Month: June 2026

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Amazon is always the first stop you should make when looking for affordable pocket knives, but sometimes, you might also stumble across premium blades on sale. There’s currently a double-digit discount on a popular folding knife from Benchmade. If you know anything about knives, you have heard about this brand. It’s famous for crafting its blades in the U.S.A., and it produces some of the best EDC knives in the world. This is one of them.

Amazon has a rare 20% discount on the Benchmade Osborne: Normally $300, it’s available for just $240 right now. It’s extremely rare to find any of the brand’s models on sale, let alone the Osborne—it’s one of Benchmade’s bestselling blades. Amazon’s price beats the prices at Benchmade and any other retailer at the moment, too, and just ahead of Father’s Day.

Benchmade Osborne, $240 (was $300) on Amazon

What Shoppers Should Know

• Blade Material: CPM-S30V steel
• Handle Material: 6061-T6 aluminum
• Blade Style: Reverse tanto
• Blade Length: 3.4 inches
• Closed Length: 7.87 inches
• Open Length: 4.47 inches

There are lots of pocket knives out there, but once you get your hands on a Benchmade, you’ve entered the upper echelon of knife design. The Osborne comes with a super sharp reverse tanto blade made from premium S30V steel (knife nerds on Reddit love it). This stainless steel alloy was developed specifically for knife blades, and it offers an unbeatable blend of all-around performance. It sharpens well but also has excellent durability and retains its edge through all kinds of cutting work—other, cheaper steels just can’t match it. You’ll notice the difference with easier slicing and cutting with fewer sharpening and touch-up sessions required to keep this blade working well. 

The other key highlight is Benchmade’s Axis lock. Dual thumb studs allow for ambidextrous opening, and once the blade is fully extended, the internal locking mechanism keeps it firmly in place. You can even open it one-handed if you want to. It’s clad in a sturdy aluminum handle with an adjustable pocket clip, so you can store and carry this knife in whatever orientation you like. Bottom line: This isn’t just a tool, it’s an heirloom you’ll use for years.

Considering its outstanding build quality, $240 is a great price for a premium piece of gear like the Osborne. But Amazon has some other deals on more affordable Benchmade options, including the super popular Bugout ($185) and Bugout Mini ($175).

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What Shoppers Are Saying

Shoppers aren’t shy about singing praises for the Osborne. Several reviewers called it the “best EDC knife ever.” Why? They loved its “razor sharp” tanto blade and said the S30V steel offers excellent durability and edge retention. The Benchmade Axis Lock system has a “brilliant” design that keeps the blade securely in place, even when using the knife to pry open cans or punch holes. Several shoppers said they don’t ever leave home without it—it’s that useful.

Shoppers are going to swarm over this 20% discount on the Benchmade Osborne, so you gotta act fast. Claim yours today before Amazon sells out.

Shop More Deals

• Coast Founder’s Collection Select Gentleman’s EDC Folding Pocketknife, $40 (was $53) on Amazon
• Civivi Mini Praxis, $30 (was $35) on Amazon
• Civivi Brazen Folding Knife, $64 (was $75) on Amazon

The internet appears to be divided on whether 19-year-old sensation Rafa Jódar shoved a French Open ball girl out of his way, or if he’s simply the victim of bad video angles.

The scene unfolded on Friday at the Roland-Garros Tournament, and the video went viral over the weekend. The video in question has amassed 8 million views, with footage taken from the live broadcast showing Jódar seemingly shoving a ball girl as he exited the hallowed red-dirt court.

Jódar, ranked 29th in the world, had just won a thrilling five-set match against the U.S.’s Alex Michelsen. But instead of talking about the win at his post-game conference with a gaggle of reporters, Jódar was peppered with questions about what many viewed as a painfully rude encounter with the ball girl.

Jódar insisted he did not touch the ball girl on his way out of the clay court.

“No, I mean I finished the third, the second, or third set. I don’t remember which set it was, and she was walking backwards … I didn’t push her or anything,” he insisted. “I was just telling my dad to give me the things that he was going to give me after my toilet break when I was coming back. But yeah, she was in the middle. I think she was trying to get out of the way and she was going backwards. I think she fell but not because I pushed her.”

He added that he “didn’t touch her” and that he “would never do that.”

The Video That Sparked Controversy

mais wsh Jodar pourquoi ??? pic.twitter.com/cVWtWPHAPk

— nywa (@cmoinywa) May 29, 2026

Does This Angle Exonorate Jódar?

Vídeo que demuestra que efectivamente Jódar no empujó a la recogepelotas: https://t.co/MlVhgoKXNz pic.twitter.com/6JofTZPUQU

— Kuku 🇪🇸 (@KukuSnoow) May 30, 2026

Fans of Jódar are now showing videos from different angles that seem to back the tennis star’s statement.

It appears, as he explained, that he motions to his father exactly when the ball girl walking backwards slightly trips and loses her balance.

Jódar is set to play next against Germany’s Alexander Zverev, the world’s No. 3-ranked player, on Tuesday.

Personally speaking, I’m starting to believe that people are actively searching for reasons to voice discontent with LeBron James. Numbers don’t lie, and statistically speaking, James is one of the best to ever dribble a ball on a basketball court and is absolutely deserving to be mentioned in the GOAT conversations. Heck, even as the oldest active player in the league, he’s doing things counterparts half his age simply can’t. 

With that being said, the Ohio native has his fair share of people who would by all considerations be called “haters.” Famous sports analyst Skip Bayless has long fit the bill, but he’s not alone. Case in point, former NBA player Rashad McCants. 

McCants on James’ Career: “This is like ‘Fast and the Furious’”

On a recent episode of Gil’s Arena Cast, hosts Josiah Johnson, Brandon Jennings, Nick Young, Bayless, and McCants were discussing current events in the NBA, and the topic came up of James not being mentioned on this year’s All-NBA Team list, snapping his 21-year streak. Johnson asked his co-hosts for their thoughts, and eventually McCants was nudged to express his opinion. He first stated, “Let me think. Do I want motha f*ckas to attack me after this show or not?” That didn’t necessarily lead me to believe compliments about James were about to start falling out of McCants’ mouth. But then McCants continued on with: 

“He [James] is impressive… Listen, it’s historic, man. We ain’t seen nothing else like this since the other guys who’ve done it before him were Kobe, Kareem, and who as the other guy… Tim Duncan… Why not join the Mount Rushmore? I think that’s where he belongs. He’s put in the work. He’s done all the things we thought he couldn’t do. Made it to the finals 10 times and won four of them. And what more can you ask for?”

Then came the slight backhanded compliment. McCants noted, “He definitely deserves everything, man. I’m just waiting for this shit to be over with. I’m waiting for this shit to be over with. This is like Fast and the Furious. [Laughing] It’s like G*d d*mn, we got another one, Vin Diesel? That car still moving, Vin Diesel?”

All in all, while McCants was overall complimentary of James, it sounds like he may have a bit of James-induced fatigue. Oh, and for clarity’s sake, by the time Fast Forever airs in 2028, that will mark 11 films of the movie franchise. Check out the full episode of Gil’s Arena Cast below:

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David Bowie and Frank Sinatra aren’t necessarily two artists that come to mind as natural musical collaborators, but Bowie’s act of revenge against the crooner’s rejection of his work helped birth one of his signature songs.

In 1968, a 21-year-old Bowie, still establishing himself as an artist, was hired to write an English lyric translation to the then-recent French-language hit, “Comme d’habitude,” reworked by the young musician as “Even a Fool Learns to Love.” Bowie’s take was ultimately rejected, said to be due to the emerging musician not being a big enough name to make his version a worthy endeavour.

Later, as Bowie recalled to host Michael Parkinson on the show Parkinson, he later discovered a much bigger name at the time, hitmaker Paul Anka, and his translation, titled “My Way,” had been picked up and ultimately sold to Sinatra.

“I sent it back again and I thought that will be the last I hear of that,” Bowie said of the English-language translation (via ABC News).

“Then, I hear it on the radio, and I thought ‘That’s that tune, it must be my song … but hang on, these are different lyrics’, and it was Sinatra singing ‘My Way’.”

“That really made me angry for so long — for about a year,” Bowie recalled. “Eventually I thought, ‘I can write something as big as that, and I’ll write one that sounds a bit like it’.

From there, “Life on Mars?”, an intergalactic glam rock ballad, took flight. Initially a non-single from the 1971 album Hunky Dory, the track hit the #3 spot on the UK charts, beating Sinatra’s “My Way,” which only reached #5 in the country.

“There was a sense of revenge in that because I was so angry that Paul Anka had done My Way that I thought, ‘right, I’ll do my own version,'” Bowie told BBC Radio 2 in 2008. “And it basically was my kind of modern take on ‘My Way’…there are clutches of melody in it that were definite parodies of ‘My Way.'”

With lyrics detailing one mousy-haired woman, along with her “sunken dream” finding escapism in Hollywood movies, perhaps “Life on Mars?” was partly inspired by a young Bowie’s initially shattered hopes of breaking America and the allure of Hollywood glamour, one that resonated with listeners in his home country in a period of ’70s economic turmoil.

Rick Wakeman, a fellow Brit who would achieve his own success as a member of the progressive rock band Yes, played the piano on the track, the same one used on The Beatles’ “Hey Jude”. Like The Beatles, Bowie’s talents and ambition in his songwriting, bolstered by a team of talented musicians, including Wakeman on piano and Mick Ronson on guitar, helped “Life on Mars?” reach for the future, and in return, become immortal, despite its origins in dashed dreams of chart success.

Two days after Bowie’s death in January 2016, Wakeman told BBC Radio 2 about his time working on the classic, later named No. 3 on Q Magazine’s “10 Most Perfect Songs Ever.”

“I remember leaving [the studio] and saying to a couple of friends that I met that evening in a local pub that I’d just played on the best song that I’d ever had the privilege to work on,”
the prog rock legend said.

Summer officially starts this month, but the festivities have already begun! Pool days, beachside vacations, and BBQ cookouts are just a few of the season’s staples, often accompanied by delicious meals shared with loved ones. For those of us trying to stay more balanced when it comes to our diet, the summer months can really test us. Rather than cutting out all of the meals you love cold turkey, consider smarter swaps to cut down on added sugars, excess calories, and inflammatory ingredients.

“Store-bought BBQ sauce has 15 to 20 grams of sugar per two tablespoons,” says Chef Joel Gamoran, Virta Health partner. “Most marinades are basically candy syrup on protein. Once you know where the sugar is hiding, you can replace it with things that actually taste better anyway: dry rubs, herb butters, hand-chopped Chimichurri, whipped feta. Real ingredients, real technique. That’s it.”

Below, Chef Gamoran shares healthier swaps you can make all summer long.

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Healthy Summer Swaps

Bottled BBQ Sauce → Dry Rub & Compound Butter

As mentioned, store-bought BBQ sauce can have 15 to 20g of sugar per two tablespoons. And if you’re a true BBQ sauce lover, you know that’s not a very large portion. Consider swapping the sauce for a good dry rub, which you can put together yourself or buy pre-mixed at the store. Finish if off with herb butter melting into the meat at the table for a flavorful, sugar-free swap.

Burger Bun → Butter Lettuce Double Wrap

If you’re already rolling your eyes at this one, hear us out! Two leaves nested together, cold from the fridge, with the right condiments, can actually pack much more flavor than a burger bun ever could. The reason most lettuce wraps feel sad is they’re done wrong, Chef Gamoran says. Double wrap it for a better bite.

Store-Bought Marinade → 5-Minute Herb Marinade

Most store-bought marinades like teriyaki, honey garlic, or anything glazed are basically just candy syrup on protein. Chef Gamoran’s 5-minute marinade consists of olive oil, smashed garlic, fresh herbs, citrus zest, and acid. Not only will it take minimal time, but it’s sugar-free, and you can likely concoct it with ingredients you already have on hand.

Potato Salad → Cauliflower Salad

“The key is roasting the cauliflower first, so it has texture and char, not just boiling it,” Chef Gamoran says. “Then, dress it like a real potato salad with good mayo, celery, dijon, and fresh herbs.”

Corn on the Cob → Grilled Zucchini Elote

Corn is starchy and can be tough on the digestive system. Grilled zucchini topped with cotija, chili, lime, and a touch of mayo delivers all the smoky flavors of elote with a fraction of the carbs. It’s the kind of unexpected swap that feels less like a restriction and more like a chef-inspired upgrade.

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