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Wait, common sense would have prevailed if the LSU administration was put in the same position by Lane Kiffin, or any other coach for that matter?

Over the past five months, the story around Kiffin bolting from Ole Miss two weeks before the Rebels would start their quest for a College Football Playoff title has centered around, in Kiffin's mind, the thought that he wanted to coach the Rebels while also being the head coach at LSU.

In reality, none of that made sense, no matter how you sliced the cake. Ole Miss Athletic Director Keith Carter was not going to allow Kiffin to become a walking billboard for a rival team, while at the same time having an open door to take players with him to Baton Rouge.

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You can agree or disagree with the mindset of Rebels' AD Keith Carter, but once Kiffin told him on the Saturday following the Egg Bowl that he was not signing a new contract with Ole Miss and taking the LSU job, the conversation around him staying in Oxford for the CFP was over.

Matter of fact, it was over a month earlier. Carter had already made it a point of emphasis that if Kiffin were to leave, he was not coaching Ole Miss in the postseason.

So, any type of revisionist history is just that: a screenwriter trying to rewrite the ending.

As we reported numerous times during this whole debacle, the Ole Miss administration was not oblivious to what was transpiring outside its building. Whether that was Florida officials flying into Oxford for a visit during a bye-week, or Kiffin engaging with LSU officials in different manners over the final few weeks of the Rebels' regular season.

But, lost in the actual reality of the situation was this mindset from some across college football that Kiffin should’ve been afforded the opportunity to coach Ole Miss in the college football playoff. Whether it was Nick Saban, some within the ESPN organization, or LSU fans trying to continue poking the bear, the constant opinions were never ending.

Mind you, this would’ve been a horrible decision on the part of Ole Miss, given that the storyline would not center on the historic season unfolding, but more so towards Lane Kiffin entering each game as the head coach at two different SEC schools.

Honestly, the fact that we're still having this conversation five months later is baffling, but Lane has done himself zero favors over the past few months in terms of public relations, most recently with his take on how difficult it was to recruit at times in Oxford with past racial tensions still supposedly rearing its head.

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But, that's just Lane being Lane, doing everything he can to keep the conversation on him, which I can't say is surprising in the least.

Thankfully, we finally have common sense coming out of Baton Rouge, in the form of LSU Athletic Director Verge Ausberry.

Should Lane have been allowed to coach Ole Miss during the playoff run, despite already taking the LSU job a week before the postseason was set to begin?

Let's switch it around, shall we.

If LSU would’ve had Lane Kiffin as its head coach, and a rival school hired him during the Tigers' playoff run, would the Tigers administration have allowed their head coach to roam the sidelines during the CFP while also being the head coach at an opposing school?

"I’d probably be like, ‘Nah, we ain’t doing that. No,’" Verge Ausberry told USA TODAY Sports. "But, that hand wasn’t dealt."

Wait, so after all of the wild opinions that arose from Kiffin accepting the LSU job, while still lobbying to coach Ole Miss in the CFP, the LSU athletic director would’ve told the head coach to get on out of town?

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"If I’m Ole Miss, I probably would’ve made the same decision," Verge Ausberry said. "I know LSU would’ve made the same decision. I don’t blame anybody."

Well, would you look at that.

The LSU athletic director is a smart man, who understands the situation Ole Miss was put in at that time, because more than likely there could come a time when he has to deal with the same type of situation, heaven forbid for his own mental sanity.

But, we can now move on to more important matters, like what is about to happen with the salary cap that came about from the House settlement. Or, the ongoing battle between conferences not named the SEC and the fight for CFP expansion.

It's shaping up to be a hostile few months across college athletics, and it has nothing to do with what transpired in Baton Rouge last December.

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Other items found with Mangione at a Pennsylvania McDonald's will not be allowed to be presented in court, the judge ruled.

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Cristiano Argento has been tearing up opponents in the ring for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) as he worked his way up the ladder to get a few shots at some gold.

But the path to get to one of the most prestigious pro wrestling companies in the U.S. was long and a path that not many wrestlers have taken.

Argento was born and raised in Osimo, Italy – a town of about 35,000 people located on the east side of the country closer to the Adriatic Sea. He told Fox News Digital he started training in a ring at a boxing gym before he got started on the independent scene in Italy. He wrestled in Germany, Sweden, France and Denmark before he came to the realization that, to become a professional wrestler, he needed to make his way to the United States.

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He first worked his way to Canada to get trained by pro wrestling legend Lance Storm. He moved to Canada, leaving most of his friends and family behind and without a firm grasp on the English language.

"At the time, my English was horrible. I didn’t speak any English at all," he said. "But I was with my friend, Stefano, he came with me and he translated everything for me. I probably missed 50% of the knowledge that Lance Storm was giving to us because I was unable to understand. I was only given a recap and everything I was able to see. I’m sure if I was doing it now with a proper knowledge of English, it would have been a different scenario.

"Eventually, I moved back to Italy after the training and I said, OK, now, I want to go to the U.S. So, I studied English more properly, and eventually I got my first work visa that was in Texas. I was in Houston for a short period of time. I trained with Booker T at Reality of Wrestling. I got on his show, which was my debut in the U.S. That was awesome. I eventually got a new work visa in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I currently live since 2017. Since then, my wrestling career, thankfully, kept growing, growing, growing and growing until now wrestling for the NWA. One of the bigger promotions in the U.S."

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Argento said that his family thought he was "nuts" for chasing his pro wrestling dream.

He said they were more concerned about his well-being given that he was half-way around the world without anyone he knew by his side in case something went sideways.

"My family, friends, everybody was like why do you want to move to the opposite side of the world not knowing the language, not knowing anybody, by yourself, to try to become a professional wrestler? And I was like, well, we have one life, I love, and that’s what I’m gonna do," he told Fox News Digital. "Eventually, my family was really supportive. But when I first said, ‘Hey, mom and dad, I want to do that.’ They looked at me like, ‘Are you nuts? Are you drunk or something? What are you talking about?’ And I said, no that’s what I want to do. And they knew I loved this sport because in Italy I was traveling around Europe, spending time in Canada training, so they started to understand slowly that’s what I want to do with my life. They were proud of me.

"They’re still proud of me. I think more like the fact that you’re gonna try that, that it’s hard than more like you’re gonna leave us. The fact like, oh, my son is gonna go on the opposite side of the world for a six-hour time difference and we’re gonna see him maybe, when, like, I don’t know. Not often. I think it was more that. And for me too, it was really hard. It was heartbreaking not being able to see my family every day or every month. Like once a year if I’m lucky. I think that was the biggest part for them because of concern or that I was here by myself and if I have any issue or any problem, I didn’t have nobody. So they were scared. Like, you get sick, if you have a problem, anything, and they’re not being able to be here next to me. But they were really supportive since day one."

Argento is living out his dream in the U.S. He suggested that the moniker of the U.S. being the "land of opportunity" wasn’t far from what is preached in movies and literature – it was the real thing.

"I was inspired by people who came to the U.S. and made it big," Argento told Fox News Digital. "The U.S. was always like the land of opportunity. That’s how they sell it to us and this is what it is. I feel like, in myself, that was true because anything I tried to do so far I was able to reach a lot more than if I wasn’t here. I’m not yet where I’d like to be but I see like there’s so many opportunities in this country. Not just in wrestling but like in any business to reach the goal. I’m really happy of the choices I did here.

"But my big inspirations were big-time actors who moved to the country, who didn’t know English, with no money, no support system. I had one dream, I have to go right there to make it happen and I’m gonna go and do it and I’m gonna make it happen. So those people were always the biggest inspiration even if it wasn’t in wrestling, just how they handled their passion, how they pursued their dream without being scared of anything, how far you are, how alone by yourself … You don’t know the language, you’re like, let’s go, let’s do it."

Outside of the NWA, Argento has performed for the International Wrestling Cartel, Enjoy Wrestling and Exodus Pro Wrestling this year.

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Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday of pulling President Donald Trump into the war with Iran during an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," as the president returned from a China summit without Beijing making a specific commitment to help broker an end to the conflict.

"The president got dragged into this war. Prime Minister Netanyahu said that he’d been waiting 40 years for somebody to go to war with him in Iran. He found a president stupid enough to do it," he said. "I blame Donald Trump for that decision, but here we are."

Van Hollen said the U.S. does not need China to end the fighting, arguing that Trump could stop the war by changing course.

"I don’t think we need China’s support," Van Hollen said. "I think the fastest way to end the war in Iran is just to stop digging a hole even deeper, and that’s what we should do right now."

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The Maryland Democrat said Trump had campaigned on avoiding new wars and lowering costs, but that the conflict had undercut both promises.

"After all, Donald Trump was the candidate who said he was going to keep us out of wars, and he was going to focus on bringing down prices, and of course he’s done just the opposite," Van Hollen said. "Gas and other prices are going through the roof."

When asked whether diplomacy could still produce another nuclear agreement with Iran, Van Hollen pointed to the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the 2015 accord struck by Iran, the United States and other world powers.

"Well, I know if we had people who are willing to negotiate, we could get it done because we got that done when President Obama was in office," Van Hollen said.

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"The JCPOA prevented Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. It dramatically contained its nuclear enrichment program, and it had the world’s most intense inspection regime."

Van Hollen also cited Trump's past claim that his administration had already destroyed Iran's nuclear enrichment program.

"Just last year, Donald Trump told the country that he had obliterated Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, taken care of it, and his head of DNI, Tulsi Gabbard, testified that they have no evidence that Iran wants to resume it," Van Hollen said.

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Van Hollen’s criticism came a week after Netanyahu told CBS’s "60 Minutes" that Iran’s nuclear material still had to be removed for the war to end.

"You go in, and you take it out," Netanyahu said when asked how the highly enriched uranium should be removed.

The White House has defended the Iran campaign as a military effort to eliminate an "imminent nuclear threat," and said in June 2025 that Iran's nuclear facilities had been "obliterated."

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately hear back.

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Sequins sparkled, trains swept the red carpet and diamonds flashed in every direction as celebrities stepped out for the 79th Cannes Film Festival in France.

Hollywood heavyweights and screen legends dressed to the nines on the French Riviera, delivering elegance with every step and camera flash.

Demi Moore stunned in multiple head-turning looks, including a red gown featuring oversized sculptural shoulders and a body-hugging silhouette. She accessorized with diamonds dripping from her ears and wrist.

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Moore also wore a lavender off-the-shoulder gown crafted from sheer, shimmering fabric, complete with a flowing train and thigh-high slit that revealed matching lavender heels. At another event, she wore a sparkling white sequined mermaid gown with a sculpted peplum waist and massive diamond necklace.

Heidi Klum stepped onto the carpet in a peach-draped gown decorated with floral embellishments and soft gathered detailing. The fitted silhouette flowed into a sweeping train that trailed behind her.

Meanwhile, Riley Keough wore a strapless black gown anchored by an oversized sculptural skirt and daring high slit. Standing atop the famous Cannes staircase, Keough delivered gothic glamour with a modern edge.

Andie MacDowell arrived in a flowing sleeveless black gown featuring sheer paneling and subtle neckline cutouts.

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John Travolta ditched basic black-tie rules. The actor paired a dark three-piece suit with a cream tie, round glasses and a cream beret that gave the entire look a retro European twist.

Cara Delevingne veered sharply away from traditional red-carpet dressing in a dark pinstriped pantsuit layered over a sheer blouse.

Dylan Sprouse and Barbara Palvin took the spotlight as Palvin showcased her baby bump in a pale blue feather-trimmed maternity gown while Sprouse stayed classic in a black tuxedo.

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The pair also switched gears the next day, with Palvin wearing a crisp white blouse tucked into a dramatic black floor-length skirt with an extended train while Sprouse walked the carpet beside her in another sleek tux.

Diane Kruger stunned in a pale floral mini dress paired with a dark green cape-like scarf and braided up-do.

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Jane Fonda and Julia Louis-Dreyfus both embraced powerhouse glamour in black sequined gowns with sleeves and high necklines.

James Franco kept things classic as the actor climbed the red-carpeted stairs in a black tuxedo and bow tie while sporting dark sunglasses.

Vin Diesel arrived alongside the "Fast & Furious" cast, as Michelle Rodriguez shimmered in a silver corset gown while Meadow Walker, Paul Walker's daughter, turned heads in a neon lime-green asymmetrical dress. The men kept things sharp in classic black tuxedos and tailored suits.

Joan Collins wore an architectural white gown with sculptural ruffles around the shoulders and bodice. The legendary actress completed her look with long black gloves, sparkling jewels and silver pointed heels.

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A whopping 91% of "Saturday Night Live" jokes targeted conservatives this season, according to a new analysis by Media Research Center’s NewsBusters, and President Donald Trump remained the show’s favorite punching bag.

According to the analysis, provided exclusively to the New York Post, "Weekend Update" delivered 205 jokes aimed at conservatives compared to just 18 targeting liberals and three nonpartisan jabs during the season’s first 19 episodes.

Trump alone accounted for more than 100 punchlines, nearly half of those assessed, while conservative figures dominated the show’s cold opens at a far higher rate than their left-leaning counterparts.

More specifically, 49 Republican-centered portrayals overshadowed the 10 Democratic-focused portrayals and one nonpartisan-focused portrayal identified in the analysis.

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Jokes taking aim at the president were made in addition to more than a dozen Trump portrayals from James Austin Johnson during this season's cold opens, the Post wrote, followed in quantity by War Secretary Pete Hegseth, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s characters.

Fox News Digital reached out to NBC for comment but did not immediately hear back.

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As far as "Weekend Update" jokes are concerned, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. trailed the president in second place, followed by Noem.

The Post highlighted how New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was targeted only once by "Weekend Update," while tying the analysis to a broader critique of the anti-Trump sentiment of late-night television.

When reached for comment, NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck told Fox News Digital, "For liberals who might be fearful they won't be able to receive their far-left 'comedy' fix once Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' goes dark, look no further than 'SNL.' … Whether it's celebrity appearances or incendiary rhetoric masquerading as satire, 'SNL' will scratch that itch."

Houck added, "These networks are largely unapologetic in the fact that they do not represent all Americans. It's about using their supposed power to bend the public to their worldview."

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NewsBusters has called out the late-night comedy show with previous assessments of partisan leanings, including one article last October emphasizing that 82% of the prior season's jokes targeted conservatives or Republicans.

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It is rivalry week in baseball, and I can't say I fully understand what that looks like for some of these teams. The Toronto Blue Jays, for example, are playing the Detroit Tigers. Is that just because they are in close proximity? Or, is it because Canada is too nice to have a real rival, so they just assigned them the Tigers?

Who knows. Either way, we have an all-New York matchup, and I think we get a good price on one of the teams today.

The New York Yankees are among the best teams in baseball at the moment, and there aren't many reasons to believe that will change over the course of the year. For the season, they are sporting a 28-17 record, but they do have some road woes as they are just 14-11 away from home.

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If the Yankees keep up this pace, however, they are projecting to be a 100-win club. While that guarantees nothing, it should put them as a likely host for the majority of the postseason.

I'm sure there will be slumps and issues along the way, but so far it has been smooth sailing, and they look to get stronger with guys like today's starter coming back to the club. Carlos Rodon will take the hill today and look to improve on his shaky first outing. Against the Brewers in his last start, he went 4.1 innings, allowed two hits, three earned runs and five walks.

The walks are the biggest concern to me, but maybe he was just getting his mechanics down. Mets hitters haven't been very successful against Rodon, hitting just .215 over 65 at-bats.

Stop me if you've heard this before, but this was supposed to be a big year for the New York Mets. As an objective observer, I will at least give them credit for trying. There are a lot of big league clubs that don't put any effort.

The problem is that their throwing money at players doesn't seem to translate the way it does for, say, the Dodgers. The team is 18-26 for the season, with exactly half of their wins and losses coming at home. Their hitting is rough, with just a .225 batting average, and they are in the bottom quarter of the league in runs scored.

Their pitching has been reliable, but they did just get an injury to one of their starters. What's crazy, to me, is outside of Freddy Peralta, the Mets' pitching doesn't have names you'd really recognize. However, they are turning in good outings. The hitting just doesn't get it done.

Saturday will be a bullpen game for the club with Huascar Brazoban taking the mound to open it. The Mets do have one of the better bullpens in the league, but I'm not rushing to the window to back them.

Saturday has the chance to be an ugly one for the Mets. Bullpen games can be good, and they've become increasingly popular over the years. I think this game likely goes under the 8.5 runs posted because the Mets can somewhat play the matchups. I also think Rodon is talented, and the Yankees also have a good bullpen.

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I don't feel overwhelmingly confident in both plays, so I'm taking a unit and splitting it on the Yankees winning the game. And, the other half of a unit will be on the under. The Yankees are a better club with more consistent hitting, and I think the pitching should have the edge overall.

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