Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk celebrates after beating Britain’s Anthony Joshua to retain his world heavyweight title at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) Oleksandr Usyk stood in the pocket for the better part of 36 minutes on Saturday, daring one of the hardest hitting heavyweights in recent times to hit him. Usyk would duck his head, slide his torso to the right or glide a step to his left to evade the bombs being thrown by former… Source link
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Usyk defends unified titles with split decision over AJ
Oleksandr Usyk once again earned a points win over Anthony Joshua on Saturday in Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Ayman Yaqoob/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Oleksandr Usyk successfully defended his IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight world titles Saturday with a split decision win over former champion Anthony Joshua in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Judges scored the contest 115-113 for Joshua, and 115-113 and 116-112 for Usyk. [Full recap.] [It’s fantasy football season: Create or join a league now!] Oleksandr Usyk… Source link
Read More »Usyk extends title reign with split decision nod over AJ
Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk in action during their heavyweight title fight for the IBF, WBA and WBO belts at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images) Anthony Joshua seemed to sense he needed to do something dramatic when the ninth round of his bout for the unified heavyweight titles with Oleksandr Usyk began in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday. And Joshua came out and was blistering Usyk, ripping him with body shots… Source link
Read More »Panthers lose rookie QB Matt Corral to likely season-ending foot injury; Matt Rhule still not naming a starter
Carolina Panthers rookie quarterback Matt Corral left Friday’s preseason game in a walking boot after injuring his foot against the New England Patriots. On Saturday, head coach Matt Rhule told reporters that MRI imaging revealed a Lisfranc ligament injury in Corral’s left foot that he called “significant” amid reports that it’s likely season-ending. “I hate it for him,” Rhule said. “I hate it any time one of our guys is hurt. And I thought he was playing well too. … “I know Matt’s a battler,… Source link
Read More »Keyontae Johnson
Florida basketball standout Keyontae Johnson is transferring to Kansas State. The 23-year-old forward announced his decision on Instagram on Saturday. His next game action will mark the first time he’s played since he collapsed on the court during a 2020 game against Florida State, leaving him hospitalized in critical condition and placed in a medically induced coma. Johnson was upgraded to stable condition days after being admitted to the hospital. He was released after 10 days and eventually… Source link
Read More »Splitting off EV unit needed to happen to transition faster
At this year’s Monterey Car Week, Lincoln (F) is celebrating a big milestone – in style. The brand, now in its 100th year, will be a featured marque at Sunday’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and will show off its Model L100 electric concept vehicle. The electric vehicle (EV) concept is a massive vehicle with a completely configurable, luxurious interior that reimagines what it will be like to be transported in an autonomous future. Ford CEO Jim Farley believes this is Lincoln’s… Source link
Read More »U.S. is at ‘effectively peak employment’
The tight U.S. labor market may have reached a new peak this year with wage growth soon to follow. Last month employers added a surprise 528,000 jobs — a stunning figure that doubled Wall Street estimates and reflected the labor market fully recovered from pandemic job losses — while the unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “What you have right now is effectively peak employment,” ZipRecruiter CEO Ian Siegal told Yahoo Finance (video above)…. Source link
Read More »Google Pixel 7 is shorter than Pixel 6, per hands-on video
Google hasn’t given us much to go on for the Pixel 7 phones yet, but one tech YouTube channel just gave us a little taste of what to expect when the phones drop this fall. YouTuber Unbox Therapy got their hands on what they called “near-final” hardware builds of the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 pro and did some size comparisons between the new phones and last year’s Pixel 6 lineup. While we still don’t know a great deal about what will differentiate the Pixel 7 from Pixel 6, we can glean a… Source link
Read More »Google Android 13 Review | PCMag
After several months of beta testing, Google Android 13 is publicly available to Pixel phone users. The operating system arrives earlier in 2022 than the typical Android fall release, and is an iterative update that builds upon the foundation laid down with Android 12. This includes a much more elaborate and customizable Material You, convenient multitasking tools, cross-compatibility with Chromebook and Google tablets, per-app language personalization, photo-picking improvements, and… Source link
Read More »Baby-boomer financial experts speak from experience on ways to ride out a recession
‘Bear down’ and ‘be as frugal as you can’: Baby-boomer financial experts speak from experience on ways to ride out a recession It was a time of big hair, shoulder pads and the Cold War. But something often less thought of when feeling nostalgic about the ‘80s, was the interest rates that were high enough to make you dizzy. “The interest rates started the decade around 20%,” says Brad Lyons, a certified financial planner and an investment manager at Wiser Wealth Management based… Source link
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