After 71 years, Columbia House is shutting down for good. The mail-order music giant, which once had 16 million members, survived the transition from vinyl to tapes, CDs and even DVDs — but ultimately couldn’t survive the rise of streaming.
CBC will rebroadcast The Tragically Hip’s final Kingston concert commercial-free on August 22, marking 10 years since “A National Celebration” brought roughly one-third of Canada together for the band’s farewell. https://t.co/XZCoiQ0lwl
For the first time in franchise history, we’ve recorded six shutouts in a 14-game span.
It’s also tied for the most by any MLB team in a 14-game stretch this century.
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The A.J. Pierzynski flap about the Tigers selling at the deadline is a terribly superficial view from a baseball analyst: Any MLB front-office's obligation is to make your team better long-term. Playing for one season, particularly when the only reason you're in mathematical contention is because the league is abnormally weak, is the definition of myopic. This is a team that has not been .500 since May 4. It may not yet get there. Personnel holes in 2026 can remain soft spots, to varying degrees, in seasons ahead unless you add volume talent that likely helps make a roster more competitive for the long haul. If a team -- a team -- is playoff-grade, it still can compete, as the Tigers showed in 2024. Skubal and Mize weren't going to be the difference, in all probability, this year. And they were going to walk in weeks, with draft-compensation at risk because of payroll. The trades made more sense than did Pierzynski with his reckless take.