Day: April 15, 2024

2024 NBA Playoff odds: Play-in tournament, first-round odds tracker

3:54 pm April 15, 2024

First the play-in tournament, then the real tournament. The NBA postseason is nearly set to begin, after the regular season concluded on Sunday. The play-in tournament will kick off on Tuesday and run through Friday, and the playoffs will begin on April 20. And with that, the odds for the play-in tournament and the first […]

Masters champ Scottie Scheffler reveals where golf stands on priority list with baby due soon

3:16 pm April 15, 2024

There was a lot for Scottie Scheffler to process after winning the second green jacket of his career at the Masters tournament on Sunday as he finished 11-under par for the weekend. Scheffler faced questions in the latter parts of the tournament about whether he would indeed withdraw if his wife, Meredith, did go into […]

Judge presiding over Trump hush money case declines to recuse himself

3:07 pm April 15, 2024

The judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s hush money case declined to recuse himself after the 45th president’s attorneys requested his removal from the bench ahead of the trial kicking off Monday. “There is no agenda here,” Judge Juan Merchan said Monday ahead of rejecting the request, the New York Times reported. “We want […]

New York Times ‘investigating itself’ as it faces staff rebellion over Gaza, leaks: ‘Internal crisis’

3:05 pm April 15, 2024

The New York Times has launched a mole hunt to determine “whether staffers leaked confidential information related to Gaza war coverage to another media outlet,” according to the Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal report called it the “latest internal crisis at the Times” where infighting over coverage of “sensitive topics like the transgender […]

NPR CEO slams editor who exposed bias. Looks like truth is ‘profoundly disrespectful’

2:57 pm April 15, 2024

Editor’s note: This essay was first published on the author’s blog Res ipsa loquitur. This weekend, I wrote a column on the continuing controversy at NPR and the bias detailed in a recent bombshell essay by respected editor Uri Berliner. The company has long been criticized for its partisan coverage, including running debunked stories. Now NPR CEO Katherine […]