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Pat Cummins has admitted he is unlikely to play in the Ashes opener, conceding a return to proper bowling is still some time away.Cummins is expected to learn this week whether he will be able to feature in Perth on 21 November, with officials conceding the quick is facing a narrow timeline.The 32-year-old has not bowled since Australia’s 3-0 series defeat of West Indies in July, with back scans having since detected a stress injury on his back.Asked on Monday what chance he was of playing in the first Test at Optus Stadium, Cummins admitted it was not high.“I wouldn’t…

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Pastor Ezra Jin leads a class on the basics of Christian beliefs at the Zion Church in Beijing, China, in August 2018. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption toggle caption Ng Han Guan/AP A Christian pastor and father of U.S. citizens along with dozens of church staff and members have been arrested in China amid a crackdown, his daughter and the church say. Ezra Jin, founder and pastor of Zion Church, a large “underground house church” with congregations across China, was arrested Friday while at his home Beihai in the country’s Guangxi region, his daughter Grace Jin Drexel told NPR. “It’s…

Chappell Roan loves L.A. The 27-year-old pop superstar couldn’t stop telling the crowd at her massive Pasadena show Friday night. With nearly 40,000 people gathered, by Roan’s own estimation, it’s clear L.A. loves her right back. The fairy tale-themed concert, part of a string of pop-up shows Roan dubbed Visions of Damsels and Other Dangerous Things, took over Pasadena’s Brookside at the Rose Bowl on Friday night. The golf course used typically for larger events was a fitting venue for the hours-long affair, which felt more like “Chappell Roan: The Festival” than a regular concert. Fans were treated to a…

World champion Luke Littler clinically defeated world number one Luke Humphries 6-1 in Leicester to win his first World Grand Prix title.Littler, 18, was knocked out in the first round of the ‘double-in and double-out’ tournament on debut last year, but was more impressive throughout this campaign.His average was lower than Humphries’ in the final, but he was ruthless throughout, winning five of his six sets in final-leg deciders to claim the £120,000 prize money.It gives Littler his seventh PDC major televised title – the joint seventh-highest in history.He has closed the gap between himself and leader Humphries to just…

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When to watch the Detroit Lions vs. Kansas City ChiefsSunday, Oct. 12, at 8:20 p.m. ET (5:20 p.m. PT).Where to watch The Lions-Chiefs game will be broadcast nationally on NBC and stream on Peacock. After losing their first game of the season, the Detroit Lions have won four straight to take control of the NFC North. They’ll put their four-game winning streak on the line tonight at Arrowhead Stadium against a Chiefs team that has been more down than up this season. The 2-3 Chiefs need a win to get back to .500 and keep pressure on the Broncos and Chargers…

Fred Ramsdell was camping with his family in the Rocky Mountains when he missed the call telling him he’d won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

“The Inbetweeners,” the hit British teen comedy series that gave the world a foul-mouthed library of hilariously puerile quotes not to mention two hugely successful spin-off movies, looks set to make a comeback. Banijay UK and Fudge Park Productions, the company founded in 2015 by show creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, have struck an agreement which they say “paves the way for the return of the hit comedy title.” In what guise “The Inbetweeners” will return and on what platform is as yet unknown, although Morris and Beesley suggested it would revolve around the original characters. “Incredibly exciting to…

Rich CiminiOct 12, 2025, 02:49 PM ETCloseRich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York Daily News and is a graduate of Syracuse University.It was the worst passing performance in New York Jets history, and yet the focal point of the debacle — quarterback Justin Fields — received a strong vote of confidence from coach Aaron Glenn, who scolded a reporter for…