The NBA trade deadline has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean the transactional madness has to stop. As we see pretty much every season, a small but interesting buyout market has developed due to veteran players being waived — usually after trades. This season has some unique financial wrinkles that our Sam Quinn explained … Read more
Yuna Yang and Christopher Seck became good friends before she proposed becoming something more. He took three months to consider. A Chance Encounter In December 2022, the world was gripped by the excitement of the soccer World Cup final, which culminated in a nail-biting victory for Argentina. Amidst the fervor of the match, Yuna Yang … Read more
The Milwaukee Bucks were blown out by the Minnesota Timberwolves at home on Thursday night, 129–105. The lopsided defeat resulted in some increased minutes for members of the Bucks’ bench, including Thanasis Antetokounmpo, the brother of Giannis Antetokounmpo. Thanasis prepared to check into the game midway through the fourth quarter with Milwaukee trailing by 23, prompting a ruthless remark from analyst … Read more
The climate scientist Michael Mann on Thursday won his defamation lawsuit against Rand Simberg, a former adjunct scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Mark Steyn, a contributor to National Review. The trial transported observers back to 2012, the heyday of the blogosphere and an era of rancorous polemics over the existence of global warming, … Read more
Apple on Thursday released iOS 17.3.1, a point release update for iOS 17.3. According to the release notes, the update includes bug fixes, including a fix for when “text may unexpectedly duplicate or overlap while typing.” Macworld spotted testing of the update earlier this week. According to the Apple security releases website, “This update has no … Read more
LAS VEGAS — Puka Nacua and Kobie Turner walked the red carpet on Thursday at NFL Honors. Nacua was a finalist for offensive rookie of the year, Turner for defensive rookie of the year. “It’s incredible,” Turner said. “I still haven’t wrapped my head around the fact that we’re here right now.” On a night when … Read more
RULES ESPN’s Bracketology efforts are focused on projecting the NCAA tournament field just as we expect the NCAA Division I basketball committee to select the field in March. ESPN bracketologist Charlie Creme uses the same data points favored by the committee, including strength of schedule and other season-long indicators, including the NET and team-sheet data … Read more
Apparently no one’s been keeping up with Tatum Thompson. Khloe Kardashian shared a series of photos of her and Tristan Thompson‘s son on social media Feb. 8, and the 19-month-old is already so tall. Clad in camo shorts and a black tee, Tatum stands straight on his mom’s thigh while she sits on a bed in navy PJs for … Read more
Looking for more fun trivia? Planning a game night? Check out our Harry Potter, Disney, Friends, Marvel, and Star Wars trivia — or, if your friends are real cinephiles, test their knowledge with our movie trivia questions. If you’re pretty sure you’re smarter than your GPS, give our geography trivia a try. And for the true generalists, we gathered our favorite random trivia that’ll keep everyone guessing. … Read more
The US president, Joe Biden, defended his memory in a short speech after a report from the justice department questioned his ability to remember key events and facts. The report also exonerated Biden over his handling of classified materials. Biden disputed some press reporting that he had ‘wilfully retained documents’ and said the special counsel … Read more