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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Last week, as the NBA was gearing up for a historic season resumption after a four-month hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump issued a warning on his Twitter account that kneeling during the playing of the national anthem would be a “sign of great disrespect” and added the game would be “over for me!” Looking forward to live sports, but any time I witness a player kneeling during the National Anthem, a sign of great disrespect for… Source link

Yahoo Sports and the National Basketball Association (NBA) are joining forces to enhance the at-home fan experience with a multiyear relationship that will make Yahoo Sports an Official Marketing Partner of the league and RYOT a live virtual reality (VR) production partner during the NBA Restart in Orlando. The relationship will also allow Yahoo… Source link

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Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, who said he speaks regularly with top U.S. infectious disease official Dr. Anthony Fauci, told Yahoo Finance in a recent interview that the sidelining and contradiction of Fauci by U.S. “leadership” has damaged the nation’s response to the coronavirus and may prolong the outbreak. “Some days he’s allowed to tell the truth; some days he doesn’t get contradicted by his leadership,” Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and a top backer of global public… Source link

Stock futures extended gains Friday morning, with contracts on the Nasdaq jumping more than 100 points, or 1%, after a slew of better than expected corporate earnings results from major tech firms. After market close, tech titans Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), and Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), each reported quarterly results that blew past estimates, affirming these companies’ pandemic-era dominance following a steep run-up in tech stocks over the past couple months. Facebook grew… Source link

Yahoo Sports has agreed a deal to become an official marketing partner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and will work with the league on a range of fantasy and sports betting initiatives. The agreement will see Yahoo will continue to operate the exclusive season-long fantasy game of the NBA, as well as create NBA-branded daily fantasy and sports betting integrations. The deal will also permit Yahoo Sports to deliver expanded NBA content across its platforms, including… Source link

(Bloomberg Opinion) — There is no shortage of investors shrugging off the latest leg lower in U.S. Treasury bond yields, saying heavy central bank involvement in this part of the financial market make such moves less of a signal that the economy or that equities are headed for trouble. That interpretation would be a mistake. Recall that yields on 30-year government bonds started to decline on Jan. 2, anticipating the fallout from the budding coronavirus crisis that had taken hold in China…. Source link

AFC Bournemouth Considers Legal Action Over Hawk-Eye Error By Andrew Cohen July 30, 2020 English soccer club AFC Bournemouth is debating whether to pursue legal action over a faulty goal line call from Hawk-Eye, according to the BBC. The errant call resulted in the team being relegated from the Premier League. Fellow Premier League clubs Ashton Villa and Sheffield United played a match on June 17 that ended in a scoreless draw. However, Sheffield United should have been… Source link

Yahoo Japan Corporation, a Japanese internet company, will be unifying the names and services of six of its financial operating companies, including YJFX, a foreign exchange (forex) trading provider owned by Yahoo, under the “PayPay” brand. In particular, Z Holdings Co., Ltd. (ZHD), Z Financial Co., Ltd. (ZF) and SoftBank Corp., the holding companies of Yahoo Japan, said in a statement this Friday that the name change will occur in autumn of this year. The Most Diverse Audience to Date at… Source link

There’s chatter about LeBron James challenging favorite Giannis Antetokounmpo for NBA MVP. There’s a real battle on the Los Angeles Lakers for who deserves the honors for the team. It was on full display Thursday in a thrilling 103-101 Lakers win over the Los Angeles Clippers in their bubble debut. Anthony Davis looked every bit the part for much of the game before James closed the victory with a game-winner in traffic. Davis leads Lakers’ 3rd-quarter rally Davis dominated the scoreboard… Source link