KD on NYC VAX MANDATE that STILL prevents KYRIE IRVING from playing in Brooklyn: "It's ridiculous. I don't understand it at all. It just feels like, at this point now, someone is trying to make a statement or point to flex their authority.”

       

Kevin Durant rips NYC mayor over 'ridiculous' vaccine mandate 

OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN | THE HILL

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant calls New York City’s vaccine mandate “ridiculous” and accused Mayor Eric Adams of craving attention as his teammate Kyrie Irving remains unable to play home games.

"You shouldn’t have to be forced to take something you don’t want”: SHAQUILLE O’NEAL Speaks Out AGAINST Vaccine Mandates

      

STEVE WATSON | SUMMIT NEWS

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal publicly declared Thursday that in his opinion no one “should be forced” to take a vaccine, and hit back at a reporter who claimed that Americans are not being made to take shots.

Quick! Spell ZAILA AVANT-GARDE! The first African American contestant to win National Spelling Bee is now aiming for Harvard, the NBA and NASA

 

David Williams | CNN

(CNN) Zaila Avant-garde wasn't focused on her place in history on Thursday when she became the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 93 editions of the competition.