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Editorial illustration: A blue baseball cap with no badge beside a black-gold pennant and a white ball hitting a broad radial burst of wooden bat fragments; not a photograph. Sports

Cubs beat Pirates 12–2: the pressure behind the blowout

Alex Bregman’s home run was the headline moment, but Chicago built its win across several innings. The result restores breathing room—not certainty—in a September playoff race.

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Pirates vs Cubs appeared in the United States Google Trending Now table checked September 12 at approximately 01:12 UTC. The...

Editorial illustration: Two completely plain quarterback helmets on an orange locker-room bench, a blank playbook page passes between them; not a photograph. Sports

Cooper Rush to start: Atlanta’s plan after Tua is ruled out

Atlanta has confirmed its starter for Pittsburgh. The key distinction is between Michael Penix Jr. practising fully and being ready to play—and between a one-game decision and a permanent change.

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Friday’s confirmed starting decision supersedes earlier reports that Rush might start. Google Trends showed an active Cooper...

Editorial illustration: A blank red-blue oval rugby ball beside a replay monitor containing only an abstract field line and two green-white paper silhouettes; not a photograph. Sports

Knights beat Rabbitohs 20–10: beyond the Bunker debate

Newcastle are through; South Sydney are out. The disputed no-try matters, but so do the carries, support runs and missed chances that shaped this elimination final.

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Editorial context reviewed September 11 at 16:21 UTC: the exact matchup was active in Google Trends Australia during this rev...

Editorial illustration: An imaginary game review desk with two plain arcade joysticks, blank review cards leaning in opposite directions and a scratched metal texture; not a photograph. Technology

Wolverine on PS5: why the reviews disagree before launch

A focused superhero adventure or combat that wears thin? The September 10 reviews disagree on the experience, not the launch date. Here is what that means before you play.

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September 10 reviews offer contrasting accounts of combat and storytelling ahead of the September 15 PS5 release. Related gam...