Myron MedcalfJan 21, 2026, 12:06 PM ET Close Myron Medcalf covers college basketball for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2011. Former Alabama standout Charles Bediako, who entered the 2023 NBA draft and signed a two-way contract with the San Antonio Spurs that year, has been granted a temporary restraining order to return to the Crimson…
Donald Trump is changing the world. Foreign policy is no longer hiding behind legal masquerade, it is becoming real. It is no longer based on “values”, be they left-liberal-woke or neo-con, and it no longer acts universalistically in multilateral structures, but through bilateral deals. These take into account the concrete geographical, cultural, spiritual, economic and…
Jan 21, 2026, 11:45 AM ET The Buffalo Bills‘ coaching staff pushed the organization to draft struggling wide receiver Keon Coleman, according to team owner Terry Pegula, who defended team executive Brandon Beane and attempted to explain Beane’s role in selecting Coleman during a news conference held Wednesday in the aftermath of coach Sean McDermott’s…
Magdy and Sama are in their 60s and just want a quiet life in Cairo. Too bad that the retired couple’s fridge breaks down, turning their apartment into a stage on which the tragicomedies of love, loss, ageing and Al Qahr (more on that below) play out against the background of farcical bureaucracy and crumbling…
Two music stars will take the stage at Sundance to honor an icon. Rufus Wainwright and Norah Jones will share the spotlight inside Park City’s Eccles Theatre on Sunday night following the festival premiere of Broken English from filmmakers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. The film, which had its world premiere at the Venice Film…
Malaysia’s former army chief and one of his wives claimed trial on Thursday to money-laundering charges involving about 2.2 million ringgit (US$544,000) amid a widening investigation into alleged bribery and abuse of power linked to military procurement. Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan, 58, and Salwani Anuar, 27, were charged with four counts each under Malaysia’s anti-money-laundering law…
There are shows that demand your attention, and reward you richly for it. They ask you to keep track of elaborate storylines, to explore the nuances of the setting with curiosity and patience, to get invested in the plights of the people you’re seeing onscreen, and in return they deliver thoughtful ideas or enthralling escapes…
Friends and longtime podcasting partners Tom Segura and Bert Kreischer took opposing approaches to their recent Netflix comedy series. Segura used his opportunity to deliver 2025’s Bad Thoughts, a vignette-driven sketch show in the vein of I Think You Should Leave that steered into everything that is amiably off-putting and in-your-face about Segura’s stand-up/podcast persona….
Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. I’ve been fairly vocal recently that Samsung’s One UI 8 is my favorite Android skin. It is fast, responsive, and intuitive. But nothing comes fine-tuned to your experience straight out of the box. You need to personalize your smartphone to make it more appealing. I…
UK government borrowing was significantly lower last month, due to an increase in tax income outweighing spending, official figures show. In December government borrowing – the difference between public spending and tax income – was £11.6bn, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. It is down £7.1bn – 38% – from the previous December, and…
