Author: Alex Maschino

Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour looked very different from what fans may have expected when the singer-songwriter took to the stage in Philadelphia. On Saturday, September 19, multiple fan accounts revealed the staging for that night’s gig at Lincoln Financial Field would not include a B-stage. Sheeran, 35, has traditionally performed fan requests on this secondary stage during a portion of his Loop Tour concerts. (No song requests were taken in Philadelphia, as of publication.) It has unquestionably been a tumultuous week for Sheeran in the wake of the controversy over Macklemore being dropped as a Loop Tour support act. Related:…

Alexander Nikishin isn’t at training camp as he awaits a contract and/or a trade The Chris Johnston Show: Chris Johnston was asked what’s the latest with Carolina Hurricanes RFA defenseman Alexander Nikishin and his trade request. ** NHLRumors.com transcription Julian McKenzie: “I did want to ask about one more RFA. I wanted to ask about the Alexander Nikishin situation in Carolina. He requested a trade earlier this week. The Canes put out a statement on Wednesday. They’re not going to comment further beyond that statement. But any insight as to what’s happening there?” Johnston: “Well, he had requested a trade.…

At least two people have been killed and six injured in a “massive” overnight Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region, Governor Andrei Vorobyev has said.Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 450 drones heading for the capital had been shot down in what he called an “unprecedented attack”. An oil refinery was damaged and several homes were set ablaze.Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Kyiv had hit a “key” Russian oil facility and a logistics site in the region, representing “billions of dollars that sustain the war machine”.Ukrainian officials meanwhile said eight people, including three children, had been killed in Russian attacks…

College sports are booming—and college athletes are earning like the pros. Five years after the NCAA opened the door to name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation, college athletes can earn money from their schools, donors, collectives, brands and their own audiences. But the NIL revolution isn’t fixing the one thing it was designed to: lack of fair payment for student-athletes. The stakes of the NIL era trace back to O’Bannon v. NCAA, the landmark case that challenged the premise that student-athletes could generate commercial value for their schools while receiving nothing in compensation. The lawsuit ultimately established that the rules…

Us has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Some of fall’s biggest trends are heavy on the Y2K nostalgia, so it should come as no surprise that camo pants are back in style. With their bold print, camo pants can never be ignored – they’re a true statement piece and such a cool girl staple, so they make putting together a stylish outfit easy. Camo pants are also more versatile than you might think. They’re available in a variety of materials, and as someone who doesn’t love wearing jeans,…

Nottingham Forest got their season up and running last weekend with an impressive win at Aston Villa. Oliver Glasner had made a slow start at the City Ground but goals from Liam Delap and Igor Jesus saw them overcome their Midlands rivals at Villa Park. They face another derby clash this tea-time against a Coventry side in desperate need of a victory. Frank Lampard’s men have limped out of the blocks following promotion and suffered a humbling 5-0 home defeat by Brighton last Sunday. Coventry have no points and no goals from four games and will be desperate to get…

UEFA responds after Ireland’s football association says its request to avoid future pairings with Israel was ⁠rejected.Published On 19 Sep 202619 Sep 2026UEFA has said that decisions on whether national teams should be kept apart in ⁠⁠competition draws are made ⁠⁠on a case-by-case basis and guided primarily by security considerations, after the Republic of Ireland’s football association said its request to avoid future pairings with Israel had been ⁠⁠rejected.Football Association of Ireland chief executive David Courell said on Friday that it had asked UEFA if the Republic of Ireland and Israel could be separated in future draws ⁠⁠after being paired…

Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s Round-up is exclusively supported by BMI, a global leader in performing rights management, dedicated to supporting songwriters, composers and publishers and championing the value of music.It’s raining lawsuits!This week, Universal Music Group sued DistroKid, the world’s biggest music distributor by volume, accusing it of deceptive trade practices, copyright infringement, and flooding platforms with AI-generated “slop.”Meanwhile, today (September 18), MBW learned that UMG and Sony Music Group are jointly suing Suno for a…

State prosecutors filed a new petition requesting court-ordered forensic interviews of minor children in their ongoing case against Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr. According to documents obtained by Us, lawyers representing the State of Georgia filed a new motion on Thursday, September 17, asking the court to require “forensic interviews” with unidentified minors. (TMZ was first to report the news.) “The state will proffer a good faith basis for concern regarding additional minors who require forensic interviews related to this case,” the docs read. “To the extent the court must consider video evidence and receive a proffer by counsel related to…

US President Donald Trump has announced that he is “immediately” banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, the latest twist in his fraught relationship with media outlets. In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump said that the outlets “constantly write or report fiction or lies” about his administration, although he provided no examples. Trump later called it a “very simple ban”, but did not explain how it would work. It is unclear whether employees of those outlets would be prevented from entering the White House grounds. CNN swiftly slammed the move as an “illegal assault”…