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DR Horton surges after beating profit estimates, leading S&P gainers 13 minutes ago Shares of homebuilder DR Horton (DHI) soared on Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected sales and profits. The Arlington, Texas-based company said third-quarter earnings per share rose 5 percent from a year ago to $4.10, and sales rose more than 2 percent to $9.97 billion. DR Horton closed on 24,155 new homes during the quarter, up 5% from the same period last year and also beating consensus expectations, with the value of closed homes increasing by more than 6%. The company's shares have risen more than 10%…
After an 11-year wait, UCF football fans will finally be able to play as the Knights with the release of College Football 25 .The last time EA Sports released a college football video game was in 2013 with NCAA Football 14. At the time, gamers didn't get to play as Blake Bortles; instead, UCF had QB #5 under center. Now, with the introduction of the NIL rule, for the first time, players' names and likenesses will appear in the game, and UCF fans can play on the digital field alongside RJ Harvey, KJ Jefferson and the rest of the Knights.And…
If you want to become a better golfer, head to the driving range.If you want to become a better fantasy football manager, head over to the Mock Draft Lounge.Three days ago, 10 Yahooligans selected 150 players in a 15-round draft. Managers drafted with the following specifications in mind: 4-point passing touchdowns, 0.5-point PPR scoring, 9 starters (1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 flex, 1 PK, 1 DEF) and 6 reserves per week. To simulate the pressure of a real draft, the timer was set to a cushy 30 seconds. Gamers, get practicing!We may never play in this…
There's a reason Michigan Stadium is known as “The Big House.”With a staggering seating capacity of 107,601, it is not only the largest stadium in college football, but also the largest in the United States and the Western Hemisphere. On any fall Saturday, this hallowed venue welcomes crowds against a backdrop of cornfields and blue skies that have witnessed some of the greatest players, teams, coaches and games in college football history.Not only is the stadium massive, it's also widely known as having one of the best game-day atmospheres in American sports — and now there's another statistic to back…
Dana White has been in the mixed martial arts world for years, and the UFC CEO sees some similarities between how two of the greatest fighters in the promotion's history changed with their rise to stardom.UFC News: Ronda Rousey Responds to Dana White's Comments: “I'm Working Just as Hard as I'm Working Out” to Promote WMMAFans were excited to see Conor McGregor return at UFC 303 last month, but “The Notorious” pulled out of the main event due to a toe injury. As of now, there's no concrete news on when or if the bout between him and Michael Chandler…
Dick PoundJohn McClellan, a former Canadian swimming champion and the first president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), told Reuters on Tuesday that the United States could lose its Olympic hosting rights over an investigation into Chinese swimmers' involvement in contamination at the 2021 Olympics. U.S. law enforcement agencies are investigating Chinese doping cases under the Rodchenkov Act, which was passed in 2020 to expand U.S. jurisdiction to international sporting events involving American athletes and financial interests. The law, named after a Russian whistleblower, first resulted in a guilty plea last May to a man charged with distributing banned drugs…
circleWhen French historian Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the governing body of the modern Olympics, in the late 19th century, he touted the Olympics as a movement for peace that would unite the world through sport. “Wars come because nations misunderstand each other,” he said. The theory was that competition would foster understanding and reconciliation between hostile nations.More than a century later, Coubertin's vision hasn't necessarily come to fruition. Far from ending war, the Olympics have become embroiled in it and forced its cancellation. While the Olympics are ostensibly apolitical, the world in which they are…
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (KABC) — Boxing star Ryan Garcia was indicted Thursday on charges he vandalized a Beverly Hills hotel last month, causing hundreds of dollars' worth of damage.Garcia was charged with one misdemeanor count of criminal damage to property or criminal mischief exceeding $400 in damage, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a statement.Notes: The video above is from our previous reporting on this story.The 25-year-old man was arrested on June 8 after allegedly vandalizing the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, with the hotel estimating the damage was about $15,000, ESPN reported at the time.”While we are…
With Barclay Goodrow and trade-deadline acquisitions Alex Wennberg and Jack Roslovic gone, and Sam Carrick and Riley Smith in, the 2024-25 New York Rangers will look a lot like the 2023-24 team that won the Presidents Trophy. Carrick will replace Goodrow on the fourth line, and general manager Chris Drury hopes that Riley Smith will be the two-way spark the Rangers need in their top six.Despite the talent still on the roster, the Rangers' second Eastern Conference Finals loss in three seasons leaves more question marks than ever: Can this team and its core overcome the so-called obstacles and win…
There's no debate that Wednesday was a bad day for the tech sector. But while some dismiss it as part of a gentle shift away from tech stocks and toward the next set of potential winners, others see it as more worrying.The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index fell 2.8% on Wednesday, its biggest one-day point drop since September 2022 and its biggest one-day percentage drop since December 2022. S&P 500, This also fell, down 1.4%. Dow Jones Industrial Average, With little exposure to the industry,and Record closing price for 2024. While technology has driven the market's impressive gains last year and…