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There's a problem with field hockey in the United States. That will continue through to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and possibly the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. What? A rising talent. The field hockey prospects who didn't make the final Olympic roster are exceptionally talented, and several of them will likely return to their NCAA college teams and dominate the 2024 fall season. Head coach David Passmore told FAN in June that it wasn't easy telling players who wouldn't be going to Paris that they hadn't been selected, and it's not likely to end anytime soon. Below, we see the strength,…
Celine Dion closed the opening ceremony with her first performance since announcing her 2022 diagnosis of stiff person syndrome. Dion sang French singer Edith Piaf's “Hymne amore” on stage at the base of the Eiffel Tower. Lady Gaga kicked off her Olympic Opening Ceremony performance by singing Gigi Jeanmaire's “Mon Truc En Plumes” on the steps of the Seine. Surrounded by pink feathers, Gaga's brief stage appearance was reminiscent of her jazz and piano residency in Las Vegas and also seemed to pay homage to Jeanmaire's performance of the song on The Ed Sullivan Show. After descending the stairs, Gaga…
Expectations couldn't be lower for Arkansas football in 2024. In a preseason poll conducted by USA TODAY Sports Network and SEC Media Days over the past two weeks, the Hogs are projected to finish 14th in the SEC.BetMGM Sportsbook is setting the Razorbacks at 4.5 wins next season and predicting a season similar to their 4-8 campaign in 2023.Sam Pittman is in a bind and he knows it, so how can the Hogs surprise the experts and give Pittman more time to lead the program?more:Arkansas football DE Landon Jackson knows he needs to be more consistent in 2024.more:Arkansas football's position…
For the first time in a long time, there is a new champion at the top of the featherweight division with a target on his back. Ilia Topuria has made a huge impact since signing with UFC, and his knockout victory over Alexander Volkanovski to win 145-pound gold was his best performance to date. If “El Matador” wants to stay at the top for the long term, he won't just have to worry about current favorites like Max Holloway and Movsar Evloev. There are plenty of contenders hoping to face Topuria in the future, but the champion is definitely someone…
While much of the country is enjoying a hot summer, it's getting colder in the technology sector, and traders are pulling out of overvalued tech stocks as they believe lower interest rates will make other sectors more attractive. Does this mean tech stock trading is over? It doesn't seem likely, but earnings season will be important as traders pick winners and losers. Tesla (Nasdaq:TSLA) and alphabet (Nasdaq:GoogleNasdaq:Google) dragged the entire tech sector down, even though Alphabet's report wasn't bad at all. That's the nature of overly high expectations: Traders are willing to accept high valuations, but not until they no…
Top Line Warner Bros. Discovery sued the NBA on Friday for breach of contract, according to multiple reports. The NBA said TNT's owners did not match Amazon's $1.8 billion bid for an 11-year streaming rights deal, but claims Warner Bros. Discovery made a valid match offer and that the NBA cannot reject the offer because it has a match right in its 2014 contract with the NBA. The lawsuit was filed in New York on Friday. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)Getty Images Key Facts Warner Bros. Discovery said in a statement Friday that it was prompted to sue the NBA…
Last week's global technology outage was traced to a bug in the quality control system of US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. The impact of the outage was widespread, affecting around 8.5 million Windows devices and disrupting banks, emergency call centers and airlines. Fortune 500 companies, excluding Microsoft, face an estimated $5.4 billion in losses due to the outage, according to insurer Parametrix. Meanwhile, hackers are using the outage as an opportunity to target CrowdStrike customers. “The fact that proper analysis wasn't done created this huge cascading problem that companies are still dealing with today,” said Scott White, associate professor and director…
Stay up to date with free updatesJust sign up US Stocks myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox.Four of the so-called “Magnificent Seven” technology stocks that have driven the U.S. market rally over the past nine months ended the week in a correction, down more than 10% from recent highs. Microsoft and Amazon are both nearing double-digit declines that would signal a correction, and investors are focused on more tech earnings reports next week amid worries about lofty valuations and the risk that revenue from big spending on artificial intelligence may not live up to initial expectations.Nvidia and Tesla…
Richard Shotwell/InVision Warner Bros. Discovery is ready to sue the NBA. If the shrinking media giants have their way, athletes and influencers will likely take to social media and other platforms to criticize the NBA and Amazon over a new deal that will see digital giant Prime Video stream dozens of professional basketball games starting in the 2025-2026 season. Warner Bros. Discovery is working with independent public relations firm Edelman to mount a campaign aimed at criticizing Amazon for acquiring NBA rights worth $1.8 billion a year, which Warner believes should remain within its purview. The two companies have been…
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJuly 26, 2024 9:42 PMcloseMike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 for USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before joining ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppingerThe U.S. Olympic boxing team will face the same daunting task that has eluded the team in the past four Olympic Games: winning the men's gold medal.Andre Ward was the last American man to win a gold medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004. Ward went on to have a Hall of Fame career as a pro athlete.Jamal Harvey is widely considered the best hope to…