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Bloomberg The Second Breakup of AT&T (Bloomberg) — AT&T Inc. has been called many things over its 135-year history: Ma Bell, monopoly, media conglomerate. The company, which traces its roots to the patent rights of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell, was the dominant phone company for much of the 20th century. So dominant, in fact, that it was broken up in 1982 as part of an agreement with antitrust authorities. But those businesses eventually began to merge, culminating with SBC… Source link

Steph believes Warriors ‘need some size’ in 2020 draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea The 2020 NBA Draft takes place in less than two weeks and no one, probably not even the Warriors, knows how the first few selections will play out. The Warriors have been linked to just about every top prospect, including Anthony Edwards, James Wiseman and Deni Avdija. So, what should the Warriors do with the No. 2 overall draft pick? Steph Curry was asked who he thought would be a good fit for the… Source link

Five members of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization plus a family member have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health via the Los Angeles Times. The identities of the six people are unclear, though the Times reports that none of the tests came from employees inside MLB’s “bubble” at the World Series in Texas. The positive tests come 10 days after the Dodgers’ World Series win and the COVID-19 controversy that erupted following the… Source link

In the days following the election, President Trump’s baseless allegations of rampant fraud in the vote-counting process have been incorporated into a hasty, slapdash legal strategy that so far has yielded limited results. As Trump loses his grip on the presidency, his campaign is using state and federal courts to attempt to “stop the count,” as Trump himself has said, and question the validity of the ballots that have already been counted. But vote counting has continued despite the… Source link

In a season full of times the NFL has come down hard on teams violating its COVID-19 safety protocols, the league dropped its biggest hammer so far this year on the Las Vegas Raiders. The NFL has fined the Raiders $500,000 and head coach Jon Gruden $150,000 for “repeat offenses” against the protocols, according to Yahoo Sports’ Charles Robinson. Las Vegas will also lose a 2021 sixth-round pick. You won’t be surprised to hear that Raiders owner Mark Davis is not a fan of that news and… Source link

ESPN announced the biggest layoffs the company has ever had on Thursday, and longtime journalist Bob Ley was not happy about it. Ley — the former anchor and “Outside The Lines” host who had been with ESPN essentially since the beginning — slammed the network on Twitter.  Trying to remain objective and unemotional as I learn of the @espn team members laid off today. Not possible. Not as I see countless decades of journalistic experience, and expertise jettisoned. Just when we need it… Source link

Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous and Dan Howley discuss the PlayStation 5. Video Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS: Electronic Arts has entered a new phase of its public life as a more mature company. They announced today they’re gonna be paying a dividend, even though financial results were weaker than expected. The stock is getting slammed. Our tech editor Dan Howley here with more. Were you surprised to hear that they’re gonna be doing this with the dividend? DAN HOWLEY: I… Source link

Yahoo Mail is about to charge users for automatic email forwarding, according to media reports.  “Beginning January 1, 2021, automatic forwarding of emails from your Yahoo inbox to a third-party email account will no longer be a feature of free Yahoo Mail accounts,” Yahoo Mail says.  “Upgrade … Source link

Bloomberg The Second Breakup of AT&T (Bloomberg) — AT&T Inc. has been called many things over its 135-year history: Ma Bell, monopoly, media conglomerate. The company, which traces its roots to the patent rights of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell, was the dominant phone company for much of the 20th century. So dominant, in fact, that it was broken up in 1982 as part of an agreement with antitrust authorities. But those businesses eventually began to merge, culminating with SBC… Source link

Bloomberg The Second Breakup of AT&T (Bloomberg) — AT&T Inc. has been called many things over its 135-year history: Ma Bell, monopoly, media conglomerate. The company, which traces its roots to the patent rights of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell, was the dominant phone company for much of the 20th century. So dominant, in fact, that it was broken up in 1982 as part of an agreement with antitrust authorities. But those businesses eventually began to merge, culminating with SBC… Source link