In the race between athlete and time, there is only ever one winner. Messi has pushed that defeat date back for a long, long time now. But I think maybe two things hastened it a little bit. One is the recent death of his father and the other is – although it was 1-0 on
Sheri Herman, a cable and digital media pioneer who helped launch E! Entertainment TV, died of heart failure Aug. 6 in Florida. She was 71. Born in Philadelphia, Herman graduated Temple University and started out at the Madison Avenue ad agency AC&R. After working as a commercials producer, she joined The Entertainment Channel and then
Fitbit’s Charge series has long been the Goldilocks of the brand’s fitness trackers — not quite a smartwatch, but far more capable than a basic step counter. With the Charge 6 (released in 2023), Fitbit brings basic smarts into a just-big-enough package, offering features like GPS, Google Wallet, and on-wrist music control alongside its best-in-class
Prediction-market operator Kalshi has permanently barred former US congressman George Santos from trading on its platform. The company alleged that Santos, who was expelled from Congress following a series of fraud and identity-theft charges, placed bets in February related to his own attendance at US President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, according to
HBO Max will launch on Prime Video and Hulu Japan in October, giving subscribers access to the streamer’s slate of HBO, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, DC Studios and Max originals programming, including a new HBO original “Harry Potter” series debuting at Christmas. The rollout stems from a global partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery
Second one-day international, Stirling Netherlands 129-9 (32 overs): De Leede 58; Maqsood 3-20, Carter 2-18 Scotland 130-1 (16.2 overs): S Bryce 70*, Carter 33* Scotland won by nine wickets Scorecard Scotland levelled their one-day international series with the Netherlands at 1-1 after a thumping nine-wicket victory in a rain-affected match in Stirling. Sarah Bryce, captaining
