This article is an on-site version of Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Happy Sunday. Over 100mn people — mostly in Asia — are expected to join the middle class every […]
Courtney CroninFeb 1, 2025, 06:04 PM ET Close Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast on ESPN 1000. […]
Patrick Dorgu is waiting for the green light to travel to the U.K and complete his move to Manchester United, a source has told ESPN. United have verbally agreed a deal worth around €35 million ($36.3m) with Lecce for the left-back. He’s set to travel to Manchester to undergo a medical before completing his move […]
So-called reasoning AI models are becoming easier — and cheaper — to develop. On Friday, NovaSky, a team of researchers based out of UC Berkeley’s Sky Computing Lab, released Sky-T1-32B-Preview, a reasoning model that’s competitive with an earlier version of OpenAI’s o1 on a number of key benchmarks. Sky-T1 appears to be the first truly […]
Jan 10, 2025, 02:19 PM ET Real Madrid star Vinícius Júnior is considering buying a football club in Portugal’s second division, a source has told ESPN. The Brazil international — currently in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for the Spanish Supercopa — is thinking about diversifying his business interests with an eye to his future career plans […]
The Dallas Cowboys have denied permission to the Chicago Bears to interview coach Mike McCarthy, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Multiple sources said Monday that the Bears had sought permission to speak with McCarthy regarding their head coaching vacancy. However, the Bears will interview Pete Carroll, 73, for the job Thursday, sources […]
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNDec 31, 2024, 05:54 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. New York Rangers star goaltender Igor Shesterkin has been placed on injured reserve with an upper-body injury, an NHL source told ESPN on Tuesday. The Rangers recalled NHL veteran Louis Domingue from the AHL Hartford Wolf Pack. Shesterkin’s backup, […]
With Donald Trump set to return to the White House next year, there’s much speculation on how his second administration will affect press freedom. The short answer is that we don’t know, but prognosticators do have the benefit of an important dataset: his first term. And, if that record is any indication, national security “leaks” […]
Earlier this month, startup Embodied announced that it is going out of business and taking its Moxie robot with it. The $800 robots, aimed at providing emotional support for kids ages 5 to 10, would soon be bricked, the company said, because they can’t perform their core features without the cloud. Following customer backlash, Embodied […]
Dec 19, 2024, 12:22 PM ET San Francisco 49ers running back Isaac Guerendo is dealing with a hamstring injury and is unlikely to play Sunday at the Miami Dolphins, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. Guerendo has risen to the top of a 49ers depth chart at the position that has been decimated […]
