Author: Liam Porter

Todd ZolaJun 23, 2025, 09:39 AM ETCloseTodd Zola is contributing writer for fantasy baseball at ESPN, specializing in game theory and player analysis. Todd is a member of the FSWA Hall of Fame. He won LABR and Tout Wars championships in 2016.We’ve all been down this road before: Jo Adell is on a hot streak. This never ends well. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. And yet…Your League, Your RulesCreate a league and customize league size, scoring and rules to play in the league you want to play in.Create a league today! Last season,…

The mother of an Israeli hostage still being held by Hamas in Gaza has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the plight of the hostages, 626 days after they were first taken by Hamas. Viki Cohen is the mother of Nimrod Cohen, who was taken from his tank by Hamas when he was just 19 years old. He turns 21 next month. There has been no news of him since March, when he was seen in a Hamas video. She says Israel must stop the war in Gaza to bring the hostages back. She spoke to us in Perspective.

Reform UK has announced it would give non-doms the chance to avoid some UK taxes by paying a £250,000 fee, with the proceeds going to people on the lowest incomes.Non-domiciles (or non-doms) live in the UK but have a permanent home overseas for tax purposes.Under Reform’s plan, non-doms would pay the fee for a new Britannia Card and in return not be taxed on wealth, income or capital gains earned abroad. They would also avoid the need to pay inheritance tax.Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the measure amounted to a “tax cut for foreign billionaires” and Reform would have to…

Mines across one of the world’s most strategically important waterways. Western-made missiles scuttling oil tankers that braved the journey. The US on the brink of a direct war with Iran.So went the “tanker war” of the 1980s, when Iranian and Iraqi sieges of the 33km-wide Strait of Hormuz — one of the most vulnerable parts of the global economy — turned oil shipments into floating targets. As the world braces for Iran’s potential retaliation to US air strikes, many fear escalation could lead to Tehran once again targeting the strait, a chokepoint through which a quarter of the world’s seaborne…

What is Death Stranding 2 trying to say? It’s a question you will ask yourself on many occasions during the second instalment of Hideo Kojima’s hypnotising, mystifying, and provocatively slow-paced cargo management simulator series. First, because during the many long and uneventful treks across its supernatural vision of Mexico and Australia, you have all the headspace in the world to ponder its small details and decipher the perplexing things you just witnessed. And second, because the question so often reveals something profound.That it can stand up to such extended contemplation is a marker of the fine craftsmanship that went into…

Ezra Miller may be making a return to Hollywood. “The Flash” star’s career was derailed after a series of abuse and harassment allegations leading up to the release of the DC Comics film in 2023. Since then, they’ve been keeping a low profile, but recently made an appearance at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of “Die My Love” to support Lynne Ramsay, who directed Miller in “We Need to Talk About Kevin.” Miller was at another fest recently, Filming Italy Sardegna, and gave an interview to Italian publication Lo Speciale Giornale where they said they’d return to the industry “on…

The secret to these ultra-fluffy scones? Cream cheese. In a fit of inspiration (I was thinking about rugelach at the time), I replaced almost all the butter with it to great success. These scones are a hit with children, too: my three-year-old quite competently helped make them, from fetching rosemary from the garden to stamping out the dough and brushing on the egg wash. A nice kitchen activity for any resident children, even if your dog turns up for the cheese tax at the last stage.Mini parmesan, apple and rosemary sconesPrep 15 minCook 15 minMakes 30 mini scones25g cold butter,…

There was nothing about giving birth that didn’t feel personal, from the agony of my 30-hour induced labour to my eventual journey to the operating theatre where my son was delivered by emergency caesarean section. At that point, I had no idea that I was part of an upward trend in the number of C-sections. Rates of the procedure are rising globally, but it is particularly stark in the UK. When I gave birth in 2017, 29% of births in England took place by C-section. In 2025, that figure stands at 42%.Why is this happening? There are leading voices within…

Liam Delap is a bit of a throwback. Chelsea’s new No 9 runs the channels and relishes a physical contest. “I love those battles,” the striker says on a muggy afternoon in Philadelphia. “I always have since I was a kid. I really love the aggressive side of it and the competitive nature of the sport. It’s got to be controlled at times but it’s my game ultimately.”The strange thing is that English football has placed a heavy emphasis on producing nimble, technical players in recent years. England have a lot of No 10s but a shortage of No 9s.…

A Liverpool pet products company, Boss Pets, has been told to take down its website after the fashion house Hugo Boss said its name was infringing its trademark.“Boss” is a commonly used slang word in Merseyside, used to mean something is great or excellent. Ben McDonald, from Bootle, set up the online pet health supplies business in February, the BBC reported.McDonald, who describes himself as “just a lad from Bootle” who had spent “every spare penny” launching the business, said his “whole world collapsed” when he received a letter from the brand demanding he stop using the word. He was…