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None of it had come from the mouth of Kevin Garnett — until Tuesday, when the veteran big man made it clear that he is in his coach’s corner. MORE: Six D-League players who can help your team “I feel real good about the progression of this team since Day 1 and I think it needs to be said and needs to be understood that I’m endorsing Sam Mitchell and our coaching staff and this organization,” he said after morning practice, per the Minneapolis Star Tribune....

McCarthy took to Twitter early on Saturday morning and shared a video of the speech he delivered to the House after he was elected speaker on the 15th ballot on Friday. “I hope one thing is clear after this week: I will never give up. And I will never give up for you, the American people,” McCarthy tweeted. The final vote saw McCarthy win support from 216 Republicans in the House, while all 212 Democrats voted for Representative Hakeem Jeffries and six Republicans voted “present....

Forget the Texas Rangers-Tampa Bay Rays wild-card tiebreaker, he told the wide receiver. MORE: Sanchez update | Jets-Falcons | Week 5 picks | Odds "You should probably watch the football game," Nelson recalled him saying. "Because you're going to be playing next Monday night." The New York Jets signed Nelson on Wednesday, and the former Buffalo Bills wide receiver could make an immediate impact on a banged-up receiving corps. Santonio Holmes and Stephen Hill could both be sidelined for the Jets' game against the Falcons at Atlanta on Monday night, so Nelson might need to be ready to play despite just getting to his new team....

In an interview with Newsweek, Rabbi Scott Kramer of the Montgomery synagogue Agudath Israel Etz Ahayem explained that the Jewish community on Saturday was preparing for the High Holy Days that include Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—“the two most important days of the Jewish calendar”—when their Zoom call was attacked. “So, I opened a Zoom meeting between four Jewish communities in Alabama: Montgomery, Dothan, Auburn and Mobile. And one minute into the session—and I don’t know how many—people just came in, screaming above everybody else, and then the images started with Hitler....

The last first lady to appear on the cover of Vogue was Michelle Obama with the magazine bypassing the Trump administration altogether. Jill Biden was shot by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz for the spread, which shows the 70-year-old on the south lawn of the White House in a navy Oscar De Le Renta dress. This is an honor not bestowed on Melania Trump who was recording expressing her anger at not being invited for a cover, unlike many first ladies before her....

“I’ve never been prouder in all my 40 years of a basketball team than I am of this one,” Boeheim said on the TBS telecast a few minutes earlier. MORE: Most memorable photos of the Elite Eight This was supposed to be Boeheim’s punishment, the year where he sat out for nine ACC games after vacating 108 coaching victories before the season started, the result of an NCAA investigation that meant a postseason ban last year....

Breuer announced that he would cancel shows at Michigan’s Royal Oak Theatre and New Jersey’s Wellmont Theater in a Facebook video last week, calling vaccine mandates for audiences “segregation.” “I know I’m going to sacrifice a lot of money, but I’m not going to be enslaved by the system or by money. And nor should anyone that wants to laugh or be entertained,” he said. In the 22-minute long video, he defended his decision, saying he needed to “stick to” his morals and that people should not be “forced, bribed, dictated” to take the vaccine....

The comedy legend faced backlash when he hit out at Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday night, which prompted internet users to resurface footage of Carrey himself acting inappropriately at an awards show in 1997. “I was sickened, I was sickened by the standing ovation,” Carrey said on CBS Mornings earlier this week. “I felt like Hollywood is just spineless en masse and it really felt like this is a really clear indication that we’re not the cool club anymore....

Now set to play his first tournament since undergoing surgery on his left wrist on Feb. 1, Furyk has a daunting task this weekend at the Wells Fargo Championship. But despite the lengthy, wet course and a loaded field, Furyk agreed the next few days in North Carolina will be a fresh start. MORE: PGA Tour winners of 2015-16 season | Wells Fargo preview “I’m hoping for my own sake that I’m patient with myself,” Furyk told reporters after Wednesday’s pro-am at Quail Hollow....

So where’s coach Jim Harbaugh in the middle of all this? He’s on his annual pilgrimage to Peru, of course. He’s every bit as entertaining in South America, too. MORE: Big Ten coach rankings | Bowl projections: Michigan vs. LSU? | Preseason Top 25 Harbaugh made this not-so subtle joke about Deflategate and the four-game suspension of Tom Brady, who you might remember played at Michigan. Harbaugh did lead the 49ers to a 41-34 win against the Patriots in 2012, and his brother John has a long-standing rivalry with New England....

He returned in style. NFL WEEK 6: Lions have NFL’s most improved D | Expert picks It’s like poetry. Irsay was suspended for the first six games of the NFL season and fined $500,000 for violating the league’s personal-conduct policy.

Earlier this month, The Indianapolis Star reported that a 10-year-old girl received an abortion in Indiana after she was raped. However, shortly after the report, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost appeared on Fox News and disputed the story, saying that his office had not seen any evidence of the incident being true. “We have regular contact with prosecutors and local police and sheriff’s. Not a whisper anywhere,” Yost said....

The Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation is intensifying following a redacted release of an affidavit that led to the search of Trump’s Florida home. One photo in a 36-page court filing released Tuesday night by the DOJ sparked conversation, showing numerous “secret” and “top secret” documents strewn about a floor inside Mar-a-Lago. “Don’t let Attorney General [Merrick] Garland chill your rights as whistleblowers,” Jordan tweeted in a message to FBI and DOJ officials August 31....

Nantz, who is CBS’s lead announcer on the NCAA Tournament because he always has been, apparently gives the tie he wears during the national championship game to one player every year. This year’s lucky recipient of a discarded garment? Villanova senior — it’s always a senior because, of course — Ryan Arcidiacono. MORE: Most memorable photos from title game | Villanova’s buzzer-beater win Let Nantz explain it himself: “It’s a personal Final Four tradition....

After all, Knaus and driver Jimmie Johnson ended up losing the championship (actually coming in third in the standings) to Keselowski. But considering that the 41-year-old Kenseth is driving for an organization with three Cup championships, and has one himself, it appears that Knaus' comment makes at least a little sense when looking at where Keselowski was at a year ago. Johnson leads Kenseth by seven points with two races remaining....

A Pennsylvania judge ruled Wednesday the former WWF/WWE superstar is not mentally competent to assist in his own defense in the 33-year-old case. MORE: Most heinous crimes connected to athletes “Unfortunately, justice suffers when it’s delayed,” Lehigh County Judge Kelly L. Banach said, via the Allentown Morning Call. Banach spent four days listening to arguments from attorneys on both sides and testimony from expert witnesses. She said that, ultimately, her decision was based on her own interactions with Snuka, now 73....

In the first quarter of the Chicago Bulls 109-90 win over the New York Knicks on Sunday, Jimmy Butler got forced out of bounds on the defensive end of the floor. As the Bulls carried the ball to the offensive end, Butler was so far out of bounds and out of the play that instead of making his way back to the court first, he decided to sprint down a row of seats before jumping back into action on offense....

The Roots, Fallon’s house band, did an awesome a cappella of Queen’s “We Are the Champions” to honor the Patriots victory. There were lots of famous faces. MORE: Tom Brady is best ever | Russell Wilson thought he threw TD | Must-see Super Bowl photos The Patriots might have beaten the Seahawks in thrilling fashion, but the real awards were presented when Fallon rolled out his 2015 Super Bowl superlatives....

Merrill, who died in 1995, never wrote much like anybody else. But one poet he admired and learned from, Wallace Stevens, said Merrill reminded him of his younger self; another, W. H. Auden, called him his favorite young American poet. After John Berryman and Robert Lowell died, he was widely considered American poetry’s top dog–except by those who thought his formalism was retrograde. When he won the Bollingen Prize, poetry’s Academy Award, in 1973, The New York Times (of all places) denounced him for being “literary, private and traditional....

That's what Jimmy Rollins experienced after sending a walk-off homer into the left field stands in Saturday night's game against the Marlins. Your browser does not support iframes. MORE: SN picks the top 50 MLB players for 2014 Sometime during the game, a fan behind the Phillies dugout had been chirping at Rollins, reportedly saying something that the shortstop later said "was very ignorant." As he flipped the bat and began to trot toward first base, he looked at the fan and told him to "shut the (expletive) up....