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2:28 Highlights from the third round of the US Open at Shinnecock Hills. Dustin Johnson is part of a four-way tie for the lead after a brutal day of scoring at the US Open, with Justin Rose one off the…
After Cristiano Ronaldo’s heroics, Lionel Messi endured an awful start to his World Cup as Argentina drew 1-1 with Iceland in Moscow. It was unfortunate enough that Lionel Messi should have to endure the ignominy of seeing his penalty saved…
A little more than a decade ago, I wrote an article for The New Yorker about American reading habits, which a number of studies then indicated might be in decline. I was worried about what a shift to “secondary orality”—a…
Critics and their worn-out thesauruses eventually do a number on almost every musical instrument, but the harp is perhaps the most routinely maligned by adjectives: ethereal, celestial, ghostly, spectral, delicate, feminine, angelic, soft. These are good words, and often germane,…
An Australian rugby union player allegedly assaulted by a Briton has announced his retirement from the game. Former Australia Sevens captain James Stannard, 35, suffered a head injury in an incident outside a kebab shop in Sydney in the early…
“No need to ask, you heard about us,” Beyoncé sings in her new joint album with husband Jay-Z, Everything Is Love. And it’s true, we have heard about them. We’ve heard about the intimate details of their marriage, the betrayals…
