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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — October 23, 2025 — Boston College Athletics and cllct, a leader in sports heritage and collectibles innovation, today announced an official partnership to launch Eagle Heritage Authentics, a groundbreaking initiative designed to celebrate the Eagles’ proud history while creating new opportunities for student-athletes through Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL).Through the partnership, cllct will help Boston College build a comprehensive archival and collectibles infrastructure that brings the university’s most iconic athletic moments – from Doug Flutie’s “Hail Mary” and Hockey East dominance to modern-day triumphs across football, basketball, and Olympic sports – to life as authenticated, collectible experiences…

Scammers like those charged in the NBA and Mafia poker ring seem willing to go to any extreme to fix games — even using ear pieces so tiny they need to be ripped out by a magnet, a cheating pro has revealed. Prosecutors detailed Thursday how the criminals behind the sensational multimillion-dollar basketball- and mob-tied scheme used “X-ray” tables to read cards lying face-down on them and accomplice players equipped with special contact lenses to pick up on marked cards. But fraud pro Sal Piacente told CNN during a TV interview that the illicit moves are just the tip of…

A vividly hued Picasso portrait of longtime muse and partner Dora Maar that had remained out of view for more than eight decades sold at auction Friday for 27 million euros (about $31.3 million). Painted in July 1943, “Bust of a Woman with a Flowered Hat (Dora Maar)” depicts Maar in a brightly colored floral hat. Maar, an artist and photographer herself, had been Picasso’s partner and muse for about seven years, and the relationship was coming to a painful close. The work was purchased in 1944 and had not been on the market since, remaining in the family collection. Painted in…

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav stands to pocket a whopping $500 million if the entertainment conglomerate is sold at the price Paramount Skydance has offered, according to a new report. Zaslav’s payout would come from 21 million shares that immediately vest upon a sale of the entertainment conglomerate, Semafor reported on Thursday, citing details from the CEO’s contract. The potential windfall adds a striking twist to the ongoing takeover battle that has rocked the country’s media landscape. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav stands to pocket around $500 million if the entertainment conglomerate is sold at the price that…

In her 2024 novel Tell Me Everything, writer Elizabeth Strout explores the intricacies of human relationships. All of us, it seems, have distinctive ways of expressing ourselves. We have “backstories” as well as present predicaments and hopes for the future. Our lives fall into patterns, and it isn’t easy to counter the logic of those arrangements. Among Strout’s characters is a middle-aged minister, Margaret, who seems accomplished in every way. She receives respect from her congregation and handles her responsibilities professionally. But she has a flaw. She is, or so people who know her well think, narcissistic. She focuses too…

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Kim Kardashian wore a nude latex and white lace Dilara Findikoglu dress on “The Graham Norton Show” Friday, her fourth look from the designer this week. Ian West/PA Images/INSTARimages Nothing comes between Kim Kardashian and her Dilara. The Skims founder, 45, continued her love affair with Turkish designer Dilara Findikoglu on “The Graham Norton Show” Friday, stepping onto the BBC set in a mock neck dress made of sultry nude latex layered over delicate white lace. The dress — from the London-based designer’s Spring 2026 collection — featured romantic ruffled hems and cuffs, with a bit of lace peeking over…

This puts the “state” in “state of panic.” It’s not ghosts and ghouls that are keeping Americans up at night this Halloween. This scream season, US citizens are far more afraid of government corruption, cyberterrorism, and other real-world issues, per a spine-tingling survey by California’s Chapman University. The so-called “annual survey of American fears” served to provide an in-depth “look at the most common fears across the country” and explore how these anxieties affect “daily life, decision-making, and emotional well-being.” “Understanding what we’re afraid of isn’t about stoking anxiety, it’s about putting those fears into context,” according lead researcher Dr.…

It wouldn’t be accurate to call this a new recruiting philosophy. More like tweaking the current one. So while St. John’s still plans to be a major player every spring when it comes to the transfer portal, it also wants to bring in a few talented high school prospects each year as well. Hence, the involvement in the recruiting of two major ones: Adam Oumiddoch and Kaden House, a pair of four-star, top-50 guards. Oumiddoch will visit this weekend, and House is set to come to New York City the first weekend of the regular season, taking in the highly…

One minute, Victor Wembanyama’s spectacular 40-point, 15-rebound game against the Mavericks on the second night of the NBA season is the sport’s biggest story. The next minute, it’s barely an afterthought. The NBA woke up Thursday to any league’s worst nightmare, with multiple prominent names — including longtime player Terry Rozier, currently on the Miami Heat, and Portland Trail Blazers coach and Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups — at the center of a probe by the FBI. Though there have been sports betting scandals in the past and rising worries that more — and more severe — gambling issues would…