What’s at the top of your favorite NHL team’s holiday wish list?Is it a trade to fill a need? Or a star player to find his game? Or, the classic: health in the new year?The Athletic asked its NHL staff for one last-minute gift idea per team. Here’s what they said.Trevor Zegras looking like his old self: It’s ridiculous to think we’re talking about an inventive 23-year-old playmaker whose star should still be on the rise. Zegras has run into tough luck on the injury front, as he’s recovering from knee surgery after a 2023-24 season wrecked by groin issues…
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Emergency personnel work at a Christmas market after a car drove into a group of people, according to local media, in Magdeburg, Germany, December 20, 2024.Axel Schmidt | ReutersThe suspect in the German car-ramming attack that killed five and injured more than 200 on Friday has been identified as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a self-described member of the “liberal opposition” to Saudi Arabia who has voiced strong anti-Islamic and anti-immigration views.Two senior U.S. officials familiar with the matter identified al-Abdulmohsen as the suspect.The car allegedly driven by al-Abdulmohsen plowed 1,200 feet into a crowd in a narrow alley in Magdeburg, a city of about…
Curt Cignetti, once again, didn’t hold back. His team was less than two hours away from kicking off its first College Football Playoff game, and the 63-year-old Indiana head coach sat in the middle of the “College GameDay” set and went right at the skeptics.“We don’t just beat Top 25 teams, we beat the s— out of them!” Cignetti said, referencing that his teams had beaten Nebraska earlier this year and Coastal Carolina when he was at JMU. It was a rewind-the-TV moment. As in, did he really just say that?! It also wasn’t true. The Huskers had fallen out…
Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with “The Apprentice,” is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration.”With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition to this important role,” Trump announced Saturday.Burnett, who was born in London, helped produce hits like “Survivor” and “The Voice,” but is perhaps best known for teaming up with Trump for “The Apprentice,” which first aired on NBC in 2004.Trump had been well-known in real estate…
A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct.Any movement on the issue appears unlikely as Republicans prepare to take control of the Senate in January, underscoring the hurdles in imposing restrictions on a separate branch of government even as public confidence in the court has fallen to record lows.The 93-page report released Saturday by the Democratic majority of the Senate Judiciary Committee found additional travel taken in 2021 by Thomas but not reported on his…
There are three weeks still to play in the NFL regular season, and the Week 16 schedule includes more key contests — including two Saturday.The Kansas City Chiefs host the Houston Texans in the first game Saturday, with quarterback Patrick Mahomes on track to play. Mahomes exited last Sunday’s win over the Cleveland Browns in the fourth quarter with a high ankle sprain but was listed as a full participant in practices ahead of this week’s meeting with Houston. Kansas City entered the week still leading the AFC with the NFL’s best record at 13-1.The Baltimore Ravens then host the…
Lindsey Vonn crossed the finish line after a strong run, waved to the crowd, and then radioed tips back to her six U.S. teammates still to ski.After almost six years away from the sport’s top level, the 40-year-old American alpine skiing star was back in a familiar scene Saturday, returning to World Cup racing with a 14th-place finish in a Super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland.Vonn finished in 1.16.36, 1.18 seconds off the lead of winner Cornelia Huetter of Austria, the 2024 World Cup downhill champion. Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami and Italy’s Sofia Goggia rounded out the podium. Fifty-seven skiers started…
Beyond the dust of Liverpool’s dock road and the huge lorries rolling in and out of the city’s port, the glass panels of Everton’s new home at the Bramley-Moore Dock sparkle impressively, radiating ambition.The site, expected to open next year, is a feat of engineering considering the narrow dimensions of the fresh land below it, where old waters have been drained to create a 52,888-capacity arena that has been earmarked to host matches at the 2028 European Championship.The Everton Stadium, as it is currently known, has been nearly 30 years in the making and nothing about its construction has been…
The holidays are typically a time for celebration and mirth, but for many people, they’re also incredibly stressful. And if your level of anxiety is rising this December, you’re not alone.Nearly half, 41% of U.S. adults say their stress increases this time of year, according to the American Psychological Association. “I think there’s solace to be had in that you’re not alone in feeling super stressed,” says happiness expert Jessica Weiss. Weiss has spent more than a decade giving talks and doing workshops about happiness at work, including a TED talk entitled “Happiness: It’s an Inside Job.” Here are her…
The demand for cruises continues to rise, and Virgin Voyages has found a unique way to get travelers to choose them.In December, the adults-only cruise line launched an unlimited cruise pass for 2025 sailings with a base fare of $120,000. With this pass, travelers can hop onto any ship, at anytime, from anywhere — for an entire calendar year.”We’re offering unlimited opportunities for adventure in a way that has never been done in cruising before,” Richard Branson, Virgin Group Founder, stated in a press release shared with CNBC Make It.The pass can be purchased for a start date of January…
