Bally ends production in Switzerland
Long-established Swiss luxury brand Bally is also cutting more than two dozen jobs at its…
MAGA Inc. plots final midterm money moves
MAGA Inc. is planning to trim the map in a homestretch bid to cling to power in November. The President Donald Trump-aligned super PAC, with several hundred million dollars still in the bank, is planning a series of major money moves coordinated with other leading GOP super PACs in the final three weeks before Election…
Democrats are making corruption messaging a pocketbook issue
Democrats may be discovering the political power of calling something rigged. They’re leaning hard into anti-corruption messaging in the final weeks of the campaign as new research suggests that linking corruption to Americans’ economic struggles can boost Democrats into the home stretch. Messaging from Democrats that tied corruption to housing, health care and the cost…
Guardians Stay Hot: 3 Takeaways From Cleveland’s ALCS Game 1 Upset Win vs. Rays
TROPICANA Field (St. Petersburg, Fla.) — Talk about an upset. Facing the Tampa Bay Rays, the best team in the American League, it was the tough and tired Cleveland Guardians who came through and remarkably took Game 1 of the ALCS with a 7-3 win on Monday night at Tropicana Field. The odds were against…
How Emma Hayes Is Changing The USWNT And Transforming The Women’s Game
U.S. NATIONAL TEAM TRAINING CENTER (Fayetteville, Ga.) – The epiphany came to Emma Hayes about a decade ago. She was well into her coaching tenure at Chelsea and her team had just lost to rivals Arsenal, 1-0, in the 2016 FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. When Hayes talks about this moment, she explains the…
NFL Week 5 All-Stars: Drake Maye Is Playing Like An MVP, As Is Jahmyr Gibbs
Remember when we were pressing the panic button on Drake Maye two weeks ago? Maybe we did that too soon. The New England Patriots quarterback had one of the best performances of his young career in his team’s dominant win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. He looked like the version of himself that…
Josh Allen Is Superman: 3 Takeaways From Bills’ Overtime Thrilling Win vs. Rams
SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California) — In a battle between the last two players to win MVP, Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills emerged victorious over Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams in a 37-34 overtime win in a game widely billed as a Super Bowl preview. And the win helped Allen get at least…
Mike Evans Was Right About Being 49ers’ Missing Piece; Nick Sirianni In Trouble?
It felt like receivers defined this week, whether it was Justin Jefferson’s incredible catch over three defenders to help the Vikings beat the Saints — or whether it was Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s drop on the Seahawks’ game-losing drive against the 49ers. We’ll talk endlessly about quarterbacks — and for good reason. (I’ll get to plenty of…
Outhit, Outpitched, Outhomered. The Dodgers Don’t Have Answers For The Brewers
AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD (Milwaukee) – The scene was understandably quiet in the visiting clubhouse Monday night, save for the clanking of silverware from the kitchen in the back and the zipping of bags as the Dodgers prepared to return home in unfamiliar territory. For the first time since getting swept out of the 2023 National…
NFL Best And Worst: From 49ers-Seahawks Thriller To Giants-Commanders Blunder
Niners-Seahawks put us on the edge of our seats, while Commanders-Giants left us … shaking our heads in disbelief. In Packers land, the arrow is pointing up after a whooping of a fierce division rival. Then there’s Nashville, where hopes keep lowering for the Titans. In my Best and Worst superlatives coming out of Week…
Crew Puts The Dodgers On The Ropes: 5 Takeaways From The Brewers’ NLCS Game 2 Win
AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD (Milwaukee) – In Game 1, the Brewers defeated the defending two-time American League Cy Young Award winner. In Game 2, they exhausted the reigning World Series MVP. And as the National League Championship Series moves to Los Angeles, the Brewers have the reigning champions on the ropes with a 2-0 series lead…