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For the second straight year, Nebraska is in a bowl game. Unlike last year, however, the Huskers find themselves facing down No. 15 Utah in Las Vegas in what is now a toss-up game since the regular season concluded. Numerous changes to both the coaching staff and the depth chart make this matchup more likely for Nebraska, despite the odds not being in its favor.Utah’s former head coach, Kyle Whittingham, took the Michigan position weeks after announcing this game would be his last. Now, the Utes enter Wednesday with defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley making his head coaching debut.AdvertisementThese bombshells could…

In 2025, American and world leaders were preoccupied with wars in the Middle East. Most dramatically, first Israel and the United States bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities. Some commentators feared that President Trump’s decision to bomb Iran would drag the United States into the “forever wars” in the Middle East that presidential candidate Trump had pledged to avoid. The tragic war in Gaza had become a humanitarian disaster. After years of promising to reduce engagement with the region from Democratic and Republican presidents alike, it appeared that the US was being dragged back into Middle East once again.I hope that’s not…

Bulgarian grape harvesters work in the vineyards of Chateau de Meursault in Meursault, in the Burgundy region of central-eastern France, on August 26, 2025. (Photo by ARNAUD FINISTRE / AFP) (Photo by ARNAUD FINISTRE/AFP via Getty Images) Arnaud Finistre | Afp | Getty ImagesIt’ll come as no surprise that sales of Champagne peak in the run-up to Christmas and New Year, with French fizz the drink of choice for many households in the festive season.Every year, around 120,000 seasonal workers come to work in France, harvesting grapes across 34,000 hectares of vines. The harvest only lasts a couple of weeks, making…

Pluribus season one has ended. As the wait for season two of the Apple TV series begins, newly minted fans of lead actor Rhea Seehorn are discovering something fans of her work on Better Call Saul delighted in years ago: her early-career role as a Magic: The Gathering video game tutorial sorceress. This piece of nerdy trivia—which dovetails pleasingly with Seehorn’s character on Pluribus, Carol Sturka, being a romantasy author—resurfaced on NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! podcast. Seehorn, a guest panelist on the show, was asked about her first credit listed on IMDB. Long before Better Call Saul or…

LONDON — In the afterglow of this exceptional triumph, it is perhaps worth reflecting on how implausible such a result might have seemed a quarter hour through. Given that so many of Arsenal’s recent wins by one-goal margins have been batterings in disguise, perhaps it is appropriate that obliterating a paper tiger of a title contender should see the Gunners dodge a rather nasty paper cut.It is not so much that Aston Villa were necessarily better than Arsenal in the Gunners’ 4-1 win on Tuesday. Their win wasn’t inevitable. It certainly seemed, however, that Unai Emery had Mikel Arteta’s number.…

CES 2026 is right around the corner, and the pre-show hype cycle/ early reveals suggest, yes, there’s going to be an awful lot of AI-powered insert-product-category-here alongside, thankfully, some major announcements from the likes of Intel, Sony and NVIDIA.Intel is finally unveiling its Panther Lake (Core Ultra Series 3) chips. The first chips built on Intel’s 2nm process could offer a 50 percent performance boost, which is sorely needed amid intense competition. NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang is taking the stage for a keynote expected to feature a lot of AI hype, while AMD’s Lisa Su will likely counter with new Ryzen…

At the end of 2024, we wondered: Is method dressing over? In 2025, celebrities (and their stylists) answered with a resounding no.This year, there was no shortage of celebrities whose promotional duties extended to their outfits. To nobody’s surprise, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo continued their Wicked streak, finishing out two years of sartorial storytelling as Glinda and Elphaba.Some actors went big with their references. Jodie Turner-Smith pulled Schiaparelli’s motherboard dress in honor of Tron: Ares, while Alexander Skarsgård promoted his BDSM rom-com Pillion by going full leather daddy—including a pair of thigh-high leather Saint Laurent boots. Jacob Elordi, meanwhile,…

Hot on the tail of Amazon’s Kindle Scribe Colorosoft, TCL is introducing its own take on a distraction-free note-taking and reading device. Unlike the new Scribe, however, it doesn’t use E Ink. The TCL Note A1 NXTPAPER is the company’s latest device to use NXTPAPER, TCL’s custom paper-like LCD screen, which offers some of the qualities of E Ink without the limitations.TCL says the 11.5-inch color “NXTPAPER Pure” display on the Note A1 has a 2,200 x 1,440 resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate, which should mean it looks clearer and feels much smoother to interact with than the color…

Jeff BorzelloCloseJeff BorzelloBasketball recruiting insiderJeff Borzello is a basketball recruiting insider. He has joined ESPN in 2014.Paul BiancardiClosePaul BiancardiBasketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright StateDec 30, 2025, 04:29 PM ETFive-star point guard Deron Rippey Jr. announced his commitment to Duke on Tuesday, moving the Blue Devils to the top of the recruiting class rankings.Rippey chose Jon Scheyer’s program over NC State, Tennessee, Miami and Texas. He took official visits to each of his finalists, as well as a couple of other…

Google Workspace is the modern business world’s de facto productivity suite, and it’s only gotten better over the years. There’s the centralization of Google Docs, Drive, and Gmail, of course, but Google has bolstered its productivity suite with an AI infusion via Gemini, as well as simplified its offerings to work for massive corporations all the way down to individual users. If you want to get the best price, you need a Google Workspace promo code.Thankfully, you’ve landed in the right spot. Google is offering Workspace discounts until the end of 2026, allowing you to save up to 14 percent…