Convicted South African rapist Thabo Bester has lost a court bid to block Netflix from broadcasting a documentary about his life – including how he allegedly faked his death and escaped from prison. His lawyers argued that Beauty and the Bester was defamatory, but the streaming giant defended its plan to release the three-part investigation….
Wisconsin quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. is unlikely to play at No. 19. Alabama on Saturday, sources told ESPN. Edwards is expected to travel with the team and plans to warm up for the game, per sources, but he still faces long odds to play this week. Edwards sprained his knee in the opening 17-0 win…
CNN is expanding its live news hours, bringing on Elex Michaelson to anchor a new program from Los Angeles from 12-2 a.m. ET. Michaelson joins CNN from KTTV, Fox’s L.A. station, where he garnered widespread acclaim for his coverage of this year’s devastating wildfires. He had been with KTTV since 2017. While at KTTV, Michaelson…
On a humid Beijing track last month, the sprint to the future began. The athletes were not human; they were robots. The inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games brought 280 teams from 16 countries to compete in 26 events, from sprints to gymnastics to football. China’s Unitree dominated the track, X-Humanoid excelled in industrial tasks, while…
Bill ConnellySep 11, 2025, 08:23 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019. Transfer season has ended for a few months, plus the first — and most interruptive — of international breaks is coming to a close. We can…
Ricky Gervais is going to play a “fat, lazy, rude, opinionated creature with fangs, who’s not as smart or brave as he thinks he is” in upcoming Netflix adult animated comedy series Alley Cats. “Quite a stretch,” the comedian called his newest role. Good one — so Alley Cats will be that kind of humour….
Global family offices will remain consistent in their strategic allocations over the next 12 months amid growing concerns over geopolitical risks, though some are willing to increase their exposure to public and private equity, Goldman Sachs said in a survey published on Wednesday. Meena Flynn, co-head of global private wealth management at the US investment…
Poland closest to open conflict since World War Two, warns PM Several Nato members are sending troops, artillery, and air defence systems to secure its eastern flank after what Poland called an unprecedented Russian drone incursion into its airspace. In the early hours of Wednesday, three Russian drones were shot down after crossing into Polish…
Justin RowlattClimate Editor BBC/Pol Reygaerts US Energy Secretary Chris Wright spoke to BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt dureing an interview in Brussels Don’t worry too much about planet-warming emissions, the US Energy Secretary has told the BBC, because within five years AI will have enabled the harnessing of nuclear fusion – the energy that powers…
Hugh PymHealth editor BBC “It was really bad – we had patients dying on the waiting lists – politicians were getting desperate.” Jesper Fisker, chief executive of the Danish Cancer Society, is looking back 25 years – to the moment Denmark decided to transform its approach to treating cancer. At that point, he says, the…
