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Former NBA player and current WNBA prospect Enes Kanter Freedom said Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud made a crude remark toward him.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy ripped Enes Kanter Freedom after the former NBA player's courtside clash with Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud on Sunday night.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy ripped Enes Kanter Freedom after the former NBA player’s courtside clash with Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud on Sunday night.Portnoy said that while he agrees with Freedom’s stance on keeping men out of women’s sports, he argued that Freedom is “making this issue about him.” Freedom and Cloud engaged in a viral confrontation late in the third quarter of the game between the Sky and the Fever, and Freedom was ejected from the arena.“I don’t think boys should be allowed to play in girls sports. I also think Enes Kanter is an absolute clown for making this issue about him,” Portnoy wrote on X.The famed sports commentator argued that Freedom’s action took the spotlight off of women playing in Sunday night’s game as Freedom’s fiery confrontation took attention away from Fever star Caitlin Clark’s dominant performance of 37 points and 10 assists.“We should be talking about how Caitlin had another double double 37 and 10,” Portnoy added.Some social media users, however, pointed out that very few people would have paid attention to the Fever’s game against the Sky if the clash between Freedom and Cloud hadn’t taken place.“Except not even the WNBA wants to talk about Clark having a double double 37 and 10. That’s what led to all of this in the first place,” conservative commentator Stephen L. Miller wrote. “Portnoy isn’t wrong, but it’s the WNBA that caused all of this.”Conservative activist Billboard Chris slammed Portnoy, arguing that Freedom is “defending women and girls from the cult of trans in the most effective way he possibly can.”“I have never cared about a double double in the WNBA and I never will, like 99% of men,” he added. “But I care about this. Those women should all thank him for improving their ratings and their future paychecks.”Freedom sat courtside at the game to support Cunningham, wearing a shirt that stated the definition of a woman as “adult human female.” He claimed that Cloud began shouting at him shortly after he celebrated a three-pointer made by Cunningham.“Sophie Cunningham shot a three, and I put my hands up to celebrate. Literally, a couple possessions later, Natasha came back and started screaming and yelling and said, ‘She’s not gonna sleep with you.’” Kanter told OutKick. “And I was like, ‘I am not trying to sleep with her. I’m just here to protect women and support her.’ And then, obviously, after that she started yapping, and she started to walk towards me, and literally I just got up, and then I was like, ‘I’m just here to protect women, and that’s all.’”Portnoy has been one of the WNBA’s biggest critics, regularly ripping the league’s inexplicable bias against Clark. He also defended Fever guard Sophie Cunningham after she was leveled by Sky player DiJonai Carrington during a game earlier this month. Cunningham has become the center of attention in the WNBA following her comments on keeping men out of women’s sports last month. But Freedom’s response to the WNBA, including his declaration for the WNBA draft, are not helping solve issues in the league, according to Portnoy.Freedom played his final years for the Boston Celtics, Portnoy’s favorite team, and in 2019, Portnoy said he was excited for the 6-foot-10 center to join the Celtics.“I love Kanter. I love this new look Celtics team. Back to guys with heart who want to be here and win,” Portnoy said after Freedom signed with Boston.

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who regularly rails against Israeli influence on American elections, had no issue speaking at

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed compared Sharia Law to Canon Law when he was pressed by Fox News host Jesse Watters on Monday night on a past eyebrow-raising statement about America's opposition to Sharia.

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed compared Sharia Law to Canon Law when he was pressed by Fox News host Jesse Watters on Monday night on a past eyebrow-raising statement about America’s opposition to Sharia.During an interview on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” El-Sayed, a Muslim, was confronted with a statement he made in 2022 when he argued that white supremacist forces are behind the effort to prevent Sharia Law from being implemented in America.“So getting rid of Sharia Law is white supremacy? Can you explain that one?” Watters asked.El-Sayed replied with his own question, “Do you know what Canon Law is, Jesse? I assume you’re a Christian, right? So Canon Law is the name for Christian law. I don’t begrudge you and your right to practice your faith as you choose. I don’t know why the idea that I could practice my faith that I choose is a problem.”“Nobody is trying to push Sharia Law on anyone else. Just like I hope nobody is trying to push Canon Law on anybody else because we live in an America where you should have the freedom of religion,” El-Sayed added.El-Sayed’s comparison doesn’t quite match up. Canon Law is the Christian system of rules and practices set up for leaders and members within a specific church. Sharia Law, meanwhile, encompasses rituals practiced within the Muslim faith while also setting up rules for legal systems and public practices.Extremist Muslim nations, including Iran and Afghanistan, are completely under Sharia Law for their governmental systems. The implementation of Sharia Law in these Middle East countries has led to numerous human rights violations and extreme punishments for so-called lawbreakers, which typically target and oppress women, Christians, and people who identify as LGBT.In many Muslim-majority nations around the world, Sharia Law is incorporated into public life and used as the basis in civil law — such as for marriage and divorce — while the government adheres to more Western principles.During his interview with Watters, El-Sayed slammed efforts to ban Sharia Law from being implemented in U.S. legal systems, calling out one bill proposed by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). El-Sayed said that such efforts are “deliberately targeting the Muslim community because they’re different,” adding, “As if somehow Muslims are out here trying to push Sharia Law.”“I would never want someone to push their faith on me, and I would never push my faith on somebody else,” he added. “When people preemptively go out there and start preemptively passing laws to ban something that’s not happening, what you’re trying to do is target a very small community because they’re different.”Watters shot back, saying, “Sharia Law in Michigan is kind of scary. People don’t go for that. You know, it’s like men and women [aren’t equal], it’s like physical punishments. People don’t like that in Michigan. I’m just saying I don’t think that’s a good position.”“Nobody is pushing it,” El-Sayed said. “You know what the issue is in Michigan. The issue that people are worried about is not that someone is going to come and put Sharia Law on them. The issue in Michigan is people are worried about how they’re going to afford their gas. The issue in Michigan is how am I going to see a doctor when I get sick? How am I going to keep my job?”In a 2009 interview with The New York Times, El-Sayed said that he had dedicated his life to Sharia Law. In the interview, he was asked about buying his first home, and he said that he had chosen a Sharia-compliant mortgage that avoided interest, which Islamic law prohibits.“Ultimately, the question is, when I die and I stand before God and go through everything I did in my life, I don’t want to say I did it the easy way instead of the Shariah-compliant way. Not because of fear but because of obligation,” he said.

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed urged a group of young boys to “have conversations with all your neighbors” about the upcoming elections in a video he released Tuesday on social media.

Police officers in Ohio were stunned after arresting San Francisco 49ers owner John “Jed” York in a prostitution sting at a trailer park.

Police officers in Ohio were stunned after arresting San Francisco 49ers owner John “Jed” York in a prostitution sting at a trailer park.York, who has an estimated net worth of around $500 million, was accused of paying $140 for sex at the trailer park in East Palestine.The bodycam footage from the East Palestine Police Department was obtained by TMZ on Wednesday. The footage shows an officer approach York’s car, asking for his hands and telling him, “Don’t move.” York, wearing a gray New York Yankees t-shirt and shorts, held out his wallet, but the officer immediately unbuckled the NFL team owner and detained him.“Can I ask what you’re doing?” York asked.“What are you doing here?” the officer replied.“Just driving,” York said.“You meeting anybody?” the Ohio police officer pressed.“No.”York informed officers that he was driving a rental car. He is originally from Youngstown, Ohio, which is just over 20 miles north of East Palestine.After York was placed in a cruiser, one of the officers commented on the large amount of cash that they found in his wallet.“He’s a real estate guy. He’s got all the money,” the other officer said, adding, “It’s crazy the people that do this. Like, they could do whatever they want. Like, they could do other things. They could go other ways, but wow.”York was nabbed after an undercover officer posted an ad posing as a woman on a “known prostitution website,” according to an incident report, ESPN reported. York allegedly contacted the undercover officer twice last Saturday, and reached out a third time on Sunday after his he didn’t get a response to the first two messages. After the third message from York, the undercover officer offered to meet York in East Palestine, according to the incident report.York was initially charged with engaging in prostitution and possession of criminal tools before he accepted a plea deal that changed the prostitution charge to a disorderly conduct charge. York was absent from the NFL team owners’ meeting on Wednesday, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league was reviewing the incident.The 49ers owner filed for divorce in May of this year after a nearly 15 year marriage with his wife Danielle. The couple share two children.York’s connection to the 49ers goes back generations as his grandfather owned the franchise for 23 years before passing ownership onto York’s parents, who in turn, passed the torch to York. The wealthy businessman is also a co-owner of Premier League club Leeds United and Scottish Premiership club Rangers.

Crews began removing the final three Confederate-linked statues from the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol on Friday after Democrats buried a provision in the budget that set up the removal.