Max Verstappen has claimed it is “remarkable” and “very impressive” that he remains in the world championship hunt as he stoked up the mind games with Lando Norris and McLaren as this season’s Formula 1 battle reaches its climax. Four-time world champion Verstappen was 104 points off the title pace after his home race in … Read more
What Seth Godin Says Universities Are Getting Wrong About Marketing Getty Images for Watermark Conference for Women I recently spoke with Seth Godin, the bestselling author of 21 books and a member of the Marketing Hall of Fame, about how universities prepare future marketers. He didn’t hesitate to say that higher education has lost touch … Read more
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Todd Golden had people yelling at him at halftime Thursday night to get 7-foot-9 center Olivier Rioux in the game. Golden relented with 2:09 to play – and made history in the process – after chants of “We Want Ollie” swept through the O’Connell Center. Rioux became the tallest person … Read more
BillionToOne’s Oguzhan Atay Duy Ho Photography BillionToOne’s shares soared on its first day of trading, giving the company a market cap of $5.8 billion. Oguzhan Atay, a Turkish immigrant with a Ph.D. in systems biology from Stanford University, started BillionToOne in 2016 with the idea of creating noninvasive prenatal genetic tests for common diseases, like … Read more
Jeff Legwold Close Jeff Legwold ESPN Senior Writer Jeff Legwold covers the Denver Broncos at ESPN. He has covered the Broncos for more than 20 years and also assists with NFL draft coverage, joining ESPN in 2013. He has been a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors since 1999, too. … Read more
Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal are La Liga’s stars of today, but President Javier Tebas is betting on AI to secure the league’s future. Getty Images La Liga is turning to AI in an effort to drive efficiency within its league offices and to deliver a superior broadcast product to its fans. Moving forward, any … Read more
Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker and Phillies designated hitter Kyle Schwarber headline the 13 players who were tendered the $22.025 million qualifying offer Thursday, sources told ESPN. Players who are tendered the qualifying offer have until Nov. 18 to accept or reject the one-year deal. Other players to have been tagged, sources told ESPN, are: • … Read more
Katy Perry Getty Images for Katy Perry Katy Perry released her album 143 a little over a year ago, and while most pop stars spend a few years working on new music, Perry has gone through quite a bit over the past year that would ostensibly inspire the creation of an entirely new project. In … Read more
NEW YORK — Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he profited from rigged poker games and provided sports bettors with nonpublic information about injuries to stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Jones, a onetime teammate of James, said little during back-to-back arraignments in federal court in Brooklyn, … Read more
Topline Antonio Brown, former star wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers, was arrested on an attempted murder charge Thursday, according to multiple outlets, being apprehended over a shooting that occurred during a Miami boxing event in May. Brown faces up to 15 years in prison. (Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Facts Brown … Read more