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An inside look at Sunday’s Giants-Saints NFL Week 5 matchup in New Orleans: Marquee matchup Giants defensive front vs. Saints offensive line It is easy to spot how the Saints prioritize their draft resources. Cesar Ruiz AP They have four first-round picks and one second-round pick starting on their offensive line, though right guard Cesar Ruiz (first round, 2020) is out with a high ankle sprain. The Giants have four first-rounders on their defensive line: Dexter Lawrence, Kayvon Thibodeaux, Abdul Carter and Brian Burns (with the Panthers). This group pressured Justin Herbert 20 times last week. Carter as a rookie…

Rapper Bad Bunny responded to the backlash surrounding the NFL’s decision to book him for this year’s Super Bowl Halftime show as he kicked off the 51st season of “Saturday Night Live.” The 31-year-old Puerto Rican native, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, said he was “excited” to be named the headlining act for the big game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara in February, but urged critics they have “four months to learn” Spanish. “I’m really excited to be doing the Super Bowl, I know that people all around the world who love my music are also…

LAS VEGAS — Fan favorite Alex Pereira dethroned Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 320, taking the light heavyweight championship with a first-round stoppage Saturday night. Pereira (13-3-0) floored Ankalaev (21-2-1) after hurting him with a huge right hand and quickly went to work using thunderous elbows during a ground-and-pound before referee Herb Dean stepped in to stop the bout at the 1:20 mark. Pereira brought an end to Ankalaev’s 14-match unbeaten streak, while exacting revenge for a loss in the fighters’ first meeting in March. “I wasn’t well that night, but tonight I was very well,” Pereira said through his translator.…

The Nets started their preseason slate Saturday with a numbers crunch and crowded roster. They’ll end it weeks from now with a fight right up to Opening Night for the final spot of the team. That fight may include Tyrese Martin. Nets players have almost universally offered up unbidden praise for Martin, gushing over his play in offseason runs and training camp practices. And Brooklyn has held him up as an example to its youngsters of how to carry themselves, how to fight for their jobs. But Martin knows his own job is nowhere near safe. Not yet. “I’d never…

Egypt on Saturday opened a tomb of a pharaoh for visitors after more than two decades of renovation in the southern city of Luxor, as it prepares for the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The huge tomb of Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt between 1390 B.C. and 1350 B.C., is located on the western side of the famed Valley of the Kings. It was found in 1799 by two people and its contents were looted, including the sarcophagus, Egyptian antiquities authorities said. Egypt opened a tomb of a pharaoh for visitors on Saturday. STRINGER/EPA/Shutterstock It has…

Russia launched air strikes in western Ukraine early Sunday, raining missiles and drones on the Lviv region near the Polish border — forcing the NATO country to scramble jets to lock down its skies. Lviv — only 43 miles from Poland — was pounded for hours overnight by missiles and Russian drones as air defenses fired furiously in all directions to fend off the attack, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said. A witness told The Post the latest strike is “definitely the worst hit in Lviv since the beginning of the war.” A fire engulfs a vehicle on the street of…

South Carolina State University was placed on lockdown late Saturday night after a reported shooting near a student housing facility on campus, the Orangeburg institution announced. The historically black university issued an alert around 11 p.m., canceling a homecoming concert and urging all students to return to their dorms after shots were fired at Hugine Suites, officials posted on the school’s website. “The South Carolina State University campus is on lockdown following a shooting,” the alert warned. South Carolina State University in Orangeburg was placed on lockdown Saturday night after a reported shooting. Jacob – stock.adobe.com “The Homecoming concert scheduled…

Arch Manning was in the medical tent once and on the ground way more often. The Texas star endured another difficult day in his first full season as a starter, throwing for 263 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions in a 29-21 loss at Florida on Saturday. He was sacked six times. Manning became the latest inexperienced QB to sink in the Swamp. But he nearly rallied the ninth-ranked Longhorns (3-2, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) down the stretch. Arch Manning looks on before a game against the Florida Gators. Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images With Florida and coach Billy Napier milking the…

The Middle East being the Middle East, it was probably foolish to believe or even hope that the broad support for President Trump’s Gaza peace plan meant the end of the war was near.  By Saturday, the only certainty was that a new round of complex negotiations would be needed.  Predictably, Hamas is to blame. The terror group made it perfectly clear it’s in no hurry to end the war it started almost exactly two years ago.  Proof that Hamas wants peace on the back burner came via its response to a demand from Trump that it meet a Sunday…

A beloved Nigerian news anchor tragically died after leaping three stories from her apartment in a desperate attempt to escape a horrific armed robbery, according to police and reports. Somtochukwu “Sommie” Maduagwu, 29, a reporter and producer at Arise News Channel, was found unconscious by police outside her three-story apartment building in the capital of Abuja after violent thieves broke in and ransacked it early Monday morning, the Federal Capital Territory Police Command announced. The popular TV host was rushed to a local hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries. Somtochukwu “Sommie” Maduagwu, a news anchor for Arise News, died…