Tournament Champion Contenders

Animated contenders spotlight a ghost cat, snail hoarder, robots and a fowl villain

In another year of wildly varied animated features, Japan, Australia, Great Britain and the planet Cybertron send us their best.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 4 days ago

FirstFT: Apollo’s Marc Rowan top contender for Treasury job

Also in today’s newsletter, SpaceX fails to catch Starship, as well as machine learning and robots

World - Financial Times - 4 days ago

A College Football Playoff Rankings Shakeup Helps an Unlikely Contender

Boise State’s dream season could result in a first-round bye.

Sports - The New York Times - 4 days ago

Private equity landlords' screening process discriminated against renters, lawsuits contend

Two large private equity-backed landlords discriminated against prospective tenants by relying on faulty screening systems, according to two lawsuits.

Why Perk, Myers believe Warriors are ‘legit' title contenders

ESPN analysts Kendrick Perkins and Bob Myers believe the Golden State Warriors are 2025 NBA Finals contenders.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - Yesterday

The $1bn World Series champion Dodgers have everything except complacency

Los Angeles have resources beyond the wildest dreams of most other MLB franchises. But they still had to scrap for their second title in five seasons. Hours after the last out of the 2024 Major ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Squid Game champion returns as Netflix unveils season 2 trailer

The new season follows Gi-hun as he tries to expose the games' secrets, three years after his narrow escape.

Passan: How the World Series champion Dodgers validated their era of dominance

In an October filled with adversity, here's how L.A. weathered every storm to win a title nobody can deny.

Sports - ESPN - November 1

No one wanted them to win: Texas' first baseball champions

The surviving member of the state's inaugural championship team reflects on the legacy of the Bowie 49ers.

Sports - ESPN - November 1

L.A. toasts its World Series champion Dodgers: 'The city needed this parade'

The Dodgers celebrated with all of Los Angeles on Friday, parading through the streets of downtown before holding a championship rally at Dodger Stadium.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 1

🏆 Vancouver thump LAFC to stay alive; Red Bulls knock out Columbus; Sounders move on

We continue with the MLS Cup Playoffs first-round action Sunday evening, with another trio of games from around the league. Here is what went down.Vancouver Whitecaps 3-0 LAFC Scorers: Gauld 10', ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 4

Champions League as it happened: Sporting crush Man City, Madrid fall

ESPN relives all the action from matchday four of the Champions League as Sporting crushed Man City, Madrid fell to Milan and Liverpool trounced Leverkusen.

Sports - ESPN - November 5

Díaz hat-trick dashes Alonso’s hopes on Champions League return to Liverpool

The finest tribute to Xabi Alonso, Arne Slot wrote in his programme notes, “is to be the best Liverpool that we can possibly be with no quarter asked and no quarter given.” His team obliged ...

World - The Guardian - November 5

Club Brugge 1-0 Aston Villa: Champions League – as it happened

Aston Villa’s 100% record came to an end with a deserved defeat sealed with a bizarre penalty conceded by Tyrone Mings. 1 min: Youri Tielemans’ every touch is being booed, because he used to play ...

World - The Guardian - November 6

Geoff Capes, World’s Strongest Man, Is Dead at 75

He pulled dump trucks, flipped cars and tossed five-pound bricks as if they were Kleenex boxes. Tending to parakeets brought out his gentler side.

World - The New York Times - November 8

Who was in Trump's huge victory entourage?

A closer look at the dozens of family members, advisers and allies who joined the president-elect on stage.

Champions League: Atlético leave PSG in trouble while Musiala revives Bayern

Barcelona hit five at Red Star Belgrade Brest and Atalanta continue superb starts Paris Saint-Germain ’s disappointing Champions League campaign continued on Wednesday as they slumped to a ...