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FSU vs. SMU delayed due to stadium power outage
Florida State vs. SMU is currently delayed due to a power outage within the stadium. Kickoff was originally scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET from Tallahassee, but before things got underway, the lights in the stadium are out and the press box is without power. According to the broadcast on ESPN, a transformer blew while attempting […]
How to watch America’s Tailgate on CBS tonight: Live stream, TV channel, start time
Football season is officially here, and CBS is kicking things off with a new primetime special that brings together some of the biggest names in football, music, and entertainment. America’s Tailgate ...
Steelers news: Mike McCarthy's intriguing captains decision for 2026 season
The Pittsburgh Steelers are currently gearing up to kick off the upcoming 2026 NFL season. The Steelers this year will see the reunion of head coach Mike McCarthy and quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who won a Super Bowl together well over a decade ago with the Green Bay Packers. Now, McCarthy has made an interesting decision regarding the Steelers’ team […] The post Steelers news: Mike McCarthy's intriguing captains decision for 2026 season appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Joe Alt Gets Bold Prediction That Could Define Chargers Season
We are less than a week away from the Los Angeles Chargers kicking off the 2026 season against the Arizona Cardinals.The Chargers are entering the year with high expectations. They have one of the most well-rounded rosters in the NFL, and a stellar coaching staff. Perhaps the biggest thing Los Angeles needs to go its […] The post Joe Alt Gets Bold Prediction That Could Define Chargers Season appeared first on HEAVY.
Champions League Is Back! TV Channels, Live Stream, Kickoff Times
The UEFA Champions League is back, and this midweek belongs entirely to Europe’s biggest club competition. With the Europa League and Conference League still waiting to begin their league phases, the Champions League takes over three days — Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday — for a packed 18-game opening Matchday. UEFA’s official 2026-27 Champions League schedule […] The post Champions League Is Back! TV Channels, Live Stream, Kickoff Times appeared first on HEAVY.
Group wearing 'XX-XY' shirts kicked out of Portland Thorns match, sports bar
A group of people say they were kicked out of the Portland Thorns match against the Washington Spirit on Sunday, as well as the women’s sports bar The Sports Br
Ready for winter? TGR kicks off ski season in Park City
Actually, It Is Rocket Science brings big lines, deep snow and Teton Gravity Research’s 31st annual ski film to the Jim Santy Auditorium on Sept. 23.
City travelling squad for FC Porto game announced
Enzo Maresca has named a 22-man squad for Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League clash at FC Porto. Match Preview FC Porto v City: Kick-off time and TV information City’s clash with the Dragons – our f...
Groupthink: Texans 2026 Season Outlook
The writers get together to discuss their feelings about the season before it kicks off.
Sun Belt Week 1 Recap
The college football season kicked off this weekend, and there were some big games for several Sun Belt teams. There were some tests against Power 4 schools, giving some of these Sun Belt teams a chance to measure themselves against the higher end talent. Sun Belt Week 1 Recap Coastal Carolina at West Virginia The …
Sunderland Stand Tall at Brentford Despite the Doubters
Written off before kick-off, Sunderland produced one of their best performances of the season at Brentford - so why should we fear anyone?
While others play, Broncos wait
Can you feel it, Broncos Country? It’s officially week 1 in the NFL! Okay, maybe it’s a little premature to get amped for Broncos football when Denver doesn’t play for another whole week, but that doesn’t make the football season any less ‘here’. This season kicks off with a Super Bowl rematch in Seattle, featuring […]
Warning Signs Abound for Trump's Republicans as Midterm Campaign Begins Final Sprint
By Joseph Ax Sept 7 (Reuters) - As the unofficial start of the campaign sprint kicks off on Labor Day Monday, President Donald Trump's deep unpopularity is imperiling Republican chances of maintaining their narrow majorities in Congress with just two months before November's midterm elections.
Why is Sunderland vs Arsenal at 8pm on Saturday?
BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team explains why Saturday's Premier League fixture between Sunderland and Arsenal is kicking off at 8pm
A game which could kick-start Coventry's season
The phrase "taking positives from a defeat" often annoys fans, players and managers but, in this case, Coventry City surely have to look on the bright side as they reflect on a very promising performance at Etihad Stadium on Saturday. It is no consolation for losing the first three league games of a season without scoring for the first time in their history, but they pushed an excellent Manchester City side all the way. Afterwards, Coventry centre-back Bobby Thomas said it was a game, despite the result, which could kick-start their season.
Former Enhypen member Evan kicks off solo career
The former boy band star will unveil his self-produced debut EP “Death of Me” at a press showcase this afternoon. Stay with us here for live updates.
KickFlip to release ‘Kick Off the Wall Pt. 1’ EP on Oct. 6, announce first tour
Boy band KickFlip will release its fifth EP before launching its first tour.
Topeka-native Tre Richardson shines in Louisville debut
LOUISVILLE (KSNT) — An impressive debut on the national stage. Topeka-native and Highland Park alum Tre Richardson made his debut for the Cardinals on Sunday night when No. 24 Louisville took on No. 9 Ole Miss in the Music City Kickoff. Richardson picked up four receptions and 83 receiving yards and 30 rushing yards, with […]
Midwestern State women’s soccer finishes homestand against Central Oklahoma
WICHITA FALLS – The Midwestern State Mustangs hosted three home games over the past eight days to kick off their season, welcoming the Central Oklahoma Broncos to Stang Park on Sunday for the third. The Mustangs defeated the Broncos 1-0 on a 64th minute goal from Sloane Sullivan. Watch the attached video for highlights.
O'Hare 'can't wait' for home Wrexham debut
Callum O'Hare "can't wait" to make his home debut after a hectic welcome to Wrexham since completing his deadline-day move from Sheffield United. The 28-year-old got up in the early hours on Tuesday morning to seal his switch to the Racecourse Ground before Wrexham's trip to Millwall. O'Hare then raced to London on the train, arriving hours before kick-off to make the squad, but remained an unused sub as Wrexham won 3-0 at the Den.
49ers-Rams opposing plans for Australia a test case for sleep science
The San Francisco 49ers will have been in Australia for a full week. The Los Angeles Rams are arriving in Melbourne the day before kickoff. Who will win? Science.
Unexpected Patriots player takes Stefon Diggs' former jersey number
Patriots kicker Andy Borregales has officially changed his jersey number.
2026 Week 1 Preview: SMU Mustangs @ Florida State Seminoles
SMU kicks off ACC play early in a Monday night Labor Day showcase in Tallahassee.
Steelers Send Hype Message to Fans Just Before NFL Season
The Pittsburgh Steelers have sent a message to their fans just before the new NFL season is set to kick off.
Mainz roll 5-0 over hapless SV Hamburg
Phililip Tietz scored a brace and Sheraldo Becker added a goal and two assists as Mainz claimed an impressive 5-0 Bundesliga victory at out-of-sorts SV Hamburg on Sunday. Beaten 4-0 in Hamburg last season, Mainz were determined to make amends from the kick-off and took a 19th-minute lead from Becker's solo after Kaishu Sano intercepted a terrible pass from Hamburg's Nicolai Remberg.
Penn State Opens as Large Favorite Over Temple
Penn State faced Marshall as a 23.5-point favorite in week one, crushing expectations with a 45-0 victory. They have now opened as Temple with the same line – as a 23.5-point favorite in week two over the Owls. The Nittany Lions kicked off the Matt Campbell era with a satisfying shutout victory, with strong performances […]
How Christian Braun Can Bounce Back for Nuggets This Season
Braun's new contract kicks in this season, and Denver needs the shooting and defense from 2024-25 to come back with it.
‘The Cardinal Countdown: 0 Days Until Kickoff’
TRE RICHARDSON #0 Height: 5’10” Weight: 175lb Position: WR Class: Senior Hometown: Topeka, KS Summary: In nearly every single Jeff Brohm season since he began his coaching career I believe there has been a player who has been identified preseason as a guy who will “excel in the Brohm offense”, and for those keeping tabs, […]
Time lords prepare to kick leap seconds into the next millennium
Risk of an unprecedented negative adjustment prompts plan to let UTC drift by as much as an hour
Champions League, Real Madrid vs. Inter: Monday’s pre-match schedule
Inter begin their 2026/27 UEFA Champions League League Phase campaign away to Real Madrid on Tuesday 8 September. Kick-off at the Santiago Bernabéu is at 21:00 CEST.Below are the training and press c...
Matchday Musings: Le Fée’s Emphatic Penalty Delivers A Draw At Brentford
The Frenchman’s spot kick success earned Sunderland a point at the GTech on Saturday — a solid away result.
Bayou blowout: Clemson drops season opener to No. 11 LSU
BATON ROUGE, La. — All the anticipation and excitement surrounding Clemson football’s 2026 season was quickly stifled and turned sour within minutes of kickoff.
Northwestern’s Late Offensive Push Helps Defeat South Dakota State
The Wildcats kicked off the Chip Kelly era with a home victory.
Arch Manning Breaks Silence After Stunning Week 1 Performance
The #5 Texas Longhorns and quarterback Arch Manning are now 1-0 on the season.Texas kicked off the 2026 campaign with a resounding 59-7 victory over in-state rival Texas State in Austin on Saturday.The most intrigue following this contest centered around the second-year starting QB Manning. Manning is coming off of an incredible end to the […] The post Arch Manning Breaks Silence After Stunning Week 1 Performance appeared first on HEAVY.
Why Lane Kiffin's LSU football debut made history before kickoff
The Tigers fight in the bayou was delayed by over two hours.
Washington Football Embracing the Opportunity of a Sunday Kickoff
Washington has the chance to impress a national audience on Sunday in a standalone spot on national television.
Sanderson to let his new boys run loose
By BEN JAYCOCK Old hand: Courtney Lawes starts on the blindside for Sale PICTURES: Sale Sharks PREVIEW... Sale Sharks v Bath Today. Kick-off 3pm, CorpAcq Stadium SALE Sharks will unveil three of their headline summer signings when they open the new season against Bath in the Prem Cup today. Courtney Lawes, Joe Marchant and Alex […] The post Sanderson to let his new boys run loose appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
Washington vs. Washington State – Game Thread and How to Watch
It’s not Thanksgiving and it’s not the Apple Cup of old. The Dawgs and Cougs will kick off the ‘26 season by renewing their rivalry at Husky Stadium. WSU is part of the new-look Pac-12 with a new-look roster and a new-looking coaching staff. Kirby Moore arrives for his first head coaching job after serving […]
LaborFest kicks off holiday weekend with BBQ, outdoor activities, live music
Hundreds gathered Saturday at Rep. Steven Horsford’s annual Workers & Families LaborFest at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas.
Kansas State vs Nicholls: 2026 Game 1
The Collin Klein era kicks off this evening. Time to see what this new staff and updated roster can do.
LSU and Southern face spotty showers before kickoff
Both the LSU Tigers and Southern Jags face similar weather forecasts featuring spotty showers and isolated thunderstorms that are expected to taper off around kickoff.
TENNESSEE LADY VOLS SOCCER: Unbeaten Northwestern is next
The No. 10 Tennessee soccer team closes its six-match nonconference slate on Sunday afternoon against Northwestern at Regal Soccer Stadium. Kickoff between the Lady Vols and the Wildcats is set for 2 p.m. ET.
Gamethread: Boston College Football vs Cincinnati
Join us in the comments below! And check out the SBN app to follow along with ease. Who: Boston College Eagles (0-0) @ Cincinnati Bearcats (0-0) Where: Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, OH When: Saturday September 5th, 2026 Kickoff Time: 3:30pm ET How to Watch: This game will be broadcast live on FOX Our staff has spent […]
Colorscape kicks-off with concert
Colorscape Chenango will open with a Friday concert before its weekend festival in Norwich, featuring more than 120 artists, music and activities.
See inside Delta Fair & Music Festival's opening day in Memphis
The 2026 Delta Fair & Music Festival kicked off Sept. 4, 2026, at Agricenter International in Memphis. The fair runs through Sept. 13.
Serie A official line-ups: Roma vs. Atalanta
Paulo Dybala and Evan Ndicka shake off knocks to start for Roma with unstoppable Donyell Malen and Rodrigo Mora, while Atalanta rely on Gianluca Scamacca and Charles De Ketelaere.It kicks off at the S...
Three things I’m watching vs Clemson
What are some of the most important things we need to see to kick off the season?
Arsenal women Champions League fixtures confirmed
Arsenal Women’s 2026/27 Champions League fixtures are confirmed, with dates and kick-off times set for six league-phase matches across Europe.Photo by David Ramos/Getty ImagesArsenal Women now know ...
Rory McIlroy Champions Manchester Amid Premier League Kickoff
Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose reveal their Premier League loyalties as the 2026-27 season begins, blending golf success with football passion.
Land-Grant’s experts make Ohio State-Ball State predictions
Before the Buckeyes kick off against Ball State, the LGHL experts predict the final score, today’s MVP, and the game’s major headline.
‘The Cardinal Countdown: 1 Day Until Kickoff’
ISAAC BROWN #1 Height: 5’9” Weight: 190lb Position: RB Class: Junior Hometown: Miami, FL Summary: This is another one of those posts that should be easy to write, but can actually pose a challenge as to where to even start. The injuries from last year created a situation where we got to see the real […]
Americans hit with record-high Labor Day Weekend gasoline prices
With the war in the Middle East still raising energy costs, Americans face record-high gasoline prices for Labor Day weekend, just as political campaigns kick off for midterm Congressional elections.
How to watch no. 14 BYU Football vs. Utah Tech
Cougar fans — It’s time! BYU Football kicks off the 2026-27 season at LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday night against the Utah Tech Trailblazers. Saturday will be just the second time the in-state teams have met, with the first coming back in 2022, also in Provo. BYU defeated Utah Tech by a final score of […]
‘War of the Worlds’: CTG theater kicks off season with radio show sci-fi play
In 1938, a young Orson Welles took to the microphone to perform a live radio broadcast acting out a Martian invasion of New Jersey. There was one problem: listeners thought the invasion was real.
Staff Predictions: Florida State Seminoles vs. No. 19 SMU Mustangs
The Noles kickoff their ACC schedule at home as underdogs
Join Volunteer State Postgame Live to chat about Vols right when the game ends
Knox News sports reporter Emmett Siegel and video coordinator Sophie Szydlik kick off a new show that's an extension of our Volunteer State podcast.
Michigan football vs Western Michigan time, channel, streaming and odds
Michigan football takes on Western Michigan in an in-state battle to kick off the 2026 season.
Local businesses cash in on Texas A&M football season
As Texas A&M kicks off its season, hotels and boutiques in College Station and Bryan say gameday weekends are their biggest moneymakers of the year.
Florida State vs. SMU availability report
Florida State football and SMU open conference play on Monday night with a Labor Day matchup from Doak Campbell Stadium, the first-ever meeting between the schools in Tallahassee. For the second year in a row, the ACC will mandate that schools release availability reports 48, 24, and two hours before kickoff for all in-conference matchups. […]
Arkansas Renaissance Festival kicks off fall with Labor Day hours and champion jousting
OU-UTEP football: Live updates, time, TV details
No. 10 OU is set to kick off against UTEP at 7 p.m. at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on SEC Network+.
Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth weigh in on NFL’s Wednesday experiment
The NFL didn’t choose to open its season on a Wednesday this year so much as it was cornered into it by the law. The Rams and 49ers are playing their Week 1 opener in Melbourne, where a Thursday night kickoff in the United States translates to Friday morning local time, and the Sports Broadcasting…
Michigan Football Mailbag: Kick returners, LB depth, Bryce Underwood
In this week’s Michigan Football Mailbag, we answered questions from our readers about who will return kicks, who to expect at WR3 and CB5, the LB rotation, and more:
Seminoles Women’s Basketball Conference Schedule Released
Brooke Wyckoff leads an experienced roster into a grueling ACC slate, kicking off against Notre Dame before navigating a coastal expansion that includes marquee matchups against Stanford and Cal.
As the 2026 general election kicks off, Trump is clearly preoccupied
It can be difficult to decide which Roman metaphor more aptly captures President Donald Trump’s posture these days.
Ticket Information: Crystal Palace (H)
Leeds United are pleased to announce the ticket information for our home Premier League fixture versus Crystal Palace. The match will take place on Sunday 20th September 2026.Kick-off is scheduled for...
Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham: Preview
Tottenham Hotspur head to Nottingham Forest on Saturday, hoping to find the performance that will finally kick-start Roberto De Zerbi’s rebuild after a tough opening to the Premier League season.
Your 2026 NFL Week 1 announcing schedule
The NFL season kicks off with a wild Week 1 slate that even features a Wednesday night game, as well as a Thursday night game in Australia (where it’s technically a Friday morning game). Wednesday will bring the NFL season opener in a Super Bowl rematch between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. It…
Moyes on transfers disappointment, 'small squad' and 'rallying' his team
Everton boss David Moyes has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game against Manchester United at Hill Dickinson Stadium (kick-off 14:00 BST). Moyes added he "has no concerns" that people will step up and play their part when needed.
Maresca on 'winner' Fernandez, Doku's fitness and a 'complete' squad
Manchester City boss Enzo Maresca has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Coventry City at Etihad Stadium (kick-off 15:00 BST). On the latest team news, Maresca confirmed Matheus Nunes is back and will be in the squad but Jeremy Doku remains out. On whether deadline day £125m signing Enzo Fernandez will be included, he said: "Enzo is ready."
Day three of W.Va. Chamber of Commerce 90th Annual Meeting and Business Summit
The third day of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s 90th Annual Meeting and Business summit kicked off Wednesday at The Greenbrier.
Match Preview: Hammersmith v Brentford Women
Brentford Women will make the short trip to Gunnersbury Park Sports Hub to take on Hammersmith in the London and South East Premier Division on Sunday 6 September (3pm kick-off BST).The Bees take to t...
‘The Cardinal Countdown: 2 Days Until Kickoff’
DEMECO KENNEDY #2 Height: 6’3” Weight: 305lb Position: DL Class: Junior Hometown: Lexington, KY Summary: The Cards needed some beef in the middle of the defensive line, but instead of calling Kroger’s Alex The Butcher, they rang ‘Kennedy, the Boilermaker’. Hailing from Lexington, Kennedy correctly averted the mess in the army of Stoops Troops and […]
Arbeloa on new signings, Tete and pressure of tough start
Fulham boss Alvaro Arbeloa has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Crystal Palace at Craven Cottage (kick-off 15:00 BST). All players are available except for Tom Cairney. Arbeloa confirmed deadline-day signings Hugo Larsson, Manuel Angel and David Affengruber will be in the squad but are not ready to start, adding: "Be patient with with these three players - they need to understand what we want from them."
Hurzeler on 'Baby Rodri', Minteh and transfer dreams
Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Leeds United at Amex Stadium (kick-off 15:00 BST). Deadline-day signings Chema Andres, a £15.5m arrival from Stuttgart, and Femi Azeez, who joined from Millwall in a deal worth up to £15m, are both "great characters".
'Feisty' Doyle an all-round package for Wrexham
Wrexham assistant manager Steve Parkin described Callum Doyle as an "all-round package" following the defender's impressive start to the campaign. The former Manchester City defender has excelled since forcing his way into the side midway through last season. According to WhoScored.com, the centre-back ended the 3-0 victory over Millwall on Wednesday night having made one dribble, one tackle and three interceptions (more than any other Wrexham player) in addition to winning three aerial duels and two free-kicks.
Lampard on Onyeka, playing 'with bravery' and Man City
Coventry boss Frank Lampard has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Manchester City at Etihad Stadium (kick-off 15:00 BST). Frank Onyeka, who missed the defeat by Hull City, is available for Saturday's trip. Sidiki Cherif is working towards match fitness and is now "in a position to make impact" so could be part of Saturday's matchday squad.
Meet Fox's star-studded 'Big Noon Kickoff' crew for 2026, from Urban Meyer to Dave Portnoy
Meet the cast of "Big Noon Kickoff" for the 2026 season.
Hydrate early, limit alcohol: ASU health director shares game day safety tips
While kickoff signals the long-awaited start of fall for many Alabamians, dangerously high temperatures still pose a serious threat to football fans and athletes alike.
2 DAYS TO 2026 KICKOFF: Damion Miller
BracketCat counts down the second day until the 2026 kickoff with a profile of Kansas State cornerback Damion Miller.
Five Things presented by Compass Minerals: Sporting travels to face FC Dallas
Sporting Kansas City hits the road this weekend to take on FC Dallas at Toyota Stadium down in Texas on Saturday night. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. CT and will be available to stream on Apple TV, while the game will also be broadcast locally on the radio via
Hope Florida burns, Trump on midterm, Florida economy: IFP podcast
Hope Florida Foundation grand jury report rocks midterm kick-off, Trump bullish on election prospects and is the GOP over-hyping Florida's economy?
Farke on Rodon, bids for Okafor and facing Brighton
Leeds United boss Daniel Farke has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Brighton at Amex Stadium (kick-off 15:00 BST). Farke confirmed defender Joe Rodon will be out for eight to 10 weeks with a "serious hamstring injury", adding: "It is a big blow for us because he is a key player for us." The Leeds boss also said it is up to him to decide when the right time is for Gabriel Gudmundsson to return from injury.
2 DAYS TO 2026 KICKOFF: Avery Johnson
BracketCat counts down the second day until the 2026 kickoff with a profile of Kansas State quarterback Avery Johnson.
Philips Hue adds HDMI-free Sync and new 4K Box, Nanoleaf integration, and more app upgrades
To kick off IFA 2026, Philips Hue announced a new set of sync boxes for its Play lighting. The company...
Colorado vs. Georgia Tech: Season Opener Set for Thursday Night
The 2026 college football season officially gets underway for two Power Four programs on Thursday night when the Colorado Buffaloes travel to Atlanta to take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. ET on ESPN at Bobby Dodd Stadium, with Georgia Tech looking to begin the season with another win…
West Virginia, Coastal Carolina open season amid QB questions
Rich Rodriguez aims to rebound from a 4-8 campaign in Morgantown, while the Chanticleers kick off the Ryan Beard era with a revamped roster featuring 43 transfer portal additions.
Sony and Microsoft say they’re not obligated to pass U.S. tariff refunds to consumers, echoing Nintendo
Back in July, Sony executives told investors that the company expected to receive $508 million in refunds from the U.S. government, after tariffs that the PlayStation-maker paid were ruled mostly in 2025 were found to be illegal. “Most” of the refund would by recouped by Sony’s gaming division, its chief financial officer said. This week, Sony’s lawyers are arguing that the company is not legally obligated to pass those proceeds on to consumers who paid for recently price-hiked PlayStation consoles. That’s in the face of a lawsuit from gamers calling on them to do exactly that. “Paying fair market price for voluntarily purchased consumer goods is not a legally cognizable injury in fact,” the lawyers wrote in a legal motion filed on Monday, as they asked a judge in California’s Northern District to dismiss a potential class action lawsuit over the tariff refunds. Microsoft made a similar argument two weeks ahead of Sony’s lawyers, in a similar lawsuit brought by a gamer in federal court in Washington State. As Microsoft’s legal team put it on August 21, in their request for a dismissal of that lawsuit: “There is nothing unjust about Plaintiff purchasing an Xbox at an advertised price and getting exactly what he paid for—regardless of whatever theory he devised months later about Microsoft’s cost structure.” Both legal fights are set to go on for some time. How things got to this point U.S. tariffs impacting a wide range of imported goods, including game consoles, had kicked off in early 2025. In May 2025, Microsoft raised the price of its Xbox consoles, citing “market conditions and the rising cost of development.” They raised them again that September. In August of that year, Sony raised the price of PlayStation 5 consoles, citing “a challenging economic environment.” Sony later told investors that its tariff fees for the fall quarter were nearly $200 million. in February of this year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the 2025 tariffs illegal, prompting impacted companies to begin to request refunds. In turn, consumers began suing the likes of Sony and Microsoft to get what they said was their share. The gamers in the Microsoft and Sony lawsuits argue that the 2025 price hikes of PlayStation and Xbox consoles, which added $50 or more to their sticker price, were due to illegal tariffs and should now be returned to consumers. The Sony suit started in May, when a group of gamers sued in federal court in California, saying Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation) would be unjustly enriching itself if it did not pass tariff refunds to its PS5 buyers. “Sony is poised to be paid twice for the same unlawful tariff burden: once by its customers (through elevated prices) and once by the U.S. government (through tariff refunds),” the gamers’ lawyers wrote at the time. They called for Sony to partially reimburse anyone who bought a PlayStation in the U.S. since August 1, 2025. The Microsoft suit, filed by gamer Trevor Hastings against the Xbox giant in July, made similar claims. The console makers push back In late July, Nintendo’s lawyers, facing a similar suit accusing them of double-dipping on tariffs and refunds, replied with arguments that previewed Microsoft’s and Sony’s: “Nintendo or one of its retailers set a price for each product, and consumers decided whether that price was worth paying,” they wrote. Sony has buttressed that Nintendo-style argument this week by saying that the gamers have failed to prove that tariffs were the reason for its August 2025 PS5 price hike. They call thatclaim “speculative and illogical.” Other factors, including “inflation, currency fluctuations, component costs, logistics, competitive dynamics, or demand,” could have played a role. (No, the Sony lawyers do not break down the costs and factors that officially triggered the price increases). Microsoft has also argued that there’s no proof in these lawsuits that tariffs drove all or some of the price increase, as it seeks to dismiss the tariff refund suit it’s facing: “Plaintiff provides no specific allegations that would establish any pricing differential attributable to tariffs or suggest any possibility that Microsoft applied then or could recreate now any dollar-for-dollar calculation of tariff-related pricing—any more than it could any other market factor that affects pricing.” To further skewer the gamer side’s argument in its case, Sony’s lawyers have pointed to what might be a surprising defense: yet another PlayStation 5 price hike from this past spring, after the tariffs were ruled illegal. “If the original price increase were attributable to tariffs, SIE [Sony Interactive Entertainment, aka PlayStation] would have had no reason to raise prices again after the Supreme Court invalidated the IEEPA tariffs.” … “If tariffs were the cause of the price increases, one would expect SIE to lower prices once the tariffs were eliminated—not raise them again. Instead, the timeline confirms that the pricing of PlayStation consoles includes a diverse and dynamic set of input costs.” Judges have not yet ruled on the arguments made by Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo. Last week, Panic, the company behind the small, yellow Playdate handheld said it would be passing its tariff refunds on to consumers. It is the only gaming hardware maker to have made such a pledge. Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my reporting, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Item 2: A reporter’s second Second Life Wagner James Au, who from 2003-2006 was paid by San Francisco-based tech company Linden Lab to be a full-time journalist embedded in their virtual world Second Life, is returning to the company. This time, he’ll be an editorial advisor and business development specialist, he tells Game File. The new role will involve trying to share the stories of people inhabiting Second Life’s ongoing online world with reporters and by extension the public. Au plans to continue to also chronicle some of that through his long-running blog New World Notes. I’ve known Au since the mid-2000s and featured him in a 2007 article for the Columbia Journalism Review about reporters like him opening up virtual news outlets within Second Life. As I wrote at the time: On April 22, 2003, writing as Hamlet Linden for the New World Notes blog on Second Life’s Web site, Au introduced himself. “For the next few months, Linden Lab has invited me to set aside my journalist cap, and instead, don the digital beanie of their in-house virtual correspondent.” He wasn’t paid to keep it positive. He wrote about builders and eccentrics, but then in August of that year, he reported on a tax revolt against Linden Lab (a complaint about the fees it charges users who build stuff) led by a resident whose avatar was a big cat. Second Life has always been less of a video game and more of a virtual world where people can live, hang out, make art, sell virtual items and flirt. Back in 2007, Au described touring it as “sort of like underwater lucid dreaming.” For the past two decades, Au has maintained New World Notes as an independent publication. But he said he’s been drawn back to Second Life and Linden Lab as a place to directly work. The virtual world has around 650,000 monthly active users, he said, “which is actually about what it was during the hype wave.” Au says he’s still finding rich stories in Second Life, the kind that keep him interested 20 years into the beat: “Over the last few months for instance, I wrote about an SL creator in Venezuela whose apartment was destroyed by the earthquakes, so the global SL community rallied to get him back on his feet,” he told me. “Then there’s the woman from a Middle Eastern country who explored her lesbian sexuality in SL, then earned enough from her virtual jewelry to escape her abusive family situation and country.” Au wants to beckon more reporters to give Second Life another look. He argues that it is often ahead of internet trends, noting, for example, an early backlash in the community against AI-made art. Now the platform is drawing curiosity from more of the user-generated content community who’ve grown up with the likes of Roblox, according to Au. “Second Life was too early during its hype wave in 2005-2010, but it now feels right for a new wave of interest,” he told me.
Home sports competitions kick off at The Nest
Albany High hosted its first home sports competition of the 2026-27 season at The Nest on Tuesday evening as our boys' soccer team faced off against Schalmont! Our Falcons delivered a thrilling win, defeating the Sabres 4-0. Ahadi Wangya, Adam Rouse, Garnett Ngome Ekiti and Rajanie Morgan each scored a goal, with Ngome Ekiti also delivering an assist. Evan Bermejo recorded five saves for Albany to record the shutout. Come to Albany High tonight, Sept. 2, to pack the stands with Falcon fans! Our girls' tennis team will face off against Guilderland at 4:15 p.m. and our girls' soccer team takes on Berne-Knox-Westerlo at 4:30 p.m. Let's go Falcons!
Temple kicks off new STEMM community outreach initiative with back-to-school fair
The College of Science and Technology and NBME hosted their first ever Back-to-School STEMM Fair featuring hands-on STEMM activities and demonstrations, backpack and school supplies giveaways, laptop and iPad raffles, and more for the community members in attendance.
‘Israel is politics’: Was a woman kicked out of a salon for supporting Israel or being Israeli-American?
Brandeis Center files civil rights complaint after a customer was kicked out of an Alexandria, Virginia salon
August Monthly Review: ChatGPT In Epic
Death, taxes, another frontier lab healthcare launch inspiring truly insane LinkedIn takes. As much as I want to stay away, I repeatedly am the crewman unplugging his ears whenever we pass these sirens. So it’s not the first and probably not the last time we dial up the typewriter rather than tie ourselves to the mast. The full blow-by-blow timeline: Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe The End of the Standalone PHR (Jan 8): ChatGPT Health arrives for consumers, at the time powered by b.well. I was bullish on the approach in that the best way for the PHR to finally solve distribution was to meet consumers were they already are (i.e. When Horizontal Meets Healthcare (Jan 9): OpenAI for Healthcare puts out the shingle for enterprises, with SharePoint ingestion standing in for the EHR integration the product actually needed. Another One: Anthropic’s Healthcare Debut (Jan 16): Claude's version, on HealthEx rails instead of b.well, with Agent Skills for FHIR development as the one true vertical-specific investment. ChatGPT for Clinicians: The Trap Sprung (Apr 24): OpenAI filled in the missing GTM middle with a free product for verified clinicians, effectively peeling the enterprise wrapper off ChatGPT for Healthcare and taking the PLG fight directly to OpenEvidence. OpenAI’s Second Attempt at Health (Jul 31): a relaunch of their patient specific app, now branded Health in ChatGPT, where the privacy partition came out, the connectors thinned, and b.well disappeared in favor of first-party FHIR work against a smaller network Beyond a Shingle So what was announced now? Today, we’re introducing a new electronic health record integration that brings authorized patient context from Epic into ChatGPT for Healthcare, along with the Healthcare Public Data plugin for direct, structured access to official healthcare datasets like PubMed, DailyMed, and CMS Coverage. Together, these capabilities bring ChatGPT closer to the systems and sources healthcare teams trust, while supporting the controls and compliance healthcare work requires. The core portfolio is unchanged from prior announcements we delineated and discussed (aside from the relaunch of patient-facing). Since trade publications still seem to be confusing them by using the wrong names: Enterprise sales motion: ChatGPT for Healthcare Protecting their core product / PLG: ChatGPT for Clinicians Consumer/patient-facing product: Health in ChatGPT So really, this is a feature release (specifically for ChatGPT for Healthcare when it comes to EHR integration). What’s cool about it, though, is that we are moving beyond just putting out a shingle. Everything in the January enterprise launch was horizontalizable: Horizontal tech companies thus generally start verticalization with their “putting out a shingle phase”. Telling the world you’re open for business as a horizontal tech company reliably attracts early inbound interest from buyers who are already trying to force-fit horizontal tools into domain-specific workflows and are eager for any signal that the vendor intends to support their use case more directly. Nothing was really vertical specific, which is exactly what you'd expect from the ultimate hypergrowth horizontal company dipping their toes into specific industries. But eventually you have to stop changing the sign on the door and start changing the product. Can you guess where the horizontal product was going to run out of road? This is the core dilemma writ large: verticalization requires differentiation, while scale economics of consumer and horizontal push toward unification. I’ve buried the lede so deep here it will be painful to some readers, but what should be shocking to no one is that my perspective is that EHR integration is the only path that meaningfully resolves this tension for ChatGPT for Healthcare. Integration with Microsoft Sharepoint is fine, but it is categorically insufficient for any product that hopes to influence clinical decision-making. SMART Money Well here we are, eight months later! Real vertical investment has begun, which surprised a few people. One friend in the industry messaged me: “Absolutely no way Epic gave ChatGPT API access.” Looking forensically at the announcements, the integration is notably read-only across appointment notes, laboratory results, medications, and specialist documentation. So while I’m not a betting man, I'd wager the house this is a SMART on FHIR launch: That sounds a lot like USCDI! The recommended path for the workflow they outline would be SMART on FHIR Their Health AI lead’s post is evocative of both standalone and EHR launch SMART, which another termed “ChartGPT” and “EHR Plugin” The implementation burden for SMART on FHIR is the lowest of the available integrative paths This is the team who literally did patient-facing SMART on FHIR with Epic last month Most importantly, if you’re a horizontal company, you generally still haven’t taken the full plunge and thus (overly) value reusability. SMART on FHIR is the logical compromise: healthcare-specific enough to matter, but standardized enough to reuse. Nobody Asked Judy Another friend asked “I thought they had to go to each health system, or did they go direct to Epic and now health systems opt in?” Given the trust paradigms in healthcare, this functionally cannot be Epic hoovering up all the data for OpenAI and shoving ChatGPT in their customers’ faces (or they would revolt). However, I do believe the aforementioned terrible coverage by TechCrunch and other outlets is probably responsible for that question, given the 325 million reference. When using FHIR as a business associate to an Epic customer, there is no EHR gatekeeping to speak of, as that isn’t how fhir.epic.com works: You register an app You pick your APIs You test against the sandbox APIs You list as “Ready for Production” Hospitals pick your app You test and go live with them Bluntly, nobody had to say yes or no in Verona (nor were they given the chance). Vendor Services (their next developer tier up that I doubt OpenAI is using quite yet in this initial release) certainly has contractual paperwork that some resent, but even there, the twin pressures of mounting antitrust and information blocking make outright gatekeeping increasingly fraught. My friend’s sentiment is, to me, representative of a broader industry neurosis, perhaps a sort of scar tissue of prior eras: people assume the gate is still there and never actually try the door. There are certainly other ways Epic (and any EHR) can put its thumb on the scale, but they are not so dumb as to stand in front of a federally mandated API and play bouncer at this exact moment in time. So I think they can and probably should go deeper, as this release is at best parity and at worst behind vertical-specific competition. OpenEvidence did a basic SMART launch with Sutter Health in February, allowing for more convenient evidence search by providers. They then add patient-context (the equivalent SMART on FHIR flow to what we see here) when Cedars-Sinai went enterprise-wide in May. UpToDate has four distinct applications across deeper workflows like patient engagement listed in Epic Showroom and announced a partnership with Epic to power Art at UGM Abridge and other ambient scribes have invested deeply into the deepest bidirectional clinical copilot workflow with integrations well beyond SMART on FHIR. In that light, the “Who is OpenAI primarily targeting here?” is clear. This release brings them into striking distance of OpenEvidence, but not the others quite yet. They are the only one of the three you can reach without building something truly Epic-specific. When will they go further? Competition is a great motivator to overcome the horizontal demons and start building things that can’t be reused: not across industries, not across EHRs, maybe not past the customer you built them for. That’s the price of actually verticalizing. The question is if and when OpenAI will be willing to pay it. Month in Review Here is the monthly review. As a reminder, this is a regular round-up of the month’s posts and other content to surface things you may have missed across regulation, litigation, interoperability, and beyond. AI assistance is used in these bullet summaries so I can focus on articles. Articles Published: None this month Video Content: The Information Exchange: Standards-based Thruple Edition (Aug 14): Back to school for us too, with Brad reporting in from the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem’s one year anniversary in DC. We get into the January CMS-0057 deadline, the fall rulemaking reading list, and why enrollment still keeps most apps off FHIR. The Information Exchange: Epic Dúnadan Edition (Aug 25): A UGM roundup with Ryan Brickner joining for the first time to check our takes against what the building actually thinks. Rangers, Ergo sitting on top of EHI, and a down-market lineup that needs some cuts. Regulatory: Stacked Deck, Bad Hand (Aug 05): ONC’s website refresh took the entire HIT Policy Committee record with it, so I rebuilt the archive and went looking for the regulatory capture story everyone assumes is buried in there. Stacking the deck and winning the hand turn out to be very different things. The Sixth Generation of Patient Access (Aug 19): A quick catalog of the five generations of patient access we’ve layered on since HIPAA, and the two candidates now competing to be the sixth. One is planned. The other is the market routing around the plan entirely. Court cases: Three Cases Walk Into a Docket (Aug 06): Two surprise settlements cleared the board in a single week, and then Judge Maddox dropped ninety-four pages on Vyne v. Henry Schein. The sleeper is a DMCA holding that makes direct-to-database a considerably riskier business model. Epic v. Health Gorilla: Into the MDL (Aug 10): Nine class actions are headed to Miami, and the Panel signaled it wants to bring the case that spawned them along too. That would leave Epic arguing the requests were obviously fraudulent in one courtroom and unknowable in the other. Amazon v. Perplexity: Agents Are Legalized! (Aug 11): The Ninth Circuit vacated the injunction against Comet, holding that the user is the one accessing the servers rather than the company that built the agent. A real win for agentic access, and a much narrower one than the headline suggests. Veeva v. Epic: Come At Me, Bro (Aug 26): Epic’s response brief wants the dismissal affirmed and, unusually, wants the opinion published as precedent. Buried in it is Epic’s own description of what its non-competes actually prohibit, which current and former employees should read closely. EHRs: The Contract Epic Would Never Sign Today (Aug 04): A 1999 SEC exhibit catches Epic licensing nearly its entire product line, Tapestry included, to the company that became TriZetto. The marketing services menu attached to it is the part that will make you blink. Forecast from Verona (Aug 07): The Epic Almanac makes one argument six different ways: the AI is only as good as the networks behind it. Emmie headlines, Art’s context stack is the most ambitious part, and Penny finally gets an autonomous coding date on the calendar. Works With Epic MyChart (Aug 17): Epic’s first new Showroom category since the death of Workshop certifies hardware instead of software, badge on the box and all. Made for iPhone, but for blood pressure cuffs, and rough news for anyone selling the RPM stack sitting in between. UGM Hot Takes 2026 (Aug 20): Everyone else covered the AI announcements, so I went after Savvy deleting the payment gateway, Rangers as Boost with the timer removed, and a down-market lineup with too many entries. Plus the Health Grid tidbits I cannot help myself on. MyChart Central Grows Up (Aug 24): Device data and Emmie turn Epic’s identity hub into a full consumer platform, which is both a logical answer to ChatGPT and a bit of a mistake. It also happens to be the best scraping target Epic has ever shipped. Industry Analysis: The Wrong Yardstick (Aug 12): Vertical software keeps getting judged against Superhuman and Notion, which is the wrong bar entirely. Your user is comparing your product to a whiteboard and forty phone calls before lunch. Primitives vs. Abstractions (Aug 27): Developers want building blocks, systems of record prefer to hand out business logic, and both sides have a real case. There’s no test from the outside that separates the engineering reason from the competitive one, which is why this keeps ending up in court. Cross-industry Comparisons: The Two Kinds of Platform Power (Aug 18): Attention power and record power are different problems that keep getting handed the same regulatory toolkit. Congress’s latest swing at Big Tech shows both what’s possible and where it falls apart. The Dogs of (Platform) War (Aug 21): A CourtListener alert turned up a property management fight with healthcare’s exact shape and none of the Cures Act. Shell prospects, ghost accounts, a notetaker bot that came back to haunt someone, and a lawyer arguing both sides of the same theory in two states. Fractals All the Way Down (Aug 31): Yardi dominates property management right up until you zoom into one segment, where AppFolio owns it outright and Yardi doesn’t appear at all. Where you draw the line around a B2B software market is about to decide an awful lot of cases. Other News: If Judy Had the Courage (Aug 13): A short eulogy for the era when software was allowed to look insane: WinAMP, bold colors, and everything the grey chatbot era has taken from us. External Media: Portland Monthly Health Tech Meetup: Erin O’Brien channeled my own feelings - maybe it’s just because it’s August and beautiful, but the monthly edition of the PDX Health community meetup was a ripper. Make sure to reach out if interested to join for the next one. STAT’s Coverage of Epic This Month: Brittany Trang of STAT did a fantastic job of breaking the FTC investigation that’s been lurking, as well as UGM related coverage, so I had to give her her wish of a meme. Fall Conferences: I’m pumped to be kicking off my fall conference season in NYC at Nabla Accelerate next month, which Chrissy provided the link to apply for. Here’s the rest of my schedule in case you want to meet up: Commonwell (Redwood Shores, CA): Oct 13-14 Open@Epic (Madison, WI): Oct 21-22 eHealthExchange (Austin, TX): Oct 27 Sequoia Project (Austin, TX): Oct 28-29 HLTH (Vegas): Nov 15-18 RSNA (Chicago): Nov 29-Dec 3 Posts I Liked: HTI-6 Should Unbundle API Certification: Josh Mandel makes the case that HTI-6 should split (g)(10) into separate authorization and data certifications, so a PACS or a genomics platform can certify only the role it actually performs. Imaging is the urgent example, but the structure solves a much bigger problem. On implementing ePrior Auth with Epic: Scott Rossignol’s field notes from a live ePrior Auth build on Epic, including the two app registrations nobody warns you about and the CPT mapping problem waiting at the end. CMS-0057 implementations are going to be such a beast. Healthcare point solutions are starting to look a lot like streaming services: Spencer Dorn runs the cable-to-streaming arc against health IT and lands squarely on the bundling half of the cycle. Bundling can be good! It can also be bad! Life is nuanced. Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe
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