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News Oct. 31, 2020, 7:08 AM

Novak Djokovic was embarrassed in straight sets by a player who has more losses in his career than wins

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic suffered a stunning loss to Lorenzo Sonego at the Vienna Open. The Italian 25-year-old beat the 17-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic in straight sets during the quarterfinals match. Djokovic had only lost two matches on the year prior to Friday’s upset, while Sonego has more […]

News Jan. 18, 2020, 5:02 AM

The WNBA has a new in-season tournament and it may be an early sign of what’s to come in the NBA

The WNBA is introducing a midseason tournament as part of its historic eight-year CBA announced this week The NBA could look to the WNBA’s new Commissioner’s Cup as a model for its own in-season tournament, which ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Zach Lowe report is in the works. For both leagues, […]

Tech Aug. 10, 2019, 2:51 AM

ESPN just canceled a video game tournament broadcast in response to the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton

A video game tournament broadcast scheduled for this weekend on ESPN is being canceled “out of respect for the victims and all those impacted by the recent shootings.” The game being played on the broadcast, “Apex Legends,” is a cartoonish first-person shooter set on an alien planet. In the wake […]

Tech Aug. 4, 2018, 1:03 AM

People are paying close to $100,000 for rare ‘Magic: The Gathering’ cards that they compare to early bitcoin investments and predict will one day be worth millions

“Magic: The Gathering” is a wizardry-inspired card game from the early ’90s that has a cult following even today. Several rare, early-print editions of the cards are worth thousands of dollars, with one particularly hard-to-find card selling for close to $US100,000. But one investor thinks this is just the beginning […]