Jay BilasNov 5, 2025, 08:45 AM ET Close College basketball analyst for ESPN and ESPN Insider Played and coached at Duke Practicing attorney The Bilastrator doesn’t like to brag. Yet, by now, as a conscious being on this planet, you know that the Bilas Index is the preeminent, reliable and most universally respected indicator and … Read more
Topline Pope Leo has criticized the treatment of migrants held in detention in the United States, specifically expressing concerns about their “spiritual rights” after reports they’d been denied access to Communion, the latest flashpoint amid growing tensions between the Vatican and the Trump White House in recent months. Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square … Read more
November 5, 2025 4 min read COVID Is Beginning to Surge Globally. Here’s What We Know Limited COVID surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say By Katie Kavanagh & Nature magazine Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month — global cases increased by more than 19,000 … Read more
The MLB hot stove season is here! As players become free to sign with any team they choose (free agency officially begins Thursday at 5 p.m. ET), we asked our MLB reporters to open their notebooks with all of the intel they collected from execs, agents and other baseball insiders during the 2025 World Series. … Read more
Topline Democrats swept the major elections Tuesday, delivering a blow to billionaires who mostly funded Republican campaigns—particularly in New York City, where more than 26 billionaires donated to campaigns against Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani celebrates during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York … Read more
Jeremy Fowler Close Jeremy Fowler senior NFL national reporter Jeremy Fowler is a senior national NFL writer for ESPN, covering the entire league including breaking news. Jeremy also contributes to SportsCenter both as a studio analyst and a sideline reporter covering for NFL games. He is an Orlando, Florida native who joined ESPN in 2014 … Read more
Are Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz set to return for a new ‘Mummy’ film? 1999 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. Getty Images Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are reportedly set to reunite for a follow up to 2001’s adventure movie The Mummy Returns and if Universal Pictures wants to make up for the misfire that … Read more
November 4, 2025 4 min read Astronomers Are Agog over This All-Day Gamma-Ray Burst A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at all By Yvette Cendes edited by Lee Billings sakkmesterke/Getty Images You might think astronomers have seen it all, but … Read more
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Tennis great Venus Williams plans to play for a 33rd straight season on the WTA Tour, starting in Auckland in January. Organizers of the ASB Classic in New Zealand said Wednesday that Williams, 45, would feature at their Jan. 5-11 event. It suggests the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion is preparing … Read more
Prince’s “Purple Rain” becomes a bestseller on the U.K.’s music charts after being featured in a recent episode of Strictly Come Dancing, turning the decades-old cut into a smash. American Rock, Funk, and R&B musician Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson, 1958 – 2016) performs onstage, during the ‘Parade’ tour, Wembley Arena, London, 8/12/1986. (Photo by … Read more