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Is Champions League three-peat really possible for PSG?

Luis Enrique's Paris Saint-Germain have already secured their status as one of the Champions League's greatest teams by winning the trophy in back-to-back years, and now they have their sights set on a rare treble.- Luis Enrique: still hungry - Hence PSG winning their two titles, and two UEFA Super Cups, despite playing 18 matches against Premier League teams in the last two years.

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Sep 7 • 11:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Where Is the UEFA Champions League 2026?

The 2026 UEFA Champions League final was held at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary, on May 30, 2026. Paris Saint-Germain faced Arsenal in the final, with PSG winning the trophy.The new 2026–27 UEFA Champions League season is different because its matches are being played across Europe. The 36 teams in the league phase play […] The post Where Is the UEFA Champions League 2026? appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 7 • 11:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Should Brewers Give Pannone Another Chance After Perfect Game?

Thomas Pannone just tossed the fifth nine-inning perfect game in International League history, leaving the Milwaukee Brewers with another credible pitching option.

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Sep 7 • 10:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Los Angeles Dodgers Announce Shohei Ohtani Decision Before Reds Game

After sweeping the Washington Nationals over the weekend, the Los Angeles Dodgers are beginning a new series in MLB on Labor Day Monday. They are squaring off against the Cincinnati Reds and hope to keep their 4-game winning streak alive against Reds’ starter Chase Burns. The Dodgers lineup has looked a little different over the […] The post Los Angeles Dodgers Announce Shohei Ohtani Decision Before Reds Game appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 7 • 9:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Tigers Hold On for Second One-Run Win Since July

A deep fly ball fell inches short of disaster as Detroit’s bullpen narrowly escaped a ninth-inning collapse to secure a rare, high-stakes victory over the Twins.

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Sep 7 • 7:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
What We Learned: Apple Cup

Takeaways from a frustrating, albeit winning, Apple Cup!

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Sep 7 • 5:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Brewers Thrilling Comeback Win vs. Cubs Clinches Season Series

Jackson Chourio’s clutch hitting and Luis Lara’s defensive heroics fueled a Milwaukee Brewers late-inning rally over the Chicago Cubs.

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Sep 7 • 5:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mets Beat Marlins 9-4 as Eury Pérez Struggles Again

New York’s offense rallies after Miami’s four-run second inning, while Pérez gets roughed up for the third straight start.

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Sep 7 • 4:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Liverpool beat Borussia Dortmund to sensational transfer

Liverpool beat Borussia Dortmund to an exciting signing that could prove sensational. A new era is beginning at Anfield. Richard Hughes' two-year reign of horror is over. In what has been the most con...

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Sep 7 • 4:10 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Midterm elections head into the home stretch as candidates hit Labor Day events

Candidates in several states with competitive House and Senate races are beginning the stretch run of election season with Labor Day events at festivals, union halls and parades.

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Sep 7 • 1:25 PM EDT • Politics • clickorlando.com
Illinois Football announces sellout for Duke game

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — After winning its opening game Thursday night, Illinois Football’s next game will be played in front of a sold-out crowd. Illinois Athletics announced on Monday that Saturday’s game against the Duke Blue Devils is officially sold out. It’s the first sellout of the 2026 season and the fifth sellout in the […]

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Sep 7 • 1:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Home fortress promises winning Champions League start

Bayern begin the league phase of the 2026/27 Champions League with a home game against Bodø/Glimt. The Bavarians boast a proud record of progressing beyond this stage and want to keep that going this...

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Sep 7 • 12:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Random ESPN simulation predicts dream 2026 Detroit Lions season

One simulation has the 2026 Detroit Lions winning the Super Bowl in an absolute dream fashion.

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Sep 7 • 10:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Matt Suhey, member of Super Bowl-winning '85 Bears and lead blocker for Walter Payton, dies at 68
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Sep 7 • 9:44 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Do black holes have hidden hair? Scientists find a new way to check

A team led by researchers from Nagoya University in Japan has found a way to check for black hole hair using changes in ringdown waves. They found that hidden matter does not affect these waves uniformly; the frequency and fade-out speed of the waves respond differently. This difference may show us if hidden matter is present, and how its pressure is arranged around a black hole. For spinning black holes, hidden matter affects ringdown differently, depending on whether the waves move with or against the black hole’s spin. Published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, the study tells us what pattern in the gravitational wave signal would be a clue that hidden hair is present and may help future observations tell a hairy black hole apart from an ordinary one.

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Sep 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
“I love duels.” Konsa enjoyed his performance against Chelsea

Ezri Konsa produced a solid performance for Arsenal against Chelsea, snapping into tackles and winning his duels against one of the best attacks in the league at the moment.The Englishman was fantasti...

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Sep 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Germany's far-right surge rattles Europe's political foundations

AfD's landslide win in Saxony-Anhalt could be the prelude to far-right forces governing alone across Europe. Germany's 'grand coalition' model, and the centrist alliance underpinning EU politics, are starting to crack.

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Sep 7 • 7:58 AM EDT • Politics • euronews.com
Credit-card deals and reservation apps are reshaping the way Cleveland’s top tables get booked

Northeast Ohio’s food scene has earned a level of recognition that’s beginning to change how its best tables are booked.

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Sep 7 • 5:45 AM EDT • Business • crainscleveland.com
Josh Allen Has No Words for Wife Hailee Steinfeld’s Announcement

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen enters the 2026 NFL season with high expectations, earning the No. 2 overall spot on the NFL’s Top 100 Players list — a list voted on by players themselves.After winning the MVP award in 2024 and finishing as the third runner-up in 2025, the dual-threat quarterback, who totaled 39 touchdowns […] The post Josh Allen Has No Words for Wife Hailee Steinfeld’s Announcement appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 7 • 5:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'Scoring goals always lifts some weight off your shoulders'

Liverpool striker Alexander Isak says scoring twice in Friday's win at Ipswich "lifts some weight" off his shoulders. Lats summer's £125m signing struggled with form and injuries during his first season with the Reds, but fired past Kjell Scherpen twice inside the opening nine minutes at Portman Road to take his tally to three in three at the start of this campaign. "Winning our first game of the season was very important and I'm happy to be on the scoresheet twice," Isak said.

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Sep 7 • 2:46 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Michigan’s 50-Minute Offensive Drought Sends Troubling Warning Before Oklahoma

Michigan survived Western Michigan on Saturday night.That might be the least important takeaway from the Wolverines’ 13-12 victory.Buried underneath the controversial ending and Bryce Underwood’s game-winning Hail Mary to JJ Buchanan is a statistic that should be considerably more concerning with Oklahoma coming to Ann Arbor next. Michigan scored on its opening possession with 9:40 […] The post Michigan’s 50-Minute Offensive Drought Sends Troubling Warning Before Oklahoma appeared first on HEAVY

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Sep 7 • 2:28 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mookie Betts Stays Hot, Leads Dodgers to Sweep Over Nationals

The Los Angeles Dodgers secured a three-game sweep over the Washington Nationals on Sunday, winning the final game by a score of 7-5.

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Sep 7 • 1:38 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Early deficit too much for Canaries to overcome

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Lincoln scored 13 runs in the second inning and never looked back, topping the Sioux Falls Canaries 22-11 at the Birdcage. The Saltdogs scored twice in the top of the first before Grady Mee singled to bring home Michael Curialle in the bottom half. Lincoln sent 19 batters to the plate […]

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Sep 6 • 11:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Concern Mounts Over Brett Favre’s Health After Packers Legend’s Recent Video

When Brett Favre’s name pops up, fans are teleported back to when he led the Green Bay Packers to a 9-7 record in 1992. How rare was it at that time? Well, only the team’s second winning season in ten years.

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Sep 6 • 10:25 PM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
'The Pitt' wins 3 early Emmys including an acting trophy for 73-year-old Ernest Harden Jr.

HBO Max's "The Pitt” has started winning Emmys ahead of the main awards show. The series, which is the year's top nominee with 25 nods, won for prosthetic makeup and

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Sep 6 • 10:24 PM EDT • Entertainment • dailyrecordnews.com
'The Pitt' wins 3 early Emmys including an acting trophy for 73-year-old Ernest Harden Jr.

HBO Max's "The Pitt” has started winning Emmys ahead of the main awards show. The series, which is the year's top nominee with 25 nods, won for prosthetic makeup and

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Sep 6 • 10:24 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Jaguars Have 21st-Hardest Strength of Schedule in 2026

Coming off an eight-game winning streak, Jacksonville looks to capitalize on a favorable slate while Trevor Lawrence mirrors a high-octane offense featuring deep threat Brian Thomas Jr.

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Sep 6 • 6:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Virginia Tech news: James Franklin blasts 'un-American' flag thrown

The James Franklin era at Virginia Tech has begun. Franklin got to enjoy the Enter Sandman entrance for the Hokies for the first time as the head coach. His team was also dominant, winning 73-3 over VMI. In the third quarter, Marcellous Hawkins Jr. scored on a two-yard run, putting the Hokies up 58-0. Hawkins then went up to one of the members of […] The post Virginia Tech news: James Franklin blasts 'un-American' flag thrown appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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Sep 6 • 6:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The core anti-Pangram constituency is phony writers

Welcome to The Closing Argument, our verdict on the news, plus everything The Argument published and appeared in this week. The Verdict, by Kelsey Piper A lot of people hate AI for drowning the internet in slop and displacing human creatives. You might think that these people would be thrilled by a program that can identify and flag AI-generated work. But many people who hate AI also hate Pangram, an impressively accurate AI detector that produces very few false positives, according to high-quality independent research. This loathing found its most recent expression in a bizarre Wired article that amplifies a wide range of false arguments from Pangram skeptics: that AI detectors are racist (they’re not) or ableist (they’re not)1 or don’t work (this one does)2. Rather than starting from the premise that it would be really valuable to have a working AI detector and scrutinizing Pangram to make sure it lives up to that promise, the article starts from the premise that Pangram obviously has bad vibes and sets out to discover why. (One answer: The CEO microwaved lunch during an interview!) Why aren’t writers who resent Pangram more eager to distinguish themselves from posters who are having ChatGPT ghostwrite all their work? There are a few different things at play, but I think one key dynamic is this: These are often the same people. A core constituency for arguments like Wired’s is “writers” who are using AI to write their posts but resent this fact being made public. They stand to lose from AI detectors because AI detectors call them out. Share When Substack announced a partnership with Pangram, a sizable fraction of the platform’s authors rose up in outrage. Some people had experience with other AI detectors that didn’t work, and some felt that AI writing ought to be encouraged — both of which are fair enough. But the fury was fueled by authors passionately insisting that Pangram kept wrongly accusing them on almost every post they published. Pangram can be wrong, especially on short passages. But in the overwhelming majority of cases where Pangram looked at a whole blog post rather than a single paragraph, the program correctly detected work as AI. Even if we can’t be 100% sure in any individual case, we can notice the trend in the aggregate. Wired quotes Sam Illingworth, a professor of critical AI literacy at Edinburgh Napier University, who said, “I don’t think [AI detectors] work. … I think that detectors are prejudiced against certain people.” This spring, he said that he used AI for research and editing; this summer he acknowledged that in addition to research and editing, he also uses it “now and then for a turn of phrase I keep.” Pangram informs us that most of his posts are 100% AI-written (some are mixed AI-and-human) and that 100% AI-written posts started appearing last year. The favorable interpretation is that, as someone whose recent work Pangram consistently mistakes for AI, Illingworth sees Pangram’s flaws firsthand. The unfavorable interpretation is that the tool’s credibility trades off against his own, because its account of who writes his posts is not consistent with his. Illingworth is not alone in insisting the detector does not work. “It’s a Monday night in late July, and I’m pasting my own Substack draft into an AI detector for the first time. Not because I’m worried. Because I’m curious. I wrote every word of it myself, the way I write everything, out loud in my head first, in a rhythm that still carries the accent of a language I learned to think in before I learned to write in this one,” begins one Substack post by an author indignant that Pangram flags her writing as AI. “That’s the part I had to sit with before I could write this.” If you, like me, have worked with AIs a lot, you won’t even need Pangram there. The author of that piece is AI. It is obviously AI! I checked 10 other posts on the blog, and they were also obviously AI! “I have spent 22 years as an award-winning author and essayist. And now this bullshit tool that learned from MY writing is going to accuse me of plagiarism,” popular Substack writer Carlyn Beccia wrote in an anti-Pangram post. “For the last and final time, AI DETECTORS DO NOT WORK.” Here’s what her writing sounded like in 2020: “Most success stories revolve around one person who believed enough in you to say — give it a try. We call these people muses, but they are so much more than that. They are the strong man giants whose shoulders we stand on so we can see the horizon. Throughout the editing process, I am sure my editor felt less like a giant of greatness and more like Atlas with the world on her shoulders.” Pangram says it was 100% human-written. (So were other articles of hers in 2020.) And here’s what it sounds like now: “And then there is the reshuffling, which sounds like paperwork until you remember that empires have always loved paperwork. The Trump regime recently moved special education oversight from the Education Department to HHS. That is not a minor bureaucratic transfer. It changes the frame.”3 Pangram says this is mostly AI. I am not convinced that Pangram is wrong. In my own experience, Pangram is very effective on long texts — if it marks a long essay as AI, the essay was either written by AI or deliberately written to sound like AI. On tweet-length or paragraph-length texts, it’s not perfectly reliable. It seems to work just as well for non-native English speakers as for native speakers. While I have seen dozens of claims of pre-2022 text returning a positive result on Pangram, I have tried repeatedly to corroborate those and have never once succeeded. To be clear, I’m absolutely not saying that complaining about Pangram suggests a writer is a cheat. There are plenty of other concerns. Most are mistakenly premised, such as the false claim that Pangram trains on work you put into it, but others are reasonable: It’s unreliable on sufficiently short text segments; it creates an internet witch-hunt mentality when there are defensible uses of AI; people who are open about their AI use are sometimes blamed, when the only people really doing something wrong are the ones who hide it; and it isn’t perfect, so a single positive result shouldn’t be taken as decisive proof of misconduct. I’m happy to concede that Pangram is imperfect and possible to over-rely on. If an author’s posts are mostly non-AI and one scans as partially AI, this could be a mistake. It’s also possible to defeat Pangram with intentional effort. If you think we need something more robust and more reliable, fine! But if you don’t like AI and don’t like Pangram, your attitude really ought to be that it’s a shame that our existing tools for AI detection are imperfect, and it’s important to invent better ones. If your stance is instead that AI is evil and so is looking for AI, then ultimately you’re contributing to the sloppification of the internet. You’re making it harder for people who write their own text to distinguish themselves, and providing cover for authors who are definitely not writing their own text. Subscribe Top stories this week, by Kobe Yank-Jacobs Commentators often worry that the decline of reading could mean the decline of liberal democracy — but deliberative governance actually predated widespread literacy. This week, Maibritt Henkel pointed out that many liberal cultures thrive on a culture of raucous, interactive debate, which can happen in-person as easily, if not more so, than in text. Read on, dear reader, to learn more. It may actually cheer you up: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/reading-wont-save-liberalism) [ Reading won’t save liberalism ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/reading-wont-save-liberalism) Maibritt Henkel · Sep 1 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/reading-wont-save-liberalism) It used to be bad to downplay climate change (if we mean denying its reality). Today, it’s actually good to downplay climate change (if we mean keeping the issue out of political fights so we can make real progress). This counterintuitive view is called “climate hushing,” and contributor Alex Trembath argued that it’s the key to enacting good policy going forward. Get up to speed on the latest in climate politics: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-wont-stop-climate-change-by-talking) [ We won’t stop climate change by talking about it ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-wont-stop-climate-change-by-talking) Alex Trembath · Sep 2 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-wont-stop-climate-change-by-talking) Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney is standing up for the forces of liberalism against Donald Trump’s assault on our closest ally. So, why is one prominent left-wing commenter attacking Carney? Columnist Matthew Yglesias explains: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) [ When "economic liberty" means central planning ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) Matthew Yglesias · Aug 31 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) 🌟Abundance Wins of the Week🌟 Shout out to my home state of California, whose legislature passed two housing bills this week. One requires a housing density minimum in transit-oriented areas of the state’s most transit-rich cities (Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, San Diego, and Long Beach). Another bill closes two common loopholes used by third parties to delay housing projects, including an opportunity to challenge maps of a given lot created by the developer after a project has been approved. Shout out to our big-state rival, Texas, where pro-housing SB 785 took effect this week. The new state law requires municipalities to have at least one district permitted for manufactured housing without a special permit. This will promote zoning changes in 44% of municipalities. The company Fervo Energy signed a deal with Google for what is set to be the world’s largest enhanced geothermal facility, proving a technology can work at a scale that could be crucial to a decarbonized, energy-abundant economy. Share Worth watching… This week, forecasting legend Nate Silver joined Jerusalem, Matt, and Jeremiah on a crowded episode of the pod. It was a party. And speaking of parties, our round table debated the factional lines within the Democratic Party: Is it possible to be center-left and also anti-establishment? Watch or listen to find out: The Rio Grande Valley in Texas is one of the areas that swung hardest toward Trump in 2024, but musician Bobby Pulido is running to flip it back. Right now, The Argument/Split Ticket’s model has him running 1.1 points behind his Republican opponent in a district Trump won by 18 points. Tune in to find out how he differs from national Democrats and what he thinks he can to do win this seat. On Thursday, Bernie Sanders was among the first politicians to call for a ban on superintelligence. My guest this week, Andrea Miotti, has been lobbying to ban superintelligence for several years, most recently in the U.K., U.S., and Canada. I asked him how he gets legislators to take speculative risks seriously, and we dug into what plans might look like to actually pass a ban. Listen to learn more: What’s News with The Argument The Argument recommends, by Kobe Yank-Jacobs If we ever lose track of Justin Zuckerman, I’ll have the team split up and check all the movie theaters in the city. I’m shocked (and a little jealous) at how often he gets out to see good cinema. This week, he brings us It Ends, a “horror-ish movie,” which he described as a “Gen Z Waiting for Godot.” I was intrigued before he added that it was “funny, dark and existential” — at which point I was fully locked in. I guess I also had existential themes on the mind this week. One morning, a single line from a poem I read long ago just came to me: “Is death a stretch of time in which a life is just a flash?” The poem is called “From 20,000 Feet” by Heather McHugh. I suggest the version in The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, which, by tradition, my best friend and I always bring backpacking, extra weight be damned. We’ll stay thematically dark for just one more rec from senior editor John Robert Thomason, whose upcoming trip to Baltimore reminded him to suggest Michael Clune’s memoir White Out (about being addicted to heroin in Baltimore in the 1990s). Ben Lerner’s blurb called it _“_Disturbing, brilliant, hilarious—it’s as if Proust had written Jesus’ Son.” John told me this “seems accurate, with the caveat that I’ve never read Proust.” I, personally, have also shelved Proust until retirement. At this point, I was a little concerned for the team since all of us tossed out such psychologically grim material — maybe we’re all down about the end of summer — but thankfully, at least a few of us were into more upbeat selections. Milan Singh recommended Made In’s 5-quart stainless clad saucier, suggesting he had some fun in the kitchen. Jeremiah Johnson asked if he could recommend yet more Carly Rae Jepsen. Once denied, he offered up Game Changer instead_,_ calling it “the most wildly creative game show, maybe in the entire history of the genre.” Eli Richman mentioned _Lucky, “_a B-tier show with an A-tier cast and an S-tier theme song.” I suppose he was recommending the song, Horns of a Bull. Still, despite these cheerier recs, I couldn’t help but be concerned that we were subconsciously worried about racing toward summer’s end — the end of swim trunks and splashing around. Then a message landed reminding me of the three-day weekend to come. A whole extra day for sunshine. One more swim in the lake. I was grateful this called to mind yet another line from a poem, one by Mary Oliver, the patron saint of every gorgeous summer day (and about whom a documentary is now out). Speaking to God in the poem “Thirst,” she wrote: grant me, in your mercy,a little more time. Love for the earthand love for you are having such a longconversation in my heart. We have merch! We have quarter-zips, keychains, hats, and stickers. Each one is a great conversation starter in its own way. Buy them here. Subscribe More to read: [ The Opening Argument ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/seeing-like-an-elite)[ Seeing like an elite ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/seeing-like-an-elite) Kobe Yank-Jacobs · Sep 4 What do Americans hear when they watch Sen. Bernie Sanders or Vice President JD Vance rail against the elite? Are they thinking of right-wing tech billionaires? Imperious college professors? Liberal magazine writers? [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/seeing-like-an-elite) [ The Weekly Scroll ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline)[ God is back on the timeline ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline) Jeremiah Johnson · Sep 5 This week, we’re talking about Substack’s new religious debates, the continuing MAGA influencer scandal, how to retire from YouTube, and aura battles. [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline) 1 This was a legitimate thing to worry about, but doesn’t seem to be a problem given the actual technology: Marijke Van Vlasselaer, Filip Van Droogenbroeck, and Bram Spruyt’s 2026 paper looks at whether Pangram is less accurate when evaluating the work of non-native speakers of English. It isn’t. That’s because Pangram isn’t really looking at how “unusual” a piece of writing is but whether it has the characteristic patterns of LLMs. The Wired article makes an odd gesture at a different Pangram-is-racist argument. There were several controversies this summer during which upcoming books were canceled after being discovered to be AI-written: “The three novels mentioned earlier — Shy Girl, Daggermouth, and Call Me, easily publishing’s biggest AI-detection scandals — were all written by writers of color.” But come on! As Zvi Mowshowitz put it: “They were not primarily written by people of color. They were primarily written by AIs.” That’s the whole problem! And as my colleague Jeremiah Johnson recently observed with respect to Cambridge’s Arday scandal, a community being unwilling to call out fraud if it’s perpetuated by people of color is not an anti-racist tendency; it is ultimately quite racist. 2 Many non-Pangram detectors don’t work, but many possible airplane designs also don’t work, and no one considers this a general argument against aviation; the thing that matters is whether any detection works. 3 The phrase “empires have always loved” mysteriously became all the rage in the last few years. See here, here, here, here and here. Before 2025, the only use of that phrase I have been able to find is a single Tweet. The logic of the sentence, too, is incoherent in an AI-characteristic way. “...sounds like paperwork, until you remember that empires have always loved paperwork”? Does remembering that make it sound less like paperwork? It’s a craft-ful sentence, but what is it actually saying??

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Sep 6 • 6:05 PM EDT • Technology • theargumentmag.com
White Sox Announce Munetaka Murakami Move Before Twins Finale

The Chicago White Sox are getting ready for their finale with the Minnesota Twins, looking to bounce back after a tough loss on Saturday.So far, the two teams have split the first two games, with Chicago winning on Friday and the Twins taking the game last night. Entering the rubber match, the White Sox will […] The post White Sox Announce Munetaka Murakami Move Before Twins Finale appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 6 • 5:36 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
That Was Less Than Fun, Jays Lose

Jays 1 Royals 6 This one, well, it was a great game to watch. Right from the first inning. Brett Bateman was hit by a pitch to start the game, but Nathan Lukes hit into a double play, and Vladimir Guerrero grounded out. And the bottom of the inning went single (roller down the first […]

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Sep 6 • 5:26 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Winning Smart Victory Post #118

The first game of the season……some people want to see it at a neutral site, against a top-tier opponent. Some want to have it at home, whether the opponent is top-tier or FCS. There are pros and cons to both, and personally, it doesn’t make much difference to me. The biggest difference is when the […]

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Sep 6 • 5:09 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Late Giants Meltdown Leads to 4-2 Loss vs. Mets

San Francisco Giants' Cesar Perdomo’s scoreless gem against the New York Mets evaporated in a disastrous eighth inning.

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Sep 6 • 4:17 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Noskova edges Kostyuk to reach US Open quarter-finals

Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova reached the quarter-finals of the US Open on Sunday, edging Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in three sets.The Czech Noskova, who has largely flown under the radar in New York despite winning Wimbledon, beat Kostyuk 7-5, 5-7, 6-4, finally sealing the win on her sixth match point when Kostyuk netted a backhand return.

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Sep 6 • 3:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Paul Tazewell costume exhibit to close after Monday at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry

This weekend is the last to see some incredible costumes from movies and Broadway musicals, all created by award-winning fashion and costume designer Paul Tazewell.

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Sep 6 • 2:58 PM EDT • Science • cbsnews.com
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St. Louis Cardinals vs Colorado Rockies Game Discussion Sunday

The St. Louis Cardinals wrap up their Colorado vacation against the Rockies Sunday afternoon at Coors Field. Kyle Leahy will pitch at least the first couple of innings for the Cardinals while the Rockies give the ball to RHP Tanner Gordon. First pitch set for 2:10pm central time and the game broadcast will be available […]

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Sep 6 • 2:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Analysis: Gunners pass first major test

This was Arsenal's first major test against rivals who had also won their opening two matches, and they passed it after exposing Chelsea's defensive vulnerabilities. Along with Manchester City, the Gunners are one of only two teams to have a 100% winning record after three games - but their latest success came after an unexpected setback. Arsenal's first league title for 22 years was built on their stubborn defence and there will be questions about how they conceded so early against their London rivals.

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Sep 6 • 2:29 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Scientists find a huge 10-sided wave pattern swirling in the clouds over Saturn’s south pole

This photo provided by NASA/ESA/A. Sánchez-Lavega (Basque Country University) shows a pattern of clouds around the Saturn’s south pole on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (NASA/ESA/A. Sánchez-Lavega, Basque Country University, EHU, via AP)By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have discovered an enormous 10-sided wave pattern in the icy ammonia clouds over Saturn’s south pole. The spinning, meandering decagon appears to...

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Parrott strikes as Mbappé miss ends Madrid’s winning start

Real Madrid suffered their first defeat since José Mourinho’s return as coach, losing 1-0 away to Real Betis in La Liga on Friday. Troy Parrott, an Irish striker who joined Betis from AZ Alkmaar in...

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Sep 6 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Telluride: Cristian Mungiu Is Glad You’re Arguing About ‘Fjord.’

The Romanian auteur is on the cusp of his Oscars breakthrough for his Cannes-winning social drama, which has already been hotly debated on social media for months: "People...assume that what the film says is the opinion of the filmmaker, and what the characters say is the truth. Come on."

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Sep 6 • 10:20 AM EDT • Politics • hollywoodreporter.com
Super Bowl Winning HC Takes Blame for Geno Smith Struggles

A Super Bowl winning head coach took the blame for quarterback Geno Smith's struggles during the 2025 season. The post Super Bowl Winning HC Takes Blame for Geno Smith Struggles appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 6 • 9:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dodgers notes: Shohei Ohtani, Tommy Edman, pitching staff

Shohei Ohtani has been absent from the Dodgers lineup for three consecutive games. So far the team has had no problem picking up the pieces, as the team is currently on a three-game winning streak with a chance to sweep the Washington Nationals on Sunday. Ohtani hasn’t been his usual self over his last 12 […]

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Sep 6 • 8:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Chicago Cubs news

Shōta Imanaga’s strong six innings, plus the offense’s various ways to score, led the Cubs over the Marlins Friday.

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Sep 6 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Tottenham Handed Harsh Message After Nottingham Forest Draw

In three Premier League games, Tottenham Hotspur have yet to score a goal and have lost two of those fixtures. As a result, criticism is beginning to fall on manager Roberto De Zerbi and his tactical game plan.Moreover, in the most recent game against Nottingham Forest, Spurs failed to register a single shot on target, […] The post Tottenham Handed Harsh Message After Nottingham Forest Draw appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 6 • 7:56 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
MAC Commissioner Responds to Big Ten Explanation in Michigan Miracle vs. WMU

MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher says the Big Ten provided video and audio confirming its explanation for restoring one second before Michigan’s game-winning Hail Mary.

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Sep 6 • 7:42 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Big Ten Explains Michigan’s Controversial Hail Mary Setup

The Big Ten explained why Michigan received one final second before Bryce Underwood’s game-winning Hail Mary against Western Michigan.

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Sep 6 • 7:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mother, daughter bring barbering skills to Oroville’s men

Shawn Page sat in the shop chair draped in a haircutting cape grinning from ear to ear as Theresa Kereazis gave him a haircut.

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Sep 6 • 7:10 AM EDT • Business • chicoer.com
Players will 'learn how we want them to play'

Manchester City clung on to a nervy victory against the Sky Blues to maintain their 100% winning start to the season, but managed to get the job done courtesy of a string of saves from goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. Erling Haaland continued his fine start to the season by converting his third goal in as many games from Antoine Semenyo's deep cross, which came after Enzo Fernandez played through a slide-rule pass to the Ghanaian. Playing in the number eight role, Argentina international Fernandez was given licence to roam and make late bursts into the box - he touched the ball six times in the opposition area, with only Haaland managing more with 11.

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Sep 6 • 6:44 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jonathan Aranda's Extra-Inning Blast Lifts Rays Past Rangers

The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 6-3 in extra innings to improve to 85-57 and maintain a four-game AL East lead. Jonathan Aranda hit a three-run homer in the 10th, Junior Caminero launched his AL-leading 38th home run and Drew Rasmussen dominated.

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Sep 6 • 4:18 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Agents plan for Liverpool star revealed, he's gone

The summer transfer window may have only just shut but, the rumour mill is already beginning to turn. Liverpool added four new players to their ranks this summer with Bradley Barcola and Ronald Araujo...

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Sep 6 • 3:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dave Portnoy Sends Defiant Oklahoma Message After Michigan’s Wild Escape

Dave Portnoy needed only a few seconds to go from relief to complete confidence in Michigan.The Barstool Sports founder erupted after Bryce Underwood connected with J.J. Buchanan on a game-winning Hail Mary to give Michigan a stunning 13-12 victory over Western Michigan on Saturday night. The Wolverines needed officials to restore one second to the […] The post Dave Portnoy Sends Defiant Oklahoma Message After Michigan’s Wild Escape appeared first on HEAVY.

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Ben Chilwell Reacts To 'Shanked' Winning Strike For Crystal Palace

Returning signing Ben Chilwell scored the winning goal for Palace in their first Premier League victory of the season, and shared his thoughts on his 'shanked' finish, Pierre Sage and life back at Palace.

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Guardians Lifeless In Loss To Tigers

The Guardians looked rough today in a 6-0 loss to the Tigers. Parker Messick did give up three runs in 6 innings but he also set a career high with 12 strikeouts. He was fantastic tonight. Matt Festa was bad but it wouldn’t have mattered considering we couldn’t score a single run. The Guardians lineup […]

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JJ Buchanan explains Michigan's game-winning Hail Mary catch

Michigan wide receiver Buchanan reflects on his game winning Hail Mary catch that saved the Wolverines on Saturday.

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Sep 6 • 12:26 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Seven Pitchers Help Rockies Wallop Cardinals

Colorado Rockies use up seven pitchers, along with two big scoring innings, to dispatch the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Sep 6 • 12:21 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Barcelona XI vs Valencia – Predicted lineup and team news

Barcelona are set to face Valencia in their upcoming La Liga fixture on Sunday, aiming to extend their impressive winning streak at the start of the new campaign.Hansi Flick’s Barcelona have made a ...

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Sep 6 • 12:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Astros Blow Late Lead, Fall to Diamondbacks 4-3/10

Saturday Night Bummer. A rare blown late inning lead by Houston. Diamondbacks 4 Astros 3. The night began with promise, thanks to a forged early lead which has been the formula for success of late. Taylor Trammell began things with a double, advancing to third on Yanier Diaz’s single. Yordan Alvarez […]

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Sep 5 • 10:48 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Early offense, great relief pitching gives Yankees win over Padres

The bullpen’s four innings of nearly-hitless ball iced out the Dads.

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Sep 5 • 10:35 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Twins 6, White Sox 4: Y’all Come Back Now

The Twins may only have 68 wins on the year, but the ability to come back from deficits both early and late seems to have defined manager Derek Shelton’s early tenure with the team. Tonight, down 3-0 after the first inning, Minnesota put together a midgame rally to even the series one apiece, and deliver […]

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Jays Beat Royals

Blue Jays 4 Royals 3 The Jays are above .500 and own the last Wild Card spot. After the first inning, I thought this was going to be a high scoring game. The Jays got two in the first (it should have been more). Brett Bateman started the game with a single, but was quickly […]

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Sep 5 • 10:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Reds-Brewers enters weather delay at Great American Ball Park

The Reds-Brewers game has entered a weather delay in the fourth inning at Great American Ball Park.

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Sep 5 • 7:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Seahawks’ Leonard Williams Gets ‘Tough Road’ Message From NFL Legend

The Seattle Seahawks have spent an offseason hearing about how difficult it is to stay on top after winning a Super Bowl.Leonard Williams went looking for answers from people who have lived it.The veteran defensive lineman said he spoke with his father-in-law, Pro Football Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott, along with former Seahawks stars Richard […] The post Seahawks’ Leonard Williams Gets ‘Tough Road’ Message From NFL Legend appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 5 • 7:42 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Lea Salonga becomes first Filipina honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame star

Award-winning actress and singer Lea Salonga became the first Filipina to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, marking a milestone in a career that has spanned Broadway, music and film.

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Lea Salonga becomes first Filipina honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame star

Award-winning actress and singer Lea Salonga became the first Filipina to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, marking a milestone in a career that has spanned Broadway, music and film.

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Quick Reaction: Indiana beats North Texas 52-16

Indiana got off to an imperfect start to the follow up of its perfect season, with Indiana being out-gained by North Texas well into the fourth quarter, but emerged victorious in week one against the Mean Green. Josh Hoover and the offense shined, bringing Curt Cignetti’s winning streak to 17 games. The Hoosiers were off […]

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Sep 5 • 3:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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‘Everybody has a good memory of a toy’: Geppetto’s toy store to celebrate 50 years in business with September celebrations

Geppetto’s toy store has come a long way since its opening half a century ago. Now considered one of the largest independent toy retailers in the United States, Gepetto’s started with humble beginnings in the Bazaar del Mundo plaza in Old T…

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Sep 5 • 2:00 PM EDT • Business • sandiegouniontribune.com
Rams can remain buyers into the season

Winning the Super Bowl is near impossible. Rams have set that bar for themselves and must do what it takes

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RB Leipzig’s Winning Start Comes Crashing Down in Bremen

Werder Bremen dismantled Leipzig's early-season momentum with a clinical counter-attacking display, exposing defensive vulnerabilities and grounding Martín Demichelis’ squad after their dominant opening weekend performance.

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Sep 5 • 11:58 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Harbaughs' turnaround history bodes well for 2026 New York Giants

Could the New York Giants experience a rapid turnaround under head coach John Harbaugh, beginning in 2026?

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Sep 5 • 11:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'Winning the lottery': Preserved fossil tissue reveals shocking cause of death for largest T. Rex ever found

It got Tyrannosaurus wrecked.

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Sep 5 • 11:01 AM EDT • Science • nypost.com
MLB saves leader suddenly leaves game

He was seen walking off the field mid inning with the training staff.

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Bobby Rush headlines 26th Annual Blues BBQ Festival at Hudson River Park

The Blues BBQ Festival returned to Hudson River Park for its 26th year on Aug. 15 with a very special headlining performance. Grammy-award-winning blues

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After years of defying the odds, California's David Valadao faces new test as Latinos turn on Trump

Republican congressman David Valadao has defied the odds before, winning elections in California districts with big Democratic registration advantages

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Sep 5 • 9:02 AM EDT • Politics • abcnews.com
After years of defying the odds, California's David Valadao faces new test as Latinos turn on Trump

Republican congressman David Valadao has defied the odds before, winning elections in California districts with big Democratic registration advantages.

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Arsenal v Chelsea: Key stats and talking points

Arsenal and Chelsea meet on Saturday having each won both of their opening matches. BBC Sport examines some of the key themes ahead of Sunday's meeting at Emirates Stadium (16:30 BST). Arsenal will aim to continue a strong start to their title defence by winning their opening three Premier League matches for only the second time in the past 21 seasons.

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Sep 5 • 8:36 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How long is Indiana football's home winning streak

Indiana football has become unbeatable at home under coach Curt Cignetti. A look at the nation's longest home win streak:

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Sep 5 • 5:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Gary Singh, Jacob Naven, data centers, issues, politics, and the future of Manteca

The future is now. It is why the repeating of spin cycles of previous elections is insanity spinning out of control.

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Sep 5 • 4:59 AM EDT • Politics • mantecabulletin.com
Health care is Democrats' key to winning midterms this fall

Breaking up the health care conglomerates that have enriched themselves by immiserating patients and cheating employers is good policy.

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Mariners’ Lazaro Montes: leaves game with hip injury

A bad game on Friday got worse for the Mariners when exciting rookie Lazaro Montes left the game in the fifth inning after a collision with the right field wall. Montes, who was running at full speed to chase down a fly ball off the bat of Zack Gelof that seemed destined for the right […]

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Kala’i Rosario homers again, but Saints fall at Omaha

Kala’i Rosario got the game started with a bang, but there were few fireworks overall as St. Paul fell 3-2 at Omaha in 10 innings Friday night. The Saints right fielder hit his eighth home run of the year — his fifth in the last five games — to give the visitors a 1-0 lead just two batters into Friday’s contest. However, the night belonged to the pitchers. St. Paul starter Aaron Rozek turned ...

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Jays Crush Royals

Blue Jays 9 Royals 2 Let’s get the bad news out of the way off the start. Jameson Taillon came out of the game after the second inning with right elbow discomfort. Why is it always the throwing arm that gets the discomfort? Oh right, because they are doing something very unnatural with the throwing […]

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Yankees' Trent Grisham leaves game with right hamstring discomfort

Center fielder Trent Grisham left the New York Yankees' game Friday night against San Diego because of discomfort in his right hamstring. Grisham drew a walk from Walker Buehler leading off the second inning and was thrown out trying to steal second base. Rookie Spencer Jones, who is from Encinitas in northern San Diego County, moved from right field to center field, and Heliot Ramos entered in Grisham's spot in the order playing right field.

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Brewers Use Big Fifth Inning to Beat Reds

The Milwaukee Brewers took over the game against the Cincinnati Reds after going back and forth early on.

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Sep 4 • 10:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Week 1 College Football Predictions: Bobcats at Huskers

Mike: It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Patrick: “The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.” – Samuel Beckett Jarek: I’m ready for some football!! Toledo (+10) at Michigan State Patrick: Michigan State University 28 University of Toledo 13 Mike: This line makes no sense. Both teams have new coaches […]

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Detroit Tigers Blow Another Big Lead in Walk-Off Loss

A five-run cushion evaporated in an instant after Brayan Rocchio’s stunning grand slam silenced Detroit, setting the stage for a crushing late-inning collapse against the Guardians.

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Sep 4 • 6:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Blue Jays series preview: The team that ended the streak

Can the Royals keep the winning going against the Blue Jays?

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Sep 4 • 2:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Fulham v Crystal Palace: Key stats and talking points

Fulham's campaign got off to the worst possible start when they conceded to neighbours Chelsea just 30 seconds into their opening match. Defeat by the Blues was followed by another at Sunderland and while there will be no panic at the Cottage as new head coach Alvaro Arbeloa is still settling in, fans might be aware that only twice before have Fulham lost their first three games of a top-flight campaign (1951-52 and 2020-21). Fulham have also struggled against Palace in recent years, winning just two of their last 13 Premier League matches against the Eagles (D6, L5), with neither victory coming on home soil.

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Sep 4 • 2:03 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
What Counts As a Successful Season in 2026?

College football is changing fast. Is winning a championship the only thing that matters now?

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Sep 4 • 12:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mason Health Supports the Next Generation Through Award-Winning Birth Center, Health Sciences Academy and Mason Health Foundation Scholarships

Mason Health’s multi-faceted support for the next generation includes scholarships awarded through a collaborative partnership.

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Sep 4 • 8:57 AM EDT • Health • thurstontalk.com
Sony's PlayStation disc plant is losing 10 percent of its volume in 2028, not 90

Sony’s PlayStation disc plant is losing 10 percent of its volume in 2028, not 90 Sony won’t license disc pressing to anyone else, Microsoft does, and a former PlayStation boss thinks that’s the whole problem. When Sony DADC chief Dietmar Tanzer spoke with an Austrian broadcaster in July about PlayStation disc production at the Thalgau plant, a number of press outlets misunderstood the report, writing that production would fall to a tenth of current levels. It won’t. Sony DADC confirmed to Game this week that the figure is a 10 percent decline, not a decline to 10 percent. “To clarify and avoid any misleading information: in that statement Dietmar anticipated an overall product volume decline by 10 percent, not a decline down to 10 percent,” a spokesperson with Sony DADC told Game. That figure covers 2028. Tanzer didn’t put a number on the years after, and the spokesperson declined to comment further. What we do know is that on July 1, PlayStation announced that physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028 and that the transition has no impact on games that have already released in disc format or will be releasing in disc format prior to that month. “So, there will be reorders going to the market after January 2028,” the Sony DADC spokesperson said. “For details around that I would ask you to liaise with the PR team from PlayStation, as we can’t speak or comment on their behalf.” PlayStation officials did not respond to questions about reorders or other disc-related matters. But I did recently speak with Shawn Layden, Game Industry Strategic Advisor and former chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios, who called a future without physical PlayStation discs “depressing, but solvable.” then added, “I think.” The chief hurdle to third-party manufacturing of collector’s editions or any other version of a PlayStation game disc is that Sony owns the proprietary process to press those discs, Layden said. “And unless they decide or determine a way to license that to some of these bespoke disc manufacturers, there’s no way to make it happen,” he said. Layden was careful to add that he understands the concept but doesn’t have “line of sight on the particulars.” “Depressing but solvable, I think.” — Shawn Layden Microsoft already licenses replication to outside plants. Xbox discs are pressed by manufacturers Microsoft certifies as Authorized Replicators, a term defined in its publisher agreements, with the approved list set at the company’s sole discretion and Microsoft retaining the right to halt manufacture. The structure is still in place today: publishers select an Authorized Replicator in Partner Center and submit a bill of materials created with a Microsoft representative. Sony, by contrast, presses PlayStation discs through Sony DADC, its own manufacturing subsidiary. No one I spoke with said they were in discussions with Sony about doing that, and PlayStation hasn’t responded to questions about whether it would be open to a licensing deal. There is an obvious reason Sony might not want to. Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad pointed it out on the day of the announcement: it’s a platform-led decision, he wrote, designed to cut costs, eliminate the resale market, and drive all revenue through the PlayStation Store. The math is not subtle. On a $70 third-party game sold through the PlayStation Store, Sony keeps $21. Sold at retail, Ahmad says, it earns about half that. Licensing disc replication to an outside manufacturer might not be worth it. And even if it were, it seems unlikely that such a deal would come from boutique companies like iam8bit, which sells collector’s editions of video games. “We would absolutely love to find a way forward to continue making physical PlayStation games,” said Jon Gibson, co-owner and co-creative director of the company. “We are big believers in giving humans the option to truly own media. If we can play a role in helping make that a reality for the future of PlayStation games, count iam8bit in!” If it were to happen, it would most likely be with a company like Conectiv Supply Chain Solutions, a Memphis-based manufacturer of optical discs and vinyl records that also runs third-party logistics, fulfillment and distribution for packaged media. The company, which was formed in 2025 when Los Angeles private equity firm Variant Equity Advisors purchased Vantiva’s Supply Chain Solutions division, traces its lineage back to Technicolor. When it sold the division, Vantiva described the business as having served video game creators for more than 25 years. Conectiv is also buying, not shrinking. Last month it acquired SDS, the distributor for Universal and Warner Bros. home entertainment, consolidating those studios’ packaged-media pipeline from pressing plant to retail shelf. I reached out to Conectiv and its CEO, but haven’t heard back. Layden pointed to music and books in our discussion about the ongoing value of physical media. “No one ever saw the comeback of cassette tape,” he said. “And vinyl didn’t so much come back. The flame went down, the fire’s dying, but the ember was always there, and it just kind of came back. Much like the book business. We thought we’d all be on Kindles right now. “I believe that physical media is crucial and important. One of the things that makes us gamers, one of the core game mechanics, going back to the beginning of time, is collecting stuff. “Did you get all the diamonds in Crash Bandicoot? Did you get all the stars in Mario? And we like to collect our games. And we have a game shelf. And we put all our boxes up there. And if you’re super hardcore, when you buy a game, you buy two copies, right? One stays in the shrink wrap, and you play the other one. What happens to that important cultural part of the gaming world? You know, we buy the steelbook and the three-disc Final Fantasy set and the figurine and, you know, you can’t download any of that. “What happens to that?” And Layden believes it shouldn’t have been a revenue question for PlayStation. “This was a core thing to the experience of our most devoted fans,” he said. “Yeah, it’s fan service. Why would we take that away? Well, we can’t afford to. It’s already 120 bucks, you know, limited edition special purchase onyx box version of whatever, and those sell at a higher rate than the box selling at $69.99 does. So yeah, the market has said they will continue to buy them. You’re just saying you just don’t want to make them anymore.” Layden said he was recently talking with someone about these sorts of business decisions and how they’re made. Too often, he said, it’s all about the financials and nothing else. “OK, we can do this and save this much money, or we can invest this to look at that outcome, or we can do this and have this happen over there, or move this team to Sri Lanka,” he said. “But each one of those, someone also has to have a ledger there saying, ‘OK, what is the brand impact from that move?’ “Iif you can’t resell it, do you really own it?” — Shawn Layden “If we do that, dollars and cents work out. I get it. That’s just math. But what’s the brand impact? Are people going to say, ‘Good move, you guys?’ Or are they going to say, ‘We hate you guys. Quit doing that.’ And sometimes they say, ‘We hate you.’ Then you take a note and say, OK, how much of that can we live with? How much ‘we hate you’ is OK. And when does it go over the line? “I see a lot of companies making decisions which, objectively speaking, I don’t know what the dollar end of that was for you, Mr. Company, but your brand value just dropped 30 percent. So I hope it was worth it.” Of course, shifting to a digital-only model for games raises other issues beyond simply wanting to collect. The biggest is ownership. Layden pointed out that once you go to a streaming-only or download-only model, it’s just a digital footprint on a hard drive. “What does ownership mean anymore?” he said. “It’s a genuine question. Well, in fact, it’s not even a question anymore. It’s like you are shifting the model from ownership to accessibility. “And what’s always been true, which people forget, is you’ve never been able to sell your iTunes library. And you can’t sell your PlayStation download library. So if you can’t resell it, do you really own it?” The touching tribute found in the credits for Star Wars Zero Company. Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Interview and Hands-On with a Minoan Masterpiece Star Wars Zero Company hands-on: Attack Astromechs, permadeath, and delightfully fatal Rube Goldberg tactics Control Resonant opens up as you get stronger — and as characters start trusting you

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Yankees' AL East Dream is More Realistic Than You Think

The New York Yankees still have a chance of winning the AL East.

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Sep 4 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'Feisty' Doyle an all-round package for Wrexham

Wrexham assistant manager Steve Parkin described Callum Doyle as an "all-round package" following the defender's impressive start to the campaign. The former Manchester City defender has excelled since forcing his way into the side midway through last season. According to WhoScored.com, the centre-back ended the 3-0 victory over Millwall on Wednesday night having made one dribble, one tackle and three interceptions (more than any other Wrexham player) in addition to winning three aerial duels and two free-kicks.

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Ursinus to Launch First Graduate Program in College’s History

Ursinus College will launch its first graduate program, an online M.S. in Exercise and Sport Science, beginning May 2027.

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Ursinus to Launch First Graduate Program in College’s History

Ursinus College will launch its first graduate program, an online M.S. in Exercise and Sport Science, beginning May 2027.

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Opinion: Are cracks beginning to show in the Nurmagomedov dynasty?

Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov created one of MMA’s great coaching legacies, but recent setbacks raise questions about whether the team built around his methods has already reached its peak.

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Dodgers Get Off Deck, Sink Cardinals in Ninth Inning

On a night when Tarik Skubal wasn't his sharpest, the Los Angeles Dodgers, thanks to Teoscar Hernández's ninth-inning double, beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2.

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Sep 4 • 1:21 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Hills-Beaver Creek wins big to open 2026 season

ADRIAN, M.N. (KELO) — The top-ranked 9-Man team in Minnesota and defending state champion, the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots continued their winning ways in 2026 with a season opening 38-6 victory over Adrian-Ellsworth. The Patriots got on the board first in this game and made it 8-0 after a successful two-point conversion. That’s when the home […]

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Rangers Shutout Rays in Impressive 6-0 Victory

Cal Quantrill stifled the Tampa Bay Rays with a seven-inning gem while Corey Seager’s towering blast fueled a dominant Texas Rangers shutout.

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Sep 3 • 10:24 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani is day-to-day with multiple health issues

Ohtani sits out Thursday’s game against the Cardinals after appearing physically uncomfortable while striking out four times during a 10-inning loss a night earlier. A potential stint on the IL is unlikely but not impossible.

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Sep 3 • 10:13 PM EDT • Health • ocregister.com