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When Andy Ruiz Jr. walked out of the ring in Saudi Arabia 18 months ago, he did so knowing he’d lost his heavyweight championship belts because he didn’t give enough of a damn. He spent the six months after he knocked out Anthony Joshua to win the titles eating, drinking and partying, and the results showed when he was drubbed in a fight that was there to be had. He walked into the ring Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, for a bout against Chris Arreola as a… Source link

A teenage girl typed out a message on her phone and had it passed to her dad while allegedly being sexually touched by a stranger sitting next to her, a court document has revealed. The 16-year-old was in the middle seat on a flight from Phoenix in the US state of Arizona, to Anchorage in Alaska, on April 26 when a 58-year-old allegedly touched her inappropriately.  Kepueli Talaiasi was in the aisle seat while his son slept in the window seat for the evening flight, the District of Alaska… Source link

Nick Saban appeared to be holding a cup of coffee — even though it was after 4 p.m. — when he stepped behind a University of Alabama podium on Feb. 1, 2017. It was National Signing Day and Saban was about to discuss a group of recruits that would prove to be among the greatest of all time — part of two national titles teams (and a 51-4 record) the past four seasons. Eleven of them were selected in the past three NFL drafts, including a whopping eight in the first round and six in the top… Source link

Benzinga Unidex Offers a New, Unique Way to Trade DeFi Tokens The DeFi ecosystem is growing again, with its total value locked (TVL) just reaching a new all-time high at $51.78 billion yesterday, April 7th. The DeFi sector is larger than ever, with nearly a year-long steady growth. New projects are emerging all the time, and DeFi participants are in need of a top-quality, reliable place to exchange DeFi tokens. Naturally, with the whole point of DeFi being decentralized, the only exchanges… Source link

Bloomberg There’s Plenty Worrying Investors as Europe’s Stocks Hit Records (Bloomberg) — European equities are at records, vaccination rates are picking up and central banks are funneling trillions of dollars into the economy. But there is still plenty that could go wrong, with a resurgent coronavirus outbreak, another missed summer holiday season and elections keeping investors up at night.While the pandemic turned 2020 into a stock market roller-coaster, 2021 has begun on a more… Source link

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) Vice Chairman Charlie Munger on Saturday declared progressive Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) the victor in the nation’s political fight over income inequality. The hot economy and loose monetary policy will end up narrowing the nation’s wealth gap, Munger predicted. “With everything boomed up so high and interest rates so low, what’s going to happen is the millennial generation is going to have a hell of a time getting rich compared to our generation,”… Source link

The Kansas City Chiefs are honoring the memory of Yahoo Sports NFL writer Terez Paylor on Day 3 of the 2021 NFL draft.  Chiefs PR tweeted out a picture of the team’s coaching staff wearing All-Juice Team shirts as a tribute to Paylor. Head coach Andy Reid is among the many Chiefs staff members who appear in the picture. All proceeds from the All-Juice Team shirts will support the Terez A. Paylor scholarship at Howard University. Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt opened up his Zoom call with the media by… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett’s capital-deployment machine pulled back on several fronts at the start of the year as the billionaire took a more cautious stance on stocks. Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s net stock sales in the first quarter were the second-highest in almost five years and the conglomerate, where the billionaire is chief executive officer, slowed its buyback pace, according to a regulatory filing Saturday. That helped push Berkshire’s cash pile up 5.2% from three months… Source link

Something tells us Buffalo Bills fans are really going to enjoy third-round pick Spencer Brown. After all, we don’t know many rookies who would pay homage to their new team’s fanbase by diving through a table.  That’s exactly what Brown did after the Bills drafted him Friday. Brown climbed up on a chair to get some height, double-tapped his elbow and dove right through the table, splitting it in half. Brown’s form was great, and his dive was well-executed. As far as Bills’ table-diving stunts… Source link

The New York Times Faith, Freedom, Fear: Rural America’s COVID Vaccine Skeptics GREENEVILLE, Tenn.— “So, have you gotten the vaccine yet?” The question, a friendly greeting to Betty Smith, the pastor’s wife, lingered in the air as the four church women sat down for their regular Tuesday coffee and conversation at Ingles Market. Smith hesitated, sensing a chilly blast of judgment from a never-mask, never-vax companion. She fumbled through a nonreply. Sign up for The Morning newsletter… Source link