Author: Dorcas Onasa

What started as a lighthearted social media moment during TNT’s NCAA Tournament coverage quickly turned into something that could genuinely affect next season’s college basketball landscape. During halftime of 4-seed Alabama’s first-round matchup against 13-seed Hofstra, Auburn legend Charles Barkley returned from a commercial break to find a graphic that High Point University had posted to social media. The message was playful but direct: the school would secure Barkley an eligibility waiver to suit up for the Panthers next year. Barkley ran with it and then some. By the time the segment wrapped, he had issued a flat out, on-air…

The International Olympic Committee has announced the 15 young journalists who will take part in its Young Reporters Programme during the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games  and the road to selection was far from easy. Following the relaunch of the programme’s updated format in September 2025, a total of 271 applications poured in from 32 countries, making this one of the most competitive editions in the initiative’s history. The chosen participants, all between the ages of 21 and 25, will travel to Senegal to report live from one of the world’s most prominent youth sporting events, gaining the kind of…

Barry Bonds is returning to baseball in a new role. The all-time MLB home run leader and seven-time National League MVP is joining Netflix as a baseball analyst for the 2026 season, the streaming platform announced Thursday. Bonds, 61, will appear on pre- and post-game programming tied to Netflix’s MLB broadcast slate, beginning with Opening Night on March 25 when his former team, the San Francisco Giants, host the New York Yankees. Netflix made the announcement with considerable fanfare, describing Bonds as the Home Run King, a seven-time NL MVP, the single-season home run record holder and a Giants legend.…

GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound have become some of the most widely used drugs in the country, with roughly 12% of American adults currently taking one according to the 2025 KFF Health Tracking Poll. They have also become some of the most expensive, with out-of-pocket costs that can exceed $1,000 per month for patients without adequate insurance coverage. Even with insurance, monthly costs can run into the hundreds of dollars. The good news is that you may be able to deduct GLP-1 expenses on your federal tax return. The less straightforward news is that whether you qualify…

Jaafar Jackson knew what he was getting into when he agreed to portray his uncle Michael Jackson in the upcoming biopic simply titled Michael. He also knew that knowing would not make it any easier. In a new featurette released by Universal Pictures UK titled Becoming Michael, the young actor opens up about the physical and emotional toll of one of the most pressure filled roles in recent Hollywood memory, and the deeply personal motivation that kept him going when the demands of the part pushed him past what most people would consider their limit. The preparation was relentless by…

French video compression and delivery specialist Ateme has secured a place on YouTube’s official list of verified live encoders, a milestone that confirms the company’s TITAN encoding platform meets YouTube’s technical and performance standards for high-quality live streaming workflows. The certification covers support for SRT output, a protocol increasingly central to professional live contribution over unmanaged and unpredictable network environments. The announcement positions Ateme alongside a select group of encoder manufacturers whose products have been formally validated by YouTube, giving broadcasters, rights holders and content creators an additional layer of assurance when building live streaming infrastructure around the platform. What…

For roughly two decades, practical deployment of humanoid robots has been described as approximately five years away. Each new generation of the technology produced videos of machines walking, dancing and performing carefully staged tasks that generated enormous online engagement and very little commercial impact. The demonstrations were reliably more impressive than the deployments. The promise was consistently more visible than the product. That pattern appears to be breaking in 2026. Humanoid robots from multiple manufacturers have moved out of controlled demonstration environments and into actual commercial operation across four distinct industries, generating measurable operational data rather than promotional content. The…

The Detroit Pistons received devastating injury news Thursday when All Star guard Cade Cunningham was diagnosed with a collapsed lung and is expected to miss at least two weeks, with the full timeline for his return still unknown. The injury arrives at the worst possible moment for a Detroit team sitting atop the Eastern Conference with the playoffs less than a month away. ESPN first reported the news, which was subsequently confirmed to the Associated Press by a person with knowledge of the situation speaking on condition of anonymity. The Pistons had initially listed Cunningham as out for Thursday’s game…

Running back AJ Dillon is getting another shot to reestablish himself in the NFL, this time with the Carolina Panthers. The former Philadelphia Eagles player has agreed to a one year deal, offering him a chance to step into a new system and compete for a larger role during the 2026 season. The move marks an important turning point for Dillon, whose recent seasons have been shaped by injury setbacks and limited opportunities on the field. Now, with a new team and a clean slate, he will look to rediscover the form that once made him a dependable presence in…

The United Kingdom is responding to a rapidly evolving meningitis outbreak concentrated among young people in Kent, southeast England, that has already claimed two lives and prompted emergency vaccination efforts for thousands of university students. Health authorities have identified a Canterbury nightclub called Club Chemistry as the likely epicenter of the cluster, and doctors are being advised to prescribe preventive antibiotics to students at the University of Kent and anyone who visited the venue during three critical days at the start of the month. The strain responsible has been identified as meningitis B, known as MenB, a bacterial form of…