Matt BowenSep 11, 2025, 08:46 AM ET Close Matt Bowen is a fantasy football and NFL writer for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2015, writes regularly for ESPN+ and spent multiple years on “NFL Matchup.” After graduating from the University of Iowa, Matt played safety in the NFL for St. Louis, Green Bay, Washington and…
The Westwood offices of filmmaker and manager Steven Paul are crowded with mementos of an idiosyncratic journey in the business. On one wall, there is a framed 1971 New Yorker “Talk of the Town” piece that profiles Paul as a 12-year-old actor in a Kurt Vonnegut play and an adolescent playwright himself. On another is…
In a sudden burst of high-level engagement, China and the US saw their defence chiefs and top diplomats hold back-to-back talks this week, as anticipation builds over a possible meeting between President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump. In a sharply worded statement on Wednesday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced a phone call between…
Watch: How the Charlie Kirk shooting unfolded Charlie Kirk, an influential right-wing activist and a close ally of US President Donald Trump, was shot dead while speaking at an event at a university in Utah. Here is what we know. What happened? Kirk, 31, was speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem on 10 September,…
Jennifer Clarke & Tom EspinerBBC News Reuters The Chancellor Rachel Reeves will set out plans for the economy when she delivers the Budget on 26 November. There have been warnings that she will have to put up taxes or cut spending if she wants to stick to her own rules on government borrowing. Before the…
Former featherweight title challenger Diego Lopes looks to get back in the win column against Jean Silva in the main event at Noche UFC on Saturday from Frost Bank Center in San Antonio (6 p.m. ET, prelims at 3 p.m. on ESPN+). Lopes, ESPN’s No. 3-ranked featherweight, lost to Alexander Volkanovski in a bout for…
The newspaper’s headline was brutal: “Where Have You Gone, Mark Hamill?” asked The Pittsburgh-Post Gazette in 1999. The story’s answer practically jeered: “Luke Skywalker doing a voice on The Woody Woodpecker Show? A supporting voice? Yep.” Yet the biggest blow was yet to come: Hamill, star of the world’s biggest sci-fi franchise, would continue to…
Victoria MatiashSep 11, 2025, 10:00 AM ET Close Victoria Matiash is a contributing writer for fantasy hockey and betting at ESPN. Victoria has been a part of the fantasy team since 2010. While not statistically impossible, it’s exceptionally difficult to win at fantasy hockey without a strong goaltending force. Not only are several categories the…
In a small West Village theater, Spike Lee’s laughter rang out as he snuck in the back to catch some of the humorous moments in his 2002 drama, 25th Hour. “This film still holds up,” Lee said, later on the stage, sitting across from the film’s star, Edward Norton. Lee then asked how many people…
Polandsaidit shot down several Russian drones on Wednesday morning that reportedly crossed into its airspace during the latest wave of large-scale strikes against Ukraine. This occurred amid theongoing Polish, Lithuanian and NATO drillsinvolving 30,000 Polish troops, and just ahead of theupcoming Russian-Belarusian Zapad 2025 drills. Some observers suspect that this was either a deliberate provocation…
