A Year Ago Tennis Was Broken the Dysfunction Has Gotten Worse

Broken nets, 'Maradona' skill and a new dad - Tamworth's tales on historic day

A net malfunction, a defender pulling off a bit of 'Maradona' skill he could not explain and the keeper who became a dad just the day before, the tales of Tamworth's dream FA Cup tie at home to ...

BBC News - Jan. 12

How Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz Reconfigured Men’s Tennis

The two players, competing at the Australian Open, cover the court so effectively that opponents often feel like they are playing a different sport.

The New York Times - Jan. 12

Fury fight has to happen this year - Joshua

Anthony Joshua calls for a long-awaited fight with British rival Tyson Fury to happen in 2025.

BBC News - Jan. 11

Man who was brutally attacked 23 years ago dies

Leon Adams was found unconscious near Grangetown train station in the early hours of 14 February 2002.

BBC News - Jan. 11

2025 Australian Open women's picks, odds, predictions, draw: Proven expert fading Swiatek in tennis best bets

Tennis handicapper Jose Onorato has revealed his women's Australian Open 2025 picks, predictions and best bets

CBS Sports - Jan. 11

2025 Australian Open odds, picks, predictions, draw, time: Proven expert fading Djokovic in tennis best bets

Tennis handicapper Jose Onorato has revealed his men's Australian Open 2025 picks, predictions and best bets

CBS Sports - Jan. 11

Tennis looks ‘cooked’ as Australian Open starts under giant doping cloud

“I haven’t done anything wrong.” So read the back-page headline on Saturday’s Melbourne Age, above a plaintive-looking photograph of world No1 Jannik Sinner.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 11

Why Trump’s tariffs may bring worse-than-expected price hikes to consumer electronics

As CES winds down in Las Vegas, one cloud hanging over the desert not often mentioned in all the coverage of newly unveiled gadgets was a prediction by the show’s host of how much prices for ...

MarketWatch - Jan. 11

‘There are a lot of bitter people here, I’m one of them’: rust belt voters on why they backed Trump again despite his broken promises

Many in Youngstown, Ohio, believe the president-elect will tackle the town’s decline this time. Others are worried about his character flaws. Their concerns help explain how he returned to power – ...

The Guardian - Jan. 11

A king's subtle response to Trump and why the Romans may have gotten dumber: News quiz

Denmark takes a stand against Trump's Greenland ambitions, Meta makes a big policy change, and Eli Manning reveals the one team he'd want to buy.

NBC News - Jan. 11

How Do Mothers Return to Playing Tennis and Raise a Child?

Belinda Bencic credits Grand Slam champions like Serena Williams in paving a road back to the top after childbirth.

The New York Times - Jan. 11

Australian Open 2025: Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have a real rivalry atop men's tennis

When Carlos Alcaraz is on court for a training session, perhaps working on his newly revamped service motion, he’s doing so to buttress a game already good enough to claim four Grand Slam titles

ABC News - Jan. 10

Penn State's roster is only going to get worse, which makes for a grim big-game future under James Franklin

If Penn State could not win it all with a star-studded 2022 class, well ...

CBS Sports - Jan. 10

China has ample fiscal space to bolster growth this year

Yahoo News - Jan. 10

Dysfunctional Giants: GM Joe Schoen's reported handling of veteran player's release one of many puzzling moves

Schoen's handling of Nick McCloud raised eyebrows

CBS Sports - Jan. 10

Los Angeles Wildfires Will Make a Serious Housing Shortage Worse

With so many people displaced and looking for rentals, the region’s housing options could grow even scarcer and more expensive.

The New York Times - Jan. 10

The Minish Cap Has 20 Years Of Zelda Wonder Packed Inside Its Tiny Levels

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is celebrating its 20-year anniversary today, January 10, 2025. Below, we look back at how the team came up with a playful sense of scale as its central hook. ...

GameSpot - Jan. 10

FirstFT: The hottest year on record

Also in today’s newsletter, the resurrection of Andersen Consulting, and hiding savings from a significant other

Financial Times - Jan. 10

Djokovic wants to 'focus on tennis' after poisoning claim

Novak Djokovic says he wants to "focus on tennis" after claiming in a magazine interview he had been "poisoned" when detained in a Melbourne hotel.

BBC News - Jan. 10

87 Years Ago, a Legendary Psychologist Discovered Skinner’s Law. It’s Still the Secret to Sticking With Your New Year’s Resolution

Feel your commitment to your New Year’s resolution flagging already? Skinner’s law is decades old, but it is still the solution.

Inc. - Jan. 10

Tennis has become mundane without me - Kyrgios

Controversial Australian star Nick Kyrgios believes his Grand Slam comeback has come at the right time because tennis has become "a bit mundane".

BBC News - Jan. 10

A highly musical movie year

Never in Academy Awards history have so many women from musicals been likely Oscar nominees in a single year.

Los Angeles Times - Jan. 9

The world's most powerful passport has a clear winner this year — in 2024 it was a six-way tie

Singapore has the most powerful passport, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index. The nation-state was part of a six-way tie in the 2024 ranking.

CNBC - Jan. 9

I Quit Drinking Four Years Ago. I’m Still Confronting Drinking Culture.

Yes, you can become sober and remain social.

The New York Times - Jan. 9

NBA trade candidates: 70 players, broken into 11 tiers, who could be moved by Feb. 6 deadline

We're breaking down players who could be moved, from stars to salary filler

CBS Sports - Jan. 8

Unusual 911 calls of 2024: 'Mean' cat, broken washing machine, locked phone

Yahoo News - Jan. 8

Australian Open 2025: There really isn't much time off in the offseason for tennis players

If it seems as though the 2025 professional tennis year started pretty much immediately right after 2024 ended, that’s because that’s exactly what happens in a sport where the offseason really does ...

ABC News - Jan. 8

I was shot 14 years ago today. Let's build on progress made to reduce gun violence.

Gabrielle Giffords, a former member of Congress who was shot in the head in 2011, is urging President Trump to prioritize public safety over corporate gun lobby and industry profits, and to ...

The Hill - Jan. 8

The Spin | ‘Deep, minging, unpleasant’: cricket’s flooding problem is getting worse

ECB has been in touch with 27 clubs so far this storm season as the climate crisis bites. What can game do to stay afloat?. The water started flowing into the New Road practice area at about 4pm on ...

The Guardian - Jan. 8

Tennis star accidentally hits woman in stands with thrown racquet

Video of the incident showed a woman in a hat being struck by the racquet as the crowd gasped.

CBS News - Jan. 7

Traffic has gotten way worse in these US cities, report finds

You're not imagining it. Traffic congestion worsened last year in just about every American city studied by navigation and GPS company TomTom.

The Hill - Jan. 7

Immigration is a higher priority for Americans than it was a year ago, an AP-NORC poll shows

More Americans say immigration should be a top focus for the U.S. government in 2025, as the country heads toward a new Republican administration in which President-elect Donald Trump has promised ...

NBC News - Jan. 7

Our 52 Places to Go Lists Show How Travel Has Changed Over 20 Years

When The New York Times’s 52 Places to Go list made its debut in 2005, world travelers had no smartphones, no Instagram and no Google Maps. As the list turns 20 years old, our reporter Tariro ...

The New York Times - Jan. 7

Their remains were found decades ago. A new push could ID serial killer's victims.

Decades after investigators unearthed thousands of human bones and bone fragments on a suspected Indiana serial killer’s property, a renewed quest is playing out in laboratories to solve a ...

NBC News - Jan. 7