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The NFL season kicks off next month, and Verizon is offering up a perfect deal for football fans. For a limited time, new and existing Verizon home internet and mobile customers can receive a free subscription to NFL Sunday Ticket for YouTube and YouTube TV.

A subscription to NFL Sunday Ticket is $449 per season, but Verizon’s promotion knocks the price down to $0. The limited deal applies to Verizon mobile customers who sign up for (or upgrade to) an Unlimited Plan and internet customers with Fios 1 Gig, 5G Home Plus or LTE Home Plus plan.

After the free promo ends, the subscription will renew at the regular rate, unless you cancel the subscription before the next season starts. If you already purchase NFL Sunday Ticket for the season the subscription is non-refundable. However, existing Verizon customers who aren’t eligible for the promo can receive a $100 discount on NFL Sunday Ticket. Visit Verizon +play for more information.

With NFL Sunday Ticket, sports lovers can watch Sunday afternoon, regular season, out-of-market NFL games and you don’t need YouTube TV to watch. NFL Sunday Ticket is available on YouTube TV and as a YouTube Primetime Channel that you can watch free thanks to Verizon.

NFL Sunday Ticket features up to four live games on one screen, on-the-go streaming and unlimited, simultaneous streams at home. Access to the first NFL Sunday Ticket football game of the season will begin on Sept. 10.

If you’re interested in subscribing to YouTube TV, streaming plans start at $65/month to stream over 100 channels.

Want more ways to watch the NFL 2023-24 season from anywhere? You can stream select NFL games on Thursdays, Mondays and Sundays via platforms that offer live television such as Sling TV, DirecTV Stream, Fubo and Hulu + Live TV as well as Peacock, Prime Video and Paramount+.

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Sun, fun and travel. The summer is synonymous with many things but if you’re among the millions of people who plan to go on a Labor Day trip, you’ll need something to carry all of your belongings. To help you get prepared for your next getaway, we’ve collected a few of the best luggage deals at Amazon and Walmart.

Say goodbye to the summer solstice with a collection of sales of up to 62% off luggage sets (find duffle bags on sale here). For more travel supples, read our roundups of travel essentials and best travel deals.

Below, find a list of the best luggage deals to shop for summer.

Buy: Amazon Basics 20-Inch Hardside Spinner, Navy Blue $62.92

You’ll want to start your luggage deals search on Amazon, specifically through their “Amazon Basics” store, which offers everything from home goods and everyday accessories to pretty decent luggage for cheap.

This carry-on suitcase, for example, has all the good looks and features of pricier luggage brands, but it’s on sale for less than $65. These suitcases can retail for $90, so the discount is one you’ll want to take advantage of. Expect this deal to move fast so we recommend adding to your cart now.

Next up, basic black! If you’re looking for a luggage set under $50, this black, two-piece luggage set is on sale at Walmart. The duo includes a boarding bag and a 21-inch upright, carry-on bag with in-line wheels.

Buy: Rockland Pasadena Hardside Spinner Wheel Luggage, Pink, 19″, 23″, 27″ $115

Save 62% on this three-piece, expandable luggage set, which is on sale in five different colors including black, blue, pink, purple and silver. The set includes 19-inch; 23-inch and 27-inch luggage. For another affordable trio, try this three-piece set on sale for $109.99 at Walmart.

Babies get wild at concerts too!

Flo Rida was performing CelebrateErie festival in Pennsylvania over the weekend, where he’s seen in a viral video posted by TMZ motioning a parent to send their baby over to the stage. Within seconds, the infant is crowd-surfing to the front, with fans gently moving the baby up over the crowd over to the rapper. Flo Rida then holds the baby as he performs “Low,” dancing around and even putting the mic up to the baby’s mouth in case he wanted to get a few bars in.

The child somehow eventually made his way onto the main stage, where Flo Rida’s crew held him up Lion King style while the rapper performed “GDFR.”

It’s been a lucrative year for Flo Rida, who was awards $82 million back in January following a legal battle with energy drink maker Celcius, claiming the company violated an endorsement deal with the rapper. Flo Rida’s lawsuit, filed in 2021, claimed he was owed millions in additional stock and ongoing royalties under the terms of the deals. Broward County jury found that Celsius breached two contracts it had signed with the rapper.

“They understood all these complicated legal issues and, in our view, came to the right conclusion,” the rapper’s attorney John J. Uustal told Billboard at the time. “After our client finished testifying, there was no doubt that this was not a greedy individual.”

Ariana Grande has split with longtime manager Scooter Braun, sources close to the situation tell Billboard.

Grande has been with Braun and his SB Projects since 2013, the year she released her breakthrough debut album, Yours Truly. News of the split comes the same day Billboard learned that Demi Lovato, who signed with SB Projects in 2019, had parted ways with Braun. It is unclear whether Grande is severing all business ties with Braun outside of management.

The split was first reported by Puck‘s Matthew Belloni on X (formerly known as Twitter).

Representatives for Grande and Braun declined to comment.

The relationship between Grande and Braun spans the entirety of Grande’s post-Nickelodeon career — a period during which the singer released a total of six albums, all but one of which has hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Also during that time, she has notched 20 top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, seven of which went to No. 1.

Grande, who hasn’t released an album since 2020’s Positions, is currently ramping up for the 10th anniversary of Yours Truly, which will include the release of a deluxe digital release of the album on Friday (Aug. 25), as well as newly recorded live performances of “Honeymoon Avenue” and “Daydreamin’.” Additional live performances and merch drops will follow. Outside of music, she was a coach on The Voice in 2021 and will star in the two-part film adaptation of musical Wicked, the first part of which is slated to debut in November 2024.

In 2021, Braun sold SB Projects’ parent company Ithaca Holdings to South Korean entertainment conglomerate HYBE, under which SB Projects has continued to operate. Braun is now HYBE America’s CEO and earlier this year helped oversee HYBE’s purchase of leading hip-hop label Quality Control.

SB Projects’ artist roster currently includes longtime client Justin Bieber. Following a report Friday (Aug. 18) that Bieber was looking to leave SB, reps for both parties told Billboard that such “rumors” were “not true.”

J Balvin, who also signed with Braun in 2019, left in May and is now managed by Roc Nation.

Longtime National Public Radio (NPR) programming executive Anya Grundmann will leave the network after nearly 30 years, the media organization announced Monday (Aug. 21). Grundmann will step down from her post as senior vp of programming and audience development at the end of the year.

“It’s been the best kind of roller coaster ride,” Grundmann told NPR in a statement. “I’ve especially loved it when the sparks are flying, when we’ve imagined new ways we can lean into our enormous potential while staying true to our public service mission.”

Grundmann stepped into her current role at NPR in 2015 and went on help make the iconic Tiny Desk concert series a household name. She also oversaw many of NPR’s podcasts and worked throughout music, entertainment and talk shows at the organization.

NPR credits Grundmann for her part in creating its daily podcast Up First, which is based on top news stories in its morning show, Morning Edition. Additional podcast content developed under Grundmann includes Planet Money spinoff The Indicator, Code Switch and No Compromise, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2021 for audio reporting.

“She’s really legendary in the world of public media,” NPR chief executive John Lansing told the outlet. Grundmann, he says, “led the podcasting revolution in many ways, and has been just an invaluable partner for me in my four years here.”

Lansing expressed that Grundmann’s decision to leave the network was entirely her own. In March, NPR cut 10% of its staff and stopped production on several podcasts. Lansing told NPR at the time, “We literally are fighting to secure the future of NPR at this very moment by restructuring our cost structure. It’s that important.”

Grundmann has impacted several facets of NPR’s business since she reportedly began at the network as an intern in 1994. Prior to her current role, Grundmann also served as the founding executive director of NPR Music. In 2013, she landed on the Billboard Power 100 list, an annual list of the most powerful executives in the music industry.

NPR has not yet named a successor.