On a rare off day in Los Angeles, Sparks guard Kelsey Plum settles into a quieter rhythm. She brings a book to a dog park near her home, finds a spot, and reads. But even here, the stillness is partial at best. Her mind keeps working, circling the same question that has followed her through…
GM Dmitry Andreikin has been crowned as the winner of the 2026 Chess.com King of the Hill Championship on Friday, marking the first time that a former super-GM has won a Chess.com Community Chess Championship event. In the wake of a match loss to Finnish IM Toivo Keinanen in the second round of the Knockout,…
The former opposition leader, who won a landslide election, now faces the formidable job of dismantling what his predecessor called an “illiberal democracy.” Source link
On Friday night, mere minutes after the New York Knicks wiped the floor with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA Playoffs, Bill Maher kicked off his latest “Real Time” monologue by wading into the murky waters of Blake Lively v. Justin Baldoni. Yes, just before the case was set to go to trial, the two…
To mark this year’s fair, we invited four artists to show us the capital through their eyes. Plus: feminist photo collage, Thomas Duffield on father-son relations and an interview with The Photographer’s Gallery director Source link
OKLAHOMA CITY — Don’t blame the refs, blame the Clippers. They created this monster. They sent it out into the world. The Oklahoma City Thunder, top-seeded in the NBA playoffs for the third consecutive season, are running roughshod over opponents. Kicking everybody’s butts and driving everyone up the wall. And, oh, Clippers what did you do? This…
China’s gold output declined in the first quarter of 2026, weighed down by safety inspections and production suspensions, according to data from the China Gold Association. Source link
LeToya Luckett-Coles has a message for everyone tuning into Divorced Sistas right now. Get your emotions in order first. Luckett hit Instagram this week to announce that Episode 13 of Divorced Sistas is now streaming on Paramount+. Her caption didn’t waste any time. “Babbyyyyy talk about an emotional roller coaster!!” she wrote. The real warning…
From Broderick Turner: LeBron James sat with both feet in a bucket of ice and both knees wrapped in ice, his answers brief when the subject of the officiating came up after the Lakers lost Game 2 to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 125-107, Thursday night at Paycom Center. James just looked straight ahead and kept…
A $200 billion investment fund for the University of California system added almost 30 million shares of Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp. in the first quarter, in a sign of institutions seizing upon volatility in the private credit market. Source link