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The Miami Heat are either the most injured team in the NBA or threw a very public dig at the league. The team’s Friday began with the NBA fining it $25,000 for “failing to disclose an accurate game availability status for several players” before its win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. For those who don’t speak league office, the NBA was punishing the Heat for sitting star Jimmy Butler, among others, for what the team called “knee maintenance.” Despite missing Butler, the Heat… Source link

Former UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw agrees with Conor McGregor’s decision to remove himself from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency testing pool. McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC), who broke his leg in a TKO loss to Dustin Poirier in July 2021, has not been tested in 2022. The way he looks bulked up right now has raised questions, but Dillashaw thinks McGregor made the right decision for his recovery. McGregor would have to re-enter the pool and complete six months of testing before he’s… Source link

(Reuters) – The managing director of Elon Musk’s family office is seeking new equity investors for Twitter, news platform Semafor reported on Friday, citing two people familiar with the fundraising effort. Musk’s money manager, Jared Birchall, reached out to potential investors this week, offering shares of Twitter at the same price, $54.20, that Musk paid to take the company private in October, according to the report. Twitter and Musk did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for… Source link

The top priority of the Phoenix Mercury front office has been to help bring Brittney Griner home safely after she was wrongfully detained by Russia in February. It didn’t matter if their eight-time All-Star center never played in the WNBA again. On Friday, Griner put speculation on her basketball future to rest in her first public statement since touching down on U.S. soil. And it surely brought jubilation to the Mercury, some of whom surprised Griner with a visit that morning. “I also… Source link

The top priority of the Phoenix Mercury front office has been to help bring Brittney Griner home safely after she was wrongfully detained by Russia in February. It didn’t matter if their eight-time All-Star center never played in the WNBA again. On Friday, Griner put speculation on her basketball future to rest in her first public statement since touching down on U.S. soil. And it surely brought jubilation to the Mercury, some of whom surprised Griner with a visit that morning. “I also… Source link

Ram 1500 models are seen on a lot at the Mak Haik dealership on December 14, 2022 in Houston, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) American automakers and consumers are stymieing progress on cutting the carbon pollution that causes climate change, according to the findings from the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2022 Automotive Trends Report. Even though miles per gallon are gradually increasing within each vehicle weight class, the ongoing shift from sedans to trucks and SUVs, which are… Source link

Sen. Mike Lee proposed an obscenity bill on Tuesday Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) proposed a bill on Tuesday that, if passed, would redefine what obscenity means nationwide, which could effectively decimate the porn industry. The Utah Republican filed the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (IODA) based on the Communications Act of 1934, and stated in the IODA that “obscenity is not protected speech under the First Amendment and is prohibited from interstate or foreign transmission under U.S…. Source link

I’m in a NFL contest submitting five ATS picks each week. My last 3-2 week came back in Week 8 and it’s been a challenge since. Fortunately, the Week 15 slate offers more than a few enticing options giving me some confidence for a major bounce back. The lines are set spreads released each Wednesday and selections are submitted Friday night. Here are my five ATS contest picks for Week 15 in the NFL: Lions pick ’em at Jets On paper, the Lions look like a mixed bag of good and bad when not… Source link

zk humor column On Thursday, former U.S. President Donald Trump released a 45,000-piece series of $99-apiece NFTs following long-awaited hints that a “major announcement” would be forthcoming.  Many people had assumed the announcement would relate to Trump’s recently declared 2024 presidential campaign, but here we are.  The NFT “trading cards” feature digital renderings of Trump in a variety of kitschy getups, including cowboy dusters and astronaut suits, which Trump described as… Source link

If Donald Trump were still president, he’d be shredding the Federal Reserve. President Biden, for his part, is keeping his mouth shut. But he can’t be happy about a gloomy Fed that refuses to celebrate the steady improvement in inflation. On Dec. 13, markets rejoiced as the monthly inflation report showed a better-than-expected decline, from 7.7% annualized inflation in October to 7.1% in October. The details were broadly encouraging. The price of goods was stabilizing as Americans… Source link