The Kansas City Chiefs have won back-to-back Super Bowls, so the entire NFL will be looking to knock them off their perch atop the league. What’s surprising, though, is that despite winning two titles in a row, my NFL Projection Model does not see the Chiefs as the favorites to win it all this year….
Once disparaged as “spaghetti Westerns,” Leone’s films helped revive the genre, and ushered in a unique visual style. In 2005, cultural historian Christopher Frayling reflected on Leone’s influence. DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University. Let’s continue with our series about classic films and movie…
APES (APES) is grabbing attention on the Solana blockchain, with its price shooting up over 200% in the past week. This price explosion has retail investors sitting up and taking notice. Meanwhile, a new contender called Base Dawgz (DAWGZ) is set to launch next week – and early backers believe it could follow in APES’…
What do the Montauk lighthouse, a school mural, a trampoline accident, a forced migration, and the Quartering Act of 1765 have in common? These are the subjects of winning podcasts submitted by fourth graders to NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge. For the last six years, our contest has brought the voices of fifth through 12th graders…
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Any monitor can be used for PC gaming, but a display built for productivity will likely leave you underwhelmed. Limited contrast, blurry motion, and slow refresh rates still hold basic productivity monitors back in games. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of excellent gaming monitors available at a wide range of price points—and the best of them…
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Some things never change for Jayson Tatum. As his career has continued to ebb and flow, there has been one constant: Tatum finds himself at the center of conversation. He broke onto the NBA scene as an impressive role player when he was 19, only to oscillate in the public eye between auspicious and overhyped….
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The hippest new Italian-Indian fusion restaurant in a gentrified neighborhood near you will be bustling with couples come Saturday night. Here’s what’s bubbling beneath the surface of these seemingly innocuous dinner dates. The Couple That’s on Top of Each Other They’re playing footsie and giggling like schoolgirls. The overhyped orzo-biryani entrée that would make every…
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US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping (R) during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on August 29, 2024. Trevor Hunnicutt | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan said he raised concerns about the country’s focus on economic…
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The Champions League proper returns next month and this season it will have a brand new format. The ‘Swiss Model’ makes its debut and, as a result, the Champions League draw tomorrow (Thursday) is going to look rather different to the eight-groups-of-four setup we’ve all become used to in recent years. So let The Athletic take…
Jeff Goldblum says acting was an escape from a tough culture of “whoever is strongest wins.” Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Loewe hide caption toggle caption Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Loewe Jeff Goldblum says acting was an escape from a tough culture of “whoever is strongest wins.” Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Loewe A…
