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Practical Magic 2 Gets Bad Reviews, Good Numbers
It's tracking to open at No. 1 despite a 35% critic score — the opposite of how the original's 1998 opening went.
Read »Feds Open Criminal Probe Into Clippers After NBA Penalty
The league already fined and suspended the team over Kawhi Leonard's deals. Now prosecutors want in.
SEC Backs Off Threat to Expel LSU Over Eligibility Fight
LSU benched two court-cleared players. The SEC no longer expects to vote on expelling LSU today.
Elon Musk Threatens Lawsuit Over Alex Gibney Documentary
Alex Gibney's new documentary on Musk premiered at Venice; his lawyer sent a legal threat over one claim in it.
Crosby's Babcock Praise Revives an Old Oilers Dispute
The coach carries real allegations. One star's compliment didn't settle anything.
LeBron James's Prediction-Market Deal Draws Backlash
Regulators call the platform illegal gambling. His own fans are citing his words against him.
A Portland Bar Kicked Out Fans in "XX-XY" Shirts
The bar, the team, and the ejected fans each tell a different story about why.
Big Ten Explains Michigan's Extra Second. Not All Buy It.
A conference explanation, two skeptical broadcasters, and a team that decided not to fight it.
Macklemore's "Free Palestine" Plea Splits Sheeran's Tour
A rapper's onstage message set off a pop-star pile-on, and Ed Sheeran still hasn't said a word.
The US Open Doubled Its Influencer Program. Now What?
Content creators keep interrupting matches. Nobody agrees on whether that's a price worth paying.
An Umpire Made a Rookie Fix His Hat. It Blew Up a Debut.
A hat tilt with no rule against it got a manager tossed and reopened the case for robot umpires.
A Mistrial Ends the Lindsay Clancy Verdict — For Now
The jury deadlocked. Then a last-ditch appeal to Massachusetts's top court failed too.
A Judge Just Let LSU Roster Two Ex-NFL Players
A Louisiana judge sided with two cut NFL players who want their college eligibility back — hours before kickoff.
An Umpire Had to Shush Influencers at the US Open
The USTA nearly doubled content-creator credentials this year. Not everyone thinks that is working.
A Deadlocked Jury Can't Agree on Lindsay Clancy
Twice this week jurors said they couldn't reach a verdict. A third deadlock means a mistrial.
A Borat Screening Just Got Pulled Amid the Ali G Backlash
A boycott campaign against Sacha Baron Cohen's new Ali G movie has grown as a separate Borat screening quietly got pulled.
Messi's Retirement Reopens the Ronaldo GOAT Fight
He's done with Argentina. The internet isn't done arguing about who's better.
The Met Scraps Its John Galliano Retrospective
Weeks of pressure over his 2011 antisemitic rant killed the whole show, not just the date.
The Federal Government Just Put Kratom Compounds in Heroin's Drug Class
Massachusetts banned all kratom outright three days ago; the DEA banned only synthetic extracts. Now two lawsuits are fighting over where that line should sit.
A New Trial Says Keto Wins. Two Other Camps Disagree
A new trial found keto beats Mediterranean on liver fat and blood sugar — but not everyone agrees that settles anything.