The Memphis Grizzlies are entertaining offers to potentially move two-time All-Star Ja Morant ahead of the Feb. 5 NBA trade deadline, sources told ESPN.
Multiple teams are pursuing Morant in trade talks, and rival executives believe the Grizzlies would prioritize draft picks and young players in return, sources said. This is the first time the Grizzlies have engaged other teams in trades for Morant, who was the No. 2 pick in the 2019 draft.
Morant, 26, is under contract with the Grizzlies through the 2027-28 season. He is eligible to sign up to a three-year, $178 million extension this summer. He’s averaging 19.0 points and 7.6 assists in 28.3 minutes per game this season, while shooting a career-low 40.1% from the field and 20.8% from 3-point range.
Morant has played in only 18 games this season because of injuries and a one-game suspension stemming from a postgame exchange with coach Tuomas Iisalo in November. Memphis is 10-9 without him in the lineup, and 6-12 when he plays. He played just 59 games over the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons because of two suspensions for incidents with guns, along with various injuries.
Memphis is considering multiple paths forward amid the emergence of several promising young players such as Cedric Coward, Zach Edey, Jaylen Wells and Cam Spencer, including building around them and 2023 Defensive Player of the Year Jaren Jackson Jr. The Grizzlies also remain open to continue on with Morant as a focal part of their retooling.
The Grizzlies, who traded Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magic last offseason for four unprotected first-round picks and one first-round swap, have a treasure chest of assets, with a total of nine first-round picks and six second-rounders moving forward. They have their first-rounder in each of the next seven drafts.
Memphis currently has the 10th-best lottery odds ahead of a highly anticipated NBA draft in June.
Towerborne, a side-scrolling action RPG published by Xbox Game Studios that has been available in early access, will officially launch on February 26th. But instead of launching as a free-to-play, always-on online game as originally planned, Towerborne is instead going to be a paid game that you can play offline.
“You will own the complete experience permanently, with offline play and online co-op,” Trisha Stouffer, CEO and president of Towerborne developer Stoic, says in an Xbox Wire blog post. “This change required deep structural rebuilding over the past year, transforming systems originally designed around constant connectivity. The result is a stronger, more accessible, and more player-friendly version of Towerborne — one we’re incredibly proud to bring to launch.”
“After listening to our community during Early Access and Game Preview, we learned players wanted a complete, polished experience without ongoing monetization mechanics,” according to an FAQ. “Moving to a premium model lets us deliver the full game upfront—no live-service grind, no pay-to-win systems—just the best version of Towerborne.”
With the popular live service games like Fortnite and Robloxgetting harder to usurp, Towerborne’s switch to a premium, offline-playable experience could make it more enticing for players who don’t want to jump into another time-sucking forever game. It makes Towerborne more appealing to me, at least.
With the 1.0 release of the game, Towerborne will have a “complete” story, new bosses, and a “reworked” difficulty system. You’ll also be able to acquire all in-game cosmetics for free through gameplay, with “no more cosmetic purchasing.” Players who are already part of early access will still be able to play the game.
Towerborne will launch on February 26th on Xbox Series X / S, Xbox on PC, Game Pass, Steam, and PS5. The standard edition will cost $24.99, while the deluxe edition will cost $29.99.
Bill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019.
We can only hope that the second semifinal is as good as the first.
On Thursday night in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, Miami watched multiple leads disappear, dropped potential interceptions, committed penalties and still gutted its way into the College Football Playoff National Championship game with a 31-27 win over Ole Miss.
Carson Beck‘s 3-yard touchdown run made the difference, but it was a wonderful back-and-forth affair until the end.
As we prepare for the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl between Indiana and Oregon on Friday evening, here are the key plays and takeaways from an incredible first semifinal.
What just happened?
Miami paid millions of dollars to bring Beck to town, and in the drive that would define his season with the Hurricanes, he led them 75 yards for the winning touchdown to send them to the national title game. Money well spent, huh?
Beck’s 3-yard touchdown scramble with 18 seconds left capped a madcap fourth quarter that featured four lead changes and even saw Ole Miss drive close enough for a shot at the end zone on the final play.
The Hurricanes hogged the ball for much of the game — time of possession after three quarters: Miami 33:50, Ole Miss 11:10 — but dropped four potential interceptions, missed a field goal and threw a pick deep in Rebels territory. Given extra life, Ole Miss took two fourth-quarter leads, first on Lucas Carneiro‘s fourth field goal of the evening, then on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Trinidad Chambliss to Dae’Quan Wright. But with four third-down conversions, Beck guided the Canes down the field and won the game.
Impact plays
Miami games don’t tend to feature many big plays, for or against, but chunk plays caused some pretty big swings in this one.
Kewan Lacy‘s 73-yard burst early in the second quarter — Ole Miss’ first good offensive play of the game — gave the Rebels a sudden 7-3 lead. Lacy tweaked a hamstring and missed most of the next two quarters before returning, but the touchdown bought Ole Miss some time.
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Ole Miss’ Kewan Lacy bursts free for a 73-yard TD
Kewan Lacy goes untouched for a 73-yard touchdown to give Ole Miss a 7-3 lead.
Miami leveraged the game back in its favor. Keelan Marion scored on a bomb against busted coverage late in the first half to make it 17-10. After generating just 69 receiving yards in his first two playoff games, he was the semifinal star of the Miami receiving corps, catching seven passes for 114 yards.
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Miami’s Carson Beck connects with Keelan Marion for a 52-yard go-ahead TD
Carson Beck hits a wide-open Keelan Marion, who walks into the end zone to put the Hurricanes back on top.
Three Carneiro field goals — including a 58-yarder at the end of the first half and a doinked-in 52-yarder in the third quarter — would push the Rebels back in front, but they wasted a golden opportunity after a pair of Miami personal fouls (the Canes had 10 penalties on the evening) set up a first-and-goal. Ole Miss gained only 4 yards in three plays and settled for a 19-17 lead, which disappeared within two minutes on Malachi Toney‘s 36-yard burst off a screen pass.
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Miami regains lead on Malachi Toney’s 36-yard TD
Malachi Toney evades tackles on his way to a 36-yard touchdown to give Miami the lead back.
Ole Miss created the third lead change of the fourth quarter with Wright’s touchdown but left plenty time on the clock for Beck and the Canes. They used most of it, took the lead and broke up a Hail Mary.
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Miami wins after Ole Miss’ Hail Mary attempt falls incomplete
Trinidad Chambliss airs one out to the end zone, but it’s too far and falls incomplete.
See you next fall, Rebels
The most thrilling and headline-grabbing Ole Miss season in recent history ended with two straight down-to-the-wire thrillers. The Rebels played brilliant ball down the stretch, winning their last four regular-season games by an average of 38-14 to clinch a playoff bid despite the waves of headlines regarding Lane Kiffin’s potential move to LSU. And despite Kiffin leaving town and trying to take assistants with him before Ole Miss’ season had ended, the Rebels thumped Tulane in the playoff, came back from nine points down at halftime to beat Georgia in the quarterfinals, then came back again to nearly beat Miami.
So many of the Rebels’ stars made big plays Thursday night. Chambliss threw for 277 yards and a touchdown and used a great 19-yard scramble to set up Ole Miss’ last go-ahead touchdown. Lacy rushed for 103 yards on just 11 carries, reentering the game after his hamstring injury and grinding out tough yards. Leading receivers De’Zhaun Stribling and Harrison Wallace III combined for nine catches and 117 yards, while junior Cayden Lee came up big (five for 67) and Wright had three huge catches, all in the second half. Carneiro’s huge leg shined again. On defense, Suntarine Perkins had 1.5 sacks, and linebacker TJ Dottery and safety Wydett Williams Jr. made big plays early during Miami’s last drive, which could have been remembered differently with a different ending.
Pete Golding inherited a seemingly impossible situation with Kiffin leaving, but Ole Miss closed ranks and came achingly close to earning a spot in the national title game. Better yet, stars such as Chambliss (if he is granted an extra year of eligibility) and Lacy have already committed to staying in Oxford despite Kiffin’s efforts to bring them to Baton Rouge. Some stars have exhausted their eligibility, but Ole Miss enters 2026 battle-hardened and full of upside.
What’s next
Miami will officially play in its first national title game in 23 seasons. The Hurricanes will likely be underdogs against Indiana or Oregon, but they will be playing in their home stadium, and they have to feel like the patented team of destiny right about now. Close games have been a massive issue for the Canes at times under Mario Cristobal, but in their past three games, they’ve won at Texas A&M with a late end zone stop, beaten Ohio State by 10 with clutch execution and somehow found a way past Ole Miss despite so many bounces seemingly going against them.
Beck had a putrid start to the second half but produced late heroics. Mark Fletcher Jr. was again brilliant, rushing for 133 yards. CharMar Brown was again a tough-yardage master, rushing for 54 yards and a touchdown. Marion was a secret weapon, and Toney, the talented freshman, set up a touchdown with a tough third-down conversion in the first half and scored one himself in the fourth quarter.
The defense couldn’t corral Chambliss, recording only one sack, but the Canes allowed only one big run to Lacy and the backs. And they absolutely dominated third downs: Ole Miss went just 2-for-10 while the Canes went 11-for-19. Credit to the Rebels for nearly winning anyway, but the Canes controlled most of what they wanted to control. They hogged the ball beautifully, and when that couldn’t win them the game, they sped up the tempo and won a back-and-forth final quarter.
Kelsea brought the puppy home in 2015, naming him after her then-new song “Dibs.”
“I was on the bus with my band and I’m like, ‘What do I name my dog?'” she recalled on 99.5 KD Country WKDP. “We’re going through all the names and I’m like, ‘Guys, what about Dibs?’ And they’re like, ‘Kelsea, that’s so lame. We’re not calling the dog Dibs if you call him that, no.'”
So, the “Baggage” singer settled on the name Knox because she’s from Knoxville, Tenn., but she changed her mind after visiting the breeder.
“She goes, ‘Hey, I know it’s none of my business, I know you’re gonna name him Knox, but you should really name him Dibs,'” Kelsea remembered. “I was like, ‘That’s a sign.’ But it’s cool too because it was the week that ‘Dibs’ went to radio and the week that I got him, so it’s a good little reminder.”
Her dog was diagnosed with inoperable heart cancer in 2024 and lived out his last year with many adventures: seeing Kelsea as a coach on The Voice, touring the world with her new album Patterns and celebrating one last holiday season, which Kelsea captioned on Instagram, “a very merry dibsmas & christmas indeed.”
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As we await the second trade of the season, what else could get done? ESPN’s Zach Kram and Kevin Pelton map out six moves that could bolster contenders and alter the race to the postseason, while NBA Front Office Insider Bobby Marks examines how the deals would impact each franchise’s future.
Let’s get to the trades, starting with the Milwaukee Bucks‘ latest attempt to build another championship roster around their two-time MVP.
For Milwaukee, no player is a better deadline addition than Porter, who would fill a role similar to what Khris Middleton once played for the Bucks and make them far more capable of succeeding when Antetokounmpo sits.
Because Milwaukee is so far below the luxury tax line, it could comfortably add about $8 million in salary, converting three players who have been ineffective or unavailable (Prince underwent neck surgery in November that will likely end his season) into a player who deserves All-Star consideration.
Would that result in a deep enough playoff run to justify Milwaukee giving up its lone remaining tradable first-round pick? Probably not, but if the Bucks are committed to fortifying the roster around Antetokounmpo, this deal is tough to top.
From the Nets’ standpoint, this would be an all-time piece of business. In the offseason deal to acquire Porter, Brooklyn also got an unprotected first-round pick from the Denver Nuggets and would add a second future pick from another team that is highly leveraged to win now.
Left unsaid on the trade calls: If the Nets are interested in getting in on an Antetokounmpo deal at some point between now and the 2027 deadline, having Milwaukee’s pick to offer would be an ideal starting point.
The Pistons are involved as a third team solely because they can clear a roster spot and are nowhere near the luxury tax. They’d get cash to cover Anthony’s salary and could waive him immediately, if they want. — Pelton
Marks’ analysis: The Nets are in an interesting position, as a case can be made that the franchise should move off its best player to help secure a higher pick in June’s draft and further its rebuild. After reacquiring their own 2025 and 2026 first-round picks from the Houston Rockets, the Nets risk drafting outside the top five once again if Porter is on the roster and sustains his career-best play. In trading Porter, Brooklyn could enter the offseason with cap space and a plethora of first-round picks.
Unless Antetokounmpo asks for a trade before the deadline, the Bucks will keep doubling down on their roster. While trading their only available first-round pick seems desperate, keep in mind that starting the night of the draft, Milwaukee will be allowed to trade their 2026 and 2033 first-rounders. If Antetokounmpo does ask out, Milwaukee will likely recoup multiple first-round picks in a deal.
Ellis is a natural fit for the Lakers, who rank 23rd in defensive rating and an even worse 29th since the start of December. His 3-point shot has regressed this season (35.5%, versus 42.9% in his career prior), but that lack of offensive oomph is precisely why the hard-nosed defender might be attainable in a small-scale deal like this.
The Kings also don’t seem to value Ellis very highly, given his minutes keep fluctuating: Within his past 10 games, Ellis has played at least 30 minutes twice and 10 minutes or less four times. With the young guard set to reach free agency this summer (he also can sign an extension before then), Sacramento might think it makes sense to cash in now for a second-round pick and Knecht, a 2024 first-rounder who’d bring shooting and decent size to the roster’s wing rotation.
If Sacramento sets a higher price point for Ellis’ contract, the Lakers could struggle to bridge the gap: The 2032 pick is their only tradable second-rounder, and they likely would prefer to save their only tradable first-rounder (in 2031 or 2032) for a bigger target. And many other teams in need of perimeter defensive help should be interested in Ellis at the deadline. — Kram
Marks’ analysis: Outside of Keegan Murray and Nique Clifford, Ellis is the one player on the Kings’ roster whom team executives covet. Ellis fills a need for the Lakers, who would acquire his Bird rights for next season. More importantly, Ellis’ $2.4 million free agent hold allows the Lakers to use cap space in free agency to fill out their roster and still exceed the cap to sign the guard. Knecht would be traded for a second straight season, but unlike his short tenure with the Charlotte Hornets, this trade would actually go through. He would have a blank slate in Sacramento and ample playing time on a roster that is rebuilding. Knecht is under contract through the 2027-28 season and extension eligible in the 2027 offseason. Considering Ellis was likely going to leave Sacramento in free agency, identifying a player on a controllable contract such as Knecht is important for the Kings.
The Warriors have been linked to bigger names on the market, but for their financial situation, Murphy makes more sense. He is in the first season of a four-year, $112 million extension with a cap hit less than half of Anthony Davis’ this season. Golden State could make this trade and actually save $25 million in luxury tax.
On the court, Murphy would give the Warriors another feared shooter to play off Stephen Curry. Murphy has made 38% of his career 3s, hitting three per game in recent seasons. Moody, at 2.1 made treys per outing, is the second-leading Golden State player this season. For that archetype, Murphy would hold his own defensively on the wing for the Warriors and slide to power forward when Draymond Green is at center.
Since the Pelicans have no urgency to move Murphy, those benefits will cost Golden State. This deal moves up to three of the four first-round picks they can trade but protects them from giving up a top-four pick after this year. New Orleans is taking a risk that this trade might convey only one first-rounder, but it could yield three lottery picks if things hit right.
The Pelicans also get a pair of useful young players. Kuminga’s game figures to intrigue New Orleans’ front office. And Moody would give the Pelicans a shooter to help replace Murphy. New Orleans also benefits from getting off the $7 million 2026-27 salary for Hawkins, who is averaging just 4.5 points per game this season.
The Jazz jump in to facilitate by taking on Looney using a trade exception. He’d likely be a rotation player for Utah at center the rest of the season. — Pelton
Marks’ analysis: There is risk in this trade when considering the uncertain future of Golden State’s roster. Besides the newly acquired Murphy, there would be no current Warriors under contract when the 2028 and 2030 first-round picks sent to New Orleans get made. But similar to Milwaukee’s approach with Antetokounmpo, there is an obligation to maximize the championship window with Curry and Jimmy Butler III on the roster. And three first-rounders is too much of an offer for New Orleans to refuse, even if they have to include Murphy in the trade.
After trading their own 2026 first-rounder to the Atlanta Hawks to select Derik Queen, the Pelicans would reenter June’s draft with the Warriors’ pick. Kuminga has a $24.3 million team option for next season, and New Orleans can use the next four months to evaluate whether the team lets him hit free agency. With Murphy traded in this move, the focus would turn to whether Zion Williamson is the next domino to fall? Utah benefits as a facilitator with two first-round picks to take back Looney’s $8 million salary with a team option for 2026-27.
The Timberwolves don’t need a big swing at point guard, as Anthony Edwards continues to develop as a playmaker. But a competent midtier creator would do wonders for a team with a hole at the position. Jones, a Minnesota native and brother of former Wolves guard Tyus Jones, fits the bill.
Tre Jones is 6-foot-1 and has an iffy 3-point shot, but he is the steady hand Minnesota needs. Since moving to Chicago at last season’s trade deadline as part of the three-team deal that brought De’Aaron Fox to the San Antonio Spurs, Jones has averaged 11.9 points and 5.1 assists per game to just 1.1 turnovers. Given that Minnesota has the worst clutch turnover rate in the league, Jones’ ball security would offer a significant upgrade.
While Jones could help a contender, Dillingham and Chicago-native Shannon have much more value to a team that can give them time to develop. The two 2024 first-rounders have tumbled down Wolves coach Chris Finch’s rotation, averaging a combined 8.2 PPG. Dillingham has reached 20 minutes in just one game all season, despite being the No. 8 pick in the 2024 draft.
Think of this trade as the light version of the Bulls’ Alex Caruso–Josh Giddey swap, sending a veteran glue guy to a contender while returning higher-upside youngsters but no draft picks. The only hang-up to getting this deal done now might be Chicago’s desire to hold onto Jones until Giddey returns from a hamstring strain. — Kram
Marks’ analysis: In this deal, the Timberwolves are looking ahead. Yes, the Dillingham trade with the Spurs turned into a disaster when you consider Minnesota traded the right to swap firsts in 2030 and send a 2031 unprotected first-round pick with the Spurs. But the Wolves are in dire need of a point guard to alleviate the workload on Edwards. The three-year, $24 million contract Jones inked with Chicago in the offseason is considered one of the better value deals. However, I don’t like this trade for Chicago. Dillingham is only 21, but his two years in summer league, preseason and the regular season have shown he is not a rotational player right now. Shannon was expected to fill the void left when Nickeil Alexander-Walker signed with Atlanta, but the forward has struggled with his shot after a strong summer league and is dealing with a left foot injury.
The Spurs have an intriguing opportunity to upgrade at the deadline with $20 million in expiring salary between Sochan and Kelly Olynyk, who are at the fringes of the team’s rotation. San Antonio also might benefit from adding a player under contract through 2026-27 in case the team needs to aggregate salary for a blockbuster trade this summer.
Finding the right player is tricky because the Spurs’ rotation has been so strong at full strength. Another wing shooter, such as Kevin Huerter, might make sense, but San Antonio’s single biggest weakness has been when neither Victor Wembanyama nor Luke Kornet is on the court. Such lineups have been outscored by 7.6 points per 100 possessions, according to Cleaning the Glass.
Enter Yabusele, who has struggled to find the court with the Knicks but has history in both playing alongside Wembanyama with the French national team and as a stretch-5. The Spurs also get a pick likely to fall in the middle of the second round to utilize in other deadline moves.
For the Wizards, this is a talent play, just as acquiring Whitmore was last summer. Sochan was a lottery pick in 2022, and it’s possible a change of scenery, plus playing with an elite facilitator in Trae Young and a floor-stretching 7-footer in Alex Sarr, could help unlock his game. Whitmore struggled with his efficiency in Washington before being diagnosed with deep-vein thrombosis, which has him sidelined.
The motivation for New York is financial. Signing Yabusele hard-capped the Knicks at the second luxury tax apron, giving them no ability to fill out their roster. Moving him for a smaller salary would enable New York to sign a 15th player immediately. Any production the Knicks get from Whitmore is a bonus. — Pelton
Marks’ analysis: This is a low-cost option for the Spurs and the Wizards. After averaging 30 minutes per game last season, Sochan has been buried on coach Mitch Johnson’s bench and gets an opportunity to audition in Washington for the second half of the season. If Sochan plays well enough, the Wizards can make him a restricted free agent by tendering a one-year, $9.6 million qualifying offer in the offseason. Similar to Sochan, Yabusele averaged 27 minutes and 11.0 points last season with the Philadelphia 76ers, but he has seen his minutes plummet with New York. Yabusele has a $5.8 million player option for next season.
The Raptors have a giant hole at center, as Jakob Poeltl hasn’t played since Dec. 21 due to a back injury. Even when available, the 30-year-old showed signs of significant decline this season, calling into question the team’s decision to offer him a pricey early extension in the offseason.
In Poeltl’s absence, Toronto has been leaning on undersized centers Sandro Mamukelashvili and rookie Collin Murray-Boyles, and the surprise contender could use a bigger, steadier hand at the position. Complicating matters is that the Raptors’ five starters are their only players with a cap hit above $6.4 million this season, meaning they need to either lose a core player or look for bargain contracts.
The latter option could point to Nick Richards of the Phoenix Suns or Brooklyn’s Day’Ron Sharpe. The 37-year-old Lopez also offers an intriguing fit as a proven playoff performer who has perked up following a dismal start to the 2025-26 campaign. He’s making 36% of his 3s and remains an effective interior defender. Lopez has allowed just 55% shooting at the rim this season, as compared with 64% for all of Toronto’s bigs.
For the Clippers, this trade would give them potential upside in Agbaji, a former lottery pick who will enter restricted free agency next summer, and a mid-second-round pick. At the moment, it’s possible the Clips don’t end up with any picks in the 2026 draft, depending on how complex pick protections and the Kawhi Leonard/Aspiration investigation unfold. — Kram
Marks’ analysis: Adding Lopez would give Toronto an insurance policy for their frontcourt. But is the Raptors’ ownership content on forfeiting a $14.1 million tax distribution? Toronto sits $967,000 over the tax, and this deal would add $500,000 in salary. To sign a 14th player and remain below the first-apron hard cap — this trade would put the Raptors $500,000 below — Toronto would need a third team to send out additional salary. For the Clippers, the NBA’s oldest team would get younger with the additions of Agbaji (age 25) and Battle (24). And trading Lopez would open up minutes for 22-year-old rookie center Yanic Konan Niederhauser.
The deal with the biggest leaguewide impact is …
The six trades all make compelling arguments, from Golden State and Milwaukee and their franchise players trying to keep their championship windows open to Minnesota finding a permanent solution at point guard.
And while the Trey Murphy III trade to Golden State will steal the headlines and improve the roster, it is hard to ignore Tre Jones to Minnesota and Keon Ellis landing with the Lakers, both of which fill massive holes and could easily impact the road to the playoffs and beyond.
As Luka Doncic’s Dallas Mavericks days proved, reliable 3-point shooters are a must for any Doncic-led offense to be considered championship-caliber. And if Minnesota reaches its third consecutive Western Conference finals, any potential deadline deal for a point guard could be the difference in the franchise finally breaking through to its first NBA Finals. — Marks
Volvo is starting to trickle out some details about its upcoming midsize electric SUV, the EX60, before its official debut January 21st. The EX60 will have an estimated range of 400 miles (or 810km based on the generous WLTP standard in Europe). That’s significantly more range than any previous Volvo EV — at least until the 434-mile-range ES90 sedan comes out. And the EX60 will be the first vehicle to benefit from the automaker’s new megacasting production process to reduce weight and improve manufacturing efficiency.
“One of the things that we wanted to do was to create an electric vehicle with no compromises,” Akhil Krishnan, head of program management for the EX60, told me. “It shouldn’t be a compromise for you to choose to drive electric, so that was very, very important for us.”
To that end, improving the vehicle’s range and charging time were chief among the goals of Krishnan and his team. They wanted to transform “range anxiety” into “range comfort,” meaning the driver would have so much range that it no longer becomes a hinderance — similar to how consumers don’t choose gasoline cars based on tank size.
The interior looks to be as quirky as Volvo’s other EVs, like the EX30 and EX90. Image: Volvo
But range alone is not enough; charging speed was also critical. Krishnan said that Volvo conducted extensive customer research and found that many EV owners felt forced to plan their lives around charging stops, often waiting 40 minutes or more. Volvo wanted the EX60 to fit into natural human breaks instead. For instance, if a driver stops for 10 minutes to get coffee or use the restroom, the car should be ready to go again within that time.
The EX60 should meet that standard thanks to its 800-volt architecture, a first for Volvo. Other automakers, like Hyundai and Kia, have stood out amid cooling demand for EVs thanks to their fast-charging, 800-volt-architecture vehicles, and now Volvo wants to do the same. The EX60 can charge from 10–80 percent in 19 minutes, or add 168 miles of range in just 10 minutes, when using a 400kW fast charger.
But range alone is not enough; charging speed was also critical
Of course, finding a charger that can produce such speeds could be a problem, especially here in the US — but it’s certainly getting better. Krishnan said that Volvo’s aim is to deliver excellent charging performance not only on 400kW chargers but also on more common 250kW units.
The vehicle is built on Volvo’s new SPA3 platform, designed exclusively for electric vehicles, without any legacy constraints from combustion engines. The EX60 isn’t relying on any battery breakthroughs to achieve its improved range — the nickel-cobalt-manganese chemistry is the same as the rest of the EV lineup — but rather advancements in manufacturing, like megacasting and the use of a structural battery pack, to reduce weight and improve the vehicle’s integrity. It will also include battery preconditioning so the battery is at the right temperature for optimal charging to help sustain those higher speeds.
Megacasting is about forming a single piece of the vehicle’s frame instead of welding together multiple pieces. Image: Volvo
The new platform enables not just weight savings but also cost reductions, with estimated component-level savings of 20–35 percent, helping keep pricing competitive with gas and hybrid equivalents, Krishnan said. Volvo has said it intends to price the EX60 at around the same as the XC60 plug-in hybrid, which right now starts at around $63,000.
Volvo is also offering for the first time a global 10-year battery warranty covering up to 240,000km. This extends the company’s previous eight-year coverage and, according to Krishnan, reflects confidence in its in-house battery development and manufacturing capabilities.
The EX60 will have other tricks up its sleeve, too, including vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid functionality as standard across all markets and trims. Volvo has already announced a partnership with Swedish energy provider Vattenfall to explore how the EX60 and other Volvo EVs can help stabilize and balance the grid.
Krishnan sees the EX60 as a critical piece that was missing from Volvo’s EV strategy: a family SUV that’s more affordable than the automaker’s three-row, $80,000-plus EX90. “So it’s a very big addressable market for the car,” he said.
The EX60 will be built in Volvo’s Gothenburg factory, with production set to begin in the first half of 2026.
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Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams Details Receiving Messages From Closeted Pro Athletes After Show’s Release
Hudson Williams has been scoring some meaningful private messages.
In fact, the Heated Rivalry actor, who plays closeted gay hockey star Shane Hollander opposite Connor Storie (Ilya Rozanov) on the Crave/HBO Max show, revealed that he has received multiple DMs from closeted LGBTQ+ athletes who appreciate the show.
“The people who reach out, somewhat anonymously, who are like, ‘I’m a professional player still, and I’m still in the closet,’” Hudson said in a Jan. 7 clip from his appearance on Andy Cohen’s SiriusXM show Radio Andy. “They’re [also] reaching out to Rachel [Reid], our author, who will then kind of relay these lovely anonymous emails.”
The 24-year-old added of the hockey, football and basketball players he’s heard from, “Sometimes they’re just reaching out privately through Instagram, and those ones are the ones that really just kind of hit you and go, ‘Oh, so this is a fun show, and it’s celebratory, but also sometimes it’s just hitting people right in the nerve.’”
But gratitude isn’t the only emotion Hudson has felt in the six weeks since the show premiered for U.S. audiences on HBO Max. Indeed, he’s fully aware that his viral popularity is “crazy.”
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After the Jacksonville Jaguars clinched the AFC South division, Trevor Lawrence received a gift that left his teeth gleaming.
Lawrence received a grill after the Jaguars’ 41-7 win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. The gift was inspired by a viral AI photo of the Jaguars quarterback wearing a grill in his mouth along with an iced-out Jaguars chain.
But one question loomed: How were his teeth measurements correct if the gift was a surprise?
Former running back Darien Rencher, a teammate of Lawrence’s at Clemson, coordinated the surprise with Trevor’s wife, Marissa; Trevor’s mother; and the Jaguars’ social team.
According to Rencher, after the AI photo went viral, he wanted to find a way to give Lawrence custom mouth jewelry as long as the QB stayed healthy, kept performing well and led the Jaguars to a winning season.
If one of the three didn’t happen, they’d hold off on the surprise. But Lawrence finished the regular season with 4,007 passing yards and 29 touchdowns, helping the Jaguars to a 13-4 record.
Rencher found a Jacksonville-based jeweler, Teezie Tha Gawd, to make the grill.
Normally, grills require a jeweler to take a mold of the customer’s teeth on location to create the custom jewelry. Instead, the jeweler requested a 3-D scan of Lawrence’s teeth to make the grill.
Rencher reached out to Marissa and then Lawrence’s mother, who connected Rencher with Trevor’s dentist in Cartersville, Georgia, who agreed to overnight the quarterback’s 3-D scans to the jeweler.
On Sunday, Lawrence threw 255 passing yards for three touchdowns to help clinch the division title. Rencher worked with the Jaguars’ social media team to deliver the grill to the locker room, allowing cornerback Jarrian Jones the honor of presenting the gift to Lawrence.
In his postgame news conference, Lawrence made a guess as to how the grill fit so perfectly.
“I think somehow my wife might’ve been involved in that, getting my teeth measurements or something because it fit,” Lawrence told reporters.
The third-seeded Jaguars will host the Buffalo Bills in the wild-card round of the playoffs on Jan. 11 at EverBank Stadium.
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