The drive-in restaurant chain serves more than 3 million customers daily. Durant will work with the company on the development of new, healthy menu options, make appearances, collaborate on social media and participate in television ads. The parties will support each other’s charitable programs. MORE: Durant, Westbrook workout | Iverson protests Nike shoe | Malice in the Palace Since he won the 2014 MVP award, Durant and Roc Nation have been busy....

The Golden State star went through a full shootaround Monday and will start when the Warriors face the Raptors at Scotiabank Arena, coach Steve Kerr told reporters pregame. “We’ll start him and play him in short spurts and see how he responds,” Kerr said, via TSN Durant has been sidelined with a strained right calf since last month but was listed as questionable Sunday after being cleared to practice for the first time since getting hurt....

Kevin Durant is no stranger to hostile returns given his experience returning to Oklahoma City after bolting for the Golden State Warriors ahead of the 2016-17 season. While Simmons’ situation is different from Durant’s departure from OKC, he would be wise to learn from Durant who is one of the few stars who know what it’s like to stand in Simmons’ shoes. In his return to Oklahoma City, Durant was relentlessly booed for the duration of the game....

The now-Nets star opened up Tuesday about the events leading up to the ruptured Achilles he suffered in the first half of Game 5. According to him, Golden State’s staff doesn’t deserve the blame. “Hell, no. How can you blame (the Warriors)? Hell, no,” Durant told Yahoo Sports. “I heard the Warriors pressured me into getting back. Nobody never said a word to me during rehab as I was coming back....

James, last year's MVP and cover figure for the popular video game NBA2K, has been ousted by Kevin Durant. MORE: Durant’s emotional press conference Durant was named the league's MVP on Tuesday afternoon, and the announcement that he would grace the cover of NBA 2K15 soon followed later that evening. "2 life goals in the same day! So grateful," he wrote on this photo on Instagram

Weeks after reports of Durant’s trade request surfaced, there has seemingly been no movement towards a deal, prompting Durant to arrange a face-to-face meeting with Nets owner Joe Tsai. According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the meeting consisted of Durant reiterating his request and giving the Nets an ultimatum: Choose him or the pairing of general manager Sean Marks and head coach Steve Nash. Per Charania’s report, Durant’s request stems from the 12-time All-Star’s lack of faith in the franchise’s direction....

MORE: ‘2K16’ simulates KD with Warriors | KD’s mom to have Lifetime movie In other news, poor Russell Westbrook. He posted his third straight triple-double, his fifth in 11 games, and his line of 29-19-14 hadn’t been accomplished since Larry Bird did it 34 years ago. But Durant just had to go score 37 and hit the buzzer-beater to steal the show.

Taylor, feeling spurned by now-former Wolves forward Kevin Love, strung together a Gilbert-esque “and don’t let the door hit you” speech on Tuesday. Not as bitter, but certainly not complimentary. MORE: Love lands on 0; couldn’t get other numbers Per ESPN1500.com of Minneapolis, Taylor took down Love bit by bit while meeting with reporters who came out to meet Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett, the players Minnesota acquired from Gilbert’s Cavaliers in last week’s Love trade....

“McCarthy is a liar and a traitor. This is outrageous. And that is really the illness that pervades the Republican leadership right now,” Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, said during a TV appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, adding that Republicans “say one thing to the American public and something else in private.” Her remarks came as a reaction to McCarthy’s changed stance concerning the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, after an audio of a call between him and other GOP lawmakers, dating back to January 10, 2021, was obtained and reported on by The New York Times this week....

Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL, gave damaging information to Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie about a woman whom he served with to discredit her claim that she was sexually assaulted at a VA facility, according to an independent government watchdog report released last week. “Dan Crenshaw is a hero to this nation. I know a lot of people try to do a lot of things with Dan because he’s willing to stand up,” McCarthy, a California Republican, told Newsweek....

On Tuesday, Arizona Representative Andy Biggs announced he would be mounting a challenge to current House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to become speaker of the House, laying bare a rift in the Republican caucus that emerged after the party’s underwhelming performance in the 2022 midterm elections. In a statement posted to his Twitter page, Biggs—a founding member of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus—claimed the American people “want us to turn a page,” adding they “do not want excuses or performance art, they want action and results....

The GOP leader began moving into the speaker’s office in the Capitol after outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently vacated the office, according to The Hill. Then as he walked out of the office on Monday, McCarthy was asked by reporters whether he managed to secure the votes to win the speakership on Tuesday. “And take away all the excitement?” McCarthy responded, adding, “I think we will have a good day tomorrow,” according to a video posted to Twitter by NBC News reporter Haley Talbot....

From the disappointing underachievement of the 2013 team to the unpredictable overachievement of the 2015 team to the current transitional period that includes an almost entirely new coaching staff, Pillar had been the one constant through it all. But he’ll be a constant no more after being traded Tuesday to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for right-handed pitchers Juan De Paula and Derek Law and infielder Alen Hanson....

These teams are tied for the worst record in the NFL, both straight-up and against the spread. The winner will likely be out of contention for the No. 1 overall pick and Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota. The Line: Jets -2.5, Total: 42 Line movement: The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook opened the Titans as 2-point home favorites, but the line moved all the way to Jets -2.5 (-120) by Thursday. The total sits between 42 and 42....

While she had visited the White House before as the vice president’s wife when Barack Obama was in office, she said, “there’s nothing that can prepare you to be first lady.” During an event for the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy at the Kennedy Center, Biden also paid tribute to the late Barbara Bush, who was first lady from 1989 to 1993 when George H.W. Bush was commander-in-chief. Barbara Bush died in April of 2018, while her husband died less than eight months later in November....

Acosta made the comment during an interview with Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, on Sunday evening. He noted that the former president had decried the recent removal of the Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia—one of the country’s most notable monuments related to the Confederacy that Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered to be removed following nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd last summer. When the statue came down last week, Donald Trump issued a statement claiming: “Our culture is being destroyed” and praising Lee as “the greatest strategist of them all....

The exchange of jabs earlier this week between Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith that later turned into an apology from Smith, is now water under the bridge according to Harbaugh. MORE: Harbaugh vs. SEC | Ranking top college football states But at first when Smith said the Buckeyes would only look into holding spring practice in Florida (as Michigan did), “If we were jump-starting our program,” Harbaugh saw that as slight against his program....

The COVID-19 outbreak ground sport to a halt in March and spiking cases across the U.S. could still derail the NBA and MLB’s plans to restart their seasons later this month. The NFL remains confident its campaign will begin on September 10 as scheduled, but there are more doubts surrounding the upcoming college football season, which is supposed to get underway next month. Harbaugh, however, sees no reason as to why college football executives should postpone the season....

"I will not take the blame for his outfit," Sarah said. "I've thrown them away many times. I've asked him ... pleats are gone. Wear a flat front." "You have to find them at a Walmart. I threw them out and then when he went to the Combine, he found a Walmart ... $8! And he pulls them up to the middle of his stomach. And I'm like 'This is not a good look....

Palmer, a longtime Orioles TV analyst, made the accusation during a no-holds-barred critique of Davis after the O’s game in Chicago. O’s TRADE RUMORS: Cubs expected to ask about Manny Machado Palmer specfically referenced Davis’ assertion in spring training that he had worked extensively with O’s hitting coach Scott Coolbaugh. Palmer proceeded to call out Davis — and burn Coolbaugh as a source — over that claim. It is not known whether Davis has been asked to respond to Palmer’s comments....