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Wednesday’s “First Call” has an interesting quote from former Pittsburgh Steeler George Pickens in Dallas. T.J. Watt speaks in advance of training camp after making his new contract official. And the UFL is going through major changes. Tough to misinterpret George Pickens said something Tuesday that I’m sure will get attention in Pittsburgh. According to the Dallas Morning News, the …

The first day of Cowboys training camp featured a couple of defensive players talking about contractual issues with the team, but a new member of the offense was in a more positive frame of mind. Wide receiver George Pickens called his first practice with the team in California a “breath of fresh air” and had nothing but good things to …

President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner for Republican Senators at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 18, 2025. Photo by Allison Robbert/For The Washington Post via Getty Images The U.S. has signaled it will not let up on its Aug. 1 deadline for higher tariffs on the European Union as the bloc fights to strike a deal …

The Erie Moon Mammoths, a minor league baseball team rebranded by John Oliver and his Last Week Tonight staff, made their debut Saturday to a record-setting crowd that included Oliver in attendance. Back in May, during a segment about minor league baseball teams and their frequent crowd-drawing promotions, Oliver invited teams to send in proposals about why they deserved a …

Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal in ‘Eddington’ Ari Aster and Darius Khondji/A24 hide caption toggle caption Ari Aster and Darius Khondji/A24 Films known as “period pieces” take viewers back to the Renaissance or Victorian England, for example. Are you ready for a period piece about the pandemic? Eddington takes its name from a fictional small town in New Mexico in …

Oleksii Sukhorukov’s son was 12 when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. For months, the family existed in a state of trauma and disarray: Sukhorukov was forced to give up his work in the entertainment industry, which had included virtual reality and video games; they became isolated from friends and relatives. But amid the chaos, his boy had one outlet: …

The final song on LA band Lord Huron’s second album flew well under the mainstream radar when it was released in 2015. A decade on, it’s one of the most unlikely success stories in music. Beyoncé and Dua Lipa may be two of the world’s top pop stars, and both put out new albums last year, but their biggest songs …