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Most of these players won’t stick on the ballot, yet alone sniff induction. But they still merit discussion and stand tall among their peers.

From 1999 onwards, successive governments pursued a strategy linking foreign policy, state financing and the management of the country's main industry. The result was a network of bilateral alliances that channelled much of Venezuela's crude outside conventional buying and selling circuits.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver and NCAA president Charlie Baker met this week to discuss overlapping issues within pro and college basketball.

The Trump administration has justified the recent capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro as a law enforcement operation to dismantle a “narco‑state”. It also claimed it would break Venezuela’s ties to China, Russia and Iran, and put the world’s largest known oil reserves back under US‑friendly control.

The U.S. government is attempting to take control of the Venezuelan oil industry

In today’s newsletter: In just one year, this administration has lurched from one bewildering decision to another. Will things go back to normal after Trump’s term, or are we seeing a broader erosion of western democratic norms?

2K released another NBA 2K26 player ratings update today which also includes the Hawks and Wizards trade with Trae Young headed to Washington and C.J. McCollum and Corey Kispert going to Atlanta.

Williams was set to explore transfer options despite signing an NIL agreement with Washington—one the school intended to enforce.

The former Cardinals head coach could return to this sort of role for another team in 2026.