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There was a time when wild headlines appeared on the pages of the Weekly World News instead of your Facebook feed. Now it’s called clickbait. 25 years ago, a headline about a Mongolian that wanted to destroy Hulk Hogan was just a headline. And you got like 250 wild headlines per issue to entertain you while you passed time switching from ‘A’ and ‘B’ on your cable box. Now you have a Facebook feed full of political clickbait that isn’t even funny. At least the WWN headline writers were brilliant with their clickbait.

The Weekly World News stopped printing in 2007. Weekly sales in 2006 were down to just 83,000 issues. Facebook opened to anyone with a valid email address on September 26, 2006. WWN was becoming a dinosaur. There was a new home for wild clickbait headlines. The WWN site still exists and there’s new content published when someone gets around to it. weeklyworldnews.com

Perhaps New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone was trying to fire up his team that had lost six of its past eight games. Maybe he was showing frustration over alternating pitching and hitting struggles as the Yankees slide further down the AL East standings.

Whatever the reason, Boone gave himself an early exit from Sunday’s 7-1 defeat to the Houston Astros by getting ejected in the third inning. It was his fifth ejection of the season, leading all MLB managers.

Boone began arguing with home plate umpire Derek Thomas after he called a low sinker to Ryan McMahon a strike. Judging from strike-zone graphics, the pitch was borderline but was out of the zone.

Apparently, that was one low strike too many for Boone’s liking and he shouted at Thomas from the dugout. Thomas called timeout and warned Boone, saying, “that’s enough” before tossing him from the game.

Aaron Judge just keeps hitting home runs.

He homered on Wednesday night in Toronto, giving him 37 for the season and 352 for his career.

After being the fastest player in MLB history to reach 350 home runs, Judge keeps climbing the all-time leaderboard.

He has now officially broken into the top-100 in MLB history. He’s tied for 99th with the 352 HRs, a total also reached by Ryan Braun and Ellis Burks.

Judge is closing in on a couple of Yankees very soon, too.

Yogi Berra hit 358 career homers. Joe DiMaggio had 361.

Judge broke into the majors late, so although his at bat pace has him faster than anyone in MLB history, it’s unlikely he can climb to the very top of the all-time leaderboard. Or is it? 

Marcus Stroman is now on the lookout for a new team.

The 2019 and 2023 All-Star was released by the Yankees on Friday, a day after the league’s trade deadline.

His release comes after New York added relievers David Bednar, Camilo Doval and Jake Bird before the deadline.

In his final start for the Yankees, Stroman allowed four runs and six hits with three strikeouts in a 7-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. He allowed four runs in each of his past two appearances.

Stroman was an All-Star with the Mets (’21) and Cubs (’23) before coming to New York. The 34-year old joined the Yankees on a two-year, $37 million deal in January of 2024, but struggled in his two years in the Bronx.

He had a 4.69 ERA in 193.2 IP over his two-year stretch in New York.

NEW YORK — You are invited to Hoops Cabaret New York, the world’s sexiest sports bar, to watch UFC 319, featuring Dricus Du Plessis vs. Khamzat Chimaev, on Saturday night, August 16.

The fan-favorite Hoops Cabaret with multiple giant screens, numerous HD TVs, and its gigantic Mega-Tron Video Wall is the ideal place to watch this great night of UFC matches. Every seat has a clear view of all the action.  

UFC 319 is set to be an electrifying event. The main event is current middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis vs undefeated No. 3 ranked contender Khamzat Chimaev. 

Also fighting will be an exciting battle of middleweight strikers: No. 7 ranked contender Jared Cannonier vs Michael “Venom” Page.  

Hoops Cabaret combines the fun of a sports bar with the excitement of a strip club. Hoops girl Jessica said, “The girls and I will be performing on stage and up close and personal for you all through the night. And the after-party will be amazing!” 

Hoops Cabaret for the ultimate fan experience. Check out the Hoops ‘VIP Man Cave,’ the VIP suites, and be sure to pop some bottles, and make it rain!

HOOPS Cabaret and Sports Bar

48 West 33rd Street, New York City

Court-side, Balcony, + VIP seating

Super VIP “Man Cave”

Next door to Rick’s Cabaret NYC

Leonardo DiCaprio proudly announced that he bought a stake in the eco-friendly company Champagne Telmont.

The Oscar-winning actor and environmental activist said he was, “Proud to join as an investor in Champagne Telmont.” DiCaprio explained that the sustainable brand aims to offer a greener future.

“Champagne Telmont, together with its partner wine-growers, has set its sights on producing 100% organic champagne, ensuring a completely sustainable production lifecycle in the coming years,” he said.

DiCaprio did not disclose how much money he invested in the company, and his rep did not immediately respond to our request for comment.

Champagne Telmont takes sustainability to a whole new level. Not only does the brand focus on eco-friendly production, it also practices upcycling by collecting used bottles at the Telmont estate and transforming them into candles made with soy wax and untreated wood sticks.

Carvel is teaming up with oatmilk company Oatly to bring a new non-dairy lineup to Carvel shoppes across 18 states in the US.

Carvel shoppes will be the first to offer Oatly Frozen Dessert Cakes. Carvel’s classic cakes are always prepared in-shoppe, making any cake customizable with the available flavors of Oatly soft serve.

Here’s a closer look at the non-dairy lineup:

• Oatly Strawberry Soft Serve
• Oatly Cookies & Cream Scooped
• Oatly Chocolate Peanut Butter Scooped
• Flying Saucer Sandwiches made with Oatly
• Frozen Dessert Cakes made with Oatly

Aaron Glenn’s first preseason as head coach of the New York Jets will kick off this summer on the road and then wrap up with traditional warm-weather games against the Jets’ NFC East foes and neighbors.

Jets at Green Bay Packers, Lambeau Field, Saturday, Aug. 9 (8 p.m. ET kickoff), TBA
The Jets’ summer schedule opens on a Saturday afternoon in Cheesehead Country. This will be their 10th preseason game against the Packers. The Green & White are 3-6 in their first nine summer meetings with the Pack, but they’ve won two of the last four,

Jets at New York Giants, MetLife Stadium, Saturday, Aug. 16 (7 p.m. kickoff), WCBS
The Jets will be the road team against the Giants at MetLife Stadium the following Saturday night, and there remains at least a theoretical possibility that the Jets’ Justin Fields and the Giants’ Russell Wilson, both of whom were QBs with the Steelers last season, could get a few snaps against the other’s defense in this one.

The Jets have won the last four games in their summer series with Big Blue and are 29-25-1 all-time. 

Jets vs. Philadelphia Eagles, MetLife Stadium, Friday, Aug. 22 (7:30 p.m. kickoff), WCBS
The August wrapup will pit the Jets and Eagles at MetLife on Friday night, Aug. 22, for the familiar foes’ first meeting in the past three summers. From 1985-2022, the teams that wear the different shades of green met each year except 2000 and the aforementioned summer of ’20. The Jets lead the preseason series 26-16-1.

The teams’ most recent meeting was a 24-21 Jets victory to open the ’22 preseason schedule.

Four New York Mets currently in the minor leagues are on the Baseball Hot List of Top 50 Prospects

INF/OF Jett Williams: No. 17

RHP Jonah Tong: No. 29

OF Carson Benge: No.32

RHP Nolan McLean: No. 34

Williams, 21, is having a terrific season for Double-A Binghamton, where he’s slashing .288/.396/.495 with eight homers, 24 doubles, five triples, 26 stolen bases, 52 runs scored, and 31 RBI in 334 plate appearances over 78 games. He will very likely get promoted to Triple-A Syracuse before the season is over.

Tong, 22, continues to lay waste to hitters in Double-A. He has a 1.83 ERA and 0.92 WHIP with 125 strikeouts in 78.2 innings over 15 starts. It’s fair to believe that Tong will be promoted to Syracuse relatively soon.

Benge, the Mets’ first-round pick (19th overall) in the 2024 MLB Draft, is excelling for Binghamton after spending the first 60 games of the season with the High-A Brooklyn Cyclones. Overall this season, the 22-year-old is slashing .302/.422/.485 with six homers, 21 doubles, five triples, 57 runs scored, 44 RBI, and 17 stolen bases.

McLean, who turns 24 on July 24, has been dominating for Syracuse and could be on the doorstep of his big league debut. Overall this season, McLean has a 2.17 ERA and 1.17 WHIP with 95 strikeouts in 87.0 innings for Binghamton and Syracuse.

The Buss family has agreed to sell the majority ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers to TWG Global CEO and chairman and Los Angeles Dodgers majority owner Mark Walter for a franchise valuation of approximately $10 billion, which would be the largest sale of a professional sports franchise in the world.

The price beats the previous records set during the $6.1 billion sale of the Boston Celtics in 2025 and the $6.05 billion sale of the NFL’s Washington Commanders in 2023. Walter’s purchase of the Dodgers in 2012 as part of the Guggenheim contingency ranks 12th all-time.

Walter has served as a minority stakeholder in the Lakers since 2021 and also has interests in the Los Angeles Sparks, the Billie Jean Cup, Cadillac Formula One team and the Professional Women’s Hockey League. 

Lakers controlling owner Jeanie Buss, the daughter of late former owner Dr. Jerry Buss, will reportedly continue to serve her role as the team’s governor after the completion of the sale.

Dr. Jerry Buss purchased the Lakers from the late Jack Kent Cooke for $67.5 million in 1979, a deal that also included the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings and the Los Angeles Forum, the team’s home arena until 1999. Dr. Buss died in 2013, with his daughter taking over as the team’s governor ever since.