The real test for rookie quarterback Cam Ward will come in Week One in Denver. But Ward passed another quiz in the preseason finale on Friday night. In two series of action, Ward completed 3-of-4 passes for 35 yards, with a 102.1 rating. He guided a 13-play, 90-yard touchdown drive that took 8:33 off the clock, completing passes to Jefferson, …
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LINCOLN—Dani Busboom Kelly was waiting for the celebration, but it never came. The first-year Nebraska coach was expecting to get doused with water following a season-opening win against No. 3 Pittsburgh, but she made it to the post-match press conference dry. Members of the Husker Volleyball team celebrate after a Rebekah Allick kill in the second set of the first …
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A wave of purple and hot pink hair and cartoon K-pop bops is taking over multiplexes. With summer blockbusters in the rearview mirror and only a few new films out, movie theaters expected a bit of a lull at the box office this weekend. Then Netflix dropped a bombshell. The streamer would release its hit animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” …
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Are we doing this? Really doing this? Sigh, fine. Open the airplane door and let’s jump out. And hope the blue-and-white parachute opens. Sports Illustrated is doing the most dangerous thing college football prognosticators can do. We are picking Penn State to win the national championship. O.K., it’s not as rash as picking Kent State or Kennesaw State. This is …
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Joao Pedro, Neto, Enzo, Caicedo and Chalobah all on target in 5-1 London derby victory Chelsea thrashed West Ham United 5-1 to earn their first victory of the 2025/26 Premier League campaign and pile more pressure on their former head coach Graham Potter. The Blues lost talisman Cole Palmer from their starting XI when he limped out of their warm-up …
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Topline Netflix’s smash hit “KPop Demon Hunters” could conquer the box office this weekend thanks to a limited sing-along release in movie theaters, adding to its global dominance on Netflix and the music charts with its blockbuster soundtrack. “KPop Demon Hunters” is Netflix’s second most-watched movie of all time. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) Getty Images for Netflix …
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Stars from both tours have now learned their fates for the first round of the US Open after the official 2025 draw was announced. Defending champion Jannik Sinner could run into problems later on in the tournament now that he is on a collision course with the only man not named Carlos Alcaraz to beat him this season, Alexander Bublik. …
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We knew the American movie box office wasn’t exactly doing great in 2025—this summer has performed marginally better than last year’s, but only barely—but it’s still pretty wild when it suddenly starts looking like a movie that’s already been out on streaming for two full months might dip into theaters for a weekend and win the weekend box office. Admittedly, said …
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Injuries might be part of the game, but you sure don’t want them to be a part of the last preseason game. Which is why the highlight of this finale on Thursday night in Carolina came at 9:36 p.m., when television cameras showed No. 1 pick Derrick Harmon sitting on the bench between Cam Heyward and T.J. Watt wearing street …
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A knee injury suffered by first-round draft pick Derrick Harmon put a blemish on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ preseason finale. Harmon was injured with 10 minutes, 4 seconds left in the second quarter of the Steelers’ 19-10 victory against the Carolina Panthers and was taken from the field on a medical cart. He was ruled out for the rest of the …
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