Newsletter Subscribe
Enter your email address below and subscribe to our newsletter
Boots Riley, Marx Brother | The New Yorker
Riley has been through his share of personal loss. In 2006, several of the Coup’s crew members were injured when the group’s tour bus flipped over and burst into flames; a few years later, the group’s bassist was shot and…
NBA anonymous player poll 2026: Where will Giannis play next season? Most passionate fans?
Everyone knows the NBA is a players’ league, so it only made sense to save this group of anonymous poll questions for last. How might the superstar saga with Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo end? Which arenas have the most passionate —…
Colbert heads into his final ‘Late Show’ week with gratitude — and plenty of CBS jokes
Stream CNN FlashDoc’s new documentary “The Last Laugh: Stephen Colbert,” examining the legacy of one of America’s most influential satirists, on the CNN app. Stephen Colbert is going out with a smile — and with many jokes at CBS and…
Shohei Ohtani hits Little League homer in Dodgers rout of Angels
He had just driven a ball into the right-field corner, where it landed fair, but looked like it was going to bounce out of play. Angels right fielder Jo Adell threw his hands up as the ball hit the netting,…
Meghan Trainor’s New Album Brings Her To A Career Low On The Charts
When Meghan Trainor scored her first hit a little more than a decade ago with the body positivity anthem “All About That Bass,” she was heralded as a new kind of pop star. Trainor built her name as a songwriter…
Victor Wembanyama’s family tree: Meet Spurs star’s father, basketball-playing mother, siblings and more about French roots
Victor Wembanyama’s family tree: Meet Spurs star’s father, basketball-playing mother, siblings and more about French roots originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Few players receive the “generational” label ahead…
How Tom Cruise, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer were cast
Forty years later, the cast of Top Gun remains one of the most iconic ensembles of the 1980s — a veritable who’s who of major stars for the next few decades. When it came to discovering the perfect actors to…
How the Padres are handling Mason Miller and one of baseball’s most precious arms
SEATTLE — Almost an hour after his most strenuous outing in over a year, Mason Miller emerged from the training room and apologized to a few waiting reporters. If not for the presence of fellow reliever Jeremiah Estrada, the San…
Rangers Lineup vs. Rockies: Playing Matchups Against Jose Quintana
Monday has the potential to be one of those days for the sometimes offensively challenged Texas Rangers. Normally, a trip to Coors Field in Denver – where the stadium is one mile above sea level, the air is thin and…
And-Ones: Social Justice Award, Wemby, Leg Injuries, McGrady
Heat big man Bam Adebayo, Spurs forward Harrison Barnes, Celtics wing Jaylen Brown, Pistons forward Tobias Harris, and Cavaliers big man Larry Nance Jr. are the five finalists for the 2026 Social Justice Champion award, the NBA announced in a…
Is Stephon Castle now an elite shooter?
Over the course of the regular season, it became clear Stephon Castle was not going to suffer a sophomore slump following up his Rookie of the Year season. Castle, at only 21 years old, improved in every nearly counting stat…
Nickeil Alexander-Walker shows love to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at WCF
The Oklahoma City Thunder are right where they want to be. They are beginning the Western Conference Finals against the San Antonio Spurs on Monday, gunning for a chance to repeat as NBA champions. Additionally, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won his second…
Why LSU’s expensive pursuit of Yam Madar, 25, is a troubling sign for Will Wade
The sense of desperation surrounding Will Wade’s attempt to build a competitive 2026-27 roster at LSU is coming into clearer focus following a report from an Israeli publication that the Tigers are ready to offer 25-year-old guard Yam Madar a…
Andersen’s puck-handling skills ‘huge asset’ for Hurricanes in playoffs
While Andersen was putting up eye-popping numbers (8-0, NHL-best 1.12 goals-against average and .950 save percentage) in helping Carolina sweep its way through the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, his puck-handling was an unheralded part of that…