Courtney Vandersloot wasn’t going to let the Chicago Sky blow their lead Sunday afternoon. Vandersloot lifted the Sky to an 88-85 win over the Minnesota Lynx with a 3-pointer right at the buzzer. Her shot, which she hit over Minnesota center Sylvia Fowles, was perfect. Vandersloot finished with 18 points, six assists and five rebounds in the win, and shot 4-of-7 from behind the arc. The game likely marked Fowles’ last in Chicago. The former Sky star is set to retire at the end of the season,… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Russia defaulted on its foreign-currency sovereign debt for the first time in a century, the culmination of ever-tougher Western sanctions that shut down payment routes to overseas creditors. Most Read from Bloomberg For months, the country found paths around the penalties imposed after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. But at the end of the day on Sunday, the grace period on about $100 million of snared interest payments due May 27 expired, a deadline considered an event of… Source link

A full-out brawl broke out during the Angels-Mariners game on Sunday afternoon. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) Tempers boiled over on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, which resulted in a full-out benches-clearing brawl during the second inning of the Angels’ game against the Seattle Mariners. Things got so crazy that at one point, a full crate of sunflower seeds were launched out onto the field. In the top of the second inning, Angels pitcher Andrew Wantz drilled Mariners right fielder Jesse… Source link

Google is warning of a sophisticated new spyware campaign that has seen malicious actors steal sensitive data from Android and iOS users in Italy and Kazakhstan. On Thursday, the company’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) shared its findings on RCS Labs, a commercial spyware vendor based out of Italy. On June 16th, security researchers at linked the firm to Hermit, a spyware program believed to have been first deployed in 2019 by Italian authorities as part of an anti-corruption operation…. Source link

The LeBron James Triple Logoman card fetched the highest sale price for a card that was pulled and sold in the same year on Saturday night. (Michael Tran/AFP) LeBron James broke another record on Saturday night. A limited-edition 2020-21 Panini Flawless Triple Logoman patch card sold for $2.4 million at a Goldin Auction on Saturday, which marks the highest sale price for a card that was pulled and sold within the same year. The card features the NBA logo patch from three of his jerseys, one of… Source link

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper left Saturday’s game against the San Diego Padres after getting hit in his hands with a 97 mph fastball. The Phillies later announced that he’d fractured his left thumb, and that he’ll be out indefinitely. He’ll undergo further evaluation in the coming days. “I kind of wish it hit me in the face,” Harper said, via The Associated Press. “I don’t break bones in my face. I think I can take 98 (mph) to the face, but not 97 to the thumb. Yeah, I was… Source link

The week ahead will bring to an end the second quarter and the first half of what has been a challenging 2022 for investors. Several key economic reports, including core PCE inflation – the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of consumer prices – are on tap, along with earnings from Nike (NKE), Jefferies (JEF), Micron Technology (MU), and Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY). The S&P 500 rose by more than 3% on Friday and gained over 6% for the week, its second-best week this year and its first weekly… Source link

On Tuesday, Deshaun Watson will appear before NFL disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson, a former federal judge, to sort out a league response, if any, to over two dozen accusations of sexual misconduct involving massage therapists Watson hired. The Wall Street Journal on Saturday reported that the NFL is seeking an “indefinite suspension” that would sit Watson for “no shorter than one year.” Numerous other media outlets have confirmed that thinking, a sign that the league wants it… Source link

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong told London concert-goers that he is “renouncing” his United States citizenship in protest over the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. Performing at London Stadium just hours after the majority-conservative court ruled that abortion rights are no longer protected, the 50-year-old rock star lashed out at the decision on Friday night. “F*** America,” Armstrong said on stage for the Hella Mega tour his band is headlining alongside Weezer, Fall Out… Source link

Child care is getting more expensive, putting even more financial pressure on American families at a time when they’re already paying more for groceries and gas. According to a recent survey from Care.com, nearly two-thirds of parents say child care costs have gone up in the past year. As a result, 59% are more concerned about how much they will spend on child care this year compared to previous years. “It’s eating up wallet share and doesn’t leave money for other goods,” Care.com CEO… Source link