Month: October 2019

7:00 AM ET It seems like yesterday that the St. Louis Blues were wobblingly piloting scooters through a Stanley Cup...

How the Connecticut Sun can even the WNBA Finals

In clawing their way back and turning a Game 1 blowout into a barn burner, the Sun proved they are...

NFL Power Rankings: How likely all 32 teams are to make the playoffs

6:55 AM ET NFL NationESPN Now that most teams are a quarter of the way through the season, the NFL...

Week 5 NFL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, plus how to improve playoff chances

6:55 AM ET NFL NationESPN Now that most teams are a quarter of the way through the season, the NFL...

Island reveals rising tide of plastic waste

Image copyright Peter Ryan Image caption In the past decade, the volume of plastic water bottles from China washing ashore...

Party bust: Vendor charges $724 for two beers

7:38 AM ET Fans know beer is expensive at NFL stadiums, but not this expensive. A vendor at Miami's Hard...

Goose smashes through Nottingham taxi window

Image copyright Nottinghamshire Police Image caption Officers snapped the bird surrounded by broken glass It sounds like the quintessential wild...

Lil Nas X: ‘I prayed that being gay was just a phase’

Image copyright Getty Images US rapper Lil Nas X has said that when he was younger he hoped being gay...

Corbyn must choose unity government PM – Jo Swinson

Image copyright EPA Jeremy Corbyn must step aside in favour of another leader to save a cross-party deal to remove...

Authority Figures: Movie Talk and the Rise of Review Culture

It’s a kind of FOMO, I suppose. The internet has conditioned us toward hot takes, so when it seems like...

Facebook Watch and the Emotion-Harvesting Future of Television

This story is part of a series on how we watch—from the delight of Netflix randomness to crappy captions on...

NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers take down Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton has a rough night as he is sacked a career-high eight times in the 27-3...

Tiny needles help monitor antibiotic reactions

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Regular blood tests are typically used to monitor reactions to antibiotics and other drugs...

Homeless deaths rise driven by ‘drug poisoning’

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Deaths of homeless people have risen by a fifth in a year, the ONS...

Greggs stockpiles pork for sausage rolls ahead of Brexit

Image copyright Greggs High Street bakery chain Greggs is stockpiling pork so that production of its sausage rolls is guaranteed...

John Lewis axes third of top jobs in restructuring

Image copyright Getty Images John Lewis will merge the two halves of its business under a single management structure from...

The North Face Flight Jacket Review (With Futurelight Fabric)

In Nordic countries, there’s a saying: “There’s no bad weather, only bad clothes.” As someone who spent the past weekend...

Minimum wage: How high could the lowest salaries go?