The Toronto Blue Jays carved their lineup out of a different decade. Their hitters can slug, sure, but what the Blue Jays do better than any team today is make contact. Consistent, relentless, ...

Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off the weekend by taking a look at the world of gaming, diving in to the ideas that underpin the hobby we love with a bit of Game Theory. We’ll sound off in the ...

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...

The two best words in sports: Game 7. That's what the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners have coming up next. The Blue Jays won Sunday in Game 6 while facing elimination to create a one-game ...

Earlier this month, Microsoft announced a substantial price increase for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. If you're a subscriber in the US, you will now be charged $30/month, a $10 bump from the previous ...

From unconscious to unstoppable, the Toronto Blue Jays have pulled even with the Seattle Mariners in this American League Championship Series thanks to a cast of characters both unlikely and highly ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers delivered the first blow in the National League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers. Behind left-handed starter Blake Snell's 10-strikeout, one-hit, eight-inning ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws the Dodgers’ first postseason complete game since 2004, giving up three hits in a ...

The Milwaukee Brewers had an electrifying start to their 2025 playoffs. Pat Murphy's team showed that their six-day break didn't slow them down as the Brewers put forth an early offensive onslaught on ...

A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth than the hypothetical Planet X, which astronomers have been hunting for ...

Rice Owls cornerback Khary Crump was ejected during the team’s loss against the UTSA Roadrunners on Saturday night. Crump was trying to make a stop on defense with the rest of his teammates when he ...

From game theory to incels, how everything got ‘-maxxed.' By Nitsuh Abebe Even if you’d never encountered it, the suffix “-maxxing” would probably be legible at first glance. “Should You Be ...