In baseball’s Age of Collaboration, the hot seat for managers should be viewed more as an oversized sofa, with front-office executives and statistical analysts all squeezing in. Firing the manager when others bear responsibility for shaping rosters and influencing decisions often amounts to blatant scapegoating. Perhaps that is one reason early dismissals are becoming less…

CBS In a 2013 interview with Games Radar discussing the second season of “Black Mirror,” creator Charlie Brooker revealed how his show had nearly borrowed the framing device from the hit 1960s anthology show “The Twilight Zone.” Just as showrunner Rod Serling would talk directly to the camera…

By TARYN PEDLER Published: 11:28 EDT, 17 April 2025 | Updated: 11:35 EDT, 17 April 2025 A female nursery school teacher allegedly sexually assaulted and killed her boyfriend’s four-year-old daughter because she was jealous of her. Amber Lee Hughes, 25, stands accused of the rape and murder of Nada-Jane Challita and has now gone on…

Static Media Whether you’re a hardcore gamer who was there on the front lines when “The Last of Us” and “The Last of Us: Part II” first released on PlayStation or a newcomer to the HBO series, the franchise counts millions of fans who have encountered this…

As the Bahrain Grand Prix unfolded and George Russell raced in second place, messages slowly came through on his radio that different systems were failing. Team principal Toto Wolff put it simply: “The car was wounded.” The Mercedes driver suddenly suffered a brake-by-wire failure, and it took time to find the settings to reset the…

By BARRY KEEVINS Published: 12:34 EDT, 16 April 2025 | Updated: 12:34 EDT, 16 April 2025 This is the first picture a young woman killed when a suspected drug driver ploughed into her family outside a leisure park. Science graduate Dominyka Jonikaite, 25, was pinned under a BMW where paramedics battled to save her life…

Technically, the Academy hasn’t yet promised that the Stunt Design Oscar will be handed out during the televised broadcast, although the benefits of doing so would help the goal of boosting viewership; popular movies like “John Wick” or “Mission: Impossible” that would otherwise not earn any nominations, could snag a nom for that category, and potentially lure in…

AUGUSTA, Ga. — A concoction of sweaty bodies and long-lens cameras was deadlocked in the upper left-hand corner of the No. 15 grandstand at Augusta National as Rory McIlroy’s 7-foot eagle putt slid underneath the cup. At that point in the day, the phoneless Masters Tournament patrons were not unfamiliar with the sound of thousands…

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s photo-ops are irritating DHS staffers who are complaining that they’re getting in the way of the agency’s operations.  The Wall Street Journal reported Monday night on some of the complaints made about Noem, who has been nicknamed ‘ICE Barbie,’ for wearing a full face of makeup and hair…

Netflix “Black Mirror” has always had the uncanny ability to walk the line between relatable and futuristic. Its creators manage to seamlessly weave new, exciting, and terrifying technologies and cultural concepts into situations that are shockingly close to what we’re seeing as the 21st century unfolds. Often,…