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Zach KramAug 21, 2026, 05:28 PM ETCloseZach Kram is a national NBA writer for ESPN.com, specializing in short- and long-term trends across the league’s analytics landscape. He previously worked at The Ringer covering the NBA and MLB. You can follow Zach on X via @zachkram.Multiple AuthorsThe NBA offseason is here, and teams across the league have been busy making moves. Free agency officially began June 30.I’m grading every free agent signing and the most impactful extensions this offseason, breaking down the ramifications for all teams and players involved.To determine each grade, I’m looking at multiple factors, including the player’s on-court…

Prominent Nigerian entertainment and intellectual-property lawyer Rockson Igelige has died at 55. Filmmaker Zeb Ejiro and politician and human rights activist Omoyele Sowore broke the news in separate Facebook posts on Friday. Although neither disclosed the cause of his death, they described Mr Igelige as a great friend and a fantastic lawyer. “My brother, Rockson Igelige, why? This hit me hard! I have lost a brother and a dear friend. We have lost the best IP Lawyer in Africa. “The great Isoko Nation just lost a legal luminary. How did this happen? I am tired. Shocked!” Mr Ejiro wrote. Compassionate…

Nine shops and goods worth several millions of naira were razed by devastating fire at the Railway Shopping Complex on the Alesinloye Market road, Ibadan, on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire, which affected lock-up shops in the complex, was attributed to an electric surge. The Chairman of the Oyo Fire Services Agency, Moroof Akinwande, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to journalists on Saturday in Ibadan. Mr Akinwande said that the agency got a distress telephone call about the fire incident at exactly 5:58 a.m. He said the agency immediately mobilised firefighters,…

Chinese tech giant Alibaba said on Sunday that it plans to issue HK$80 billion ($10.2 billion) in new shares in Hong Kong to fund its global artificial intelligence ambitions. The Hangzhou-based firm has been ploughing tens of billions of dollars into AI, with its shareholders eager to see how it will monetise the huge investments. “The Equity Placement is being undertaken to extend the Company’s global AI leadership,” Alibaba said in a statement. The company intends to use all of the net proceeds to invest in its “full stack AI capabilities, including to expand and enhance its AI infrastructure”, it…

On Friday night, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada did something that few other world leaders before him have dared to do.After days of intense trade negotiations with the United States, with less than an hour to go on a midnight deadline for a new round of tariffs from the Trump administration, Mr. Carney instructed his negotiators to walk away.Then, he announced that once 50 percent tariffs came into effect on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods, he would order retaliatory tariffs on the United States “dollar for dollar.”Then on Saturday, in a lengthy televised address to Canadians, Mr. Carney…

With the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) signalling the commencement of political activities ahead of the 2027 general election, the race for the Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives is beginning to take shape. Among those seeking to represent their constituencies is Terver Atsar, who emerged earlier this year as the consensus candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). For Atsar, the decision to contest is not simply a political ambition. He described it as a deliberate response to what he sees as the need for more effective, accountable and people-centred representation for the people of Kwande…

So these mysterious Moto phones will presumably be well over a grand. Motorola didn’t bother releasing new versions of its non-folding Edge phones in 2026, and if that trend continues, the 2027 devices may be foldables. That would help explain the high prices, and the ongoing AI-driven component price increases can’t be helping either. While Motorola makes plenty of budget devices in the Moto G line, those devices aren’t a viable option. GrapheneOS has supported Pixels because Google’s Tensor chips provide the necessary security features, but not all Qualcomm chips offer the same capabilities. Only Qualcomm’s most expensive 8-series processors…

The women’s all-American final will be followedby a men’s title clash between Frances Tiafoe and Arthur Fils of France.Published On 23 Aug 202623 Aug 2026Jessica Pegula rallied in the third set to topple defending champion Iga Swiatek and book a title showdown with Coco Gauff at the Cincinnati Masters tennis tournament.World number three Pegula won a “crazy” match against Swiatek 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 on Saturday in the US city.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listGauff powered past giant-killer Sara Bejlek 6-4, 6-1, ending the unseeded Czech’s dream run that included a fourth-round victory over world number one Aryna Sabalenka.Their…

Reconciling the trade-off between short growth duration and high grain yield is essential for enhancing annual rice yields. We found that qTGW1a, encoding a flowering locus T-like protein, controls heading and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) underpinning …

The 2026 NFL regular season begins in just under three weeks, so 2026 Fantasy football draft season is officially in full swing. Hitting on a few 2026 Fantasy football sleepers is a must, no matter what type of league you’re in, and that means finding those diamonds in the rough that others bypass with Fantasy football picks. It also means taking chances on injury-prone players with the hope that they’ll bounce back as Fantasy football 2026 sleepers.Dak Prescott, Christian McCaffrey and Puka Nacua all shook off the injury bug last year to come up huge for those who took chances…