Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. We built this deal list brick by brick — literally. It’s Nov. 28, Black Friday is officially here, and the LEGO Black Friday sale is just getting started. Amazon and Walmart are just two of the retailers where you’ll find LEGO Black Friday deals on sets from “Star Wars” to botanicals and everything in between. Over at LEGO, you may not find as big of savings as you will when shopping through Amazon or Walmart,…

Hong Kong firefighters combed through a high-rise apartment complex apartment-by-apartment Friday in a final attempt to find anyone alive after a massive fire engulfed seven of eight towers, killing at least 94 people in one of the city’s deadliest blazes. Crews were prioritizing apartments from which they received more than two dozen calls for assistance during the blaze but were unable to reach, Derek Armstrong Chan, a deputy director of Hong Kong Fire Services told reporters early Friday morning. “Our firefighting operation is almost complete,” he said. Thick smoke and flames rise as a major fire engulfs several apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk…

Is it time Myles Garrett got a new nickname?Myles the Menace? Myles the Monster? Myles … the all-time single-season sack leader?Monikers aside, Garrett is on a tear this season. He has a league-leading 18 sacks through 11 games for 3-8 Cleveland.Yes, the Browns aren’t very good, but he sure is.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about Sports Betting on FOX Sports.Garrett has posted three games this season with two or more sacks. He had two against Cincinnati in Week 1,…

A high-flying partner at EY was fired from his $850K role after he propositioned a female colleague at a Christmas party, and was later accused of assault in a Sydney bar. Leonard Nicita was terminated from his role as a senior partner in the firm’s Transaction Tax team in November 2023, according to a decision from Justice David Mossop in the ACT Supreme Court last month. The first incident happened at a 2022 Christmas party which had a “Miami Vice” dress-up theme, and resulted in a female partner making a complaint to management, the decision said. During the party, as…

The devastated mother of an Australian boy who died on a camping trip to the NSW Central Coast has revealed a shocking new theory behind his tragic death. Jeremy Webb was just 16 years old when he died after eating beef sausages on a camping trip with three friends at MacMasters Beach in June 2022. The friends had cooked the sausages over a campfire but by 11 p.m., Jeremy had started having difficulty breathing and subsequently collapsed on his way to seek help from an adult in a nearby caravan. His friends tried to resuscitate him, but he was tragically…

Everyone knows the goaltending prowess of Matt Freese and the scoring ability of Alonso Martinez, but when it comes to leadership for New York City FC, there has been no more important player on their roster than 38-year-old Maxi Moralez. The Argentine MLS veteran helped lift New York City FC to the Eastern Conference Finals with his goal against Philadelphia, but speaking to the players in the NYCFC lineup, his importance to the club goes deeper than just his ability to step up in big moments. Maxi Moralez of New York City FC reacts after scoring the team’s lone goal…

A US tourist from Colorado was found dead in Tobago with a metal object protruding from his back after leaving his friends to purchase marijuana, according to authorities. Christopher Brown, 43, a builder from Silverthorne, was found unresponsive after 10:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday in the small fishing village of Castara. Christopher Brown, 43, was found dead in Tobago with a metal object protruding from his back after leaving his friends to purchase marijuana. Universal Images Group via Getty Images Officers from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service responded to the scene, where Brown was pronounced dead. Brown had…

Black Friday now signals the beginning of the Hot Stove Season, when sports media, TV, radio and print begin to demand that the Mets and Yankees “open their wallets” to spend as much money as possible to sign free agents of all wishful, faded or departed value. While it’s unknown to what extent these credentialed and convinced influencers spend their own money to study their subjects — do they dig for tickets, parking, games on cable and streaming TV? — they don’t seem to mind or care. Few even consider, let alone openly lament, the escalating costs for fans and…

In part one of this series, I described an experience in which my daughter had accomplished something really big, and how I’d done a thousand and one things to support and celebrate her and honor her achievement. I also “confessed” that there was something I didn’t do—because I really didn’t want to. I had reached my limit of what I could give and still be okay. It felt like I couldn’t bear to do it. But what I didn’t do, it turned out, was something that my daughter really wanted, and far more important (as is often the case) than…

Post Malone showed love for the late Marshawn Kneeland. The musical superstar paid tribute to Kneeland, who died by suicide Nov. 6, during his Thanksgiving Day halftime show for the Cowboys-Chiefs game. “We love you, 94. We love you,” the performer, who is also a Cowboys fan, called out to a raucous crowd at AT&T Stadium after the Cowboys had just taken a 17-14 lead before the break. Malone also wore a large 94 pin, among many others, on his blue jacket in honor of Kneeland, who donned No. 94 while a member of the Cowboys. Post Malone wears a…