NBC’s broadcasters will call the Winter Olympics remotely from Connecticut rather than in person in China. ESPN has bailed on sending even a single reporter citing a “very challenging” environment in Beijing. Meanwhile, athletes, coaches and officials from around the world — unable to sit this out — are staring at the dwindling days until the Games begin and the rising reports of the Omicron variant in China and gulping with nerves. It’s not catching COVID that has people worried. It’s… Source link

If anyone makes the Baseball Hall of Fame when results of the always contentious voting are announced Tuesday, it will be legendary Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz. The gregarious postseason hero known as Big Papi is the only candidate trending toward potential induction in the ballots already made public, as tracked by Ryan Thibodaux and company. In his first year on the ballot, Ortiz stands out as a bellwether of several hot button Hall of Fame issues. One is murky steroid suspicion —… Source link

The NBA All-Star Game is just more than a month away, and if you ask Anthony Davis, he fully intends on making a ninth consecutive appearance. Davis spoke with Yahoo Sports about the upcoming festivities and his fitness since being sidelined with an MCL sprain for the last month. The 28-year-old said he “feels good.” “Body’s getting better, knee is getting better,” he added. “I’m just taking it one day at a time. Hopefully soon I’ll be able to step back on the floor and go back to playing the… Source link

The logo for Google LLC is seen at their office in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google reported 27% higher U.S. lobbying expenditures for 2021 compared to 2020, spending $9.6 million for the year, according to the Senate lobbying disclosure database. That’s far below the more than $20 million it spent in 2018 but more than the $7.53 million that went to lobbying in 2020. Google spent… Source link

Stock futures opened lower after another slide in equity markets during the regular trading day, with investors rotating further away from growth and technology stocks that had outperformed early on during the pandemic.  Earlier, the Nasdaq dropped another more than 1%, adding to losses after sinking into a correction earlier this week. The Nasdaq Composite has now fallen nearly 12% from its most recent record high from November.  Shares of Netflix (NFLX) sank in late trading after the Source link

Piles of looted packages littering Los Angeles’ tracks have become a testament to brazen train robberies, but according to Union Pacific Corp. (UNP), the problem is under control. Thieves have been breaking into cargo train containers and stealing countless dollars worth of merchandise that belong to top retailers like Amazon (AMZN), REI, Target (TGT), among others.  Images of the pillaging in L.A. have gone viral on social media, and aggravated a relentless supply chain crisis that’s delayed… Source link

During his marathon press conference this week, President Joe Biden acknowledged the reality of the stalemate on Capitol Hill and announced that he would change tactics on his signature Build Back Better legislation and try to pass it in pieces. “I’m confident we can get pieces — big chunks of the Build Back Better law signed into law” he told the assembled reporters. Later during the event, the president highlighted two areas in particular: $500 billion around energy and climate… Source link

Mustafa Suleyman, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, is leaving Google to join the venture capital firm Greylock Partners. The departure of Mr. Suleyman, who was Google’s vice president of product management and policy for artificial intelligence, closes a tumultuous tenure at the company. He joined Google in 2014 when the search giant acquired DeepMind, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence research lab, in a deal valued at $650 million. The deal demonstrated the value of… Source link

His 2021 season was impacted by an injury, but one fantasy football analyst sees a massive ceiling for D’Andre Swift in 2022. Spurred by heavy passing game usage early and back-to-back career-best rushing games, Detroit Lions running back D’Andre Swift was RB5 in full PPR fantasy scoring from Week 1-11 this season. It was notable that those back-to-back 130-plus yard rushing contests came in head coach Dan Campbell’s first two games as the new offensive play caller. Then, Swift suffered… Source link

What to expect from Tim Anderson in 2022 originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Chicago White Sox fans have watched Tim Anderson develop into one of the game’s preeminent shortstops. And nothing about that changed in 2021. Anderson was again excellent. His batting average — .240 at the end of the 2018 season and now expected to soar well north of .300 on an annual basis — wasn’t as high as his batting-title-capturing .235 from two years prior, or even as high as it was during the… Source link