Link-in-bio startup Linktree introduced new features today including a featured layout to highlight links better, the ability to fetch the latest posts from Instagram, and support for a more prominent profile picture. The company said that the new featured layout is great for highlighting certain links. When you select “Featured layout” for a link it … Read more
You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. This weekend marks the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The ensuing conflict has ravaged large stretches of … Read more
Cooper Flagg is pretty decent at basketball. On Friday night, Flagg’s Montverde Academy (from Montverde, Florida and No. 1 in the USA TODAY HSS Super 25) played Long Island Lutheran from Brookville, New York (No. 7 in the USA TODAY rankings) The game, at Hofstra University was a showcase event for two of the top … Read more
It’s a sleepy Thursday in the NBA, with just three games lined up on the eve of All-Star Weekend. A shallow slate is not a bad thing for bettors, though, as it gives us the ability to follow our NBA player prop bets from BetMGM in real time and hedge and make strategic hedges when … Read more
Feminist scholar and anti-racism educator Peggy McIntosh famously described white privilege as an “invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes, tools and blank checks.” In other words, white people typically move through life unaware of all the head starts, resources and access the color of their skin affords them. They don’t … Read more
Special counsel Jack Smith’s hypotheticals in recent court filings have caught the eye of legal analysts who think he may be telegraphing “seriously scandalous Trump crimes,” according to The Daily Beast’s Jose Pagliery. Smith’s team in an 82-page filing over the weekend warned an appellate court against granting former President Donald Trump’s claim that he … Read more
Phoebus High School (Hampton, Va.) football, seeking to extend its winning streak to 35 games and win its third championship in a row, had its eyes on two possibilities for the final offensive play of the game: Go long or go to overtime. With the score tied at 14 points apiece and overtime looming, senior … Read more
Progressive Jews calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war are shutting down U.S. train stations, highways, and government buildings. Their rallying cries: “Not in our name,” “never again for anyone” and “ceasefire now.” So far, thousands of Jewish American protesters have participated in more than a dozen civil disobedience actions since Oct. 7, at … Read more
The jumping action takes a step up this weekend and a red-hot renewal of the Silver Trophy is the Saturday feature at Chepstow, live on Sky Sports Racing. 4.15 Chepstow – Nicholls looks to repeat Silver Trophy success Paul Nicholls won the Wasdell Group Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle (4:15) last year with Knappers Hill and … Read more
You may have heard this before, but sports betting can be a bit of a rollercoaster. Some weeks you’re up big, other weeks you bottom out. Even sharps have bad weeks, and plenty of professional bettors had rough rides in Week 4 of the NFL season. That includes Sporting News’ expert panel of SuperDraft player prop bettors … Read more