The AFC has a five-game Pro Bowl win streak though there was some late drama. The AFC scored 13 consecutive points in the second half to open up a 20-point lead at one point before holding on for a 41-35 win in a turnover-filled game. The two teams combined for eight turnovers. Seven of them were interceptions and six of them happened in the first half. Justin Herbert’s fourth-quarter interception with the AFC up 41-28 gave the NFC a chance to get back into the game and cut the deficit to… Source link

The Cleveland Cavaliers are making a move to bolster their rotation as they fight for a top seed in the Eastern Conference. According to The Athletic, the Cavaliers are trading Ricky Rubio, a first-round pick and two second-round picks to the Indiana Pacers for Caris LeVert. The trade was reported less than two hours before the teams play each other in Cleveland. According to ESPN, one of the second-round picks originally belonged to the Houston Rockets and will likely be in the top 35. The… Source link

Justin Herbert did something no other QB was able to do during the first half of Sunday’s Pro Bowl: He failed to throw an interception. The NFC and AFC teams combined to throw six interceptions in a high-scoring first half that saw all six QBs get significant playing time. Russell Wilson threw two interceptions in eight pass attempts for the NFC while Kyler Murray and Kirk Cousins each had a pick. On the AFC side, Patrick Mahomes and Mac Jones each threw an interception among their 12… Source link

MIT researchers have developed a new material that’s as strong as steel but as light as plastic. It can be easily manufactured in large quantities, and the use cases range from lightweight coatings for cars and phones to building blocks for massive structures such as bridges, according to Michael Strano, the Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT and the senior author of a new study. “We don’t usually think of plastics as being something that you could use to support a… Source link

A Leicester City fan went after Nottingham Forest players after Forest scored a fourth goal in its win over the Foxes in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Forest beat Leicester 4-1 and Djed Spence scored the final goal in the 61st minute. As he and his teammates were celebrating, a Leicester City fan made it onto the field and tried to break up the celebration. While security lapsed in letting the fan get onto the field, he was at least removed from the field relatively quickly. And he didn’t… Source link

Clyde Edwards-Helaire‘s fantasy football career has not started as everyone hoped. Consider the fact that fantasy drafters were selecting CEH in the first round before he had even played a professional snap. That’s how much power being part of the Chiefs’ offense holds. That’s how much value a running back receiving carries from Patrick Mahomes has. Unfortunately, CEH’s fantasy production has left us all wanting. Whether he hasn’t been receiving the touches or he’s been hurt or he’s been… Source link

Bitcoin’s (BTC-USD) arrival into the mainstream has seen companies like Microstrategy (MSTR), Block (SQ) and Tesla (TSLA) add the digital coin to their balance sheets — and spawned a new class of investors drawing all or part of their salaries in cryptocurrency. But with Bitcoin slumping by nearly half since hitting a November high under $69,000 in the midst of crypto’s grim winter, the strategy is not without risk — especially for companies bound by strict corporate accounting rules that… Source link

Investors this week are set to monitor another set of inflation data alongside a packed docket of quarterly earnings results, with names from Disney (DIS) to Uber (UBER), Lyft (LYFT) and Peloton (PTON) all set to post their reports. On the economic data front, Thursday’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) will be one of the most closely watched reports, and will likely show another multi-decade high print on inflation to further vindicate the Federal Reserve’s more hawkish stance. Consensus economists… Source link

The video game studio buying frenzy that’s erupted in recent weeks may just be an industry-wide case of fear of missing out (FOMO), according to analysts. January’s string of big and small deals for game developers has seen Take-Two () – the publisher behind heavy-hitting franchises like Red Dead Redemption and Bioshock, make a for mobile game giant Zynga. Not to be outdone, Microsoft () announced it would buy Activision Blizzard () for a that would unite franchises like Call of Duty,… Source link

A flurry of IPOs large and small have gone public during the pandemic, and some have been struggling more than others. Higher inflation and the likelihood of tighter monetary policy has beaten down the shares of many companies which went public last year, some of which have yet to report a profit. The biggest IPOs of 2021 and 2020, measured by the amount of money raised, shows shares of the top five initial public offerings of last year have fared worse than the largest ones to go public in… Source link