One of the classic blunders of punditry is to write about politics right before the election. So, let’s look at what politics might be like after the election. One prediction is easy: Expect a lot more political inconsistency and hypocrisy. The term “realignment” gets used and abused a lot, because people have agreed to use […]
The 2023-24 NBA season featured a seemingly endless stretch of 50-point performances. Individual scoring prowess was so widespread that both December and January featured five separate 50-point games, but after the league started calling fewer fouls and allowing more physical defense in the second half of the season, those outbursts became scarce. We saw only […]
Editor’s Note 10/23/24: Since this story was first published, officials in Buncombe County, North Carolina, home to Asheville, have reported they overcounted the death toll in their region by as many as 30. Some of the death toll figures in this story are no longer accurate. The 8,000-acre Biltmore Estate, Asheville’s biggest attraction that welcomes […]
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The historic home run ball that sealed Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s 50-home run, 50-steal season sold at a record price on Tuesday. The ball, which was retrieved by a fan at LoanDepot Park during the Dodgers’ win over the Miami Marlins in September, sold at Goldin Auctions for $3.6 million […]
LOS ANGELES — Four minutes left in the second quarter, it was time. LeBron James and his son, Bronny, rose from the Lakers bench and walked toward the scorer’s table. The crowd noticed slowly, the noise building incrementally. First as a rustle. Then cheering. Finally there came a rush of excitement that LeBron and Bronny […]
Record dry conditions in South America have led to wildfires, power cuts and water rationing. The world’s largest river system, the Amazon, which sustains some 30 million people across eight countries, is drying up.
Video shows the dramatic moment a historic church in Iquique, Chile, was destroyed by fire. Twelve firefighting units attended the blaze at the San Francisco Church on Friday, but were unable to save the mostly-wooden structure, local media reported. It was the first Catholic church built in the country, according to the World Monuments Fund, […]
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin declined an 11-year, $88 million contract offer from the team, according to ESPN’s Kevin Weekes. An $11 million average annual salary would’ve made him the highest-paid goalie ever, surpassing the Montreal Canadiens’ Carey Price. This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.
On September 12, 2024, SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn astronauts completed the first commercial spacewalk in history. The historic moment was live-streamed as Commander Jared Isaacman and mission specialist Sarah Gillis each crawled out of the space capsule high above Earth. Now we have new views of the mission in photos shared by the Polaris Program. “Sun […]
Dan Hajducky, ESPNSep 25, 2024, 02:09 PM ET Close Hajducky is an associate editor for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. The coveted Shohei Ohtani 50/50 home run ball has been consigned to collectibles marketplace Goldin […]
