During Fox Sports’ Super Bowl pregame show, Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay will make a couple of appearances, sources briefed on the plan told The Athletic. It is not a big role, but it does have some significance because there is always jockeying for position to be the next $100 million NFL TV analyst. […]
Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished. The data appear to have been mistakenly posted but includes crucial information […]
The European Union spent last year drawing up secret plans for what the bloc would do if President Trump made good on his threats of imposing higher tariffs on European goods and services. Now, as those threats go from hypothetical to potentially imminent, its plans are coming into broad focus. Hit specific, politically sensitive sectors […]
US President Donald Trump signs an executive order on January 23, 2025. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images US President Donald Trump signs an executive order on January 23, 2025. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images Have you been dodging the news lately? Feeling a familiar sense of […]
India’s central bank has cut interest rates for the first time in nearly five years to counter slowing growth in Asia’s third largest economy. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced its repo rate from 6.5% to 6.25%, in line with the expectations of many economists. The repo rate is the level at which the […]
Tom HamiltonFeb 6, 2025, 09:00 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Tamworth’s heroics in defeat to Tottenham will still benefit the non-league club financially, but what they really wanted was a […]
President Trump’s claim that China controls the Panama Canal has placed a Hong Kong tycoon and his conglomerate at the heart of a showdown between the United States and China. That sprawling company, CK Hutchison Holdings, is one of Hong Kong’s most valuable publicly listed firms and counts some of the world’s biggest investors as […]
Heathrow Airport An artist’s impression showing three runways at Heathrow Airport The government has backed the expansion of Heathrow Airport after years of heated debate, saying it could create 100,000 jobs. The move, alongside potential confirmation of the expansion of other London airports including Gatwick and Luton, is likely to be met by fierce opposition. […]
Channing Tatum, newly converted Wrexham AFC fan and star of a Super Bowl commercial that will this weekend propel the Welsh club’s footballers into millions of American homes, has a concern. “Man, I feel embarrassed,” he tells The Athletic after being asked how it feels to be following in the footsteps of Sir Anthony Hopkins […]
The Senate voted along party lines on Thursday to confirm Russell T. Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, putting in place one of the most powerful architects of President Trump’s agenda to upend the federal bureaucracy and slash spending that the administration thinks is wasteful. The 53-to-47 vote returns Mr. Vought to […]