ESPN | As Alcaraz wins the US Open title, can anyone challenge the Big Two?

NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz threw his arms in the air, before a wide smile spread across his face and he crouched down on his knees. He had just won the 2025 US Open title, in front of a captivated crowd of 24,000 on Arthur Ashe Stadium. But his real celebration could wait.

Before anything else, he needed to hug and congratulate his opponent Jannik Sinner. The pair — fiercest of rivals on the court but genuine friends off of it — were all smiles and compliments as they met at the net. They then walked off the court with their arms wrapped over one another’s shoulders in a show of genuine admiration.  –read more–

CNN style | The most talked-about red carpet looks at MTV’s Video Music Awards 2025

The MTV Video Music Awards have a rich history of outlandish — and, at times, outright bizarre — fashion. Even without Lady Gaga’s meat dress or Britney Spears’ python, the annual ceremony is guaranteed to deliver over-the-top styling, playful accessories and tributes to icons of VMAs past.

Sunday night was no exception. From underwear-baring sheer gowns to throwbacks from the fashion archives, the event’s red carpet was, this year, fun and risqué in equal measure.Here are some of the most memorable looks from New York’s UBS Arena.  –See the looks!—

HGTV | 40+ Outdoor Fall Decor Ideas to Step Up Your Seasonal Display

Dress up your porch, patio or outdoor living area with these festive autumn decorating ideas, such as wreaths, window boxes, planters and more.  –see more–

F1 | Verstappen charges to Italian GP win over Norris and Piastri

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen converted pole position into victory during Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix, leading home McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri after a dramatic start and end to proceedings at Monza.

Verstappen and Norris went wheel-to-wheel almost immediately when the lights went out, getting close to each other down the start/finish straight before the Dutchman skipped the first chicane to keep the lead.  -–read more–

watch: Race Highlights | 2025 Italian Grand Prix

F1 | Verstappen beats Norris and Piastri to pole for Italian GP in Qualifying thriller

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen pulled another lap out of the bag to claim pole position for the Italian Grand Prix, pipping McLaren rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in an incredibly close Qualifying session at Monza.

Following their “very tough” weekend at the Temple of Speed last season, Verstappen and Red Bull have looked much more competitive at this year’s event, with the Dutchman emerging as a genuine threat to McLaren’s supremacy.  –read more–

watch: Qualifying Highlights | 2025 Italian Grand Prix

CNN travel | Three sisters posed for a photo on a beach in the 1980s. Over 40 years later they recreated it

Three young women are photographed, mid-laughter, on a beach. It’s a sunny day in the early 1980s. Their arms are wrapped around one another. They’re snacking on potato chips, stretching out on a plaid picnic blanket after a dip in the English Channel.

“Looking at the photograph, it really epitomizes who we are as sisters,” Pamela Cook tells CNN Travel today. “Us three. Laughing like that. It’s a photo I held onto for the longest time.”

Cook spent years telling her two sisters, Tracey Waygood and Elaine McCartney, that they should recreate the picture, which was taken on Castle Beach in Cornwall, in the southwest of England, sometime around 1980.  –read more–

CNN Style | Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani dies aged 91

Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani has died at the age of 91, the Armani Group announced on Thursday.

The designer is credited over his decades of practice with curating a quintessentially Italian aesthetic in his clothes, as well as taking Hollywood’s red carpets to new heights.

“Il Signor Armani, as he was always respectfully and admiringly called by employees and collaborators, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones,” the Armani Group said in a statement, describing the founder as “a tireless driving force.”

“In this company, we have always felt like part of a family,” read a statement provided by the brand on behalf of his family and employees. “Today, with deep emotion, we feel the void left by the one who founded and nurtured this family with vision, passion, and dedication. But it is precisely in his spirit that we, the employees and the family members who have always worked alongside Mr. Armani, commit to protecting what he built and to carrying his company forward in his memory, with respect, responsibility, and love.”  –read more–

CNN underscored | Lego just revealed its most expensive set ever with this $1,000 Star Wars Death Star

Today, Lego announced the set that builders like myself have been waiting all year for — the upcoming Lego Star Wars UCS Death Star. It’s the very first Lego set to cross into the realm of a four-figure price tag at $1,000, and with 9,023 pieces, there is so much to unpack. As someone who plans to buy this kit when it hits store shelves in October, I am taking a closer look to see just how far my cash will take me with this impressive display model.  –read more–

F1 | What tyres will the teams and drivers have for the 2025 Italian Grand Prix?

Formula 1 moves swiftly on from Zandvoort to Monza for this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix – and Pirelli have confirmed the tyres that the teams and drivers will have available to them.

At the historic, high-speed Monza track, the compounds in play will be the C3 as the hard, the C4 as the medium and the C5 as the soft.

Drivers will get two sets of the hard tyre (marked white), three sets of the medium tyre (marked yellow), and eight sets of the soft tyre (marked red), as well as access to the green intermediate tyre and the blue full wets, should they be required.  –read more–

HGTV | September Gardening To-Do List

Tumbling temperatures signal the time for garden cleanup and adding cool-season color. Learn what you should be doing in your garden in September.  –read more–