Anitta, the popular Brazilian singer, faced strong backlash for releasing a music video in an episode that highlighted persistent religious intolerance and racism in Brazil. The furor began on Monday, when the…
How does Caitlin Clark’s WNBA salary fit into sports? The analysis shows major gaps
After a generational college journey in Iowa, Caitlin Clark began her professional career this week in Indiana, where the average college graduate earns $52,267 a year, according to the U.S. Census American…
Appreciate Alice Munro, who brought innovation to short fiction
In his elegant obituary of Alice Munro, the Nobel laureate who died this week in Port Hope, Ontario, Anthony DePalma writes that her stories “were widely considered peerless, a mixture of ordinary…
The Real Jurgen Klopp, part five: The manager who made Liverpool believe again
After almost nine years in charge and seven major trophies, Jurgen Klopp is leaving Liverpool. He has been one of the most transformative managers in the club’s history and in English football’s…
A US serial killer preyed on young women in Canada
The serial killer made little effort to hide his tracks. Over the course of a year in the 1970s, he dumped the remains of four young women in different spots—along a road,…
Could MLB nationalize its media rights? Because some clubs are pushing to end deals with local TV
Sixty years ago, baseball commissioner Ford Frick received a telegram from a Wisconsin congressman. Representative Henry Reuss was concerned that the Milwaukee Braves would defect to Atlanta for the promise of a…
2024 PGA Championship live updates: Scottie Scheffler in contention despite arrest for assaulting a police officer
The mayor of Louisville has identified the pedestrian hit and killed by a shuttle bus outside the PGA Championship on Friday as a local man named John Mills. “This morning, our city…
How kitesurfing in a remote Colombian region changed a boy and a village
They came from all over the world to this remote stretch of Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Two were from India. Two were from Switzerland. One from the Netherlands. Another one from Seattle. Everyone…