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Hunter, Shedeur end 'great' run at CU despite loss
BYU stymied Colorado 36-14 in the Alamo Bowl in rolling to its second straight bowl victory, bringing to an end the stellar Buffaloes era of Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter.ESPN - 2h -
School chaplain killed in shark attack on Australia's Great Barrier Reef
The youth pastor was spearfishing with his family off an island at the time of the attack.BBC News - 7h -
Cross-legged under an enormous pine tree, my chess pieces and I tamed chaos | Ana Schnabl
One hot summer in Slovenia, my cousins taught me how to jump, twirl and sashay on that black and white grid. I sensed I was spying on some ancient, fundamental truth. In our end of year series, ...The Guardian - 7h -
What's gone wrong for Pep Guardiola and Man City after 499 games together
Sunday marks Pep Guardiola's 500th game in charge of Man City, with coach and club enduring their worst-ever form. What have we learned about him, and soccer, since 2016, and where does he go from ...ESPN - 1d -
VR Had A Great Year, But It Feels Like A Swansong
It's been hard to keep up with VR games in 2024, and that's a good thing. The Batman Arkham series got a great new entry, Batman: Arkham Shadow , exclusively on Meta Quest 3. Metro Awakening ...GameSpot - 2d -
Wall St. Is Minting Easy Money From Risky Loans. What Could Go Wrong?
Everyone from Jamie Dimon to the International Monetary Fund is ringing alarms about the shadowy world of private credit. But the money keeps rolling in.The New York Times - 2d -
Why Kwanzaa Is Great
There’s something uniquely American in both its wanton borrowing from existing tradition and its naked admission of artificiality.The New York Times - 2d -
Victor Wembanyama plays 1-on-1 chess with fans in New York
Victor Wembanyama went to a park in New York City and played 1-on-1 with fans on SaturdayABC News - 15h -
NBA star Victor Wembanyama spent the day playing chess in New York's Washington Square Park
Victor Wembanyama took his game to a different venue Saturday.NBC News - 23h -
Five-time world chess champion quits event after refusing to change out of jeans
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to change out of a pair of jeans, a direct violation of the International Chess Federation’s ...NBC News - 1d -
LOOK: San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama pulls up to Washington Square Park in New York to play chess
A rainy day did not stop Wembanyama and other chess enthusiasts from showing outCBS Sports - 1d -
Jeans gambit: Chess great DQ'd for wrong pants
Chess great Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after governing body FIDE barred him for wearing jeans.ESPN - 1d -
Chess controversy: Magnus Carlsen, top-ranked player in the world, bows out of tournament over jeans dispute
Carlsen quit after being barred from a round in the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship for wearing jeansCBS Sports - 1d -
Chess champion Magnus Carlsen disqualified for wearing jeans
Top chess player Magnus Carlsen was told he could change and continue competing, but he declined to do so.CBS News - 1d -
Sutton's predictions v Emma-Jean Thackray
BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on multi-instrumentalist Emma-Jean Thackray with his predictions for the final Premier League fixtures of 2024 and the New Year's Day game between ...BBC News - 1d -
Why 2025 looks like a great year to retire
The baby-boom generation has landed on its feet — again.MarketWatch - 1d -
Magnus Carlsen quits chess championship after being told to change jeans
The defending champion said he quit as a "matter of principle" after being told to change his jeans.BBC News - 1d -
'What has he done?!' - Pant out after scoop attempt
India's Rishabh Pant is caught by Nathan Lyon off the bowling of Scott Boland after a failed scoop shot on the third day of the fourth Test.BBC News - 1d -
Chess: Carlsen disqualified in New York after refusing to change out of jeans
The world No 1 was defaulted from the World Rapid Championship and has also chosen to withdraw from the World Blitz saying ‘it became a matter of principle’. Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, has ...The Guardian - 1d -
Nickel Boys star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: ‘If we see something wrong and don’t say anything, we’re participants’
With a role in the Oscar-tipped reform school drama, the actor continues to pick parts that align with her activism. She recalls how the resilience of her grandmother – and the racism faced by her ...The Guardian - 2d -
Rickey Henderson and 2024’s Lineup of Departed Baseball Greats
The last time I saw Rickey Henderson was late September in the Athletics’ clubhouse as the last, sad homestand at the Oakland Coliseum wound down to its final game. I’d known him since 1979 when he ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Ultimate fantasy homes for sale in Great Britain – in pictures
From a Grade I-listed building in Norfolk designed by Sir John Soane to a minimalist cottage in the Scottish countryside Continue reading...The Guardian - 2d -
Nikki Haley rips Ramaswamy: 'Nothing wrong' with American culture
Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley slammed her onetime GOP presidential primary opponent Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday for arguing American culture is to blame for a lack of U.S.-born ...The Hill - 2d -
36-year-old self-made millionaire: This is 'my No. 1 investing philosophy'—it's 'a great way to get started'
Wealth with Tess founder Tess Waresmith suggests starting with a portfolio of low-cost index funds before branching out into other assets.CNBC - 3d -
The Christmas that went wrong: My grandma was so shocked by our tree that she destroyed it
On seeing it in the dark, my Vietnamese grandmother was convinced it was Buddha himself – and that she had died and passed into the afterlife. When my cousins and I were young, we built a ...The Guardian - 3d -
Steph reacts to LeBron's one-liner about what still makes NBA great
Steph Curry and LeBron James reminded fans that they still can put on epic shows late in their respective NBA careers.Yahoo Sports - 3d -
The Christmas that went wrong: I ended up in A&E with burns from my mother’s gravy
After two horrendous weeks with chickenpox and norovirus, I thought I was finally better on Christmas Day. But I had reckoned without a jug of scalding Bisto. The strangled half-scream I emitted as ...The Guardian - 4d -
Red Wings Wrong Strategy Proving Costly
The Detroit Red Wings summer transactions could cost them a great deal.Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Commentary: What 'Babygirl' gets right and wrong about kink, according to a sex expert
Warning: The following contains spoilers from the movie "Babygirl."Los Angeles Times - 4d -
The Christmas that went wrong: We went into last-minute lockdown – and I had to spend the big day with my ex
Covid was everywhere, the fridge was empty and my former partner was coming to spend the day with me and my new girlfriend. Christmas was doomed … wasn’t it?. The year was 2020 and Christmas itself ...The Guardian - 4d -
The Christmas that went wrong: Why on earth was Santa wearing my uncle’s sneakers?
Even at four, I could see Father Christmas for who he really was – especially as he smelled of Old Spice . As a child, I was an amateur detective; a master of argument and the suspicious ...The Guardian - 5d -
US wins its GMO corn case against Mexico, but in front of the wrong court
Last Friday, a dispute settlement panel convened under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement ruled in favor of the U.S. on two Mexican measures blocking imports of genetically modified corn. The U.S. ...The Hill - 5d -
Juve Stabia fans appear to celebrate goal by Mussolini’s great-grandson with fascist salutes
Romano Floriani Mussolini scored winner against Cesena Italian football federation launches investigation The Italian football federation has opened an investigation after supporters of the ...The Guardian - 5d -
The Christmas that went wrong: I had a massive abscess and spent my first ever night in hospital
The year already ranked among my very worst – then I wound up on a tinsel-draped drip, while my family texted fun photos from the pub. It hadn’t been a vintage year. I was in the middle of a ...The Guardian - 5d -
How Sir Alex Ferguson built his last great Manchester United side
A new documentary explores the genius of Sir Alex Ferguson and looks at his greatest achievements in the game.BBC News - 5d -
Marianne Jean-Baptiste tests our limits of empathy in 'Hard Truths'
Of all the movie protagonists you might have seen this year, none is quite like Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy in Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths.”ABC News - 6d -
Former NFL great Michael Vick introduced as Norfolk State’s football coach
Michael Vick has been introduced as Norfolk State’s football coach, a homecoming for the former NFL star and a splashy, attention-grabbing hire for a program that has struggled in recent yearsABC News - 6d -
How Salah's stats rank among Premier League greats
Mohamed Salah broke three more records in Liverpool's demolition of Tottenham - but how good are his figures compared to the great Premier League forwards?BBC News - 6d -
Why the 'great resignation' became the 'great stay,' according to labor economists
Employers have pulled back on hiring and workers are quitting at lower rates following a period of high churn in the U.S. job market.CNBC - 6d -
Why Does RFK Jr. Work Out in Jeans?
Frequent images of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others lifting weights in jeans and boots raise the question of what can be classified as proper gym attire.The New York Times - Dec. 20
