Jamie McColganBBC News NI MEWC Diarmuid took the Excel World Championship belt from three time winner Andrew Ngai Irishman Diarmuid Early emerged onto the HyperX arena in Las Vegas under the bright lights, dramatic music, and fanfare worthy of any major sporting final. Only this time, instead of a ball there was a keyboard and … Read more
The Los Angeles Lakers had one of their worst first halves of this season on Saturday against the Los Angeles Clippers. They scored just 39 points while shooting 34.1% from the field and 2-of-19 from 3-point range, and they went into halftime trailing by 15 points versus a Clippers team that came in with a … Read more
Courtney CroninDec 18, 2025, 04:26 PM ET Close Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever and GameNight on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast on … Read more
Walt Disney Pictures is weaving a Tangled web as it searches for the actors to inhabit the live-action adaptation of its 2010 animated movie. The studio quietly conducted screen tests and chemistry readings in London last week for the parts of Rapunzel, the curious and plucky would-be princess with magical hair, and Flynn Rider, the … Read more
OMAHA, NE – The Marquette men’s basketball team will try to avoid a 0-2 hole in the Big East when it plays Creighton (6-5, 1-0) on Dec. 20 at CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska. MU lost to Georgetown, 78-69, in the Big East opener on Dec. 17 at Fiserv Forum. The last time the … Read more
EUGENE — James Madison’s hopes of staying competitive against Oregon rest largely on Alonza Barnett III. The Sun Belt Player of the Year, Barnett enters Saturday’s College Football Playoff game completing 59.9% of his passes for 2,533 yards with 21 touchdowns and eight interceptions and 544 rushing yards and 14 scores. “He can move with … Read more
Being slapped by Cher and being told directly to “snap out of it” is a recurring dream most of us will never experience IRL. But Ariana Grande and Bowen Yang now have the bragging rights. The Grammy-winning artist back hosting Saturday Night Live on Dec. 20, and in a teaser for the show, Cher had … Read more
Week 16 of the NFL season kicks off on Thursday evening. It feels like it was just the preseason a week or so ago. Before we get into that on-field action, I solicited some Eagles questions on Bluesky for a fresh mailbag. @anthonypaparo.bsky.social: On a scale of 1-10, how comfortable are you trading AJ Brown … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Despite the Chiefs getting eliminated from the NFL’s postseason last week, Travis Kelce, the team’s star tight end, plans to play in each of the final three games this season. A 13-year veteran, Kelce knows those three games — starting Sunday against the Tennessee Titans, then Christmas Day against the Denver … Read more
With the trip to Elland Road (Saturday, 20th December, 20:00 GMT) coming just 48 hours after the game against KuPS in the UEFA Conference League, the Manager has said the players that didn’t start on Thursday will come into the side on Saturday. But he admitted he was unsure how many of those players could … Read more