PORTLAND, Ore. — At Adidas’ North American Headquarters last week, Fernando Mendoza held a cleat in his hands that, uncharacteristically, didn’t have the three diagonal stripes the brand is known for. Not yet. That’s because this shoe is a prototype, still in the design process. Those distinctive stripes will be the finishing touch. But first,…
It looks like BMW has finally found the winning EV formula. In 2025, the company launched the BMW iX3, a compact electric SUV based on BMW’s new “Neue Klasse” philosophy, with a new infotainment system and a massive battery. The auto company followed up with the sedan variant called the i3. Once again, BMW did…
Catherine Price, author of How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life, knows the value — and the difficulty — of putting a smartphone out of arm’s reach. Price recently led a 30-day phone breakup challenge based on her book. It sounds scary at first. “We come up…
Cowboys WRs CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens were benched for the team’s opening drive against the Raiders on Monday night. FOX Sports Digital
TL;DR: Live stream Ireland vs. Italy in the 2026 Six Nations for free on ITVX. Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. The Six Nations has started with a bang. France threatened to thump Ireland in the opening round. Ireland did manage to salvage some credibility, but it was a…
With a low-key-but-globally-watched launch in late summer 2022, Kate Moss’s Cosmoss beauty-meets-wellness brand appeared to have all the ingredients for a successful business. Read More
Genesco has named Tomas Petersson as president of its U.K. footwear retailer Schuh, succeeding longtime executive Colin Temple, who is retiring after 38 years with the business. Read More
Programming note: We’ll be off this Monday but will be back in your inboxes on Tuesday. DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 52 ALBANY AUTOPSY ANGST: National Democrats entrusted their 2024 autopsy to a strategist entwined with another long-ago party calamity: the Obama-era implosion of the New York Senate. Paul Rivera previously served as a key…
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.) — David Malukas sat motionless in his No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet in his pit box for a moment. Dejected, he took his time before climbing out, leaning against his car with one hand and burying his helmet-covered face in the other. He was frozen, heartbroken and seemingly in disbelief…
On the same day that U.S. Soccer CEO JT Batson told me and a handful of other national reporters that the federation remains in “active discussions” to bring Mauricio Pochettino back as the U.S. men’s national team coach, Pochettino said Thursday his decision on whether he’ll stay coaching the Americans or move on is just…
