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A botched technology update grounded flights around the world, took banks offline and forced media outlets off air early Friday, with the unprecedented, widespread internet outage also stranding travelers at John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports. The global crisis was triggered by US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike deploying a flawed software update overnight to computers running Microsoft Windows. Microsoft said the root cause of the global outage had been resolved as of early Friday morning, but the effects of the cybersecurity incident continue to affect some Office 365 apps and services. Travelers at JFK Airport experienced lengthy delays due to a…
July 19, 2024 at 8:00 AM ETWhat does the future hold for Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs?The current team, which was unanimously named Rookie of the Year, enters its second season with new expectations as it aims to develop the team into a championship contender with the addition of a new point guard in future Hall of Famer Chris Paul and a star player who represents his generation.And ESPN experts have high hopes for San Antonio's 7-foot-4 phenom.How many league MVPs and titles will Wenbanyama win in his career? Will he follow in the footsteps of legendary Spurs…
Former UFC fighter Darren Till He had no plans to join a rival MMA promotion after leaving. Dana WhiteInstead, the Liverpudlian decided to jump into boxing and landed a bout against the former WBC middleweight champion. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. However, the bout never happened, and Till ended up making his boxing debut on a less-than-high-profile card.For Darren Till, the fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was a big deal as it was his first boxing match. After all, he is a second generation boxer and his father was a former three-division world champion. Also, the match was Jake Paul…
Late last summer, Aleksandar Žigic was dining at a pizzeria in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, where sports fans often recognized him. As a U.S. correspondent for Serbia's public broadcasting network, he is one of the few media personnel with regular access to the country's biggest basketball player.But Žigic said he was particularly surprised and amused when the restaurant manager, whom he had never met before, interrupted his meal to ask him questions.”Why didn't you convince Nikola Jokic to play in the championship?”Jokic had decided not to play in the 2023 FIBA World Cup, where Serbia won the silver medal. His…
The Esports Federation of India (ESFI) on Friday opened registrations for the National Esports Championship 2024 (NESC24), a qualifier for the highly-anticipated esports event to be held at the 6th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Bangkok and Chonburi, Thailand.Organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the 6th AIMAG will feature 36 sports and two demonstration sports. The 6th AIMAG esports events, which have been elevated to full-fledged medal sports, will all be held in Chonburi, Thailand.The event will take place in Central Sriracha from November 23 to 28 and will feature three mobile titles: Mobile Legends Bang…
Jul 19, 2024, 07:30 AM ETThe 2024 NFL season is creeping closer, as the beginning of training camp is upon us. That means it’s time to start getting serious on the fantasy football mock draft front.We got a collection of individuals from our ESPN Fantasy, Stats & Information, ESPN BET and NFL Nation teams together for a 12-team, 1/2 PPR mock. As you would expect, there’s quite a difference from 10-teamers, particularly in how running backs are approached and when the top quarterbacks come off the board.It’s time to start your fantasy football seasonCreate a league and customize league size,…
VCG/AP Actress Chen Peipei is survived by her four children and grandchildren. CNN — Actress Chen Pei-Pei, best known for her martial arts roles in films like Come Drink with Me and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has died. She was 78 years old. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce that the rumors are true. Our mother, Cheng Pei-pei, passed away peacefully at home on July 17th, surrounded by her loved ones,” her family said in a statement posted to Facebook on Friday. They revealed that she lives with a rare, progressive disease called corticobasal degeneration (CBD). Over time,…
Although we’ve officially said goodbye to Amazon Prime Day the discounts on popular products at Amazon aren’t all gone. Our team of shopping experts is keeping up with any remaining deals still happening, along with continued deals on headphones, laptops, monitors, TVs, and home and kitchen appliances.We are also continuing to scour thousands of Amazon and anti-Prime Day sales so you don’t have to, finding you the best products for the best prices, including deals that are under $100 and even $10 or less.And CNET shopping experts are taking care to update the list of Prime deals with in-stock products that weren’t simply marked up and then back down again but…
With Summer League drawing to a close and Olympic exhibition games in full swing, the 2024 NBA offseason is all but over. But in mid-July, the league's 30 teams still have spending capacity and free agents still on the market who either have cap space, cap exceptions or are worth minimum contracts. Here, we've matched up some of the best players still available, pairing each one with their ideal landing spot based on team needs, their skill set, and their chances of excelling this season in order to earn bigger rewards next summer. Dennis Smith Jr. Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via…
The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team will compete in the 2024 Olympic Soccer Tournament in Paris, marking the team's first competitive match under head coach Emma Hayes, who takes over after the team's worst World Cup finish in history last year, a loss to Sweden in the round of 16.The U.S. women's national team has won four of the first five Olympic Games in which women's soccer was played, but is coming off a bronze medal in 2021 in Tokyo and is seeking its first gold medal since the 2012 London Olympics.World champions Spain are among the favourites to win,…