America is in the home stretch of an abbreviated presidential race unlike any other. But after the chaos of the last few months, one thing is certain: “Saturday Night Live” will be on hand to skewer it all.NBC’s landmark sketch comedy series returns this weekend just in time to satirize the reshuffled fight for the White House. “SNL” alum Maya Rudolph will reprise her Emmy-winning role as Vice President Kamala Harris. “SNL” cast member James Austin Johnson will once again don a red tie to play former President Donald Trump.The quick-turn election isn’t the only reason this season is high wattage. “SNL”…
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Acquiring the best player in a trade is usually the goal. While winners and losers of such transactions aren’t often determined until months and, maybe, years later, that tends to be a good starting point.In the case of the New York Knicks, who, in a blockbuster, Friday night, three-team special acquired Karl-Anthony Towns from the Minnesota Timberwolves for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and a first-round pick via Detroit (while sending Daquan Jefferies and draft compensation to Charlotte), the best player is coming to New York. But does that undoubtedly make the Knicks better?I’m not so sure.GO DEEPERKatz: What’s next for…
A view of a SpaceX rocket, as seen across the Rio Grande in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., July 22, 2024. Veronica Cardenas | ReutersSpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year.The capsule rocketed toward orbit to fetch the test pilots whose Boeing spacecraft returned to Earth empty earlier this month because of safety concerns. The switch in rides left it to NASA’s Nick Hague and Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov to retrieve Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.Since NASA rotates space station crews approximately every six months,…
By Rustin Dodd, Zack Meisel and Andy McCulloughWhen the Tampa Bay Buccaneers snapped a record 26-game losing streak in December 1977, head coach John McKay tried to look on the bright side.“Three or four plane crashes and we’re in the playoffs,” he said.It was hard to blame him. The year before, the Bucs had finished 0-14 in their inaugural season, stamping their place among the worst teams in the history of professional sports.The list includes the winless, the hopeless, and the talentless. One owner traded all of his good players to his other team. This year, the list includes a…
The first debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is shown on television at the Juventud 2000 migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sept. 10, 2024. Immigration has been a hot topic throughout the presidential campaign.Carlos Moreno/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe idea that immigration has a negative impact on the U.S. job market is a common theme of former President Donald Trump’s speeches on the presidential campaign trail.”They’re taking your jobs,” the Republican nominee told supporters on Sept. 21 in Wilmington, North Carolina.Immigration is also a top issue for Republican voters: 82% of Trump supporters say immigration…
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced that it will appeal against the “no fault or negligence” finding in Jannik Sinner’s anti-doping case.WADA is seeking a “period of ineligibility of one or two years,” in which the world No. 1 tennis player and two-time Grand Slam champion would be barred from competing in the sport at all levels. Sinner won the U.S. Open in New York just three weeks ago.Sinner, who is currently playing at the China Open in Beijing, said he was “surprised” by WADA’s decision.“Obviously I’m very disappointed and also surprised of this appeal, to be honest, because…
With access to what seems like a never-ending flow of information online, some Gen Z men are relying on social media for their health advice.One out of 3 Gen Z men in the U.S. are turning to social media for their health information, according to a recent survey from the Cleveland Clinic.The survey polled 1,000 U.S. men ages 18 and older over the summer and compared the health concerns of American men from different generations.”While all generations agree that healthcare providers are a top source for health information and advice, use of other sources varies by age,” according to Cleveland…
The mania around Cooper Flagg at Duke is here. And it’s not going anywhere anytime soon.Flagg, the Class of 2024’s most-hyped recruit and projected 2025 No. 1 NBA Draft pick, spoke publicly Friday for the first time since starting his career with the Blue Devils.Sporting a “Dream Biggest” Duke T-shirt, the 6-foot-9 freshman forward sounded confident and excited about Duke officially beginning practice this week. It has been a whirlwind start to college for the program’s biggest recruit since Zion Williamson — whom even former President Barack Obama came to Durham to see play — but Flagg is handling it…
Blockchain technology and tokenization could challenge the traditional ETF model.Janus Henderson said recently that it’s partnering with Anemoy Limited and Centrifuge to create Anemoy’s Liquid Treasury Fund (LTF), an on-chain technology-based fund that will give investors direct access to short-term U.S. Treasury bills.”It’s not necessarily a threat to the ETF industry,” Nick Cherney, Janus Henderson’s head of innovation, said on CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “I think it’s more of a natural evolution of how we try to get the way in which we deliver investment services to clients to be more efficient and less costly.””We want to be early…
Having etched her name across the record book during the 2024 WNBA season, Caitlin Clark has been named the league’s Rookie of the Year, league sources told The Athletic on Friday.That Clark won the award came as little surprise considering how prolific her debut season was.Clark broke both the WNBA’s single-season and single-game assist records. She scored the most points by a rookie ever, and the most points by a point guard ever. She became the first rookie to record two triple-doubles and the first Fever player ever to record a triple-double.GO DEEPERCaitlin Clark grades her rookie season as ‘solid’…
