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gamesindustry.biz - William Diaz - Tightening immigration rules will impact the games industry in 2026
Tightening immigration rules will impact the games industry in 2026
GamesIndustry.biz

With the games industry increasingly dependent on access to global talent, immigration policy changes expected in both the United States and the United Kingdom in 2026 are set to influence how studios recruit, relocate and retain critical…

nytimes.com - Sam Sifton - America's Game
America's Game
The New York Times

The Super Bowl is one of our great secular holidays, rivaled only by Thanksgiving for its place in the American imagination. More than 125 million people watched the game last year, either for the contest itself or for the halftime show and the…

marketwatch.com - Andrew Keshner - This Super Bowl, the game to watch is prediction markets versus sportsbooks
This Super Bowl, the game to watch is prediction markets versus sportsbooks
MarketWatch

Forget the Seattle Seahawks versus the New England Patriots. This Super Bowl, the game to watch is prediction markets versus sportsbooks. For fans willing to risk money on the Super Bowl, the savvy financial move might be going with prediction…

nytimes.com - Sam Joseph - Cristiano Ronaldo misses second consecutive Al Nassr game
Cristiano Ronaldo misses second consecutive Al Nassr game
The New York Times

Cristiano Ronaldo has been left out of a second consecutive Al Nassr game after not being including in Friday's matchday squad to face Al Ittihad. The Athletic reported on Thursday that the 41-year-old was not included in the squad for the 1-0 win…

nytimes.com - Elisabetta Povoledo - A Lightweight, Minimalist Torch Design Helps Kick Off the Winter Games
A Lightweight, Minimalist Torch Design Helps Kick Off the Winter Games
The New York Times

|A Lightweight, Minimalist Torch Design Helps Kick Off the Winter Games https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/world/europe/milan-winter-olympics-torch-design.html For the past two months, the pre-Games relay of the Olympic torch has drawn crowds and…

nytimes.com - James Mirtle - Five must-watch Olympic hockey games as the hunt for gold begins
Five must-watch Olympic hockey games as the hunt for gold begins
The New York Times

Red Light newsletter 🏒 | This is The Athletic 's hockey newsletter. Sign up here to receive Red Light directly in your inbox. Good morning, hockey folks. The Olympics are here! And so, too, is a pile of hockey news, including an outbreak, a…

bleedingcool.com - Gavin Sheehan - Games For Change Joins London Games Festival 2026
Games For Change Joins London Games Festival 2026
Bleeding Cool News

Posted in: Conventions, Events, Games, Video Games | Tagged: Games for Change, London Games Festival London Games Festival 2026 will be getting some additional programming as Games For Change will be added to the programming Games For Change brings…

thenation.com - The Nation - How Big Gaming Is Swallowing Up the Big Game
How Big Gaming Is Swallowing Up the Big Game
Home 2/5 | The Nation

Bluesky The outcome of the 60th Super Bowl won't be known for another few days, but here's one surefire prediction: The game will be a bonanza for the legalized sports-betting industry. The American Gaming Association, the trade group for betting…

bbc.co.uk - BBC Sport - Man Utd vs Tottenham predictions: Chris Sutton on Premier League game
Man Utd vs Tottenham predictions: Chris Sutton on Premier League game
BBC

Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season, against AI, BBC Sport readers and a variety of guests. His guest for week 25 is Gladiators star Apollo, real name Alex Gray, who supports Newcastle. Sutton says:…

nytimes.com - Law Murray - What Lakers' post-trade deadline game vs. 76ers revealed about their roster
What Lakers' post-trade deadline game vs. 76ers revealed about their roster
The New York Times

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers already didn't have much movement at Thursday's trade deadline and the first game on the other side of it looked like a team still trying to figure out who it is. The Lakers made one transaction at the…

nytimes.com - Sean McIndoe - The NHL's long and surprisingly weird history of players scoring 8 points in a game
The NHL's long and surprisingly weird history of players scoring 8 points in a game
The New York Times

This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of Darryl Sittler's legendary 10-point game. On Feb. 7, 1976, Sittler scored six times and added four assists to power the Toronto Maple Leafs to a win over the Boston Bruins. With the feat coming on a…

nytimes.com - Victor Mather - 2026 Winter Olympics Live Updates: Opening Ceremony Will Formally Kick Off Milan Games
2026 Winter Olympics Live Updates: Opening Ceremony Will Formally Kick Off Milan Games
The New York Times

The Winter Games of Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo will formally kick off on Friday with opening ceremonies, where pledges of sportsmanship and peaceful competition will come against the backdrop of a fraying world order. Many details of exactly what will…

bbc.co.uk - Laura Cress - Baldur's Gate to be turned into TV series - without the game's developers
Baldur's Gate to be turned into TV series - without the game's developers
BBC

The award-winning fantasy game series Baldur's Gate is being turned into a TV series - and it's being made by the man behind HBO's PlayStation adaptation The Last of Us. Baldur's Gate 3 launched to monumental critical and commercial acclaim in…

bloomberg.com - Randall Williams - NFL Adding 18th Game Looks in Doubt
NFL Adding 18th Game Looks in Doubt
Bloomberg

This article is for subscribers only. Someone needs to have a word with the god that does the sports schedule. Friday is the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics, and Sunday is the Super Bowl. And in Europe, the Six Nations, an annual…

nytimes.com - Emily Ohman - Dallas Cowboys to play in NFL's first game in Rio de Janeiro
Dallas Cowboys to play in NFL's first game in Rio de Janeiro
The New York Times

The Dallas Cowboys are saddling up for the first-ever NFL game in Rio de Janeiro later this year, the NFL announced Thursday. The league will kick off its multiyear commitment to bring regular-season games to Rio starting with the 2026 season, an…

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