Metas Phoenix mixed reality glasses delayed to 2027
Meta is delaying the release of its anticipated mixed reality headset, codename “Phoenix,” and will…
Democrats are running pastors for office. Republicans are attacking their religious comments.
A slate of Democrats are running for Congress leaning on their Christian bona fides. Republicans are trying to portray them as wolves in sheep’s clothing. In Texas, Republicans are running ads blasting seminarian James Talarico for saying he’s “a Christian who hates Christianity.” In Iowa, they are going after a pair of clergy in key…
Inside Mamdani’s fraught effort to rein in the NYPD unit he pledged to end
POLICING PROBLEMS: In the early days of his administration, Mayor Zohran Mamdani placed a new requirement on the NYPD: The department would have to secure permission from his office to deploy its Strategic Response Group to make arrests at protests. The directive, which hasn’t been previously reported, shows Mamdani sought to exert significant influence over…
Brian Fitzpatrick’s campaign ads feature damning news headlines. They’re not from an unbiased source.
Facing his toughest election challenge in years, GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick has blanketed southeast Pennsylvania with attacks on his Democratic opponent — many of them citing what appear to be independent local news reports. “Bob Harvie calls himself a king,” reads one article quoted in a June television spot. “Bob Harvie has his FBI files…
Jon Ossoff’s hosting fundraisers — and they’re not all for his reelection campaign
Sen. Jon Ossoff hosted a few hundred donors and supporters for a recent Washington fundraiser — but it wasn’t just for him. Instead, the Sept. 16 gathering was geared toward raising money for the Democratic Party of Georgia and its coordinated campaign, according to an Ossoff aide and one attendee, who was granted anonymity to…
MLB Playoffs: The Stars Who’ll Define The 2026 Postseason
Depth over the marathon of a 162-game season helped 12 teams reach the postseason. Now, it’s the stars and standouts who will take center stage. Here are the 26 players who will define the 2026 MLB playoffs, whether through their talent, their storylines entering October, their importance to their clubs or all of the above….
Same Faces, New Places: How College Football’s Transfer QBs Are Making An Impact
Welcome to “In The Pocket” — my opportunity to take you on a tour around college football and highlight the quarterbacks driving the conversation across the sport. This week, I’m taking a look at some of the quarterbacks who are back for another season of college football, but wearing different uniforms: same faces, new places….
Tom Brady’s First Start In The NFL Came 25 Years Ago, And The Rest Is History
Twenty-five years ago this Wednesday, a sixth-round pick with a modest resume took his first snap as the New England Patriots’ starting quarterback. Tom Brady never gave the job back. So how did the NFL’s greatest of all time earn that first start? While Brady’s NFL career is beyond impressive with numbers that will be…
Upon Further Review: Welcome To The Tight End Renaissance, Which Has Been In The Making
Look in the end zone of an NFL game this weekend, and there was a decent chance a tight end was celebrating. There were 20 touchdowns caught by tight ends Sunday, the most on any single day in NFL history. The Las Vegas Raiders’ win over the New Orleans Saints was a gluttony of TE…
MLB Wild Card Roundup: Ben Rice’s Slam, Michael King’s No-Hit Bid Highlight Game 1s
The first day of the 2026 MLB playoffs opened with a late Braves rally and a White Sox win, followed by a lightning-fast start in San Diego and a Cy Young favorite doing Cam Schlittler things in the Bronx. Four Wild Card Series openers, four Game 1 winners. Austin Riley hit the postseason’s first home…
QB Stock Market Week 4: Is Trevor Lawrence Finally Who We Thought He Was?
The first three weeks of the season are like a game of two truths and a lie. There might be one performance in the mix that serves as an outlier. But in many case, we’re starting to confirm what the season holds for this crop of quarterbacks. Welcome back to the QB Stock Market. These…