Inside the crazy celebration of Zdeno Chara’s goal originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington Thursday’s game was full of fun moments for Capitals fans as Washington stormed back from a 3-0 deficit against the New York Islanders to win 6-3. Perhaps the best moment of all, however, came after Zdeno Chara’s goal. Chara scored his first goal as a Capital on Thursday as he fired a blistering slap shot from the point that found the back of the net. Being on the point, Chara was near the bench… Source link

US tech giant Google stepped up its public relations campaign against Australian regulation Friday, presenting all search users Down Under with a “proposal” to water down planned rules. Australians searching for any term were presented with a pop-up setting out the company’s opposition to proposed legislation that would force them to pay news companies for content. Google and Facebook have vehemently opposed the proposed rules, which are designed to rebalance the… Source link

The final open head coaching position in the NFL was filled on Wednesday, and it had to be conflicting for Andy Reid. Taking the Houston Texans job was David Culley, the associate head coach, passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach of the Baltimore Ravens. Culley’s career as an NFL assistant goes back nearly three decades, the majority of which were spent working under Reid with the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. Not taking the Texans job, or any other job, was Eric… Source link

Google’s John Mueller shares SEO best practices to follow when cleaning up, and recovering from, site hacks. Mueller provided this advice on Reddit in response to a thread from a site owner dealing with thousands of hacker-injected web pages. The site owner begins by asking whether it’s best to 404 or 410 the hacked pages, to which Mueller replies: “It doesn’t matter. The different is mostly theoretical.” In a follow-up comment the site owner asks if there’s anything else they… Source link

Google Play will allow gambling apps. Google Android users in the US… Source link

ATLANTA — The Brooklyn Nets were a few seconds away from staving off a young Atlanta Hawks squad on the road inside of State Farm Arena on Wednesday night. With four seconds remaining in overtime, James Harden was at the charity stripe and Hawks star point guard Trae Young was positioned behind him staring into space in deep thought. He looked as if he was itching for a couple of do-overs. The rising Hawks had fought valiantly throughout and led for much of the contest. They had their… Source link

TipRanks These 2 Penny Stocks Could Rally All the Way to $11, Say Analysts At its January FOMC meeting, the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady – they are near rock-bottom now, and to no one’s surprise, the Fed is keeping them there. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell may have fed some market pessimism when he spoke after the meeting, and pointed out that unemployment, which has been rising in recent months. For market watchers seeking support, there is solace in the Fed’s monetary… Source link

Ron Rivera has added another win to his record, and his team didn’t even have to play a game. The head coach of the Washington Football Team is officially cancer-free, according to tweets from his wife and daughter on Thursday. Rivera had been battling a case of squamous cell cancer during the season, and he now appears to be out of the woods: Prayers have been answered. Thx to all the Drs & nurses who “Coached up” @RiverboatRonHC and me and gave us the winning game plan to defeat… Source link

GameStop mania is sweeping Capitol Hill, as legislators of both parties criticize … somebody … for … something …. about … short squeezing? Vigilante retail investors have driven shares of the troubled retailer GameStop (GME) to remarkable heights, for no apparent reason except exploding demand for the stock. Shares were up by more than 1,700% for the month as of Jan. 26, before falling back to a mere 1,100% gain a day later. This surge in demand has obliterated… Source link