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Vols, Auburn still atop SEC-heavy AP Top 25 poll

Tennessee and Auburn remained Nos. 1-2 atop The Associated Press men's college basketball poll. It's a fitting spot for a pair of Southeastern Conference teams considering the league put 10 teams into Monday's AP Top 25.

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Kendra Andrews

Liberty's Ionescu joins Unrivaled 3-on-3 league

WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu has signed a deal with Unrivaled that "puts her in a category of her own" among those playing in the 3-on-3 league, sources told ESPN.

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Adam Rittenberg

Notre Dame star lineman Mills (knee) out of CFP

A Notre Dame defense that has overcome key injuries all season must do so again as standout defensive lineman Rylie Mills will miss the remainder of the College Football Playoff with a right knee injury.

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Alexa Philippou

Wings hire USC assistant Koclanes as coach

Chris Koclanes, a former WNBA and current USC assistant coach, has been hired as the new head coach of the Dallas Wings, the team announced Monday.

Wired Top Stories

Paresh Dave

How Google Maps Makes It Harder for Palestinians to Navigate the West Bank

One user told WIRED that Google Maps directed them to “drive right into a wall that’s been up since 2003.”

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ThomasCostello

Women’s college basketball rankings: USC moves up after beating UConn, Big Ten stumbles

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How the weekly rankings stand going into four days off for the Christmas holiday

The holidays are here and it’s a time for reflection, especially in NCAA women’s basketball who doesn't play again until Friday. Here is how the latest AP Top 25 poll looks after Week 7 of the season.

AP top 25 women’s college basketball rankings: UCLA South Carolina Notre Dame USC Texas LSU UConn Maryland Oklahoma Ohio State TCU Kansas State Georgia...

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Noa Dalzell

Unrivaled’s final roster spot goes to one of WNBA’s biggest superstars

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Sabrina Ionescu — fresh off of both an Olympic gold medal and a WNBA championship with the New York Liberty — is Unrivaled’s final player.

Sabrina Ionescu wasn’t initially slated to play in Unrivaled. But, on Monday, the new 3-on-3 professional women’s basketball league announced that the three-time All-Star — and one of the most well-known names in the WNBA — would be the final player participating.

She’ll join the...

SBNation.com

Michael Smeltz

The gut-punch of expansion drafts: ‘She’s the heart and soul’

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Former Liberty Kayla Thornton leaves a legacy of grit and wins as she heads to the Golden State Valkyrie

To fully grasp the warmth of Kayla Thornton’s spirit, one must speak to those around her, listen, and watch one million smiles unfurl. Let 2024 WNBA Finals MVP Jonquel Jones tell it.

“[Kayla is] someone that you want to be around,” said Jones. “Someone [who] has that energy that draws you in.”

Prompt a member of the title-winning New...

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15 Hilarious Internet Fails That Made Me Laugh So Hard I Shed A Single Tear

There's nothing wrong with buying Christmas gifts for yourself....Right?

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The Verge

Umar Shakir

Walmart sued over illegally opening bank accounts for delivery drivers

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is suing Walmart and payroll service provider Branch Messenger for alleged illegal payment practices for gig workers.

The bureau says Walmart was opening direct deposit accounts using Spark delivery drivers’ social security numbers without their consent. The accounts also can come with intense fees that, according to the complaint, would add either 2 percent or $2.99 per transaction, whichever...

The Verge

Quentyn Kennemer

Sony’s WH-1000XM4 headphones are nearly 50 percent off right now

The XM4 are over four years old, but they still sound great for the money. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge

A couple of months ago, we saw the Sony WH-1000XM4 drop to $129.99, which was an absolute steal for the last-gen noise-canceling headphones. That deal predictably sold out in a heartbeat, and there’s no telling whether we’ll see it that low again, but Amazon is selling them in black for $178.20 (about $170 off), which would be an all-time low if not for said outlier. You...

Mashable

TikTok ban update: Trump wants to keep this sucker around

President-elect Donald Trump wants to keep TikTok — at least, right now he does.

At AmericaFest, hosted by Turning Point USA and Turning Point Action, on Sunday, Trump said he "did go on TikTok and we had a great response with billions of views." Trump has 14.7 million followers on the app. While his videos regularly have many millions of views, there doesn't appear to be any videos on his TikTok page with "billions of views." The video with the most views is the first he posted, with...

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A Complete Unknown cast talks Dylan, Suze Rotolo, Joan Baez and Pete Seeger

The cast of A Complete Unknown—Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro and Ed Norton—delve into the intricate process of portraying figures from Bob Dylan's orbit. From Dylan's input on the screenplay to the emotional weight of embodying Joan Baez and Pete Seeger, the actors share insights, challenges, and how Fanning approached Suze Rotolo’s sacred legacy.

A Complete Unknown opens only in theaters Dec. 25.

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This is your last chance to get a PlayStation VR2 before Christmas (and its at its Black Friday price)

SAVE $250: As of Dec. 23, the PlayStation VR2 is back down to its Black Friday price of $349.99 ($250 off). It'll be delivered before Christmas if you pick it up at Best Buy, and you'll also get a copy of Horizon Call of the Mountain.

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Social media companies might use facial recognition to ban underage users under UK plan

The United Kingdom may soon force social media firms to seek out and remove underage users from their platforms.

The UK's Office of Communications, more commonly known as Ofcom, has set out a plan to force tech companies to use facial recognition to ban social media users who are underage.

"The sort of thing that we might look to in that space is some of this facial age estimation technology that we see companies bringing in now, which we think is really pretty good at determining who is a...

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NYT subscribers can now play old Connections puzzles

The New York Times Games has finally introduced the Connections Archive — an exclusive feature for Games and All Access subscribers. Launched on October 8, the archive allows users to revisit and replay over 450 puzzles from the popular Connections game, which launched in June 2023.

Initially accessible on desktop and mobile web, the archive was rolled out to the NYT Games app on iOS and Android later that month. According to Jonathan Knight, head of Games at The New York Times, the...

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Save over 90% on a 3-month subscription to Audible this winter

SAVE OVER 90%: A three-month subscription to Audible is on sale for just $0.99 per month, down from the typical price of $14.95 per month. That's a total savings of $41.88.

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Apples Lightning AirPods Max are back on sale at their lowest price ever

SAVE $169.01: The Apple AirPods Max (Lightning) are on sale for $379.99 at Best Buy as of Dec. 23. That's 30% off their $549 MSRP and a match of their record-low Cyber Monday price.

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Tons of Echos are on sale right now AND you can get em by Christmas

SAVE 55%: As of Dec. 23, you can save up to 55% on select Echo devices. Shop the Echo Dot, Echo Spot, or Echo Pop and have it delivered before Christmas.

Best Echo deals as of Dec. 23: Best deal overall Echo...

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The serendipitous events that led Tyler Perry and Kerry Washington to make The Six Triple Eight

Tyler Perry and Kerry Washington tell the lesser-known story of The Six Triple Eight, the 855 Black women who served in World War II, and why it was important to them to bring this story to life.

The Six Triple Eight premieres on Netflix Dec. 20.

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