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Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer <!–> More than 40 years after he last suited up for Rick Pitino in the early 1980s, at which point the eventual Hall of Famer was partway through a reinvigoration of the Boston University men’s basketball program, Mark Fiedor can always tell when his former coach is…
The 2025 MLB season is officially underway as the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers are taking on the Chicago Cubs at the Tokyo Dome on Monday in the opening game of the Tokyo Series on FOX. The Cubs will enter the season as the favorites to win the National League Central after trading…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Shares in China’s electric vehicle champion BYD touched a new record on Tuesday after founder Wang Chuanfu claimed the Tesla rival can now charge its EVs as quickly as it takes to fill a car…
Rowan Kavner MLB Writer <!–> Depending who you ask, the Dodgers enter the 2025 season as one of the best or one of the worst things for the sport. They’re a blueprint more teams need to follow, an example to less-willing clubs of what it means to really care about winning. Or, they’re a machine…
Deesha Thosar MLB Writer <!–> In December, the Cubs gave up top prospect Cam Smith, All-Star infielder Isaac Paredes and 27-year-old right-hander Hayden Wesneski for one guaranteed year of Kyle Tucker suiting up on the north side of Chicago. The blockbuster trade with the Houston Astros finally gave the Cubs a superstar, a roster need…
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Germany’s incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz has expressed “confidence” about Tuesday’s make-or-break vote in parliament over his plans to unlock up to €1tn for the country’s armed forces and ageing infrastructure. To pass the measures Merz,…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Europe’s borrowing binge to scale up its defence industry risks a new debt crisis, a leading Dutch politician has warned. Pieter Omtzigt, who heads one of the parties in the four-way coalition government, told the…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Science institutions in Europe and beyond are racing to hire researchers from the US looking to flee the Donald Trump administration’s crackdown on research agencies. Cambridge university is among a clutch of top…
French President Emmanuel Macron has invited fellow European leaders to discuss whether — and how — his country’s nuclear arsenal could be used as a deterrent against future Russian aggression. But his allies may not like the limitations he may choose to keep on the force de frappe. The idea of extending the French “nuclear…
