9:12 PM ET The Big 12 on Wednesday issued a public reprimand of the Texas Tech radio announcers for their call of Saturday’s 41-38 win over Iowa State. Play-by-play host Brian Jensen and analyst John Harris were critical of the officials during the game, going so far as to list off individual names. As a
3:02 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Serena Williams is still haunted by her experience at Indian Wells in 2001 and the mental anguish that she says she endured when returning to the event in 2015 after a lengthy boycott. “Even when I went back 14 years later, it was very traumatizing,” Williams said in an interview
US rapper Young Dolph has been shot dead at a cookie shop in his hometown of Memphis, police have said. The 36-year-old star, real-name Adolph Roberton Thornton Jr, was gunned down outside Makeda’s Cookies near Memphis International Airport on Wednesday in the US state of Tennessee. Memphis Police said they had no information on the
CNN’s John Berman and CNN legal analyst Elie Honig break down the fines that former Trump associate Steve Bannon could face after he was indicted for contempt in the January 6 investigation. CNN’s Brianna Keilar then speaks with former Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-VA) about what Bannon’s indictment could mean for other Trump allies, including former
The chairman of M&S has written to Brexit minister Lord Frost to warn that EU plans to end its stand-off with the UK over Northern Ireland threaten to add to, not ease, red tape. Archie Norman said the Brussels offer “could result in worsening friction and cost and a high level of ambiguity and scope
In this article RIVN Rivian signage at the Nasdaq on their IPO day, November 10, 2011 in New York. Source: Rivian Shares of electric vehicle maker Rivian ended a week-long rally Wednesday, as investors pulled back from a monster run as speculation in the name eased after it surpassed Ford and GM in market value.
Tesla (TSLA) has secured a new Megapack order for 197 MWh of capacity to deploy in the UK and use its Autobidder AI platform. Megapack has quickly emerged as the leading battery system for large utility-scale energy storage systems. It helped Tesla’s energy division accelerate storage deployment and the company has now built an impressive
Kemmerer, Wyoming, is a frontier coal town. It was organized in 1897 by coal miners and still employs people in the coal and natural gas industries today. Photo courtesy TerraPower TerraPower, a start-up co-founded by Bill Gates to revolutionize designs for nuclear reactors, has picked Kemmerer, Wyoming, as the preferred location for its first demonstration
Northern political leaders have warned the government will pass up huge economic benefits and betray promises to voters if, as expected, it cancels major rail projects including the eastern leg of HS2 and a new Manchester-Leeds line. Boris Johnson will unveil a long-delayed integrated rail plan for the Midlands and the north of England today,
On a sunburnt playing field at an Addis Ababa school, where hundreds of unlikely soldiers tried to march in time, I watched a sergeant from the police force trying to keep his cool. “To the left, turn to the left,” he said to one ad-hoc battalion of city residents, who were wearing bright orange bibs.
A Rust crew member has accused actor Alec Baldwin of “playing Russian roulette” by failing to check the gun on set before firing it. Mamie Mitchell, the script supervisor who called 911 after Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, is suing the star and the film’s producers, alleging they failed to follow safety protocols on
A variant of the Delta virus that is more infectious, but is less likely to cause symptoms, now accounts for more than one in 10 COVID cases in England, new research shows. The latest results from the long-running REACT-1 study shows the prevalence of the AY.4.2 variant has been growing at a rate of 2.8%
MPs have backed the government’s approach to curbing MPs’ outside interests, after Labour’s proposals were voted down in the Commons. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer used one of his party’s designated opposition day debates in the Commons to put forward a motion setting out his party’s plans for banning MPs from paid political consultancy work.
Former bandmates of Sarah Harding have paid tribute to the late Girls Aloud star on what would have been the singer’s 40th birthday. Fight For This Love singer Cheryl posted a video to her Instagram page featuring multiple clips of the noughties girl group and Harding at live concerts, award ceremonies and chat shows. Harding
A man accused of murdering his girlfriend was recorded on a mobile phone as he repeatedly stabbed, strangled, and ran over her during a psychotic episode after eating a cannabis brownie, a court has been told. University student Lauren Bloomer, who was stabbed more than 30 times, “recorded her own murder” after seeking advice on
8:22 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson will represent the United States in the upcoming international Race of Champions, an event he won with Jeff Gordon in 2002. Johnson will compete in the event scheduled Feb. 4-6 in Pite Havsbad, Sweden for the “Champion of Champions” title in the
Halle Berry’s directorial debut may include some of the movie tropes we’re familiar with. A fighter who’s been written off returning to the ring, a parent trying to turn things around when an estranged child comes back in to their life and a woman manipulated by the man who supposedly loves her. But Berry’s gritty
“Take it from me, please don’t come… it’s bad here.” This is one of hundreds of messages sent by migrants on the Belarus border seen by Sky News. The texts warn others not to follow in their footsteps. “To those who are saying ‘the border is open’, it’s not open. It’s a lie,” another migrant
7:00 AM ET With the one-month mark in the rearview mirror — with the requisite awards presented to their winners — teams are certainly beginning to show tendencies that are more than just early-season trends. For this week’s power rankings — which saw a new No. 1 — we identify that key tendency for all
“For me, it’s real,” Lady Gaga tells Sky News. “There are a lot of things that I’ve been through in my life, traumatic experiences, that I drew upon to play Patrizia.” The star is talking about Patrizia Reggiani, the Italian socialite convicted of hiring a hitman to assassinate her ex-husband and fashion powerhouse Maurizio Gucci,