Alexa PhilippouAug 8, 2025, 05:21 PM ET Close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer Indiana Fever guards Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald will both miss the remainder of the …
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Last year, the Yankees were at Globe Life Field when Aaron Boone opened up the closer’s role with Clay Holmes struggling. Two days later, Luke Weaver got the first chance for a save, nailed it and ran with the job into October. On Tuesday, the Yankees were at Globe Life Field when Boone opened up the closer’s role with Devin …
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Kris RhimAug 7, 2025, 06:07 PM ET Close Kris Rhim is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Kris covers the Los Angeles Chargers, including coach Jim Harbaugh’s franchise-altering first season (https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41068072/los-angeles-chargers-2024-preview-jim-harbaugh-culture). In Kris’ free time, he lives his NBA dreams at men’s leagues across Los Angeles. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers Pro Bowl left tackle Rashawn Slater …
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Polls show people across political lines agree that contraception should be legal and accessible. Liudmila Chernetska/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Liudmila Chernetska/iStockphoto/Getty Images Contraception is a routine part of life for many Americans and polls show people across political parties agree that it should be legal and accessible. But the Trump administration is walking back access to birth control …
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Alden GonzalezAug 6, 2025, 08:54 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani pitched four dominant innings in what qualified as his best start this season, during which he struck out eight batters. He also clobbered his …
Read More »AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tens of thousands of U.S. college students without legal resident status are losing access to in-state tuition prices as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration. The Justice Department has been suing states to end tuition breaks for students without legal residency, starting with Texas in June. It has also filed lawsuits in Kentucky, Minnesota …
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Blockbuster weight loss jabs relied on by millions of slimmers could waste away muscles, research has suggested. Once aimed at diabetes patients, drugs like Ozempic are now famous for bringing about rapid weight loss by reducing appetite. But the injections often come with side effects, from nausea and constipation and, in most severe cases, life-threatening organ damage. Now, US experts have found …
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The Yankees have lost five games in a row, again. Tonight, it was a complete collapse of the offense, despite the joy we all felt at seeing Aaron Judge’s name back in the lineup. Pair that with yet another disastrous outing by Devin Williams, and we’re still searching for rock bottom with this ballclub. I’m glad this is my first …
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Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here. Dear Prudence, I’ve had a very eventful year. At the beginning of 2025, my long-term relationship ended, and after a few months, I decided to move out of state. Just before moving, I started a GLP-1 weight loss drug, and I have successfully lost most of the pandemic weight I’d been packing …
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When given nutritionally matched diets, participants lost twice as much weight eating minimally processed foods compared to ultra-processed foods, suggesting that cutting down on processing could help to sustain a healthy weight long term, finds a new clinical trial led by researchers at UCL and UCLH. The study, published in Nature Medicine, is the first interventional study comparing ultra-processed food …
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