Monthly Archives: December 2021

‘That kid played f–king 15 games in the big leagues’

Clint Frazier reacts strikeout cropped 6/28/21 After being released by the Yankees, Clint Frazier signed a deal with the Chicago Cubs. CC Sabathia wants everyone to just get over it and move on already. Sabathia is more specifically referring to Frazier taking a jab at the Yanks while sharing his excitement about joining the Cubs, saying “so am I” when a fan said he’s glad he’s out of the Bronx. Let’s just say Sabathia didn’t hold back how he felt. “If I see another Clint Frazier story, bro, I’m… Source link

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Mother charged after allegedly ordering daughter to hit opponent

A mother has been charged with two misdemeanors after allegedly being caught on video yelling at her daughter to hit an opposing player, which she did, during a youth basketball game in Garden Grove, California. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that Latira Shonty Hunt, 44, is facing one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and one misdemeanor count of battery. If convicted, she faces up to one year in an Orange County jail. In a video of the attack… Source link

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Google execs tell employees they won’t raise pay to match inflation

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google Inc., speaks during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google executives are acknowledging employee concerns about rising inflation, but say they have no plans to respond with a companywide pay increase. The topic of workforce pay was addressed at a special meeting on Tuesday that was intended to focus on Google’s 2022 strategy. Ahead of… Source link

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Google reportedly giving $1,600 bonuses to employees worldwide

The Google logo is seen Jan. 8, 2020, at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) (The Hill) — Google said it will distribute one-time bonuses of $1,600 to employees this month amid the tech giant’s decision to postpone a plan to return to the office, according to Reuters.  A Google spokesperson told the newswire the bonuses will be given… Source link

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Best Buy pulls TCL Google TVs amid complaints of slow, buggy software

Back in late summer, TCL announced an upgraded version of its high-end 6-Series TV. Aside from some technical improvements — the newer set fully supports HDMI 2.1 and 4K gaming at 120Hz — the biggest change had to do with software, with the latest 6-Series running Google TV instead of the Roku OS that has shipped on many of TCL’s most popular sets in the United States. The company has already released TVs powered by Android TV internationally and on a few budget models in North… Source link

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‘Who is not eating Spam?’

Even after 81 years in existence, the world’s love affair with the magical canned meat product known as Spam is not showing any signs of letting up. The brand’s owner Hormel said on its fourth fiscal quarter earnings call Thursday that sales of Spam capped off their seventh straight record-setting year. And that definitely doesn’t surprise Hormel CEO Jim Snee. “The question is, who is not eating Spam? It’s amazing what we have been able to do over the last seven years,” Snee said on Yahoo… Source link

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Google says bug with Teams and Android can cause 911 calls to fail

Last week, a Reddit user reported that they weren’t able to call 911 using their Pixel 3 and later said they were working with Google support to figure out the issue. Yesterday, Google announced what was causing the issue in a reply to the post: an “unintended interaction between the Microsoft Teams app and the underlying Android operating system” (via 9to5Google). In its comment, Google says that the bug happens when someone is using Android 10 or later and has Teams installed but… Source link

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Wes Unseld Jr. already has Wizards in playoff race

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — There are 12 teams in non-play-in playoff positioning and only one has a new head coach: Wes Unseld Jr.’s Washington Wizards, who snapped a three-game losing streak Wednesday night in overtime against a pesky Detroit Pistons squad. Unseld Jr. is one of several new coaches on the sideline this season and, arguably, could be the most mild, soft-spoken of them all. It’s a sharp contrast to a couple scenes from Wednesday night, when a few of his players were… Source link

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Yahoo Fantasy to host first Yahoo Fantasy Football Championship

This Sunday December 12, the top fantasy players in the country will face off for the title of Best Yahoo Fantasy Football Player and $200K in cash prizes at an exclusive, all-expenses paid weekend at MGM National Harbor Resort & Casino in Maryland. NFL legends and Super Bowl champions Vernon Davis and Torrey Smith will help host the event, which is the first of its kind for Yahoo Fantasy. Over the past 10 weeks, Yahoo Fantasy users had multiple free and paid ways to qualify for a coveted… Source link

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Yahoo Fantasy to host first Yahoo Fantasy Football Championship

The inaugural Yahoo Fantasy Football Championship is on Sunday. This Sunday December 12, the top fantasy players in the country will face off for the title of Best Yahoo Fantasy Football Player and $200K in cash prizes at an exclusive, all-expenses paid weekend at MGM National Harbor Resort & Casino in Maryland. NFL legends and Super Bowl champions Vernon Davis and Torrey Smith will help host the event, which is the first of its kind for Yahoo Fantasy. Over the past 10 weeks, Yahoo Fantasy… Source link

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