Sports, Entertainment & Culture — November 8, 2026

Notre Dame topples No. 1 Miami. The Irish beat top-ranked Miami 31-24 Saturday night, scrambling the College Football Playoff picture. Georgia, meanwhile, routed Ole Miss to reclaim the No. 1 spot.

ESPN framed the result as the Fighting Irish making a statement for playoff inclusion, with coach Marcus Freeman saying the team wanted to “leave no doubt” about its credentials. The upset of the nation’s top team, paired with Georgia’s lopsided victory over Ole Miss, reshuffled the rankings at a critical point in the season, and selection committee deliberations will now weigh both results as the postseason field takes shape.

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Curry drops 41 in overtime win. Stephen Curry scored 41 points — 17 in the final seven minutes — as Golden State beat Orlando in overtime, setting another late-career NBA scoring record.

According to ESPN, the performance gave Curry his 16th 40-point game at this stage of his career, moving him past LeBron James for the most such late-career outings. The bulk of the damage came in a closing stretch, with 17 points over the final seven minutes of regulation and overtime against the Magic, extending a run of record-setting production for the Warriors guard deep into his career.

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Elvis estate sues AI music firm. Presley’s rights owners filed a lawsuit claiming Suno let users create knockoff vocals of the singer, a case that could shape how the law treats AI voice clones.

Billboard characterized the suit as a cutting-edge legal test, with Presley’s rights holders alleging the AI company’s platform enabled users to generate imitation versions of the late singer’s voice. The outcome could set precedent for how courts treat artificial intelligence tools that replicate a performer’s vocal identity, an unsettled area of law with implications for other estates and living artists confronting similar technology.

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