Technology

Carta's State of Startups 2025: A Two-Speed Ecosystem

AI startups captured 44% of all US startup capital in 2025, while initial equity grants have shrunk 50% since 2022 and the average seed-stage team has collapsed from 10.3 to just 6.2 people.

Sports

Browns Fire Kevin Stefanski After Six Seasons, Berry Remains as GM

Kevin Stefanski won Coach of the Year twice but couldn't survive back-to-back last-place finishes — the Browns have now cycled through 10 head coaches since 1999.

Daily Roundup

Daily Roundup: Sneakers, NFL Playoffs Set, NBA Action, Premier League Transfers & CES 2026 Kicks Off - January 5, 2026

Myles Garrett's 23rd sack breaks the all-time NFL single-season record, Man United parts ways with Rúben Amorim, and the Air Jordan 9 'Flint Grey' gets its first retro since 2002. Everything that mattered today.

Sports

Amorim Fired by Manchester United After 14 Months

Rúben Amorim exits Old Trafford with the worst win rate and defensive record of any Manchester United manager in the Premier League era — less than 24 hours after predicting his own exit.

Sports

NFL Playoffs 2026: Schedule Set

For the first time in 11 years, the Chiefs miss the playoffs — and the 2026 NFL postseason is wide open. Denver, Seattle, and a loaded 14-team field tip off January 10.

Soccer

AFCON Quarter-Finals Update: Morocco, Mali, Senegal, Cameroon Advance

Mali advanced to the AFCON 2025 quarter-finals with ten men via penalty shootout — now they face 2022 champions Senegal in the tournament's most compelling last-eight clash.

NFL

Falcons Fire Morris, Fontenot After Eighth Straight Losing Season

Raheem Morris leaves Atlanta with a 16-18 record and zero winning seasons — the same result as five years of Terry Fontenot roster-building. The Falcons are starting over, again.

Soccer

Chelsea's set to confirm Rosenior Move

Rosenior's move from Strasbourg to Chelsea comes with zero compensation, no contract disputes, and full philosophical alignment — because BlueCo designed it that way from the start.

Sneakers

New Balance 9060 "Cortado"

The New Balance 9060 "Cortado" (U9060493) channels Y2K aesthetics through a tonal cortado and dockside palette, sculpted pod midsole, and dual-density ABZORB cushioning rooted in the brand's 99X heritage.

Soccer

Amorim Challenges Manchester United Hierarchy in Explosive Postmatch Rant

Ruben Amorim gave United's hierarchy an ultimatum after drawing at Leeds — demanding he be recognised as manager, not head coach, and setting an 18-month clock on his future at Old Trafford.

Black Heritage

U.S. Postal Service to Honor Phillis Wheatley With 49th Black Heritage Stamp

Phillis Wheatley — enslaved, self-taught, and groundbreaking — becomes the 49th honoree in the USPS Black Heritage stamp series, cementing her legacy as the mother of African American literature.

Sports

Browns DE Myles Garrett Reaches 23 Sacks, Sets New NFL Single-Season Record

With 5:06 left in the fourth quarter, Myles Garrett sacked Joe Burrow for the 23rd time this season — shattering a record that had stood since Michael Strahan set it in 2001.