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What does it take to land a song on a Billboard chart? Billboard’s managing director of charts & data operations, Keith Caulfield, joins host Kristin Robinson to unpack the evolution of the Billboard ...

The singer continues her domination, securing a rare double victory with The Life Of A Showgirl topping the Official Albums Chart, while The Fate Of Ophelia maintains its reign on the Official Singles ...

The key word to the idea of NFL teams having unofficial depth charts is the fact that they're unofficial. But they're also something, and on Tuesday, there was plenty of intrigue as the Cleveland ...

Tyler Loop took a moment to gather all the details in his head. It was Week 4. His Arizona team was playing at Utah, a temperate September Saturday in Salt Lake City last fall; around 87 degrees at ...

Arizona's Republican state Senate president has proposed renaming the Loop 202 highway for conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. Kirk was assassinated Sept. 10, 2025, while speaking at Utah Valley ...

Quinshon Judkins didn't sign with the Cleveland Browns until just before the 2025 NFL season started, due to a league investigation into alleged domestic violence by the rookie running back. After ...

Brooks dominated the country airwaves and charts throughout the 1990s. However, by the time he recorded “More Than a Memory,” his chart success was starting to fade. His last No. 1 came in 1998 with ...

ATLANTA ― With barely a week to go until roster cut-down day, the Tennessee Titans' depth chart is hardly solidified. As the team heads into its final week of preseason practices, culminating with the ...