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Musicians tend to favor the hands-on tweakability of hardware over the fiddliness of software, and controllers like Ableton’s Push (starting at $799) bring that physicality to powerful audio software suites. But Akai has upped the game by bringing what looks like a high-quality controller at a very affordable $269. “Hardware is just ‘hands-on,’ plain and simple. There’s a level of interactivity with hardware that is impossible to replace with mouse clicks, no matter how good the technology is....

Florida State and Oregon and check in at second and third, respectively, in the standings released Sunday. FSU announced its title intentions with its 51-14 road rout of Clemson on Saturday night. The Ducks continued to score points at will; they put up 62 on Saturday as they drubbed Washington State. This is the last season the BCS standings will be used to determine the teams that will play in the National Championship Game....

With seven weeks left until the College Football committee will make their choices, 22 FBS teams have one loss or less. We’re down to four unbeatens now. Florida State extended its winning streak to 23 games, like it or not Jameis Winston haters. Mississippi State still has this year’s best resume and Heisman frontrunner in Dak Prescott. Ole Miss boasts the nation’s nastiest defense, one that allows just 10.5 points per game....

The problem? He reportedly did say that, according to ESPN’s Brett McMurphy. Yikes. BENDER: Tide’s defense takes it up another notch Allen recorded six tackles, including a sack and two tackles for loss, in the win.

[HTML1] One of the coolest things about the recent toys-to-life trend going around the industry is the ability for fans to have a tangible collectible that interacts with some of their favorite video games. Skylanders may have pioneered the genre, but Disney Infinity brought in iconic characters that have been charming audiences (in some cases) for decades. It’s for that reason that no one was surprised when the company announced a follow up to the original called Disney Infinity 2....

Warcraft: Arclight Rumble is only the beginning of Blizzard’s mobile plans. Alongside Diablo: Immortal, these two titles represent Blizzard’s growing interest in the market, and if both prove to be successful, then more mobile games set in these fantasy worlds are likely on the horizon. Warcraft specifically has a whole trove of possible mobile games that Blizzard could pursue after Arclight Rumble. RELATED: Warcraft: Arclight Rumble Needs to Offer Incentives for WoW Players...

It doesn’t, which the Giants realized. Instead, they decided to bring Casey McGehee home to the Bay Area. Even McGehee admitted Saturday he isn’t the new Sandoval, just the next Giants third baseman. Friday’s trade with the Marlins stretched into Saturday morning. When complete, it saw the Giants send minor league right-handed pitchers Kendrys Flores and Luis Castillo to Florida. No easy job, indeed, since McGehee had been a Giants target since early November....

Timing. Kids will eat almost anything as they walk through the door after school. By planning ahead, you can make it easy for them to choose wisely. Place a fruit basket on the table, or cut up fresh fruits or vegetables and place them strategically at the front of the fridge. And instead of filling the pantry with cookies and soda, stock up on seltzer, nuts, dried fruit and whole-grain crackers....

When the fourth installment was teased after almost 15 years, the gaming world went bonkers, and the expectations were sky-high. However, the game’s release was met with a relatively silent affair and not much of a huge fanfare. However, the studios have launched the new “Festival of Ages” update a year later, and things are finally getting back to the old AOE ways! 4 An In-Depth Understand Of “Seasons” Making justice to its tagline, the Festival of Ages, AOE 4 would regularly drop patches, providing access to new content, campaigns, and many more....

The Germany international is reportedly keen to leave his current club, with Arsenal also linked with a move. But according to Fabio Parisi, the Serie A giants are the favorites to land their man next season. “He will definitely leave Wolfsburg at the end of the season. He would’ve gladly run to join Juve and is the ideal trequartista for Allegri," the agent affirmed to Tuttosport. “I repeat: Draxler will leave, but whether or not Juventus are interested again is another matter....

Alves’ agent Dinorah Santana gave the news at a press conference on Friday, stating, “We have not reached an agreement with Barcelona to extend the player’s contract which expires on June 30.” Santana added that Alves was “sad” about the decision which seems to end the 31-year-old’s seven seasons at the Camp Nou, while explaining that Barcelona had offered the defender a “one year rolling contract with the following year’s deal confirmed by the number of games he played....

The World Cup winner continues to run down his current deal at Camp Nou and will hit free agency in the summer if no extension is agreed. Talks have dragged on for some time, with no compromise reached as yet, and Dembele’s agent has suggested that greater support is being sought from club bosses after seeing the talented 24-year-old rushed back into the team following a bout of coronavirus....

Aguero netted three times as he surpassed Thierry Henry as the Premier League’s top-scoring non-Englishman, while he is now the division’s leading scorer of hat-tricks after completing his 12th at Villa Park. Although the hosts were charitable in their defending, Aguero’s opener showed his clinical finishing ability as he lashed home from outside the box. A jinking run and finish doubled his tally before an emphatic close-range effort secured the matchball and the warm praise of his manager....

The Manchester City striker missed the end of his team’s season through injury, and was called up for the finals in Russia despite doubts over his fitness. But after making a fine second-half cameo against Haiti and scoring in Argentina’s sole pre-World Cup friendly the striker will begin the tournament as first choice over Juventus’ Gonzalo Higuain. The Argentina team confirmed by the coach in Friday’s press conference poses no surprises, based on the side Sampaoli has been training with throughout the week after seeing their final friendly against Israel fall through due to protests over the fixture....

But if you’re, say, a San Francisco 49ers defensive player, playing against the aforementioned Rams, you should probably know the opposing quarterback, right? Ahmad Brooks was not familiar. But he means no disrespect. Your browser does not support iframes. When asked about seeing Davis in person, he responded: “That’s the quarterback, right? They asked me earlier. No disrespect, but I didn’t know who you were talking about. He did a great job....

According to Geo news channel, Pakistan’s World Cup coach and captain had noted in their post-tournament reports that despite being told many times to play responsibly and change their attitude for the team, Shehzad and Akmal continued to show reckless attitude in their approach to the game and let down the team time and again. The reports had included the suggestion that the duo be dropped for a period of at least an year, to teach them a lesson in discipline and professionalism....

The election for the term 2019-2023 will be held at the 29th AFC Congress in Kuala Lumpur on April 6. Patel, Indian football’s chief, will not stand for the re-election of the AFC Vice-President post. He, however, has filed his nomination for a seat in the FIFA Council from the AFC and his fate will be decided on April 6. Patel eyeing FIFA Council Patel can contest for both seats but he can hold only one of the two posts....

New Delhi - Indian tennis’s two protagonists Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna may have bulldozed their way into the London Olympics, but they have been told by the All India Tennis Association (AITA) to be prepared for disciplinary action for their misdemeanour. AITA president Anil Khanna did not mince words while announcing that two men’s doubles teams will be fielded at the Olympics. Khanna made it amply clear that it was a Pyrrhic victory for Bhupathi and Bopanna to be selected for the national duty at the Olympics and that they would have to pay for their conduct in the last couple of days....

The advertised main event for the show is Roman Reigns versus Drew McIntyre for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. Liv Morgan will defend the SmackDown Women’s Championship against Shayna Baszler and a 6-woman tag team match has also been confirmed for the show. AJ did not have a match at SummerSlam but did help Logan Paul in his match against The Miz. Ciampa was ringside and kept interfering in the match....

Ronaldo slowing down but still incredible Having watched his team grow in effectiveness in recent weeks, Bosz has the double in his sights, with a first Eredivisie title since 2013-14 even closer to his grasp than the Europa League. At the start of the month, a six-point gap separated them and the season’s perennial leaders Feyenoord, but a win over their rivals was followed by a newfound ruthlessness and, aided by a further slip up from the Rotterdammers, they cut the gap to one....