The room is mostly silent as two players muse intently over a chessboard, pondering their next moves. They take time to pause, think and strategize while their instructor watches. “I was always an ...

Duke football will play for the ACC championship — and, potentially, a College Football Playoff berth — after all. The Blue Devils, who have five losses on the season, were sent to the ACC ...

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Your performance as Freddie Trumper in Chess is spectacular, and while you make it look easy, I have to imagine that it’s very physically and emotionally difficult work. Freddie is angry, depressed, ...

Today’s Xbox Partner Preview had a bunch of big announcements and trailers like a new look at the upcoming 007 First Light and the reveal of a follow-up to Vampire Survivors, but one of the surprise ...

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