Charles Leclerc conceded the opening day of the Dutch Grand Prix weekend was “probably the worst Friday of the season” after ending up almost a second shy of the pace. After taking a surprise pole position last time out in Hungary, Leclerc struggled for pace at Zandvoort, setting the eighth fastest time in Free Practice 2 for Ferrari as he …
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Naomi Osaka has condemned Jelena Ostapenko’s comments during her courtside confrontation with Taylor Townsend at the US Open. The incident on Wednesday has been one of the most talked-about of the tournament, with Ostapenko accusing the American Townsend of having no education and no class after their second-round match. The comments, which Ostapenko justified as a reaction to Townsend not …
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The New England Patriots may have gotten an early start on their roster reduction process, but they still have a long way to go. Heading into Tuesday’s cutdown day, they still need to make 23 transactions to get below the NFL-mandated 53-man roster limit. The team will be quite busy over the coming hours, and anxiety in the building high …
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With Borderlands 3 and its divisive story in the rearview mirror, developer Gearbox Software is driving full speed ahead to Borderlands 4 and the totalitarian planet of Kairos. The long road to the launch of a fourth mainline Borderlands game had a bumpy start. While plenty fell in love with Borderlands 3 and its improvements to the looter-shooter series’ gunplay, …
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While we know that Destiny 2 would endure some growing pains as it entered its new slimmed-down Prophecy era, I’m not sure that players would have predicted that one aspect would be this painful. That is the power grind, where it takes a whole lot of work to even do the “normal” grind to 400 to start getting decently good …
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College football is officially back. The 2025 season started Saturday with Week 0, which included five games involving FBS teams as well as four more games between FCS teams. In the highest-profile game of the day, No. 22 Iowa State earned a 24-21 win over No. 17 Kansas State in Dublin, Ireland, giving the Cyclones a huge victory to start …
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Static Media / Shutterstock / Getty Ribeye is undoubtedly one of the most popular and sought-after cuts of steak. But because it is, it’s often strongly critiqued. Restaurant-goers expect a lot from the chef when they order a ribeye. Many establishments offer boneless and bone-in cuts in a varied weight range, and …
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Has it been a year already? It has, as PlayStation released its hero shooter Concord on August 23, 2024, and now here we are, reflecting on what I think you could explicitly declare the worst video game release of all time. Not the worst game of all time, perhaps (though it was very bad), but an unprecedented failure of a …
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Logan Paul is surprisingly an entertaining professional wrestler, but after throwing one of the worst scripted punches ever on Friday night his biggest haters are having a frenzy. During Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown, Paul was supposed to launch a sneak attack against legendary wrestler John Cena during a backstage interview. The high-flying Paul launched out of nowhere and tried …
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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My husband and I are expecting our first child in October, and my sister is throwing a baby shower for me in a few weeks. Since my husband’s mother found out, she has made it her personal mission to put …
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