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Sports · Main story Follow UFC 334's Title Fights From Broadcast to Card Page UFC 334 now has two publicly announced title fights, while its event page is still catching up. The useful trick is knowing which record answers which question. 4 min read Sports · Main story The 87th-Minute Debut Behind Santiago Sandoval's Chivas Rise A tiny first-team cameo, a left foot that keeps finding busy spaces, and an academy route with real stakes explain why Chivas supporters are learning Santiago Sandoval's name. 4 min read Today · Main story Why Is Jessica Tarlov on The Five? The useful answer is in one small word: rotating. Jessica Tarlov occupies a defined liberal co-host seat in a debate-driven format, not a one-off guest slot. 4 min read Money and Tech · Main story Before a SpaceX Launch, See What Falcon 9 Does Next A Falcon 9 launch is not one event but three linked jobs: send satellites onward, bring a booster home and, sometimes, make the sky look like a tiny science-fiction festival. 5 min read Sports · Main story Cris Collinsworth's 8 Playing Seasons vs. His 30-Plus in the Booth Collinsworth played eight NFL seasons for the Bengals and has now spent more than three times that long describing other people's football on NBC. I lined up what actually carried over between the two careers. 4 min read Sports · Related read 3 Ways UFC 334 Shows the New Paramount+ Viewing Route UFC 334 is a handy example of a much larger U.S. change: marquee numbered events now live under the Paramount+ arrangement, with CBS as an occasional extra window. 3 min read Sports · Related read UFC 334 Is Numbered, but Its Card Builds in Layers A number tells you that UFC has reserved a marquee night. It does not mean each matchup, placement, and start detail has reached its final public form. 3 min read Sports · Related read A Chivas Cantera Guide for Reading a Young Prospect's Path Cantera is not a magic word for future stardom. It is the useful shorthand for the long, uneven route from Chivas youth teams to a first-team chance. 3 min read Sports · Related read Santiago Sandoval vs. Hugo Camberos: Two Chivas Routes Both are Chivas academy products and Mexico U-20 players, but their clearest on-field clues point to different ways of helping an attack move. 3 min read Today · Related read Inside The Five’s Debate Table, Disagreement Has a Job A panel’s friction can reveal an assumption, but it cannot verify a claim for you. Here is a better way to enjoy the exchange while keeping evidence in charge. 3 min read Today · Related read Jessica Tarlov Has a Researcher’s Route to The Five Before the panel-seat shorthand, there is a paper trail: a Government PhD, political strategy work and consumer-insight roles. The timeline is clearer when its sources are allowed to disagree where they do. 3 min read Money and Tech · Related read A SpaceX Launch Makes a Spiral, but It Is No U-Turn That luminous sky corkscrew has a down-to-Earth explanation: spacecraft motion, a high-altitude release and sunlight arriving at precisely the theatrical moment. 3 min read Money and Tech · Related read Follow a Falcon 9 Booster From Landing to Its Next Flight The ship landing is not the ending. It is the handoff that gives a Falcon 9 first stage a chance to become useful hardware again. 3 min read Sports · Related read A Field Guide to NBC's Sunday Night Football Booth, Home to Two Collinsworths NBC's Sunday night coverage is really three separate shows stitched together, and two of the people running them share a last name. Here is who does what. 3 min read Sports · Related read The Train Ride That Turned Into Cris Collinsworth's $6 Million Investment A British train ride, a magazine, and a decade of unpaid spreadsheet work turned into Cris Collinsworth's most surprising investment. Here is how Pro Football Focus actually got built. 3 min read