A perfect Berkeley paradox: Big-money college football and an antiestablishment protest

Kyle Bonagura Close Kyle Bonagura ESPN Staff Writer Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Adam Rittenberg Close Adam Rittenberg ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Oct 17, 2025, 07:00 AM ET JEFF TEDFORD LOOKED out of his office window and saw helicopters…

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Russell Tovey on ‘Plainclothes,’ ‘Looking,’ and Sex Scenes

Russell Tovey, the gay British actor who’s been out of the closet since he was a teenager, has played characters both repressed (see: Mormon closet-case Joe Pitt onstage in “Angels in America”) and proudly queer (HBO’s “Looking”). In his latest “Plainclothes,” the Sundance winner written and directed by first-feature filmmaker Carmen Emmi, he plays a…

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The Guardian view on Labour’s difficult year: denial of hard choices is no longer an option | Editorial

The formula for stable government, according to Britain’s constitution, is a big parliamentary majority and divided opposition. Sir Keir Starmer’s predicament proves that those conditions are not sufficient. The prime minister’s inability to convince voters that he has an agenda for national renewal, and the demoralising effect that has had on the Labour party, make…

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Does ‘The Beatles Anthology’ Really Need Another Encore?

“It’s almost impossible to get the definitive story,” Paul McCartney theorizes in the brand-new addition to “The Beatles Anthology,” which sparked a mid-’90s wave of Beatlemania. “Because people look at things from different points of view.” It’s a telling line, one that explains why, 30 years on from the original’s premiere, and a further 25…

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