37+ min ago (241+ words) Zootopia 2" had a roaring, record-setting opening at the box office. The animal city sequel from the Walt Disney Company brought in $96 million in North America over the weekend, earned $156 million over the five-day Thanksgiving frame, and scored a staggering $556 million globally since its Wednesday opening, according to studio estimates Sunday. That made it the highest international opening ever for an animated movie, the fourth highest global debut of any kind, and the top international opener of 2025. Wicked: For Good" stayed aloft in its second weekend for Universal Pictures, earning another $62.8 million domestically over the weekend for a North American total of $270.4 million. The second half of the Wicked" saga has brought in $393 million internationally. The pair of sequels combined to make the Thanksgiving weekend a glimmering exception to an otherwise dark year at movie theaters. Zootopia 2" arrives almost a decade…...

37+ min ago (759+ words) No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana, the only remaining unbeatens, are the top two teams for a seventh straight poll heading into their Big Ten title game clash on Saturday. No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Oregon each moved up a spot, and Texas Tech's No. 5 ranking is its best since it spent three weeks at No. 2 in November 2008. Mississippi remained No. 6 and was followed by Texas A&M, which slipped four spots after its 10-point loss at Texas. Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Alabama rounded out the top 10 for the third straight week. The weekend results created two top-10 matchups in conference championship games this Saturday. Besides the Big Ten showdown, Georgia and Alabama will play for the Southeastern Conference crown. The other Top 25 matchup pits Texas Tech against No. 11 BYU in the Big 12. The Atlantic Coast Conference game matches No. 16 Virginia…...

47+ min ago (1003+ words) The antitrust allegations leveled by Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports has exposed salacious personal communications, NASCAR's finances and a deep contempt between some of the top executives in the sport and its participants. Three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin, who owns 23XI alongside Jordan and less than a month ago had the Cup Series championship slip through his fingers, warned this weekend that the gloves will be off during the two-week trial in the Western District of North Carolina. "Our fans have been brainwashed with (NASCAR's) talking points for decades," Hamlin wrote on social media. "Lies are over starting Monday morning. It's time for the truth. It's time for change." NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps has said that the series has tried hard to settle the case ahead of Monday's trial. The lawsuit was filed by 23XI Racing, which is owned by Basketball…...

47+ min ago (474+ words) The lawmakers said they did not know whether last week's Washington Post report was true, and some Republicans were skeptical, but they said attacking survivors of an initial missile strike poses serious legal concerns. "This rises to the level of a war crime if it's true," said Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, when asked about a follow-up strike aimed at people no long able to fight, said Congress does not have information that happened. He noted that leaders of the Armed Services Committee in both the House and Senate have opened investigations. "Obviously, if that occurred, that would be very serious and I agree that that would be an illegal act," Turner said. Turner said there are concerns in Congress about the attacks on vessels that the Trump administration says are transporting drugs, but the allegations regarding…...

57+ min ago (848+ words) The 57-year-old former two-term president was sentenced last year to 45 years in U.S. prison for helping drug traffickers to safely move hundreds of tons of cocaine north through his country to the U.S. At the start of his trial in February 2024, a U.S. prosecutor said Hern'ndez had even boasted at a meeting with drug dealers that "together they were going to shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos." But Trump criticized Hern'ndez's prosecution, a wide-ranging case that also enveloped his brother during Trump's first term, saying Friday that people he respects told him Hern'ndez was "treated very harshly and unfairly." On Sunday, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and a Hern'ndez critic while he was still president, called Trump's decision to pardon Hern'ndez "shocking." "He was the leader of one…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago (205+ words) Arkansas has hired Ryan Silverfield as the Razorbacks' new head coach after a 2-10 season The Razorbacks announced Silverfield as their 35th head coach with athletic director Hunter Yurachek saying Silverfield's ability to win games over a sustained period separated him from the pack as the right choice. Silverfield is 50-25 in six seasons at Memphis, and he was at his best going 10-3 in 2023 and 11-2 in 2024. The Tigers were ranked as high as No. 22 this season before finishing 8-4. He also went 4-0 in bowl games, not counting the Cotton Bowl in December 2019 that Silverfield coached after Mike Norvell left for Florida State. Memphis athletic director Ed Scott thanked Silverfield and wished him the best in his next chapter. The Tigers named Reggie Howard as interim coach with a national search for Silverfield's replacement under way. Arkansas lost at home 31-17 to Missouri on Saturday to…...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago (309+ words) Shiffrin extended her winning streak in slalom to four races after also claiming the opening two races this season and the final event of last season. It was Shiffrin's record-extending 104th World Cup victory and her 67th in slalom " extending the discipline record, too. Skiing through moderate snowfall, Shiffrin added to her first-run advantage and won by a whopping 1.57 seconds ahead of Lena Duerr of Germany, who moved up from ninth after the opening leg. "Go Mikaela we love you," said one sign held up by fans in the finish area at Copper Mountain " which is a half-hour drive from Shiffrin's hometown of Edwards, Colo. "I could hear you guys from the start. Thank you," Shiffrin told the crowd after the second run. "I felt perfect this run. This was was just lights out amazing." Teenager Lara Colturi of Albania moved up…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago (451+ words) No. 2 Indiana (12-0) vs. No. 1 Ohio State (12-0), Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. EST. BetMGM College Football Odds Opening Line: Ohio State by 6. Against the spread: Ohio State 9-2, Indiana 7-5. How to watch: FOX Overall: 438.5 yards per game (24th in FBS) Passing: 267 yards per game (26th) Rushing: 171.5 yards per game (53rd) Scoring: 37 points per game (13th) Overall: 203 yards per game (1st in FBS) Passing: 121.3 yards per game (1st) Rushing: 81.7 yards per game (4th) Scoring: 7.8 points per game (1st) Overall: 483.8 yards per game (5th in FBS) Passing: 254.1 yards per game (42nd) Rushing: 229.8 yards per game (9th) Scoring: 44.3 points per game (2nd) Overall: 251.8 yards per game (4th in FBS) Passing: 172.5 yards per game (14th) Rushing: 79.3 yards per game (2nd) Scoring: 10.9 points per game (2nd) Both teams perform well defensively on third down. Ohio State ranks 2nd in the FBS, allowing opponents to convert 27.3% of the time. Indiana ranks 4th, allowing a 27.7% third down conversion rate. Indiana leads the FBS with a +17 turnover margin. Both teams avoid…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago (351+ words) Miami (OH) (7-5) vs. Western Michigan (8-4), Dec. 6 at 12 p.m. EST. BetMGM College Football Odds Opening Line: Western Michigan by 2.5. Against the spread: Western Michigan 8-3-1, Miami (OH) 8-3. Overall: 331.5 yards per game (112th in FBS) Passing: 142.3 yards per game (129th) Rushing: 189.2 yards per game (33rd) Scoring: 23.7 points per game (96th) Overall: 302.3 yards per game (17th in FBS) Passing: 175.9 yards per game (18th) Rushing: 126.3 yards per game (38th) Scoring: 18.7 points per game (16th) Overall: 355.2 yards per game (90th in FBS) Passing: 195.9 yards per game (101st) Rushing: 159.3 yards per game (69th) Scoring: 26.1 points per game (81st) Overall: 324.3 yards per game (28th in FBS) Passing: 206.3 yards per game (47th) Rushing: 118.1 yards per game (28th) Scoring: 21.9 points per game (41st) Miami (OH) ranks 117th in third down percentage, converting 34.2% of the time. Western Michigan ranks 14th on defense, allowing its opponents at convert at 31.1%. Miami (OH) ranks 19th in the FBS with a +8 turnover margin. Western Michigan ranks 10th in the FBS averaging 36.9 penalty yards per game. Western…...

1+ hour, 58+ min ago (327+ words) And he knows what it takes to win in those moments, too. The 2025 MLS Cup final " Messi and Inter Miami vs. M'ller and the Vancouver Whitecaps " is going to draw a few comparisons from a personnel standpoint to the 2014 World Cup final and 2010 World Cup quarterfinal matches between Argentina and Germany. Germany, with M'ller, won both times. Messi played in those matches for Argentina, as did Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano. They'll all meet again on Saturday in Fort Lauderdale, with M'ller surely knowing that facing Messi doesn't automatically mean a loss. "It's not about Messi against Thomas M'ller," he told reporters after Vancouver's 3-1 win over San Diego in the Western Conference final on Saturday night. "It's Miami against the Whitecaps." Then he added, "Maybe they rely a little bit more on him than we do on me, because we…...