Connor McDavid brutally cross checked by Canucks after buzzer as suspensions loom in Stanley Cup playoffs

Anarchy broke out after the final buzzer in Game 3 of the Oilers vs. Canucks series on Sunday night when Connor McDavid ate a two-man cross check that caused him to collapse at the knees, before taking a second shot directly to the face.

Carson Soucy catches McDavid with a cross-check after the final buzzer pic.twitter.com/Gf03SqgE0l

It’s been purported that this was retaliation for a slash by McDavid late in the third period, but...

Ferrari F1 adds two new members to their leadership team

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Lewis Hamilton is not the only figure moving from Mercedes to Ferrari

Driver movement is not the only transfer news in the Formula 1 world at the moment. The decision by Adrian Newey to leave Red Bull in early 2025 has sparked speculation about where the sport’s greatest designer might land next.

But the team mentioned most often as a potential destination for Newey — Ferrari — is making other leadership moves, signing two key...

F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix: Ollie Bearman ‘looking forward’ to more F1 action

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F1 is back this week, and so is Ollie Bearman

Earlier this season Ollie Bearman delivered a stunning result in his Formula 1 debut.

Now the young driver is “looking forward” to returning to F1 action.

Bearman, a member of the Ferrari driver program and a reserve for both the Scuderia and Haas, is set to drive in FP1 in this week’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix for Haas. The young driver made his F1 debut...

Ravens vs. Chiefs kicks off 2024 NFL season with the league’s next great rivalry

The PERFECT game to kick off the season.

The full NFL schedule will finally release on Wednesday after an unspecified delay led to the league holding off until May 15 — but we already know the big game kicking off the 2024 season. We will get an AFC Championship game rematch between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs.

Lamar vs. Mahomes to kick off the 2024 season. pic.twitter.com/IY8EaV0M6V

It’s not the first time we’ve had a...

Washington Huskies paid record NIL deal for top transfer portal forward

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The Washington Huskies’ shocking $2 million NIL player payment shows they’re ready for Big Ten

Washington Huskies men’s basketball wasted little time hiring a new head coach after firing Mike Hopkins late in the season. The program identified Danny Sprinkle as their top candidate after his tremendous debut season leading Utah State, and the two sides agreed to a deal once the Aggies were eliminated in the round of 32 of the...

Amazon’s robotaxi company is under investigation after two crashes with motorcyclists

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US safety regulators are looking into two crashes involving Amazon’s robotaxi company, Zoox. The Office of Defects Investigation, under the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, opened a preliminary evaluation into Zoox after two separate reports of the vehicles suddenly braking and causing motorcyclists to crash into their rear end.

NHTSA confirms that the Zoox vehicles were operating in driverless mode without...

Why Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen is confident we’ll all adapt to AI

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The tech and the consumers both might not be quite ready yet, but he’s betting big on an AI future.

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The Pixel 8A and the camera you have with you

You know, normal backyard nighttime stuff.

Sometimes you travel thousands of miles from home to see something amazing. And every once in a while, that something appears right in your backyard.

That’s what happened on Friday. “What’s the aurora forecast for tonight?” I asked a friend who keeps up with those things. “Amazing,” he said. He wasn’t lying. At 9:30PM, my husband and I went to the backyard to check the sky — nothing but hazy light pollution on the northern...

TCL’s new Mini LED TVs offer blazing brightness on a budget

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5,000 nits. That’s the incredible peak brightness of TCL’s latest flagship QM8 Mini LED TV, and there’s no better example of how the company is hoping to stand out from competitors like Samsung, LG, Hisense, Sony, and others. That’s just on a different level than what OLED can offer. Are we getting to a point where TVs are getting too bright? No such thing, right?

Starting at $1,999.99 for a 65-inch size (and ranging up to an enormous 115-inch model), the QM8...

Microsoft Word just fixed its default paste option

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Have you ever pasted text into your beautifully formatted Microsoft Word document, only for it to ruin everything? Well, the days of the should finally be over, as Microsoft Word will now merge the text’s formatting with your document by default.

Unlike the previous “keep source formatting” default, the “merge formatting” option preserves the original bold and underlined text, along with list and table structure. But it also changes the visual aspects...

35 Times Customers Proved That They Are Unquestionably The Absolute Dumbest People On Planet Earth

You haven't lived until a customer looks you dead in the eye and asks how big the 12 inch pizza is.

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Olivia Munn Opened Up About Freezing Her Eggs To Have Future Children With John Mulaney After Revealing She Had A Hysterectomy

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Yamaha NS-600A Review: Tonally Bright, Viscerally Moving

Yamaha stuffs the beauty of its grand pianos into these spritely premium speakers

9 Best Sex Toy Deals for Masturbation May: Suction Toys, Vibrators, and More

The sun’s shining, the birds are chirping, and the vibrators are buzzing. It’s time for Masturbation May.

Ayrton Senna’s ‘Lap of the Gods,’ revisited

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As the F1 world remembers Ayrton Senna, let’s recall one of his most iconic performances

This week’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix is sure to be an emotional affair.

Not only does Formula 1 return to Imola after the cancellation of last year’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix due to heavy flooding in the region, but the race marks 30 years since the tragic weekend that was the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. F1 lost two drivers that weekend at Imola...

Can you connect AirPods on Xbox? Here's how to pair.

If you're the type of person who loves a late night gaming session with the sound up but also cares about your roommates and neighbours getting decent sleep, you might want to try headphones. And they don't have to be mega cans, earbuds will work just fine.

Luckily, it's really easy to pair your Xbox console with your AirPods. And let's face it, playing with the sound down is a prime strategy for scaredy-cats like me getting through horror games but music and score, sound effects and foley,...

Osobor joining Huskies, set to make $2M in NIL

Utah State transfer Great Osobor has committed to Washington, where he is set to make $2 million in NIL agreements, according to a document reviewed by ESPN.

Sources: Bronny medically cleared to play in NBA

USC's Bronny James has been medically cleared to be drafted and play in the NBA, sources told ESPN.

What Simple Cooking Hacks Do You Have To Save Money On Meals?

We all need some money-saving tips right now!

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Anya Taylor-Joy Just Made Some Seriously “Cryptic” Comments About How “Hard” Filming The “Mad Max” Prequel “Furiosa” Was, And People Have Questions

After repeatedly referring to how challenging she found filming, Anya reportedly had a “faraway look in her eyes” and told a NYT journalist, “Talk to me in 20 years,” when asked to elaborate.

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