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Bill ConnellySep 4, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseBill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since…

Of all the presidents, Donald Trump – the man who would remake the Smithsonian and alter its presentation of “how bad slavery was”, as he put…

For your book The West: The History of an Idea, you spent 12 years researching what people mean when they talk about “the west”. At a…

Record temperatures come amid scientists’ warnings that climate change is causing more frequent extreme weather events.Published On 1 Sep 20251 Sep 2025Japan and South Korea have…

No part of the Trump 2.0 agenda has been more revealing to the ideological intentions of the administration than the sustained efforts that insist upon a…

Alamy5. CeremonyLawrence Alma Tadema, A Foregone Conclusion, 1885The sense of suspenseful ceremony is skilfully acknowledged and manipulated in London-based Dutch artist Lawrence Alma Tadema’s charming enactment…

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Getty Images Seattle Mariners backstop Cal Raleigh made history on Sunday, setting the single-season home run record for primary catchers by hitting his 48th and 49th…

The Tropicana Crisis of 2009 underlined the importance of a company’s branding.In January of that year, the orange juicemaker, owned by PepsiCo, changed the look of…

How did soccer’s most storied clubs become synonymous with something as simple as a color? ESPN relives the kit histories of football’s biggest teams.