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UN reveals finalists for Playing for the Planet Awards

The United Nations' UNEP Digital Transformations Team unveiled the finalists and categories for its annual Playing for the Planet Awards.

Tech - VentureBeat - 5 days ago

Gyökeres plays down Utd links: 'Nothing concrete'

Sporting CP star Viktor Gyokeres has played down speculation that he will leave the Portuguese giants to join Manchester United in the winter transfer window.

Sports - ESPN - 4 days ago

What is it really like to play under 'genius' Guardiola?

What is it like to play for a notoriously demanding coach? Players from Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Barcelona reflect on working under Pep Guardiola.

Clark won't play in Unrivaled league, source says

Fever star Caitlin Clark will not play in the new 3-on-3 league Unrivaled in its inaugural season, a source with knowledge of the situation told ESPN on Wednesday.

Sports - ESPN - 2 days ago

Is She Playing Games, or Simply Excelling in a Male Field?

In a series of tongue-in-cheek TikTok videos purporting to highlight #WomenInMaleFields, female users are sharing stories of negative experiences dating men.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - 2 days ago

WATCH: Piano prodigy plays music for shelter pets

Zen Micheline Hung, 14, plays her keyboard every week for cats and dogs waiting for their forever home.

Trudeau plays Santa with seasonal tax break

World - Yahoo News - 2 days ago

Report: Aaron Rodgers wants to play in 2025, but not for the Jets

The awkward dance continues, as the Jets and Rodgers head toward inevitable divorce.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 9 hours ago

Jim Donovan, Cleveland Browns play-by-play announcer and TV sports anchor, dies of cancer at 68

Jim Donovan, the beloved radio play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Browns and a TV sports fixture for more than four decades, died Saturday

Entertainment - ABC News - October 26

Jim Donovan, Cleveland Browns play-by-play announcer and anchor, dies of cancer at 68

Jim Donovan, the beloved radio play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Browns and a TV sports fixture for more than four decades, died Saturday

Sports - ABC News - October 26

Bob Costas retires as MLB play-by-play voice after 44-year career in the booth

Costas, 72, made the decision to retire before the 2024 season began.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 31

Bob Costas retires: Broadcaster stepping away from MLB play-by-play announcing after 44 years, per report

Costas, 72, called Game 4 of the ALDS between Yankees and Royals

Sports - CBS Sports - October 31

NBA changes final score of Warriors-Blazers game after realizing scorekeeper's untabulated free throw

You don't see that every day.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 25

Edwards hits late free throws to lift the Timberwolves past the Kings, 117-115

Anthony Edwards hit a pair of free throws with 2.4 seconds remaining and the Timberwolves spoiled Sacramento’s opener by beating the Kings 117-115

Sports - ABC News - October 25

China to offer Taliban tariff-free trade as it inches closer to isolated resource-rich regime

China will offer the Taliban tariff-free access to its vast construction, energy and consumer sectors, Beijing’s envoy to Afghanistan said on Thursday.

ITV to lose Tour de France live rights in blow to free-to-air sport coverage

Live race will be exclusively on Eurosport from 2026 Le Tour has been free-to-air on British TV since 1980s Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD) is set to become the exclusive British broadcaster for ...

World - The Guardian - October 25

Yankees' Juan Soto addresses impending free agency, says money is not necessarily 'biggest thing'

Soto has made a huge splash during his first (and only?) year in the Bronx

Sports - CBS Sports - October 25

Could Juan Soto beat Shohei Ohtani's $700M contract? Everything to know about superstar's looming free agency

Soto is almost peerless given his talent and his age, making his free agency a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

Sports - CBS Sports - October 26

Polls open in Uruguay in a general election free of the deep political divisions seen elsewhere in South America

World - ABC News - October 27

Polls open in stable Uruguay in a vote free of political hostility seen elsewhere in the region

Polls have opened in the small South American nation of Uruguay in a remarkably civilized general election that pits an incumbent conservative coalition against a moderate left-wing alliance