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Lane Kiffin got a bit creative when finding Ole Miss’ next punter this fall. Kiffin locked down punter Charlie Pollock at a frat party, which feels like a recruiting tactic that only he could pull off. “I don’t know a whole lot about him. I think he was down at the frat house at a keg party or something where they got him from,” Kiffin said on Saturday. “We’ve got some conditioning work to do with my guy.” Now, Pollock isn’t just some random greek life member. Pollock was a… Source link

Top trending after-hours tickers on Yahoo Finance: Apple (AAPL): Credit Suisse upgraded Apple to overweight from neutral, and raised the price target on the stock to $201 per share, implying a 16% upside from Tuesday’s close. Analyst Shannon Cross noted Apple’s growing services business and large customer base as bullish drivers for the stock. Apple shares are are up 15% in the past month. Digital World Acquisition Corporation (DWAC): Digital World Acquisition Corp., the SPAC set to merge… Source link

Dana White did not appreciate his ‘fun’ interview with GQ being taken out of context. (Photo by Amy Kaplan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) UFC president Dana White hadn’t had a great rant in a while, but that changed on Tuesday during a 23-minute interview with Yahoo Sports. White erupted when asked about comments he made about fighter pay during a video last week with GQ. For the interview, GQ gave White questions from Twitter and he answered them. Most were innocuous — one asked if he… Source link

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Justin Jefferson‘s unbridled confidence knows no bounds. Fresh off his second consecutive 1,400-yard season, the Minnesota Vikings wide receiver not only said he can crack 2,000 receiving yards (which would break an NFL record) but he also believes he’ll be considered the best pass-catcher in the NFL by season’s end. Yes, better than Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams — whom Jefferson said is No. 1 right now — and Los Angeles Rams receiver Cooper Kupp, who led the league in… Source link

As demand for oil weakens, gas prices are declining, with the national average falling below $4 per gallon earlier this month for the first time since March. But the pullback may be short-lived, one expert cautioned, and prices could rise again before the end of the year. “We’re in a long-term structural bull market in oil,” Schork Group principal Stephen Schork told Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “By the end of the year, I would suspect that these prices will be back in that $100… Source link

If Walmart’s second quarter sales trends in electronics are any indication, Best Buy could announce a dud of a quarter and outlook in a few short weeks. In Walmart’s earnings release on Tuesday, the world’s largest retailer cited “softness” in electronics at its Walmart U.S. division. And at Sam’s Club U.S., sales fell by a high-single digit percentage in the tech, office, and entertainment category. Walmart CFO John David Rainey struck a cautiously optimistic tone on the state of the U.S…. Source link

Clean energy related stocks have been the clear winners of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Solar panel makers, fuel cell manufacturers and energy storage companies all stand to benefit from the measure. Solar and wind energy stocks have been rallying since the bill was announced in late July. A large number of these equities are up double digit percentages year-to-date. They have far outperformed the broader markets. The IRA focuses on providing production tax credits for companies to… Source link

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series. All 30 teams will be in action Tuesday, leaving us with a ton of baseball to wade through. There are some top-tier pitchers scheduled to start, including a marquee matchup between Justin Verlander and Dylan Cease when the White Sox host the Astros. The Mariners will send reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray to the mound against the Angels. There could be plenty of scoring in some other games, too, including when the Cubs… Source link

The Biden administration expects to implement the first phase of a price cap on Russian oil exports this fall in coordination with the G7, with sights set on bringing additional Asian partners on board in the winter. “We’re trying to prevent a spike in global energy prices by avoiding a situation where Russia production just shuts down, and you see a subsequent spike in the price,” Assistant Treasury Secretary for Economic Policy, Ben Harris, told Yahoo Finance. The U.S. has been in… Source link