot outside an Eden Prairie high school football game and more than 100 shell casings recovered in a Bloomington neighborhood.”Where is Ilhan Omar in all of this?” Nagel, a Minnesota native who spent 30 years as a state trooper, asked in an interview with Fox News Digital. “I would think that as a congressman that represents this particular area that she’d be at these meetings or she’d have a statement or she’d be sitting down and saying, ‘Hey, how can we help this? How could we stop this?’ And I don’t see her.”OMAR’S GOP CHALLENGER COMES OUT FIRING WITH VOW TO CLEAN UP ‘MESS’ IN DEEP BLUE DISTRICT: ‘PEOPLE ARE FED UP’ Nagel accused other Minnesota Democrats, including Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, of having their “heads in the sand” and preventing law…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former aides to President Barack Obama discussed divisions among Maine Democrats over the party’s troubled U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins, with a warning to Democrats to “get over your s—.”Maine’s Senate race has drawn national attention after Democrats replaced their initial candidate, Graham Platner, due to sexual assault allegations against him. His replacement, Troy Jackson, has faced controversies of his own.Even so, Obama, the former boss of the “Pod Save America” hosts, recently released an endorsement video urging Maine voters not to sit out the election. The hosts discussed why Obama might have chosen that message.Former Obama strategist Dan Pfeiffer told his co-hosts that “it is true, and we have — this has been sort of mysterious to both of us — that there are a significant number of people in Maine who seem not to like Troy Jackson, including some Democrats.”DEM WHO ABANDONED PLATNER AFTER SEX ASSAULT CLAIM NOW SCRAMBLES FOR HIS VOTERS “Yeah,” former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau agreed. “That’s my biggest worry.”Pfeiffer offered his assessment of the feuds between Democrats, saying, “And, so I think a little whether there are people who supported Platner who…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Americans can’t seem to get on the same page when it comes to what defines socialism even though new polling shows the movement’s favorability is at an all-time high.Whether far-left factions are able to rally around the label could come down to understand its principles.Fox News Digital took to the streets of a Maryland liberal hotspot, Takoma Park, for its annual street festival to talk with attendees about their definitions of socialism and how far they would be willing to go to embrace its ideals.”The fact is that there’s no…one answer,” Nina Gilden Seavey said when asked to define socialism.”Just the idea of like, you’ve been paying all these things to set up these programs and then you’re actually giving them to the people,” Jaw Blake said describing his view of the political movement. “It’s not a special group that gets to have them, it’s just available.”LIBERAL HAVEN FESTIVAL-GOERS WEIGH GOVERNMENT SEIZURE OF THEIR HOMES: ‘I’D BE SO GAME’ Jenny Sniderman had a more direct answer, claiming that “public libraries, the police department, the fire department, all our public services, utilities,” are all part of what makes up socialism.A September Gallup poll…

The Super Bowl will be Pat McAfee’d.The former punter-turned-media mogul announced on Friday that he will have his own alternate cast of Super Bowl LXI in February through ESPN.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.McAfee said he expects the broadcast to be similar to his “Field Pass” telecasts. He did so in the college football national championship earlier this year and is expected to do so again this coming January.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE McAfee will have similar broadcasts for select “Monday Night Football” games this season, as well.The news comes two days after the Walt Disney Company announced that Disney+ will stream ESPN’s and ABC’s broadcast of the big game. This will be the seventh consecutive year a Super Bowl will be available on a streaming service, beginning with Super Bowl LV.McAfee has had an even bigger presence this year on ESPN, joining the “Monday Night Countdown” pregame show, in addition to his full-time role on “College GameDay.” TEXAS LEGEND HAS SKY-HIGH HOPES FOR LONGHORNS AHEAD…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico reappeared on the campaign trail Friday after a nearly two-week absence, ending days of speculation and criticism from political opponents regarding his whereabouts.”Hate to disappoint the conspiracy theorists, but James is still alive and meeting with voters at ACL today,” Talarico’s primary spokesperson, JT Ennis, wrote on X.The post included a video of the candidate walking through crowds and greeting supporters at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.MEET THE VOTERS WHO COULD BREAK THE GOP’S DECADESLONG GRIP ON A REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD Talarico, who is challenging Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a closely watched U.S. Senate contest, had not been seen publicly in person at a campaign event since late September. His last in-person event was a Sept. 26 news conference in Carrollton addressing rising gas prices.Talarico’s campaign attributed the absence to a severe case of the flu. However, the prolonged pause drew sharp criticism from Republicans, including President Donald Trump.HECKLERS INTERRUPT TRUMP TEXAS RALLY MULTIPLE TIMES In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the Democrat was “MISSING IN ACTION.””TalaFREAKo has been missing for 12 days! Now, after looking for him throughout all of…

Reactions are pouring in after news broke of the death of legendary NFL coach Mike Ditka, and one of the best came from Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell.The Lions coach was in the midst of a news conference when a reporter asked if he had heard the news of Ditka’s passing at the age of 86.He hadn’t, and that led to Campbell telling the story of his experience with Ditka ahead of the 1999 NFL Draft. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGECampbell was a tight end out of Texas A&M heading into the draft, and like any prospect, he did some interviews with teams.One of those teams was the New Orleans Saints, who were coached at the time by Ditka, who was also a tight end in his playing days.”[Ditka] was someone I loved, man. Growing up, Ditka was it,” Campbell said. “[I’m a] huge fan.”He said that the Saints, and specifically Ditka, wanted to meet with him.While Campbell knew the legendary coach would be in the room, he thought others would be in there too.Nope.Just him, Ditka, and a room full of cigar smoke.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!”It was one…

The New York Rangers could be in a tough spot after star goaltender Igor Shesterkin exited Friday night’s game with what appeared to be a lower-body injury and needed to be helped off the ice.The Rangers have been off to a hot start this season and came into Friday night’s game against the Washington Capitals leading the Eastern Conference.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.The 2021-22 Vezina Trophy winner came into the night with a 3-1 record on the year along with a solid .926 save percentage and 1.75 goals against average. As if that wasn’t good enough, he also scored a goal back on Oct. 1.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEBut in the second period on Friday night, with the game tied at 1-1, Shesterkin found himself way out of position during a net-mouth scramble. He slid across the crease to the far post, but appeared to jam his right leg awkwardly against the post.Shesterkin was clearly in a lot of pain and needed to be helped…