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The core anti-Pangram constituency is phony writers

Welcome to The Closing Argument, our verdict on the news, plus everything The Argument published and appeared in this week. The Verdict, by Kelsey Piper A lot of people hate AI for drowning the internet in slop and displacing human creatives. You might think that these people would be thrilled by a program that can identify and flag AI-generated work. But many people who hate AI also hate Pangram, an impressively accurate AI detector that produces very few false positives, according to high-quality independent research. This loathing found its most recent expression in a bizarre Wired article that amplifies a wide range of false arguments from Pangram skeptics: that AI detectors are racist (they’re not) or ableist (they’re not)1 or don’t work (this one does)2. Rather than starting from the premise that it would be really valuable to have a working AI detector and scrutinizing Pangram to make sure it lives up to that promise, the article starts from the premise that Pangram obviously has bad vibes and sets out to discover why. (One answer: The CEO microwaved lunch during an interview!) Why aren’t writers who resent Pangram more eager to distinguish themselves from posters who are having ChatGPT ghostwrite all their work? There are a few different things at play, but I think one key dynamic is this: These are often the same people. A core constituency for arguments like Wired’s is “writers” who are using AI to write their posts but resent this fact being made public. They stand to lose from AI detectors because AI detectors call them out. Share When Substack announced a partnership with Pangram, a sizable fraction of the platform’s authors rose up in outrage. Some people had experience with other AI detectors that didn’t work, and some felt that AI writing ought to be encouraged — both of which are fair enough. But the fury was fueled by authors passionately insisting that Pangram kept wrongly accusing them on almost every post they published. Pangram can be wrong, especially on short passages. But in the overwhelming majority of cases where Pangram looked at a whole blog post rather than a single paragraph, the program correctly detected work as AI. Even if we can’t be 100% sure in any individual case, we can notice the trend in the aggregate. Wired quotes Sam Illingworth, a professor of critical AI literacy at Edinburgh Napier University, who said, “I don’t think [AI detectors] work. … I think that detectors are prejudiced against certain people.” This spring, he said that he used AI for research and editing; this summer he acknowledged that in addition to research and editing, he also uses it “now and then for a turn of phrase I keep.” Pangram informs us that most of his posts are 100% AI-written (some are mixed AI-and-human) and that 100% AI-written posts started appearing last year. The favorable interpretation is that, as someone whose recent work Pangram consistently mistakes for AI, Illingworth sees Pangram’s flaws firsthand. The unfavorable interpretation is that the tool’s credibility trades off against his own, because its account of who writes his posts is not consistent with his. Illingworth is not alone in insisting the detector does not work. “It’s a Monday night in late July, and I’m pasting my own Substack draft into an AI detector for the first time. Not because I’m worried. Because I’m curious. I wrote every word of it myself, the way I write everything, out loud in my head first, in a rhythm that still carries the accent of a language I learned to think in before I learned to write in this one,” begins one Substack post by an author indignant that Pangram flags her writing as AI. “That’s the part I had to sit with before I could write this.” If you, like me, have worked with AIs a lot, you won’t even need Pangram there. The author of that piece is AI. It is obviously AI! I checked 10 other posts on the blog, and they were also obviously AI! “I have spent 22 years as an award-winning author and essayist. And now this bullshit tool that learned from MY writing is going to accuse me of plagiarism,” popular Substack writer Carlyn Beccia wrote in an anti-Pangram post. “For the last and final time, AI DETECTORS DO NOT WORK.” Here’s what her writing sounded like in 2020: “Most success stories revolve around one person who believed enough in you to say — give it a try. We call these people muses, but they are so much more than that. They are the strong man giants whose shoulders we stand on so we can see the horizon. Throughout the editing process, I am sure my editor felt less like a giant of greatness and more like Atlas with the world on her shoulders.” Pangram says it was 100% human-written. (So were other articles of hers in 2020.) And here’s what it sounds like now: “And then there is the reshuffling, which sounds like paperwork until you remember that empires have always loved paperwork. The Trump regime recently moved special education oversight from the Education Department to HHS. That is not a minor bureaucratic transfer. It changes the frame.”3 Pangram says this is mostly AI. I am not convinced that Pangram is wrong. In my own experience, Pangram is very effective on long texts — if it marks a long essay as AI, the essay was either written by AI or deliberately written to sound like AI. On tweet-length or paragraph-length texts, it’s not perfectly reliable. It seems to work just as well for non-native English speakers as for native speakers. While I have seen dozens of claims of pre-2022 text returning a positive result on Pangram, I have tried repeatedly to corroborate those and have never once succeeded. To be clear, I’m absolutely not saying that complaining about Pangram suggests a writer is a cheat. There are plenty of other concerns. Most are mistakenly premised, such as the false claim that Pangram trains on work you put into it, but others are reasonable: It’s unreliable on sufficiently short text segments; it creates an internet witch-hunt mentality when there are defensible uses of AI; people who are open about their AI use are sometimes blamed, when the only people really doing something wrong are the ones who hide it; and it isn’t perfect, so a single positive result shouldn’t be taken as decisive proof of misconduct. I’m happy to concede that Pangram is imperfect and possible to over-rely on. If an author’s posts are mostly non-AI and one scans as partially AI, this could be a mistake. It’s also possible to defeat Pangram with intentional effort. If you think we need something more robust and more reliable, fine! But if you don’t like AI and don’t like Pangram, your attitude really ought to be that it’s a shame that our existing tools for AI detection are imperfect, and it’s important to invent better ones. If your stance is instead that AI is evil and so is looking for AI, then ultimately you’re contributing to the sloppification of the internet. You’re making it harder for people who write their own text to distinguish themselves, and providing cover for authors who are definitely not writing their own text. Subscribe Top stories this week, by Kobe Yank-Jacobs Commentators often worry that the decline of reading could mean the decline of liberal democracy — but deliberative governance actually predated widespread literacy. This week, Maibritt Henkel pointed out that many liberal cultures thrive on a culture of raucous, interactive debate, which can happen in-person as easily, if not more so, than in text. Read on, dear reader, to learn more. 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Columnist Matthew Yglesias explains: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) [ When "economic liberty" means central planning ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) Matthew Yglesias · Aug 31 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) 🌟Abundance Wins of the Week🌟 Shout out to my home state of California, whose legislature passed two housing bills this week. One requires a housing density minimum in transit-oriented areas of the state’s most transit-rich cities (Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, San Diego, and Long Beach). Another bill closes two common loopholes used by third parties to delay housing projects, including an opportunity to challenge maps of a given lot created by the developer after a project has been approved. Shout out to our big-state rival, Texas, where pro-housing SB 785 took effect this week. 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[ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline) 1 This was a legitimate thing to worry about, but doesn’t seem to be a problem given the actual technology: Marijke Van Vlasselaer, Filip Van Droogenbroeck, and Bram Spruyt’s 2026 paper looks at whether Pangram is less accurate when evaluating the work of non-native speakers of English. It isn’t. That’s because Pangram isn’t really looking at how “unusual” a piece of writing is but whether it has the characteristic patterns of LLMs. The Wired article makes an odd gesture at a different Pangram-is-racist argument. There were several controversies this summer during which upcoming books were canceled after being discovered to be AI-written: “The three novels mentioned earlier — Shy Girl, Daggermouth, and Call Me, easily publishing’s biggest AI-detection scandals — were all written by writers of color.” But come on! As Zvi Mowshowitz put it: “They were not primarily written by people of color. They were primarily written by AIs.” That’s the whole problem! And as my colleague Jeremiah Johnson recently observed with respect to Cambridge’s Arday scandal, a community being unwilling to call out fraud if it’s perpetuated by people of color is not an anti-racist tendency; it is ultimately quite racist. 2 Many non-Pangram detectors don’t work, but many possible airplane designs also don’t work, and no one considers this a general argument against aviation; the thing that matters is whether any detection works. 3 The phrase “empires have always loved” mysteriously became all the rage in the last few years. See here, here, here, here and here. Before 2025, the only use of that phrase I have been able to find is a single Tweet. The logic of the sentence, too, is incoherent in an AI-characteristic way. “...sounds like paperwork, until you remember that empires have always loved paperwork”? Does remembering that make it sound less like paperwork? It’s a craft-ful sentence, but what is it actually saying??

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New York Yankees’ Jasson Domínguez Drops Bold Anthony Volpe Quote

New York Yankees outfielder dropped a bold quote regarding shortstop Anthony Volpe, who is currently in Triple-A. The post New York Yankees’ Jasson Domínguez Drops Bold Anthony Volpe Quote appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 5 • 9:56 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Shohei Ohtani's health continues to fuel speculation as Dodgers absence stretches on

Shohei Ohtani's absence keeps growing, and now the Dodgers are facing a decision they hoped to avoid.

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Sep 5 • 9:53 PM EDT • Health • marca.com
Bucs HC Bowles Outlines Veteran DT's Added Value

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' defensive front has a lot of new pieces, with A'Shawn Robinson and Rakeem Nuñez-Roches bringing veteran presence to a young front seven.

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Sep 5 • 9:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Analyst Reveals ‘What’s Keeping Him up at Night’ About Jaguars

One analyst believes changes to Jacksonville's offensive line and the team's unproven running backs could lead to the running game being the team's Achilles' heel.

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Sep 5 • 7:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Yankees Outfielder Hits Injured List; Jasson Domínguez Gets the Call

The New York Yankees announced a significant roster move on Saturday afternoon, sending center fielder Trent Grisham to the 10-day injured list with a hamstring strain. To replace him, the Yankees recalled outfielder Jasson Domínguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Since going down with a concussion in May, Domínguez's OPS in the minors has dropped 77 points, …

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Sep 5 • 6:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pair of Buccaneers Among Top-15 Potential 2027 Free Agents

The Buccaneers have two of the top potential 2027 free agents. Whether they can keep Baker Mayfield and YaYa Diaby will have a huge effect on the team's future.

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Sep 5 • 6:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Padres Announce Manny Machado Move During Yankees Series

The San Diego Padres are looking to take the series from the New York Yankees today after a thrilling walk-off win on Friday.San Diego has been battling for playoff positioning this year, now sitting just 0.5 games up on the final wild-card spot in the National League. The Padres have a few weeks left to […] The post Padres Announce Manny Machado Move During Yankees Series appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 5 • 6:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Yankees Manager Reveals Major Injury Update on Aaron Judge

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone has dropped a major injury update on Aaron Judge.

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Sep 5 • 6:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Brewers' Pratt Rides Six-Game RBI Streak

Fresh off a career-high four-RBI performance, the surging rookie infielder ignites the Milwaukee Brewers offense with elite hitting and sensational speed.

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Sep 5 • 6:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dodgers Lineup vs. Nationals: Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith Out

The Los Angeles Dodgers are hoping to keep the good times rolling against the Washington Nationals, looking for their third straight win.

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Sep 5 • 5:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cincinnati Reds vs. Milwaukee Brewers – Andrew Abbott vs. Dustin May

Can the Reds get a win over the mighty Brewers?

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Sep 5 • 5:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Yankees at Risk of Losing Key Pitcher

The New York Yankees have plenty to worry about before considering this offseason’s free agent class. When it arrives, though, the Yanks will be at risk of losing at least one key pitcher from their current roster. It’s a reality that’s at least worth analyzing right now, because free agency will arrive, and it’s always […] The post Yankees at Risk of Losing Key Pitcher appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 5 • 5:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Could Brewers Reunite With Peralta in Offseason?

Freddy Peralta has nearly lost the opportunity to command a lot of money in free agency. Should the Milwaukee Brewers pursue him?

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Sep 5 • 5:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Global Timekeepers May Swap 'Leap Second' for 'Leap Hour'

We probably wouldn't need it for a few centuries

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Sep 5 • 4:50 PM EDT • Technology • newser.com
Yankees replace outfielder Trent Grisham in latest roster move

The New York Yankees announced the replacement for outfielder Trent Grisham after placing him on the 10-day injured list.

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Sep 5 • 4:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The best errors in Yankees’ history

The brother of a future Yankee great played a hand in a Bombers’ World Series title, not in the way you might think.

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Sep 5 • 4:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Squad list for Bologna vs. Sassuolo

Domenico Tedesco has named the following squad for tomorrow’s match:Goalkeepers: Happonen, Pessina, Skorupski.Defenders: De Silvestri, Heggem, Helland, Holm, Miranda, Rahim, Theate, Vitik, Zortea.Mi...

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Sep 5 • 3:35 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Checking in on the Yankees’ August additions, one month later

Luis García Jr., Heliot Ramos, and George Lombard Jr. have been with the Yankees for a month now. How have they fared?

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Sep 5 • 2:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Rangers 1-0 Motherwell: What Johansson said

The fact that it's only 1-0, is thanks to Alex Paulsen. It doesn't matter if you're a keeper, centre-back, full-back six, 10 winger or nine, you're going to make mistakes because it's not easy to play in that way always.

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Sep 5 • 12:46 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
CDFW: Scientists keeping an eye on river conditions to protect winter-and-fall-run salmon

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife As California continues to feel the impacts of a heat dome that is bringing higher than normal temperatures to large portions of the state, it’s a good time to remember that fish and wildlife — especially salmon — need cold water, too. River temperature management is critical for salmon’s survival and spawning. Earlier this year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced that commercial ocean salmon fishing was back after being closed for three […]

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Sep 5 • 12:42 PM EDT • Science • mavensnotebook.com
How FantasyPros ranks the Buccaneers’ top fantasy football IDP

See where Rueben Bain Jr., Tykee Smith, Antoine Winfield Jr. and other Buccaneers defenders land in FantasyPros' 2026 fantasy football rankings

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Sep 5 • 12:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Experts Only Festival to host official afterparties at Pacha New York

Pacha New York is keeping the party going after the Experts Only Festival with two official afterparties in Brooklyn this September.

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Sep 5 • 12:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • amny.com
Michael Hutchinson's Next Chapter Keeps Him Close To Home

Trading his pads for a whistle, the former Jets netminder joins the Selkirk Steelers staff to mentor local prospects while launching a new goaltending school in Winnipeg.

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Sep 5 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Yankees Birthday of the Day: Al Orth

“The Curveless Wonder” had one especially wonderful season in New York.

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Sep 5 • 11:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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The Weekend Mauling: 9/5/26

Links! The KC Star breaks down KU’s blowout win over Long Island SI writes that Nik McMillan lived up to his billing in his Jayhawk debut Queen Creek, Arizona (literally right down the street from where I live) has made it a specific crime to damage Flock cameras The John Fetterman drama keeps getting weirder […]

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Sep 5 • 11:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Yankees’ manager Aaron Boone updates injury status of outfielder

Boone updated the media following the Yankees loss to the Padres.

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Sep 5 • 10:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Analysis: Jaissle shows pragmatic side

This was the first meeting between the clubs since 1992 in which Eddie Howe has not been in either dugout - a total of 24 fixtures. On that occasion 34 years ago the late Kevin Keegan was Magpies boss while Tony Pulis was in charge of the Cherries. The Geordie nation will have relished some of the Keeganian attacking swagger shown by Newcastle's players so far under new boss Matthias Jaissle.

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Sep 5 • 10:24 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Trump keeps heralding an economic boom, but even a solid jobs report is causing problems for him

President Donald Trump has been promising an economic boom, but Friday's positive jobs report left him frustrated.

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Sep 5 • 10:11 AM EDT • Politics • clickorlando.com
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These are the health screenings needed at every age — and where the average person falls

Some 90 percent of Americans aren’t keeping up with screenings, according to a 2025 poll

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Sep 5 • 9:33 AM EDT • Health • health.yahoo.com
Trent Grisham injury creates a major Yankees problem at worst possible time

Trent Grisham’s latest hamstring injury could force the Yankees to reorganize their outfield during the most important weeks of the season.

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Sep 5 • 9:21 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
TNIAAM Reacts Results: Orange fans feel good about bowl chances

Let’s keep the good vibes going

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Sep 5 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
From Wintrust to Wrigley, Nebraska Volleyball Keeps Finding Bigger Stages

Nebraska volleyball’s reach continues to extend far beyond Lincoln. After drawing a record crowd at DePaul, the Huskers head to Wrigley Field for another showcase of just how much the sport — and Nebraska’s place in it — continues to grow.

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Sep 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
You Can Train Your Body to Handle Exercise in the Heat, Experts Say

Here’s what experts say about whether heat training is worthwhile—and safe—for people who want to keep exercising outside as temperatures rise.

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Sep 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • health.com
Nearly 50 years in business, The Pantry is Macomb County’s breakfast table

Joe Moceri originally opened the Sterling Heights location in May of 1978, serving up omelets, crepes, pancakes, sandwiches and the kind of hospitality that keeps generations of diners coming back.

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Sep 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • mlive.com
Ben Rector's kid-friendly pop finds appreciative audience in Houston

The Jones Hall performance with the Houston Symphony Friday night ran over two hours but managed to keep the attention of even the youngest in the crowd.

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Sep 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • houstonchronicle.com
Matthias Jaissle Explains Newcastle’s £32 Million Decision After Transfer Deadline

Newcastle United made several significant decisions during the closing stages of the transfer window, but few were more financially intriguing than keeping two experienced players who are entering the final years of their contracts. Sky Sports’ Keith Downie reported on deadline day that Besiktas offered as much as £17 million (€19.7 million) for Joe Willock, […]

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Sep 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How Salary Floor Would Affect Brewers

The Milwaukee Brewers have not needed a large payroll to win, but they may be compelled to spend more anyway.

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Sep 5 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Yankees Get $12 Billion Update After Record-Setting Purchase Agreement

The New York Yankees have reached a new record valuation following a historic sale update from a billionaire NFL owner.

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Sep 5 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump’s ‘Catch-Me-If-You-Can’ presidency keeps finding ways around the law

A plain reading of the law about presidents on coins says the face of a living president should not be on currency. And yet President Donald Trump’s is, after his Treasury Department exploited a different law related to commemorative coins.

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Sep 5 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Yankees news: Spencer Jones’ homecoming

A long-awaited San Diego return; Grisham leaves with injury; Yankees prospect’s slap-happy approach; 9/11 commemoration plans

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Sep 5 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Neuer's farewell tour: One last emotional stop at Schalke

Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has probably been looking forward to this football match since May 2. That's when his former club Schalke secured a long-awaited return to the Bundesliga after three years in the second division.

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Sep 5 • 3:18 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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New York Yankees Announce Trent Grisham Update After Exiting Padres Game

The New York Yankees began a weekend series with the San Diego Padres on Friday night.And right when they finally seemed like they were getting healthy again, with players returning and superstar Aaron Judge on the cusp of making his comeback, they suffered another notable setback during the series opener.Trent Grisham Exits Padres Game With […] The post New York Yankees Announce Trent Grisham Update After Exiting Padres Game appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 5 • 2:12 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Scientists who read 16 years of radio tracking from three Mars orbiters say the mantle beneath the planet's southern highlands runs 200 to 400 degrees Celsius hotter, averaged over the whole depth of the mantle, than the mantle beneath the northern plains, an inference drawn from the way Mars flexes under the Sun across each Martian year

The tracking shows Mars deforming in a way a uniform planet should not, and the least strained explanation is a hemisphere of mantle that something is still keeping warm.

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Sep 5 • 2:00 AM EDT • Science • scienceblog.com
Muskego shuts down Brookfield Central to remain undefeated

With an explosive offense and multiple takeaways, Muskego ran away with a 53-0 victory Friday, Sept. 4, over Brookfield Central.

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Sep 5 • 12:34 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Football Frenzy (9/4/26)

NORTHEAST KANSAS (KSNT) – High school football in Northeast Kansas is back. This article will be updated as scores are made available. 6A 5A 4A 3A 2A 1A 8 man For more sports news, click here. Keep up with the latest breaking news in northeast Kansas by downloading our mobile app and by signing up for our news email […]

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Sep 5 • 12:16 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Titan Peterman helping lead Indian Valley football's unbeaten start

Titan Peterman helped Indian Valley control the trenches in a 37-14 win over New Philadelphia, keeping the Braves unbeaten at 3-0.

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Sep 4 • 11:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Frankston beats Beckville at home

FRANKSTON, Texas (KETK) — Friday nights keep heating up in East Texas as Frankston secures their second win of the season over Beckville. FINAL SCORE: Frankston 48 – Beckville 40 Frankston will play Grapeland at home on Sept. 11, while Beckville will face Harmony at home on Sept. 11. You can now stream KETK and […]

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Sep 4 • 11:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Yankees' Trent Grisham leaves game with right hamstring discomfort

Center fielder Trent Grisham left the New York Yankees' game Friday night against San Diego because of discomfort in his right hamstring. Grisham drew a walk from Walker Buehler leading off the second inning and was thrown out trying to steal second base. Rookie Spencer Jones, who is from Encinitas in northern San Diego County, moved from right field to center field, and Heliot Ramos entered in Grisham's spot in the order playing right field.

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Sep 4 • 11:03 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Lake Country Lutheran defeats Shoreland Lutheran

Journal Sentinel sports reporter Zac Bellman breaks down Lake Country Lutheran's victory over Shoreland Lutheran on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.

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Sep 4 • 11:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Brewers Use Big Fifth Inning to Beat Reds

The Milwaukee Brewers took over the game against the Cincinnati Reds after going back and forth early on.

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Sep 4 • 10:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
15 discouraging hours with Onimusha: Way of the Sword, and 10 brilliant ones with He Who Watches

In the last few weeks, while playing some video games that I might review, I emailed two cries for help. I sent the first to a rep for Capcom, confessing that the company’s samurai game Onimusha Way of the Sword (out today for PC and console) was crushing me. “Feels like I’m playing ‘hard’ mode, not ‘normal,’” I wrote. “And I don’t want to have to knock it down to “story”. I’m exploring, trying to level my gear, but these two-phase boss fights with no mid-fight checkpoints are brutal.” I wagered I was only about halfway through the game, if that. I wasn’t sure I could keep up with the steepening difficulty curve. Was I missing something? Then, on Monday, I took some photos of some puzzles that were baffling me in the mind-bending He Who Watches (out now on PC), wrote out lengthy descriptions of how I’d been trying to solve them and asked Bobby Vanden, the game’s solo developer, for a nudge in the right direction. I told Vanden I’d spent hours on these puzzles. “I’m stuck in triplicate,” I told him. Could he tell me if the solutions I was attempting were even on the right track? I didn’t mention that the puzzles—coupled with major time pressures from other work—were stressing me out so much that playing the game was giving me headaches. This double dose of panic was unusual. I’m used to managing a workload full of reporting and reviewing, used to a crowded schedule and the need to stay calm amid the bustle. But I was stressed about these games. No one was forcing me to review them, nor even play them. I’d simply found them interesting enough to start, hoped they’d be interesting enough to write about and I’d sunk hours into them assuming I’d made the right call. Suddenly, however, I felt trapped. I was emailing for a way out. Above: This guy took me about an hour to beat. The feedback I got from Capcom confirmed my fears. They didn’t say it, but I will: Onimusha Way of the Sword is not for me. It’s a brutally hard game in need of a normal difficulty level. It’s a game that spikes so severely during its abundant boss fights—yet offers such flawed ways to improve when outside of them—that it feels like a bait-and-switch. In the new Onimusha, you play as famed samurai Musashi Miyamoto, aided by a magical soul-absorbing gauntlet that is possessed by a lady who offers advice. (Way of the Sword is a continuation of Capcom’s long-dormant Onimusha series, but that set-up had me wondering if the company was cribbing from their ill-fated Bionic Commando reboot; read about “wife-arm” when you get a chance). Way of the Sword is partially set in 17th century Kyoto, an explorable city where Miyamoto can fight demons, help civilians and eventually rescue ghostly dogs. The city evolves over time, with new mini adventures and obtainable loot on offer, all feeding into systems that promise to upgrade your gear and sword-fighting skills. Upgrades, however, are so incremental as to be imperceptible, causing the exploration of Kyoto to feel like inconsequential busywork. From that hub, players can go on linear missions into forests and old temples, where they will encounter many of the game’s tough bosses. Combat in Way of the Sword is akin to many modern melee games. Players are asked to mix attacks with dodges and parries. They’re encouraged to deplete an enemy’s stamina bar in order to do greater damage to its health bar. The old Onimusha games’ signature move was the issen, a counter-attack so sudden it’s all but pre-emptive. You strike just as they begin to strike toward you, beating them to the cut. By definition, the issen is a high risk move, leaving you wide open to pain. It feels risky in the game, especially against bosses, who can maul you in just a few blows. A game might train you to perform an issen well by offering a variety of lesser enemies who are not as tough as the boss but get close. Or it might offer a toehold against bosses by saving or checkpointing the player’s progress when a boss’ first health bar has been destroyed and before the second health bar appears. It might offer the less skilled player a chance to over-level their character, should the player simply commit to playing through its optional sidequests. Way of the Sword does none of this. Fighting its trivially easy grunt enemies and then its ferociously adept bosses is like playing a game of chess where I’ve got a rook, while the opposing side is all pawns and five queens. Bosses simply don’t checkpoint. You may be able to clear a boss’ first phase without taking much damage. Good for you. Do it again, every time you fail the second phase. As for the the central Kyoto hub, I kept pace with all of its added side activities and never felt like I was overpowered. Bosses could still easily buckle me. The new Onimusha, I concluded, is just too discouraging to keep playing. The advice I got from Capcom had been well-intentioned. They reminded me of the game’s various systems. They alerted me to an optional assist that flashes recommended button inputs (basically: counter this move; dodge that move). It was a little helpful. So was dropping down to “story mode,” which I tried last night. Story mode turns on those button prompts by default. It makes countering and dodging way too easy, nearly automatic. I don’t consider myself a master of action games like these, but I’ve cleared the likes of God of War, Stellar Blade, Star Wars Jedi and others of sub-Sekiro difficulty and had a fun time doing so. Not here. Not yet. Unless they patch Onimusha: Way of the Sword and add a middle difficulty or just checkpoint the damn bosses when they’re between health bars, my streak of loving Capcom games released in 2026 will likely end at two. It’s a shame, because I was having a good time finding those ghostly dogs. And then there’s He Who Watches, a phenomenal first person puzzle game with Portal vibes, except instead of a portal gun you’ve got a magical bow that shoots one arrow that can activate switches or be used to drag blocks. The twist is an actual twist: you can also walk on walls and the ceiling, reorienting gravity as you do, thereby placing blocks onto those other surfaces. Walking on walls and ceilings to solve problems is really the best thing. Would that I could in reality. He Who Watches consists of locked-room challenges, each brief enough to only require about a minute to actually solving, though it will take five, 10, eventually 30 minutes to figure out said solutions. They are not obvious! It’s a game of layered mechanics and shocking solutions. For example, see if you can follow this: You can drag a block to a wall. Then you can walk on the wall, which now feels like the floor, and drag that block across the wall. Later, back on the floor, you might realize you can look up. The block is still on the wall, stuck to it. You can shoot your magic arrow to its underside. Doing so creates a tether, so that you can yank the block off the wall and carry it, as if it were a balloon, into the spot where you need it to be to solve the puzzle. Here, watch Vanden explain some of the game’s basics in this launch trailer: As with any great puzzle game, the solutions to He Who Watches’ puzzles elicit relief and amazement. Oh my god, that worked! I didn’t even think that could be possible! Learning to solve the game’s puzzles feels like learning magic. But, oh, does the game get hard. Its Steam reviews, mostly glowing, are full of players remarking how quickly He Who Watches made them sweat. Wrote one: “loving this one already although my brain is hurting!” Wrote another: “As you get further in the game it feels like you need an IQ level of at least 120+.” Vanden has shown some mercy. Each locked room puzzle includes an optional junior version of the puzzle, meant to teach you. Difficulty nevertheless ramps severely. By the time I was emailing Vanden for help, I was struggling to even clear one of the hint puzzles. When I messaged him, my stress was exacerbated by strange things I’d found in the game’s various hubs: suspicious passageways, odd blocks and some intriguing locked doors. These were hints of secrets, I realized, yet I sensed I needed to play further into the game to understand them. I was stuck, but I wanted to see the rest. Vanden offered to give me the exact solutions, to solve those three puzzles for me, but first he gave four nudges. Three were for the specific puzzles, but his best hint was for all and ultimately proved to be a terrific life lesson: go back a bit, he suggested. Do the puzzles right before those. They were teaching you something. Focus on what their lesson was. Don’t rush, in other words. Recognize what you’ve accomplished. Build off of that. I did so. I absorbed the lessons. I saw those three tough puzzles in a new light. I solved one the night after he wrote back, another the morning after. I left a third for another time. I didn’t need it and I wanted to plunge deeper into the game, closer to the moment when I was sure I could start unlocking those secret doors. My head stopped hurting, too. He Who Watches feels special. It’s got more challenges, and I’m undeterred. It’s also nice that its puzzles don’t have a surprise second health bar. Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Item 2: In brief… 🎮 Ilari Kuittinen, co-founder of Helsinki-based Housemarque (Super Stardust HD, Resogun, Returnal) has stepped down from his studio, after a 31-year run, saying he’s “ taking a rare and well-deserved breather.” Sony purchased Housemarque in 2021, and the studio released its newest game, Saros, earlier this year. Trend-watch: Sony-owned Insomniac saw its founder Ted Price retire in early 2025, after a 30-year run. Sony-owned Sucker Punch saw its co-founder Brian Fleming step down in late 2025, after a 28-year run. 👀 Savvy Games Group chief Brian Ward is stepping down from the Saudi-government-backed games conglomerate, Bloomberg reports. No word on a long-term successor yet, nor if this augurs any closer integration between Savvy and Electronic Arts. EA was purchased by a consortium led by Saudi’s sovereign wealth fund, in early August. 💿 Square Enix has denied a Japanese media report that the company was planning to go private. In very different Square Enix news, the company revealed that the physical version of Final Fantasy VII: Revelation, the April 2027 finale of its radical remakes of FFVII, will include just one disc in its case, requiring a download for the rest. The first two FFVII remakes in the trilogy shipped on two discs apiece. While Square hasn’t commented on the reason why, a feature here in Game File last month broke down the processes and costs for physical games. The expense of a second disc comes out of the game publisher’s cut of each copy. Square could be saving in excess of a dollar a copy with this move. 🟥 Grand Theft Auto IV’s 26-minute ’‘extended look” gameplay showcase that premiered on Netflix last week—and was exclusive to the platform for six hours—drew 31.1 million views in its first four days, the streamer announced. (Netflix calculates views as total viewed hours divided by runtime; excludes replays). Compared to YouTube: The version that later premiered on Rockstar Games’ YouTube channel is sitting at 22.6 million views after seven days (YouTube’s more liberal counting system tallies anyone who viewed even just the first few second.) Compared to other Netflix mega-events: Last year, Stranger Things season 5’s first four episodes, which debuted together, drew a record 59.6 million views in their first few days on Netflix. For more of a live event type of comparison, in 2024, the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing match drew 65 million concurrent streams as it happened; Netflix didn’t release live numbers for the GTA premiere. ☁️ Microsoft is changing the way it charges for cloud gaming, from an all-you-can-play offer for Xbox Game Pass subscribers, to caps for the subscription’s tiers (15 hours per month at the Ultimate tier), with the option to buy more hours in bulk beyond that. The company also said it will sell batches of cloud gaming time to non-Game Pass subscribers, details TBA. Microsoft does not release figures for cloud game usage, but said its changes would impact 4% of Game Pass subscribers. That implies a small portion of its subscribers exceed the 15-hour monthly mark. Cloud gaming offers the promise of playing games without the need for console or PC hardware, as the graphics, sound and controls are all transmitted via a streaming connection. Microsoft notes that its cloud gaming service can be used for a range of things, including Xbox One players using it to play newer-gen Xbox Series games via streaming; and people playing games via streaming, sans any console, “in markets where consoles are less available or affordable.” (That latter use case could even be relevant in Xbox’s home market soon, as console prices keep rising.) Take Two Interactive chairman Strauss Zelnick recently told investors he expects game-streaming tech, which has been only lightly adopted by gamers for over a decade, to be widely used within three years. 🇺🇸 The Trump administration has published multiple agenda-driven web video games to the White House’s website. One called Build The Wall partially clones Tetris as it asks players to build a wall to stop a “zombie border siege.” While actual Tetris involves clearing lines and basically not building a wall, the Trump-backed game omits the line-clearing aspect (and omits the fun as well). On Instagram, Tetris’ official license holders reacted by stating: “At Tetris we believe in the power of connection and bringing people together, not dividing them. To our fans everywhere: we love you, we see you, and we’re grateful to have you in our community. P.S. The Tetris Company was not involved in the creation of ‘Build the Wall.’ P.P.S.: We take copyright infringement very seriously.” Item 3: The week ahead: Tuesday, September 8 Game releases: Mewgenics (consoles; already out on PC) is an engrossing tactical combat game (with cats). It is getting its console port right after the release of a Star Wars tactics game and ahead of the late September launch of a Fire Emblem–a bumper crop for the genre. Wanderburg (PC) is an auto-shooting game like Vampire Survivors, but you’re a castle on wheels Event: Nintendo airs a 30-minute Nintendo Direct (10am ET) focused on The Legend of Zelda’s 40th Anniversary. A full unveiling of the upcoming remake of The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time is expected. Will they also show footage from next year’s live action movie? Tease the next big 3D Zelda? Add Link to Mario Kart World? Shadow-drop a new Tingle game? Wednesday, September 9 Event: Nintendo again! On this day, they’re planning to air a 45-minute Nintendo Direct (10am ET) focused on games heading to Switch 2 this winter. Followed by about an hour of gameplay demoed by the company’s Treehouse team. The September Nintendo Directs are always some of the year’s biggest. The 2025 edition included announcements of several major 2026 Switch/Switch 2 games: Pokémon Pokopia, Mario Tennis Fever, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave. Plus the return of the Virtual Boy. Friday, September 11 Game release: EA Sports NHL 27 (PlayStation, Xbox) is a hockey game. There are so few that an indie studio that had been making wacky sci-fi first-person shooters just announced that, hey, we’re going to fill a void and make a hockey game for PC.

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Sep 4 • 6:23 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
GOP brings unusual midterm convention to Dallas next week

Republicans will rally the troops in Dallas next week in an effort to keep control of Washington, D.C. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan talked with Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker about the reason for this historic event.

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Sep 4 • 6:14 PM EDT • Politics • nbcdfw.com
Brewers Face Misiorowski Warning as October Nears

Fading velocity and mounting fatigue for Milwaukee Brewers’ hard-throwing ace Jacob Misiorowski have sparked urgent calls to rest the young phenom before the postseason.

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Sep 4 • 6:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Zooey Deschanel says “New Girl ”stars were ‘forced to drive home’ after long shoots: ‘The hours were insane’

The “Elf” star shared that she would have to call her mom to keep her awake during late night drives.

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Sep 4 • 5:56 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com