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The Sporting News High School Boys Basketball Top 25 — February 10: AZ Compass Prep returns to No. 1 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The AZ Compass Prep National [Chandler, AZ] Dragons move back up to No. 1 this week for the first time since giving up the top spot to SPIRE Academy National [Geneva, OH] back on January 20.AdvertisementThe Dragons only loss this season is to that same SPIRE Academy squad – a lopsided 72-50 defeat back on January 2. But SPIRE’s 66-52 loss to the Montverde [FL]…

Employees at Salesforce are circulating an internal letter to chief executive Marc Benioff calling on him to denounce recent actions by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prohibit the use of Salesforce software by immigration agents, and back federal legislation that would significantly reform the agency.The letter specifically cites the “recent killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis” as catalysts, calling them the “devastating indictment of a system that has discarded human decency.” It’s unclear how many signatories the letter has received so far.The letter, which has not been reported on previously, is being organized amid Salesforce’s annual leadership…

CSL employees.William West | AFP | Getty ImagesShares of Australian biotech firm CSL plunged to an 8-year low Wednesday after it announced the exit of Paul McKenzie as chief executive officer, and posted weak earnings for the first half of its fiscal year ended December.Shares fell 17% to 151.3 Australian dollars, their lowest since February 2018.Senior executive Gordon Naylor, who has been with the company for 33 years, has been appointed as interim CEO, effective Wednesday, until a permanent replacement is found. CSL on Wednesday reported its net profit after tax plunged 81% year on year to $401 million as…

One of Jennie McCormick’s main priorities at Rag & Bone has been to create a full wardrobe for the everyday woman. That’s why this season she decided to switch things up and transform the brand’s showroom into a mock apartment to represent how R&B and its essentials can take you from day to night and everything in between.Throughout the space you could walk through the different wardrobes of the Rag & Bone woman, ranging from day-appropriate suits to glamorous shearling jackets and slips to take you into the night. In an effort to focus on elevating existing Rag & Bone…

Every couple of years, there’s a superhero movie that serves as a blueprint on what to do (or, in some cases, not) for others going forward. Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, Batman Begins, and The Avengers are all part of that lineup, as is Deadpool, whose success can be owed to its title character’s first cinematic outing. A fan-favorite Marvel Comics character for decades, X-Men Origins: Wolverine killed any dreams to see him on the big screen more than once, and if he ever did appear again, it seemed unlikely that Ryan Reynolds would come back for seconds. But between that and Green Lantern, the actor felt he…

Getty Images The Detroit Tigers have signed franchise legend Justin Verlander to a one-year free agent contract for the upcoming 2026 season. The club announced the move on Tuesday. The deal is for $13 million with $11 million of the total commitment being deferred, FanSided reports. Verlander, who turns 43 on Feb. 20, is coming off a 2025 season for the Giants in which he pitched to a 3.85 ERA (103 ERA+) with an identical FIP of 3.85 across 29 starts and 152 innings. This pact reunites Verlander with the team that first drafted him out of Old Dominion with…

The AI industry’s pursuit of licensable content has been a messy affair, filled with lawsuits and accusations of copyright infringement. Now, as tech companies look for legally safe sources of AI training data, Amazon is reportedly considering launching a marketplace where publishers can license their content directly to AI companies. The Information reported Monday that the e-commerce giant has been meeting with publishing executives and alerting them to its plans to launch such a marketplace. Ahead of an AWS conference for publishers that occurred Tuesday, Amazon “circulated slides that mention a content marketplace,” wrote the outlet. Reached by TechCrunch, an…

And just like that, 2026 is well underway. This winter, there’s a roster of new cookbooks catching our team’s attention. These titles are dreaming up ways to bring people together (looking at you, Everyone Hot Pot), inspiring us to refresh our spice cabinets (The Diaspora Co. Cookbook is a great motivator), and transporting us to warmer places without having to board a plane (cook from My Jamaican Table and you’ll feel the island sun). Read on for our standout titles of the season (organized by release date), hand-chosen (and cooked from) by our staff.I have been yearning for breakfast inspiration:…

The National Labor Review Board (NLRB) has dropped a case accusing SpaceX of illegally firing eight employees who criticized the company’s CEO Elon Musk, The New York Times. The employees were originally fired in 2022 after circulating a letter that referenced reports of Musk’s sexual misconduct and called the executive “a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment.” The NLRB filed a complaint claiming the firing was illegal in 2024.Originally, SpaceX’s opposition to the NLRB’s case was that the agency is unconstitutional, The New York Times writes. Complaints about the NLRB’s independence and power are not uncommon. Amazon has previously claimed…

Jorge CastilloFeb 10, 2026, 02:38 PM ETCloseESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024.Multiple AuthorsPORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Star shortstop Francisco Lindor will be evaluated for a stress reaction in his left hamate bone on Wednesday and could need surgery, New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns said Tuesday.Hamate surgery would require a six-week recovery, but Stearns emphasized he’s “optimistic” that Lindor would be ready…