Despite all but cooked NFC East hopes, Washington has much to be proud of

All of Our Hopes and Fears for Tech in 2025

To wrap up 2024, this week on Uncanny Valley we talk about the tech products we most fear and love.

Wired - 1d

NBA All-Star voting: Picking 12 players most deserving of East roster spots, including two Knicks starters

The Knicks, Celtics, Cavs and Bucks account for 10 of these 12 selections

CBS Sports - 17h

Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes has no injury designation for Week 16 vs. Texans despite high ankle sprain

Mahomes suffered the injury in Week 15

CBS Sports - 22h

Despite all-but-cooked NFC East hopes, Washington has much to be proud of

The Commanders face the Eagles Sunday with little hope of catching them, but the franchise's future is bright. When was the last time that could be said?

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Gisèle Pelicot has rewritten her story – and electrified women all over the world. But what about men? | Rebecca Solnit

This was an extraordinary response to unimaginable crimes. Yet true change will only come when men engage with the culture that led us here. Women who are raped are in many countries – perhaps in ...

The Guardian - 1d

Putin claims Ukraine war has made Russia ‘much stronger’

Russian leader largely upbeat in year-end phone-in, calling Zelenskyy illegitimate and suggesting US missile ‘duel’. Vladimir Putin said the war in Ukraine had made Russia “much stronger” and ...

The Guardian - 1d

The Christmas that went wrong: I cooked curry for my new girlfriend’s family – and made them all cry

Bridget’s parents liked Indian food, so long as it wasn’t too spicy, and invited me to cook a festive dish. Tears soon began streaming down their faces. I had been seeing my girlfriend for six ...

The Guardian - 1d

NFL Playoff Picture: Who has edge for NFC top seed in final stretch? Can Vikings overtake Lions, Eagles?

Which team has the best path toward getting the top seed in the NFC?

CBS Sports - 1d

Middle East crisis live: Israel issues fresh Gaza evacuation order despite increasing ceasefire hopes

Residents in parts of central Gaza told to move towards overcrowded ‘humanitarian zone’ that has already been hit by strikes. Here are some of the latest images coming through from Gaza:. ...

The Guardian - 2d

Kevin Durant blasts new NBA All-Star Game format, calls for return to East-West game: 'I absolutely hate it'

The NBA's new All-Star Game format features a mini tournament of four teams

CBS Sports - 3d

How Empower Has Become Uber’s Rival in Washington D.C.

A company called Empower is trying to take on Uber, Lyft and local regulators as it piles up fines and draws new passengers to its service.

The New York Times - 4d

Bill Belichick’s Hiring at U.N.C. Has Been Criticized. Not All Points Are Valid.

An expert from The Athletic examines the doubts around the six-time Super Bowl winner’s move to college football.

The New York Times - 5d

Dolphins WR Grant DuBose has movement in all extremities, remains in hospital after scary head injury vs. Texans

Texans safety Calen Bullock injured DuBose with a helmet-to-helmet hit that drew a penalty for unnecessary roughness.

Yahoo Sports - 5d

College basketball rankings: Kam Jones, a candidate for Big East Player of the Year, has Marquette in top five

Jones has the Golden Eagles off to a 9-1 start and is No. 4 in the CBS Sports top 25 And 1

CBS Sports - 6d

Gaza aid close to all-time lows despite US warning to Israel

People endure extreme food scarcity as looters and IDF attacks on Palestinians guarding convoys choke off supplies

Financial Times - 6d

Clement 'very proud but disappointed' by Spurs draw

Manager Philippe Clement says his Rangers side took "a big step forward" in their Europa League draw with Tottenham.

BBC News - Dec. 12

Skier/snowboarder Ester Ledecka has 2 Olympic races on same day in 2026, hoping for schedule change

As the situation stands, snowboarder/ski racer Ester Ledecka has two Olympic races on the same day, at nearly the same time and in Italian mountain towns hours apart

ABC News - Dec. 12

Ichiro Has My Baseball Hall of Fame Vote Despite Our History

My ballot: Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Andy Pettitte, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins. The last time I interviewed Ichiro Suzuki was spring training of 2019 when he was trying to earn a ...

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 12

Al-Assad’s Fall Has Changed the Future of the Middle East

As a new reality in Syria sets in, a reordering of regional power dynamics is already taking shape.

The New York Times - Dec. 11

Remaining schedules for NFC wild-card hopefuls, predicting playoff chances: Wild West complicates things

Here's what the NFC teams vying for a postseason spot have left in front of them

CBS Sports - Dec. 11

Israel says it has carried out almost 500 airstrikes in Syria; HTS leader says world ‘has nothing to fear’ – Middle East crisis live

IDF says strikes were targeting weapons stockpiles and strategic infrastructure over past 48 hours; Ahmed al-Sharaa attempts to reassure foreign nations in TV interview. Share your reaction to ...

The Guardian - Dec. 10

NFL Week 15 playoff scenarios: Four teams can clinch postseason spot, Eagles can lock up NFC East

Here are all of the NFL playoff-clinching scenarios for Week 15

CBS Sports - Dec. 10

Yanks 'proud' of Soto offer; don't regret trade

Brian Cashman said he was "proud" of the Yankees' efforts to retain Juan Soto and that they would now pivot to other opportunities in free agency.

ESPN - Dec. 10

You can judge someone by their enemies. I write for the Guardian because it has all the right ones | Arwa Mahdawi

Please support what Elon Musk calls our ‘laboriously vile propaganda machine’ as we try to reach our year-end fundraising goal. We welcome all contributions here . The year is 2050. The US ...

The Guardian - Dec. 10

Falcons sticking with Kirk Cousins despite bad QB play, four-game losing skid as Atlanta drops NFC South lead

Raheem Morris wants to win games, and 'Kirk is definitely a part of that'

CBS Sports - Dec. 9

He Might Be South Korea's Next President. All He Has to Do Is Impeach the Current One.

Following the short-lived attempt by President Yoon Suk Yeol to impose martial law, opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is now within striking distance of his nation’s top job.

The Wall Street Journal - Dec. 9

End of an era as 'proud' Taylor Swift finishes tour

The star says it's been "the most exciting, powerful, electrifying, intense, challenging" experience.

BBC News - Dec. 9

Syrian state TV airs video saying President Bashar Assad has been overthrown and all jail detainees freed

ABC News - Dec. 8

Wizards' 16-game losing streak ends: Washington stuns Denver despite Nikola Jokic's career-high 56 points

Jokic's big night was not enough, as the Wizards won for the first time since before Halloween

CBS Sports - Dec. 8

Middle East latest: Lebanon closes all its land border crossings with Syria except one

Lebanon said it is closing all land border crossings with Syria except for a main one that links Beirut with the Syrian capital Damascus

ABC News - Dec. 6

Cramer says brewer 'primed to go much higher' despite Trump's tariff threat

The Investing Club holds its "Morning Meeting" every weekday at 10:20 a.m. ET.

CNBC - Dec. 6

'Brook has done a winter's work Santa would be proud of'

Harry Brook's 123 on the opening day in Wellington, following his 171 in Christchurch, has the tourists in reach of a series win.

BBC News - Dec. 6

NFL playoff picture: Who has the edge in crowded NFC West with five games left in 2024 season?

Will the Seahawks, Cardinals, Rams or 49ers pull away in a division in which first and last place are separated by just two games?

CBS Sports - Dec. 5

Baseball has much larger problems than the farcical ‘golden at-bat’

The proposed rule change has been met with widespread derision. But MLB has two teams in temporary homes and an avalanche of pitcher injuries. The first time I saw a mention of a baseball “golden ...

The Guardian - Dec. 5

UConn gets much-needed win by beating ranked Baylor; Dan Hurley admits 'part of the problem has been me'

The shorthanded Huskies stepped up in what Hurley said was a win his team absolutely had to have

CBS Sports - Dec. 5

Beware of what the NFC North has to offer ... unless it's Chicago

Three of the four NFC North teams are among the NFL's elite ... and then there are the Bears, whose former coach might've gone out in the worst possible way.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 4