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The peskiness of Prohibition didn’t stop the 29th president, Warren G. Harding, from catching a buzz. One of his go-to drinks was this old-timey cocktail.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has made his ability to navigate a sharply divided Legislature a core part of his national sales pitch. But as 2028 approaches, what he really wants is a Democratic trifecta in Harrisburg.
Shapiro helped Democrats flip the state House in 2022 when he won the governor’s mansion. But the Republican-controlled Senate has been his Achilles’ heel since, stymieing his attempts to pass core Democratic policies like raising one of the lowest state minimum wages in the country. And the split Legislature left Shapiro mired in a monthslong budget standoff last year that held up billions of dollars in state funding for counties, schools and nonprofits.
Now, Shapiro is leading the charge to help Democrats wrest back the chamber from Republican control by a slim 27-23 majority and expand their single-seat majority in the House — part of an aggressive down-ballot push the governor is undertaking alongside his own reelection bid.
Shapiro has repeatedly voiced his desire to win unified control of the commonwealth both in private conversations with donors and in public. He’s touted what he could do with it — outlining a policy agenda rooted in increasing affordability that includes raising the state’s minimum wage and boosting energy production, including through renewables.
When asked his second-term goals and whether he needs unified Democratic control to achieve them, the governor said his record proves “I can bring the Republicans and Democrats together to get stuff done.”
“There are some things, though, that the Republican Senate has blocked me on that I would like us to be able to get done,” he said at an event in Washington last week. “And certainly, having a trifecta would allow me to do that.”
During his state budget address Tuesday, Shapiro unloaded on Senate Republicans who’ve stood in the way of his priorities, saying they’ve “refused to act” on raising wages and needling them to “stop making excuses” on advancing his energy plans. His voice ringing with emotion, he accused them of “cowering to … special interests” and “tying justice for abused kids to your pet political projects” over stalling enhanced protections for sexual abuse victims.
Shapiro’s effort to secure unified control of Harrisburg will serve as a critical test of his coattails in the nation’s largest swing state. And it’s a prerequisite for him to be able to score some big-ticket liberal policy wins he can brag about on a 2028 presidential primary stage that could be jam-packed with governors who already have their own achievements to tout.
“If he can add to the appeal he already has with things like a higher minimum wage, with other pieces of the puzzle that state government can do to make things more affordable, it just gives his candidacy and his message that extra spark that is missing right now,” said longtime Democratic strategist Pete Giangreco, who worked on Barack Obama’s and Amy Klobuchar’s presidential campaigns but is not working for any likely 2028 contenders.
But Pennsylvania Democrats haven’t had a trifecta in three decades. And they face a narrow path to achieving it even in a year when national Democrats are bullish on a blue wave.
Just half the Pennsylvania Senate is on the ballot this year, and operatives on both sides say the battlefield is even smaller, pointing to a handful of districts in the Philadelphia suburbs through the Lehigh Valley and more rural swaths of the state. Prognosticators say the Pennsylvania Senate “leans Republican.”
“If you look at the Republican map on who needs to be defeated, it’s a lot of more rural, red areas,” said Pennsylvania-based GOP consultant Josh Novotney. “Nothing’s impossible in such a bad year for Republicans. But it’s going to be tough.”
But Keystone State Democrats are emboldened by last year’s elections. The party swept judicial retention races for the state’s highest court and flipped a state Senate seat during a special election in a district Democrats said President Donald Trump carried by 15 percentage points in 2024. They’re encouraged by Democratic wins and overperformances across the country over the past year.
And, top Democrats say, they have Shapiro.
The governor remains highly popular, with an approval rating that’s cracked 60 percent in some surveys. He’s a fundraising juggernaut who has amassed a $30 million war chest to unload against likely GOP rival Stacy Garrity, the state treasurer, who raised just a fraction of that amount.
Democrats rode to power in the Pennsylvania House in 2022 on what one top lawmaker described as “Shapiro’s landslide coattails,” and they credit the governor for helping them hold their razor-thin majority in 2024, even as Trump won Pennsylvania and Democrats lost every statewide election.
“He is a huge part of the reason we have the majority. He’s a huge part of the reason that we were able to hold the majority in 2024,” said state Rep. Mike Schlossberg, the House majority whip. “I have no doubt he will lean in very, very heavily to making sure that we not only expand our majority in the House, but hopefully take control of the Senate — something that’s realistically in play for the first time probably in my entire career.”
Shapiro poured $1.25 million into the Pennsylvania House Democrats’ campaign committee in 2024 and helped raise another $1 million toward defending their majority that year. He also donated $250,000 to state Senate Democrats’ campaign committee. And he cut ads and hit the campaign trail in key legislative districts.
Last year, Shapiro gave the state party $250,000 to fund infrastructure improvements heading into the midterms, with a promise of more to come. His political team is in “regular communication” with Pennsylvania Democrats’ campaign arms, said state Sen. Vincent Hughes, a Philadelphia Democrat who chairs the party’s Senate campaign committee.
The governor’s political operation declined to share an estimate of how much Shapiro plans to spend down-ticket this year, or where he plans to campaign. Manuel Bonder, a spokesperson for Shapiro, said the governor “has a long track record of working to elect Democrats up and down the ballot” and will “continue to focus on” that alongside his reelection bid.
Shapiro and his allies have repeatedly lamented Republican roadblocks to an agenda that includes raising wages, boosting housing and energy production and securing sustainable funding for public transportation. House Speaker Joanna McClinton, a Philadelphia Democrat, accused the GOP of “political gamesmanship” in an interview, claiming the opposition is trying to “keep down the productivity” to hurt Shapiro and state Democrats in 2026 and beyond.
Senate Republican leaders signaled more friction to come as they fired back on several fronts after Shapiro’s speech Tuesday, skewering his plan to overhaul the state’s energy sector, accusing him of being “more interested in the political talking point” on hiking wages to $15 an hour (while indicating they’re open to compromise) and saying there are “different paths” to helping victims of abuse.
As 2028 looms, Democratic legislative leaders and political strategists acknowledged the potential political benefit of a trifecta for Shapiro, who could get a boost from both turning a purple state blue and passing policies that could pad a potential presidential platform.
“If he can help us win the trifecta, and then use it to actually govern and get good results — or as he likes to say, ‘get shit done’ — that looks really good at the national level,” Schlossberg said.
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Men’s college basketball, women’s college basketball – there’s no shortage of college ball, every night. Don’t worry, we’re here to help you figure out what you missed but shouldn’t have. Here are all the best moments from last night in college basketball. UConn finally handling the Big East with ease UConn ranks No. 3 in the poll this week, as well as third in FOX Sports analyst Casey Jacobsen’s rankings. The Huskies finally broke their extended streak of coming in 8th in the NCAA Evaluation Tool, moving up to 7th in NET, thanks to a huge win over Creighton that saw Connecticut beat a Big East team by more than a few points. That last point is important, as there had just been too many close wins of late to consider UConn any kind of lock for a deep run in March, considering that the Big East is weaker in 2025-2026 than in most years. The Huskies keep on winning — their one loss remains against No. 1 undefeated Arizona — but an overtime win against Providence, beating Seton Hall 69-64, topping Georgetown by just 2 points, letting Villanova take them to OT, another close W against Providence… well, none of that engenders confidence, no matter UConn’s rankings. The good news for Huskies fans is that UConn seems to be coming out of whatever funk was causing them to play down to the competition for basically a month straight. Connecticut crushed Creighton, 85-58, and on Tuesday followed that up with a similarly dominant win over Xavier, which the Huskies won 92-60. No one player starred for UConn — junior guard Silas Demary Jr. led with 17 points — five players reached double-digits in scoring and two others fell a single point shy of joining them while the team as a whole shot 57%. Now, this does not mean everything is fixed and there is no cause for concern when it comes to UConn taking on other possible top seeds in March, but the further away the team gets from the idea of “could be easily upset in the Big East tournament,” the better. The first real test in a while — one meant to be a test — is the next game on the schedule, against No. 22 St. John’s. While the Red Storm struggled earlier in the season, they have bounced back in a big way as a post-roster refresh squad started to gel. Whatever the outcome — against a ranked conference opponent, on the road — it will say a lot about UConn’s overall chances this season. Miami (OH) does it again Miami (OH) is ranked No. 23. It now also has a 23-0 record after taking down Buffalo on Tuesday, which is not only very noticeably an undefeated one, but also represents the longest-ever win streak in Mid-American Conference history. It was not an easy victory, but the RedHawks already have a few games like that behind them in this streak. Miami (OH) would win, 73-71, and it was that close despite a significant disparity in shooting percentage — 55% for the RedHawks, 42% for the Bulls — due to free throws. Buffalo was fouled just two more times than Miami (OH), but the when and where of the fouls the RedHawks committed mattered, as the Bulls went to the line 18 times and sank 14 of them, or, 12 more attempts and 11 more makes than the RedHawks had. Miami (OH) dominated in the paint, however, 48 to 28, and that focus on high-percentage shots ended up allowing the RedHawks to survive the significant free throw advantage. Still, they let Buffalo hang around long enough for a last-second 3-point attempt out of the hands of junior guard Ryan Sabol to be a potential game-winner. The contested 24-footer didn’t find the mark, though, and Miami (OH) came away the winner for the 23rd time this season. Sophomore guard Luke Skaljac led the way for the RedHawks with 19 points on 9-for-15 shooting, and added 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 steals to those figures. The Bulls got 18 from sophomore guard Daniel Freitag and a game-high 22 from senior guard Angelo Brizzi, and both teams’ starters played fairly equally, but the RedHawks got a little more out of their bench — 16 points to 9 — and that made as much of a difference as anything. A 24-rebound performance The Charleston Cougars are 18-3 overall and now 10-0 in Coastal Athletic Association play following a win over Campbell — their 11th-straight victory. While twin sisters and junior guards Taryn and Taylor Barbot did a lot of the heavy lifting on the scoring end, combining for 32 of the Cougars’ 61 points, neither was the star of the W. That would instead be junior forward Grace Ezebilo, who scored 8 points with 2 assists, 3 steals and a block, and oh, 24 of the Cougars’ 41 rebounds. Those 24 boards represent a program record for the College of Charleston, and are also a career-high for Ezebilo, who is in her first year of Division I ball. Before transferring to Charleston, Ezebilo played for Tyler Junior College, where she averaged 12.8 rebounds per game as a sophomore. She’s not quite at that figure in D-I ball, but Ezebilo is pretty close: enough so that, at 11.8 per game, she’s leading the CAA by 3.5 boards a night and is sixth in all of Division I women’s basketball. It’s pretty easy to point to her performance this year as a significant part of why Charleston — already 14-4 in conference play last year — is in position to be both the regular season champ and maybe find itself in the NCAA Women’s Tournament in March, as well. Boise State wins key conference game in OT Boise State ranks 59th in NET, but you wouldn’t know that from its conference performance. Entering play on Tuesday, the Broncos were just 5-6 against Mountain West competition, with UNLV and Fresno State a little too close for comfort at 5-5 and 4-6 despite both of them being considerably further behind in NET. Tuesday presented a must-win game, then, as far as these things go in the regular season: Boise State was facing off against an 8-3 Nevada squad that was the Broncos’ equal in NET — the two were one after the other in the rankings — but had a firm hold on the fifth spot in the Mountain West standings. Meaningful because just the first five teams get a bye to the quarterfinals. The Broncos and Wolf Pack couldn’t settle things in regulation, as Nevada senior guard Tayshawn Comer hit a 10-foot floater as time expired to send things to overtime at 79 all. While the Wolf Pack got nothing from the bench — 3 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal in a combined 58 minutes — the starters did plenty of heavy lifting to force things to this point. Comer had 24 points, with sophomore forward Elijah Price adding 17 on 6-for-11 shooting with 9 rebounds. But it was senior guard Corey Camper Jr. that caused the most trouble for Boise State, as he scored a game-high 35 points on 14-for-22 shooting while grabbing 4 boards, dishing out 2 assists and stealing the ball 3 times. Boise State got a combined 48 points out of seniors Javan Buchanan and Dylan Andrews, however, and its own bench added 23 points and 15 rebounds in 66 minutes. The Broncos also outlasted Nevada in OT, and would win 91-87 as Andrews picked up 8 of his 25 points in the extra period — the senior guard also scored the 1,000th point of his career amid all this chaos. Now, Boise State is 6-6 and still in sixth in the Mountain West, but has narrowed the gap between it and Nevada to two games. The two won’t face off again in the regular season, but Boise State did what it had to do in direct competition; the rest depends on how the Broncos handle their remaining eight games. Tulsa keeps pace with W Tulsa is in for a bit of an uphill climb to the top of the American Conference, but that’s also where it probably needs to be in order to make it to March Madness. While a team like Rice might sneak in with an at-large bid — if one is even available — owing to its bubble-team status in NET, Tulsa ranks 133rd. A conference championship is the only way. Getting there will be a lot easier with a bye, and the Golden Hurricane are now tied for the better bye — the one that skips a team to the semifinals — after defeating Wichita State to improve to 8-2 in conference play. [Get to Know a Mid-Major: The American Conference] Tulsa downed the Shockers, 75-65, on the strength of a huge night from senior forward Hannah Riddick. She tied her career-high with 27 points that also led all scorers, and did so on 10-for-12 shooting while adding 6 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal and block each. She also shot 6-for-7 from the line, which was a team-wide deal against Wichita State: Tulsa sank 18 of its 21 free-throw attempts, which proved to be a huge advantage since the Shockers went to the line just 11 times themselves. Rice remains atop the conference at 9-0, but Tulsa doesn’t need to finish with a better record than them to get the better bye. So long as the Golden Hurricane can keep pace with East Carolina, the team they are currently tied with, then destiny will be in their own hands come the regular season finale: Tulsa wraps up its season at home against East Carolina, and can secure second place there. Saint Louis wins 16th-straight No. 19 Saint Louis lost on Nov. 28 to Stanford, to drop its record to 6-1. Since then? Nothing but wins for the Billikens. They are now 22-1 and 10-0 in conference play after defeating Davidson on Tuesday, 91-82. And Saint Louis isn’t just a product of a mid-major conference dominating lesser competition, either: the Atlantic 10 leaders rank 16th in NET, and 24th in KenPom. While the win against Davidson was by “just” 11 points, the Wildcats are nearly a top-100 team, and this W came on the road, too, which made up for not beating them by more as far as NET’s calculations are concerned. Sophomore forward Brady Dunlap was the star, as he came off the bench and scored a game-high 22 points in 22 minutes, hitting 6-for-6 from 3 while grabbing 5 boards. Saint Louis, as a team, shot 51%, and were able to withstand Davidson hitting 10 3s of its own — and 16 of 21 free throws — thanks to that high-percentage shooting. Saint Louis is comfortably atop the A-10 at 10-0, with George Mason and its 8-1 record in second, followed by VCU in third at 8-2. All three are tourney-caliber teams, and all three might get there, too, given the A-10 sent four teams last March, but the preferable way is as conference champion. The way things are going, that very well could be Saint Louis. 30 3-point shots?! You read that right. Thirty of ‘em, from one person. Specifically, Aysia Hinton, who managed as much despite coming off the bench for North Carolina Central on Tuesday. The Eagles were in competition against a Division III school to sneak another game into the schedule amid conference play, and ended up defeating William Peace, 103-51. That part isn’t surprising. What is a shock, even with it being a D-I school against a D-III one, is that Hinton not only took 30 3s, but that she sank a dozen of them. Your brain now has to try to make the seemingly disparate ideas of “a player missed 18 3-pointers, she shot 40% on 3s” work. Good luck. Hinton, a junior guard, had 6 3-pointers and 18 points at halftime, at which point it became clear that both the scoring record for North Carolina Central and the 3-point record were both hers if she shot enough. And she shot, a lot. Every single one of Hinton’s 30 shots was a 3-point attempt, and she made 12 of them. That gave her 36 points — the program record — as well as the Eagles’ 3-point record. She is averaging 6.6 3-point attempts a game right now, and averages 2.3 makes per, as well — she almost never takes shots from inside the arc, since the guard averages 7.2 attempts a game. At 34.1%, Hinton is leading the MEAC in 3-point shooting percentage, and yet, North Carolina Central loves to play her off the bench: in 19 games this season, she’s started just one of them, and averages 20 minutes per night. A potent weapon if you can deploy it off the bench, that’s for sure, and one that now holds multiple program records.Latest Sports News from FOX Sports
For some, the two-week-long wait between the conference championship game and the Super Bowl might be too laborious. But for Tom Brady, he found the time between games helpful — and there’s one instance where the wait really helped the seven-time Super Bowl winner. In an interview with FS1’s “The Herd,” Brady shared how he and New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels came up with four plays just hours before Super Bowl XLIX that proved to be a difference maker in the team’s 28-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks. After going out to dinner with his family on the Friday night before the game, Brady said that he called McDaniels just before 10 p.m. in order to draw up some red zone plays. “I called Josh and said, ‘I’m not feeling great about the red area. There’s a lot of moving parts, and I feel like if I look to the right, the defense is going to move to the right and that’s going to take away the guys I’m thinking about. If I look to the left, they’re all going to move. They’re just going to move with my eyes and cover our receivers and I don’t think we’re going to gain any leverage. Can we just go through the plan one more time?'” Brady recalled. “He and I, at 10 o’clock on Friday night, after seven days [of practice], are watching red area film of the Seahawks’ defense. All the hay’s in the barn. Practice is over. We had no more shots at practice. Josh and I come up with about three or four plays on that Friday night between 10 and 11 o’clock at night. We walked through the plays we installed on the Saturday morning before the game and we threw touchdown passes on two of the plays that we installed on that Saturday morning.” Brady said that one of those touchdown passes was his pass to wide receiver Brandon LaFell in the first quarter of that game. He didn’t specify what the other one was, but those last-minute changes helped Brady throw for 328 yards and four touchdowns in Super Bowl XLIX, taking home Super Bowl MVP honors. Now, as the Patriots and Seahawks meet up again in Super Bowl LX, Brady wants that message to be a lesson to Drake Maye, Sam Darnold and everyone else that you can’t do too much work before the game. “You talk about feeling you can be overprepared. Nah, you can be prepared, but then you can go to the next level, which is crossing every T and dotting every I,” Brady said. “That game came down to the smallest of margins. What does it take? Sometimes, that’s what it takes. And that’s the trust and confidence that he and I built in one another.” Maye will have McDaniels by his side as he prepares for his first Super Bowl on Sunday. McDaniels returned to the Patriots to become their offensive coordinator again over the offseason, helping Maye emerge as one of the game’s top quarterbacks and become an MVP candidate. As Maye gets his first taste of preparing for a Super Bowl with McDaniels, Brady couldn’t help but smile when Colin Cowherd asked him to reminisce about what it was like to work with the offensive coordinator in the lead-up to the Super Bowls they reached together. “They were some of the coolest things I ever remember, working with Josh in those moments and having those two weeks to prepare, knowing the magnitude of what we were playing for,” Brady said. “You have 60 to 70 plays left in the entire season, so why have 300 calls on the call sheet? You’re not going to call them all, anyway. Why don’t you just try to thin it out to the plays that you feel give you the best chance to win and for your team to play well?” McDaniels isn’t the only person on the Patriots’ coaching staff with whom Brady has a connection, either. Of course, he was teammates with Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel, who won three Super Bowls alongside Brady. Even though Brady was never a part of a team that Vrabel was a coach for, he suspects how his former teammate might approach Super Bowl LX with the Patriots being 4.5-point underdogs. “Knowing Vrabel, he’s probably got every bit of underdog material up everywhere,” Brady said. “We were 14-point underdogs in 2001, and Vrabes was a part of that team. Believe me, Colin, if you pick the Seahawks, I’m sure he’s going to be telling the entire team, ‘Colin Cowherd picked the Seahawks. We’re underdogs.’ That’s just the mentality, and that’s OK. Someone’s gotta be that. The Patriots have had an incredible season. What they’ve done has surprised everybody. “They certainly deserve to be representing the AFC in this Super Bowl.”Latest Sports News from FOX Sports
Fourteen years ago, Luke Combs took the first step towards believing in himself and landed his first gig singing in college. Music had always been part of his life, but it wasn’t until he started chasing it more intentionally later in life that he realized it could become something bigger.
Growing up in a working-class family, the North Carolina native remembers that his parents always encouraged him to “chase your dreams.” While he believed their encouragement to be genuine, that idea didn’t feel like a realistic option to him.
“In my mind I’m going, like, ‘I mean, to an extent, right?’ Chase your dreams, but I’m not gonna be in the Olympics. I don’t have to tell you that that’s not gonna happen,” Combs told Willie Geist for a Sunday Sitdown interview on an episode of Sunday TODAY.
“Chase your dreams within reason, you know what I mean? Let’s not get crazy with it here,” he added.
Combs remembers watching Alan Jackson on TV and struggling to wrap his head around the idea that music was an actual job. To him, artists like Jackson didn’t feel like real people with real careers, which made the thought of following in his heroes’ footsteps seem impossible.
So when Geist asked, “Was there ever a thought in your mind growing up that you might be a performer?”
He confidently responded, “No. It’s as crazy as that sounds.”
“I’ve kicked myself all the time like, ‘How did I put this together sooner?’ Because all I did was sing all the time and never one time was I like, ‘Maybe I could sing for a living.’”
Little did he know at the time, Combs was already shaping his sound while singing in school and church choirs, experiences that he carried with him into his years at Appalachian State. Music remained a passion as he studied with hopes of becoming a homicide detective, until he took a leap of faith and moved to Nashville in 2014. It was there that he wrote and recorded his first hit, “Hurricane.”
Looking back now at the journey he’s had and the things he’s done, Combs has developed a very important piece of advice: “You can’t be afraid to bet on yourself.”
“When it came to my career, and I wish more so in my personal life, I was always a glass half full guy,” the “Back In The Saddle” singer explained. “So the no wasn’t no, it was not yet. And so it was always just striving to be better. And it can happen, man. I’m proof positive that it can happen.”
On top of massive success, which includes earning multiple No. 1 country hits, three GRAMMY nominations, and plenty of other nods from CMA Awards, CMT Music Awards and Academy of Country Music Awards, he has also learned to balance his dream of being a dad.
The country star and his wife, Nicole are currently parents to two boys with another baby on the way. With a growing family at home, Combs has found his own way to make both family and music a priority, refusing to believe he has to choose one over the other.
“There’s this idea that you can either spend time with your kids or you can work. And it’s like, no, it’s like selfishly I’m going to figure out how to do both. I would text my buddies and be like, ‘Hey, what are you doing next Wednesday? I have a day and I really like this song. I’d love you to come over and let’s work on it.’”
This balance has allowed him to build his brand-new album titled The Way I Am, dropping March 20 via Sony Music Nashville and Seven Ridges Records. The upcoming 22-track collection will arrive just one day before he launches his 2026 My Kinda Saturday Night Stadium Tour.
After years of betting on himself and learning how to show up both onstage and at home, Luke Combs has come to embrace the idea that success isn’t about any one moment, but instead it’s about everything that comes along the way.
“The goal is not the destination. It’s the journey. Dude, getting there is the fun part. So just enjoy it, man,” he shared.
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Two cancers in two years is too much.
In November 2024, Dave Coulier revealed his first cancer diagnosis.
No sooner was that in remission than the news broke doctors had found another form of cancer in the Full House alum.
Now, he has another health update.
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On Wednesday, February 4, actor Dave Coulier appeared on Good Morning America to share a pivotal cancer update.
He is, he says, in remission.
In late 2024, the Full House star revealed his diagnosis of stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Then, late last year, he shared that doctors had diagnosed him with tongue cancer — p16 squamous carcinoma.
Coulier characterized the experience of having “two different cancers in two years” as a “roller-coaster ride.”
Now, he shares, he is healed.
(Again)
Coulier went just nine months between being cancer-free of the lymphoma and learning about the carcinoma on his tongue.
“What a journey it’s been,” he reflected on GMA.
He’s still looking over his shoulder, metaphorically speaking
Coulier noted that despite once again getting “good news” from the doctor, it’s hard to feel like he’s in the clear.
Instead, he feels “like cancer is always in the rearview mirror.”
That is understandable!
Even someone with only one single cancer diagnosis may live in fear of the disease returning.
Instead, Coulier developed a second type of cancer.
He explained that he managed to “laugh my way through the ordeal” of these back-to-back cancer battles.
According to Coulier, he avoided letting cancer “steal parts” of him “psychologically and emotionally” through close ties.
He made a conscious effort to “keep the people that I love close.”
That of course includes his wife, Melissa Bring. They married in July 2014.
But it also includes friends (like former co-star John Stamos) and other family. Coulier is a grandfather these days!
Cancer is scary and varied
Because we use the term “cancer,” it is sometimes easy to assume that this is a disease that varies only by where on the body it first develops.
The truth, however, is that different cancers can develop and have unrelated causes or may spread very differently.
Some people never develop cancer in their lives. Others may develop more than one form of cancer.
We are so glad to hear that Coulier is once again cancer-free.
Not only do we hope that he goes more than nine months without having to offer another “update,” but we hope that he will simply never again have to fight for his life.
Dave Coulier Gives Health Update After Back-to-Back Cancer Battles was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Perhaps Darnell Haney was right. In last week’s Women’s College Hoops Spotlight, we highlighted a comment the Georgetown coach made about UConn being the “best team they’ve had” since he’s been coaching against them. While that seemed like quite a statement to make at the time, UConn — the No. 1 team in the country — backed that up this week when it crushed then-No. 15 Tennessee, 96-66, at home Sunday. As we also previously mentioned, the last time the Huskies lost a game was to these same Volunteers almost exactly a year ago. The result didn’t matter in the grand scheme of the season because UConn went on to win the national championship, the program’s 12th overall and first since 2016. The Huskies’ current winning streak is now up to 39 straight games, and they’re one win away from tying Texas and cracking the top-10 longest win streaks in NCAA history — though the program also has four of the top-5 longest streaks. UConn is the only undefeated team left in the country, and it’s supremely talented, with players like Azzi Fudd and Sarah Strong leading the Wooden Award midseason top 25 list. In Sunday’s win over Tennessee, the two combined to put up 53 points, 16 rebounds, 11 assists, five steals and three blocks. As a team, UConn shot 58% from the field while holding the Lady Vols to 38%. They also had double the amount of steals (14-7) and had six blocks while Tennessee had none. Yes, the final score was lopsided, but the teams were tied 42-42 at halftime and UConn only led 57-53 midway through the third quarter. That’s when Strong got a run started and UConn outscored Tennessee 39-13 over the final 15 minutes of the latest edition of this storied rivalry. [NCAA: Women’s College Hoops Top 10, Bubble Team NET Rankings] “You play these games to be really tested, to find out a little bit about what your team is made of,” UConn coach Gene Auriemma told reporters after the game. “It’s good that you have to kind of regroup and find yourself.” That first half was one of the very few times the Huskies have experienced adversity this season. Auriemma’s team has been blowing past opponents all year — their average margin of victory is 39.3 points through 23 games, with a 72-69 win over then-No. 6 Michigan back in November being the closest game they’ve played. UConn only has eight regular season games left, none of which are against ranked opponents. Will a weaker schedule over this final stretch hurt the Huskies once they reach the NCAA tournament? Who’s to say, but winning back-to-back titles will require Auriemma’s group to potentially beat some combination of physical and tough teams like South Carolina, UCLA, Texas, LSU and/or Louisville.Latest Sports News from FOX Sports
The last time the Seahawks were on the Super Bowl stage, they fell just short — in heartbreaking fashion — to the Patriots. Malcolm Butler’s goal-line interception of Russell Wilson in the closing seconds of Super Bowl XLIX remains one of the most shocking and league-defining plays in NFL history. With a title back within Seattle’s grasp 11 years later, what will it take to finish the job this time? No doubt Seattle stars Sam Darnold and Jaxon Smith-Njigba will have to play well, but let’s dive deeper. Here are three keys to victory for the Seahawks in Super Bowl LX: 1. Attack Patriots LT Will Campbell Drake Maye was the fourth-most sacked quarterback in the NFL this season (47), and his pass protection has continued to show vulnerabilities against strong defensive fronts in the playoffs. He’s been sacked 15 times this postseason (five apiece in the wild card, divisional and AFC Championship Game), the most by any player to reach a Super Bowl since 1970, according to Next Gen Stats. And Campbell may be New England’s weakest link. Including the playoffs, the No. 4 overall pick has allowed 12.5 sacks, the third-most among left tackles in 2025, per NGS. So don’t be surprised to see Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald find multiple ways to attack Campbell, who allowed five pressures against the Chargers in the wild-card round and two sacks against the Texans in the divisional round. Pro Bowl defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence should be a common matchup for the Patriots rookie. Lawrence aligned on the left edge on 321 snaps this season (48.0%) — but Seattle could deploy a variety of stunts, twists and blitzes to the left side to put stress on New England’s communication up front. The Seahawks certainly have the personnel to do it, even without sending extra pass rushers. They had six defensive linemen generate at least 30 pressures in the regular season, per NGS. [RELATED: Inside Patriots QB Drake Maye’s Bond With His Offensive Line] 2. Lean on RB Kenneth Walker III Star receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba is clearly the Seahawks’ best offensive weapon, but Walker has been the engine of the team’s run to the Super Bowl. The standout running back has had 100-plus scrimmage yards in three straight games and has four rushing touchdowns in the playoffs. Continuing to lean on him will be paramount for Seattle’s title hopes. Not just because New England will likely do everything it can to take Smith-Njigba out of the game, but because of weaknesses in the Patriots’ run defense. Yes, New England was elite at stopping the run during the regular season, giving up just 101.7 rushing yards per game in 2025 (sixth-best in the NFL), but it’s vulnerable in the red zone. Inside the 20, the Patriots stuffed ball carriers for a loss or no gain on just 15.1% of their designed runs, the lowest rate in the NFL, per NGS. Walker is positioned to take advantage. Among the 48 qualified running backs, the fourth-year pro ranked in the top nine in both yards per carry and rushes of 10-plus yards in the red zone, according to Next Gen Stats. 3. Target Patriots CB Carlton Davis III The Patriots have primarily aligned their cornerbacks by side this season, with Davis on the left (76.2% of time, per NGS) and Pro Bowler Christian Gonzalez on the right (71.8%). Signed to a three-year, $60 million deal last offseason, Davis gave up 13 receptions for 167 yards and four touchdowns with a 103.0 passer rating allowed on passes that traveled between 10-19 air yards, according to Next Gen Stats. Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold threw 11 touchdowns on passes that traveled within that air yardage range, more than at any other distance.Latest Sports News from FOX Sports
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