The mayor of Urania steered his pickup down a dirt road snaking through the weedy lots and patches of trees that had once been the bustling heart of his central Louisiana town. Jay Ivy passed pines growing where the saws of the sprawling Urania mill turned similar specimens into lumber....
Panic buying ahead of the winter storm isn’t preparedness. Here’s who it hurts.
Emptying supermarket shelves. Driving from store to store, hunting for milk, bread, and water. Ignoring the signs instructing shoppers to “Take one.” It’s a song and dance consumers across the country typically engage in when confronted with an incoming extreme weather event, and a pattern we’re seeing repeated as images...
Mercedes and Hamilton shine in F1’s first pre-season test in Barcelona
Silver arrows finish 500 laps, well clear of all their rivals Fears around new engines and regulations unfounded Fears the swathe of new regulations and entirely new engines might be problematic on their first outing proved unfounded, after Formula One’s first pre-season test concluded in Barcelona on Friday. Mercedes put...
Lindsey Vonn airlifted from course after crash in final downhill before Olympics
Vonn crashes into nets and clutches left knee Race in Crans-Montana abandoned after early falls ‘My Olympic dream is not over,’ insists US star Lindsey Vonn crashed out of the final World Cup downhill before the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday, leaving the American skiing great limping and clutching...
Arsenal’s terminally online Premier League title pursuit is a symbol of our times | Barney Ronay
A robotic team fuelled by data and scrutinised relentlessly in a climate of angst and rage feels like a digital-age metaphor Like most people who have no talent for business ideas, I have a huge number of highly promising business ideas always on the go, ideas that are available for...
Novak Djokovic thanks doubters for giving him strength after Sinner success
‘There is a lot of experts that wanted to retire me’ Serb won five-set epic to reach Australian Open final Novak Djokovic thanked his doubters for helping to give him strength after he produced an incredible performance to defeat Jannik Sinner, the No 2 and two-time defending champion, 3-6, 6-3,...
England’s Joe Heyes: ‘People try to fit into moulds, be something they’re not. Screw that’
Leicester’s quirky prop on beating adversity, being second-string goalkeeper at Nottingham Forest and his love of ‘cooking with butter’ For some people the road to the top is painfully long and winding. Joe Heyes used to be a player whose dreams of making England’s matchday squad were constantly dashed. Driving...
The day English football changed: 10 years on from Manchester City naming Pep Guardiola
That 1 February 2016 announcement led to Johan Cruyff’s gospel spreading to all corners of our game – and a bromance with Neil Warnock It wasn’t quite without fanfare but when Manchester City announced, 10 years ago on Sunday, that Pep Guardiola was to be their manager from the next...
Premier League buildup, transfer news and more – matchday live
⚽ All the latest pre-match news and analysis⚽ Fixtures | Tables | Read Football Daily | Mail Stuart A busy, buzzy day in England’s second tier is in prospect. After an eye-catching result last night (of which more shortly), five of the top six are in action. Table-topping Coventry will...
Harry Brook adds to England woes by admitting he lied about nightclub incident
White-ball captain claims he was protecting teammates Bethell and Tongue investigated over drinking session Harry Brook, the England white-ball captain, has admitted teammates were present on the night he clashed with a nightclub bouncer in New Zealand last year. Speaking at the start of England’s tour of Sri Lanka, Brook...