Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterMay 15, 2024, 09:44 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Foundation repair begins on frontstretch grandstands at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina. @NWBSpeedway Tuesday, March 26, was supposed to be a routine
Robert Fico is a populist leader who staged a political comeback last year. The 59-year-old has previously been compared to former US president Donald Trump. But his election victory last autumn meant NATO also had another leader who was sympathetic to Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Robert Fico in ‘life-threatening condition’ after assassination attempt – follow live
Aerial top view of a ship at sea. Suriyapong Thongsawang | Moment | Getty Images Crude oil futures edged lower Wednesday as the International Energy sees global demand growing less than originally forecast this year. World oil demand is forecast to grow by 1.1 million barrels per day this year, down 140,000 bpd from last
“When you first start out, it’s you versus the world,” says Kings Of Leon’s frontman, Caleb Followill, speaking from his home in Nashville, Tennessee. He remembers the comparisons – “the Southern Strokes, I think someone called us Y’all 2, like U2, which was funny” – and how each one added to the fire in their
The owner of Royal Mail has said it is “minded” to accept a revised takeover bid by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. The latest offer from Mr Kretinsky’s investment firm EP Group values the Royal Mail parent company International Distribution Services (IDS) at £3.5bn. An earlier offer had been rejected last month as being too low.
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Amazon has become a growing threat to digital ad incumbents Meta and Google, attracting billions of dollars a quarter from brands that are trying to reach the masses of consumers who swarm to the site on a daily
Toyota has the worst climate lobbying score of any automaker, and the third-worst 2030 EV production plans, according to InfluenceMap’s annual report on climate lobbying. Another year, another report showing how bad Toyota is for the environment. Toyota has routinely ranked at the bottom of InfluenceMap’s climate policy engagement rankings, and this year is no
If you know the first cardinal rule of perm maintenance and the importance of a scented resumé, you’re going to be excited about Reese Witherspoon’s latest news. The Hollywood star has announced a prequel series to her hit 2001 film, Legally Blonde, which will premiere in 2025. Wearing a hot pink suit and pale pink
An emergency measure has been triggered by the Ministry of Justice to deal with prison overcrowding in England. Operation Early Dawn will see defendants in police custody remain there – and not be transferred to magistrates’ courts for bail hearings – in case there is no prison space for that prisoner if they are remanded
A suspected drug boss nicknamed “The Fly” is at the centre of police manhunt after escaping from a prison van in France. Two prison officers were killed and three others seriously wounded when a convoy transporting prisoner Mohamed Amra from court to jail was ambushed near Rouen in Normandy by gunmen wearing balaclavas. Image: Mohamed
A new twist in the safety crisis engulfing Boeing could see the airline prosecuted over the 737 MAX 8 crashes in 2018 and 2019 that left 346 people dead. It was revealed late on Tuesday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) had filed a case accusing the planemaker of breaching its obligations in a
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 28, 2023. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The House Oversight Committee’s top Democrat asked oil executives to reveal whether former President Donald Trump had proposed a “quid-pro-quo” arrangement to them at
Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Premier League titles are won over a season, but there is always a decisive moment that points towards success or failure and, for a split second, Tottenham‘s Son Heung-Min had the destiny of Arsenal and Manchester City at his feet. As he raced towards the Manchester City goal in the
Age limits are set to be imposed for the first time on when children can be taught sex education, according to reports. Under the proposals, schools will be told not to teach children any form of sex education until year 5, when pupils are aged nine. Other measures due to be announced by Education Secretary
Sam Altman (L), US entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and founder and CEO of artificial intelligence company OpenAI, and the company’s co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, speak together at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2023. Jack Guez | Afp | Getty Images OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever said Tuesday that he’s leaving the
The Biden Administration announced sweeping new tariffs on imported goods from China, including increasing tariffs on electric vehicles from China. But will electric bicycles be impacted? It’s no secret that almost all electric bicycles in the US start their journey in China. The country is simply the world leader in e-bike manufacturing. Despite a tiny
Michael Cohen said he had been “knee deep into the cult of Donald Trump” as he testified for a second day in the ex-president’s trial. As Trump‘s defence tried to paint the former lawyer and ‘fixer’ as a bitter and fame-hungry former acolyte, he denied being obsessed by his former boss but said he had
May 14, 2024, 12:15 PM Open Extended Reactions Billy Vunipola is due to move to French club Montpellier, ESPN reported in March. Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images England props Mako and Billy Vunipola will leave Saracens at the end of this season, the Premiership club announced on Tuesday. ESPN reported in March that Billy Vunipola is
Manchester’s beleaguered Co-op Live arena has finally officially opened its doors after weeks of setbacks, cancellations and postponements. The venue was initially due to fully open with two Peter Kay stand-up shows on 23 and 24 April, but these dates were pushed back when problems emerged at a test event headlined by Ricky Astley. The
In June 2022, Kidus, 30, from Eritrea, came to the UK in a small boat with around two dozen other people. He still has the video on his phone showing everyone – including some women and children – clinging on to the dinghy wearing identical red lifejackets. Back then, the government had already announced plans