Myron MedcalfJan 15, 2026, 08:30 AM ET Close Myron Medcalf covers college basketball for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2011. WACO, TEXAS — THE MOST polarizing pickup in men’s college basketball history started with a wild idea. On an October networking trip to Baylor, Deirunas Visockas — a former Boston College reserve turned agent —…
Michael Voepel Close Michael Voepel ESPN Senior Writer Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Charlie Creme Close Charlie Creme ESPN.com Charlie Creme projects the women’s NCAA tournament bracket for ESPN.com….
The price of Spotify Premium is about to jump again in the US, marking its third price hike since 2023. Spotify announced that subscribers in the US, Estonia, and Latvia will be contacted about the updated pricing over the coming month. Individual Premium plans in the US will increase from $11.99 to $12.99 by the…
Norberto ParedesBBC Mundo, Caracas Getty Images Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado may hold the Nobel Peace Prize, but she knows there is only one foreign endorsement that really matters: Donald Trump’s. She will meet the US president at the White House on Thursday, after publicly offering to share her Nobel with him – a…
Jacob Panons & Joshua AskewSouth East Getty Images South East Water is set to operate bottled water stations again on Thursday Regulator Ofwat has opened an investigation into South East Water after repeated water supply failures across Kent and Sussex. Some 30,000 properties had no water at the height of the problems, with thousands still…
Neil PaineJan 15, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close Neil Paine writes about sports using data and analytics. Previously, he was Sports Editor at FiveThirtyEight. The rosters are finally set, and the rink in Milan Cortina looks like it will — technically speaking — be ready to host the tournament. The first Olympic Games with NHL…
Rachel ClunBusiness reporter Getty Images UK car manufacturing recovered in November The UK economy grew by a faster-than-expected 0.3% in November after car production rebounded and the services sector got a boost. Growth was driven by an increase in industrial output, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, helped by the return to production at…
Nick Triggle,Health correspondentand Chloe Hayward Getty Images One in 10 patients who attended major A&E units in England last year spent more than 12 hours there, a BBC analysis shows. During 2025, 1.75 million patients waited that long to be treated and discharged or found a bed on a ward – only marginally better than…
Microsoft has signed a deal with Indian startup Varaha to buy more than 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits over the next three years, through 2029, expanding its portfolio of carbon removal projects as the tech giant scales up AI and cloud operations. The project will turn cotton crop waste, which is often burned…
US President Donald Trump’s renewed campaign to acquire Greenland—complete with threats of military force, tariffs against Denmark, and now reports of cash payments to Greenlanders—represents yet another chapter in America’s inability to distinguish between genuine national security interests and grandiose imperial fantasies. Trump has refused to rule out using military or economic coercion to acquire…
