USA TODAY Sports Published 1:23 p.m. ET Sept. 29, 2020 | Updated 6:13 p.m. ET Sept. 29, 2020 CLOSE SportsPulse: The Houston Astros were the embarrassment of the league heading into the season after the team’s cheating scandal was revealed. Our MLB reporters debate if...
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Collingwood’s Steele Sidebottom to miss AFL finals series due to family reasons
Steele Sidebottom will miss Collingwood’s upcoming AFL finals campaign to remain in Melbourne with his family. Key points: Steele Sidebottom will stay in Melbourne after his partner gave birth to their first child last week Collingwood said logistical issues made it difficult to have Sidebottom...
Aussie star Steve Smith missed entire ODI series against england due to concussion problems
Steve Smith flew to the UAE for the Indian Premier League with teammates and opponents from the England series amid concerns about his health. Smith missed the entire one-day series after being struck in the head by a throw down from new assistant coach Trent...
Aussie star Steve Smith missed entire ODI series against england due to concussion problems
Steve Smith is in doubt for the third and deciding ODI against England. Picture: Gareth Copley/Getty Images for ECB Steve Smith flew to the UAE for the Indian Premier League with teammates and opponents from the England series amid concerns about his health. Smith missed...
The PlayStation 5 costs $499, just like the Xbox Series X
It costs $499, putting it head to head with its rival, Microsoft’s Xbox Series X, which likewise is going for $499. The PS5 will be released on November 12 in the United States, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. For other countries,...
‘The moment the dream died’: inside a Netflix series on the Challenger disaster | Documentary
The fourth and final episode of Netflix’s Challenger: The Final Flight, a JJ Abrams-produced documentary series on the defining space shuttle disaster, opens with anonymous home footage from a yard in Florida on 28 January 1986. A bright pillar of rocket combustion slices through the...
The Skyhooks curse: Peter Starkie death latest in tragedy series of events
The death of Skyhooks guitarist Peter Starkie is the latest in a series of tragic events to befall what was one of the biggest rock bands to ever come from Australia. Starkie, 72, died on Sunday after falling off a ladder at his home in Victoria, what...
Australia beats England by 19 runs in Manchester in the first ODI of a three-match series
It doesn’t make up for a lost World Cup, but Australia have exacted some revenge after holding off a fast-finishing England by 19 runs to go 1-0 up in the three-match ODI series. Not even a maiden international century from Sam Billings could stop Australia...
A new series reveals what turned Nurse Ratched into a monster
To say that Ratched, the new series from Ryan Murphy – the man behind Nip/Tuck, Glee and American Horror Story – is not for the faint-hearted is an understatement. Nurse Ratched, the stone-hearted head nurse at the psychiatric hospital in Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel One...
Xbox Series X costs $499, while Xbox Series S is $299
Xbox unveiled the price tag along with its release date. Both the Xbox Series X and the smaller, cheaper Series S launch on November 10. Pre-ordering starts on September 22. The current generation Xbox One X also costs $499, so the upcoming console will maintain...