Sports, Entertainment & Culture — October 22, 2026

Haliburton makes emotional return. Tyrese Haliburton played his first game since tearing his Achilles in the 2025 NBA Finals, leading Indiana to a season-opening win over New Orleans.

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Dream take 2-1 Finals lead. Angel Reese posted 21 points and 12 rebounds as Atlanta routed Golden State 97-71 in Game 3, moving within two wins of a WNBA championship.

Bleacher Report characterized Reese's double-double as a history-making performance, though its summary did not specify the record involved. The 26-point margin in Game 3 shifted momentum in Atlanta's favor after the teams had split the first two games of the series against the Golden State Valkyries, who now face must-win territory as the Finals continue.

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Country legend John Anderson dies at 71. The Country Music Hall of Famer behind 'Swingin'' and 'Seminole Wind' died Wednesday, drawing tributes from Tim McGraw and Blake Shelton.

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EA shuts down BioWare. Electronic Arts is closing the studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age after three decades, cutting about 400 jobs and canceling the next Mass Effect game.

The roughly 400 eliminated positions amount to about 3% of Electronic Arts' workforce, according to Deadline, placing the studio closure within a broader company-wide reduction rather than an isolated move. BioWare had operated for about 30 years and was regarded as one of the industry's storied role-playing game developers, and the shutdown also halts the franchise installment that was in development.

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