Opinion | Daniel Barenboim: What Beethoven’s Ninth teaches us
Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony was first performed exactly 200 years ago on Tuesday and…
Opinion | Daniel Barenboim: What Beethoven’s Ninth teaches us
Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony was first performed exactly 200 years ago on Tuesday and has since become the work most likely to be adopted for political purposes. It was played at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games; it was performed again in that city at Christmas 1989, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, when…
Premier League salary cap mailbag: Why? Who wins and loses? How would it work?
Premier League clubs this week opted to push on with plans for a hard spending limit — a de facto salary cap tied to the income of the lowest earning side in the top flight. OK, we hear you say, but what on earth does it all really mean? Who better to answer your questions…
Drones have changed this civil war and connected the rebels to the world
In flip-flops and shorts, one of the top soldiers of a resistance force fighting the military junta in Myanmar showed off his weapons. He was, he apologized, mostly broken. The rebel, Ko Shan Gyi, glued plastic panels shaped by a 3D printer. Nearby, electrical internals forged from Chinese-made drones used for agricultural purposes were laid…
How Ohio State unlocked its NIL potential and won the college football offseason
COLUMBUS, Ohio — When Gene Smith and Ryan Day met after the season, the athletic director made it clear he was going “all in” on football. Ohio State heavily investing in football is hardly new, but after three consecutive losses to Michigan, Smith wanted to take it up a notch before retiring this summer. Smith…
Rafael Nadal’s last tennis match in Madrid: defeat, but victory
Imagine you’ve been doing the same thing for something like 30 years, being better than anyone else who’s ever lived, and then one day, it’s all completely new. And so it is for Rafael Nadal this spring through the looking glass. For years, no place felt more home than a clay court. Sometimes he could…
UCLA cancels classes after violent clashes between protesters and police
It was an example of a tolerant campus, where a thriving pro-Palestinian encampment could be left alone even as student protesters were arrested across the nation. Free speech will be supported as long as the situation remains peaceful, officials said last week. But by Wednesday morning the peace at the University of California, Los Angeles,…
Anthony Edwards of the Timberwolves can no longer run away from stardom
PHOENIX — Fresh off, arguably, the biggest performance of his young career, Anthony Edwards sat facing the world in a white undershirt and a fitted all-black Atlanta Braves cap that sat loose, hovering just above his frizzy hairline – making it look more like an extra in Outkast’s “Player’s Ball” video than the future face…
In contrast, the expert panel recommends breast cancer screening at age 40
Citing rising rates of breast cancer in young women, an expert panel on Tuesday recommended starting regular mammography screening at age 40, reversing long-standing and controversial guidance that most women wait up to 50 years old. The committee, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, finalized a draft recommendation made public last year. The group issues…
Watching Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City as the Premier League title race heats up
One of the closest, most enthralling Premier League title races in many years is careering towards a climax. Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City played out crucial games on consecutive nights this week — and The Athletic went to all three to survey and convey the emotions of three very different clubs and fanbases. An Arsenal…
Biden and Netanyahu discuss possible ceasefire and hostage deal
President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday to discuss prospects for a possible cease-fire agreement to secure the release of some of the remaining hostages held after the Oct. 7 Hamas-led terror attack, officials said. officials. Biden’s call to the prime minister came just hours after Secretary of State Antony J….
