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Despite record-high inflation and soaring food prices, many Americans still seem to prefer dining out. According to a new survey from PopMenu, an Atlanta-based platform that helps restaurants streamline digital operations, 40% of monthly individual or family food budgets are spent on restaurants. “In the past, you wouldn’t go to restaurants to save money, but now everyone understands that [restaurants] are so much better at making meals, they get better deals on the ingredients, and they’re… Source link

The Los Angeles Police Commission determined that an LAPD sergeant violated policy when he kneeled on the neck of New Orleans Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes during his arrest last year, according to the Los Angeles Times. LAPD Sgt. Darren Holst started kneeling on the back of Hayes’ neck while arresting him last July, which prompted Hayes to shout out “I can’t breathe,” several times. Holst eventually stopped, and Hayes was taken into custody. LAPD Chief Michel Moore and commissioners… Source link

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE to see today’s piping-hot, fresh-outta-the-oven episode of THE RUSH with Jared Quay! We’ll let you know everything you didn’t know you needed to know about sports. Other stuff too. But mostly sports. It’s Thursday, July 14, 2022, and here’s what Jared is cookin’ up: The 150th Open Championship is underway at St. Andrews, following a week of pre-tournament drama Tiger Woods took aim at the LIV Golf tour Past champions were uninvited, or opted to skip the Open… Source link

There are few stories in the NFL about a player who was on track to be considered an all-time great only to squander it like former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell did when he sat out the 2018 NFL season. Bell’s greed and hubris cost him what might have been a Hall of Fame career and it sounds like Bell might be feeling some of that regret. Bell put the statement below out on Instagram as he announces he’s putting football aside to focus on a career in boxing. But in that,… Source link

(Reuters) -U.S. crypto lender Celsius Network said on Wednesday it has filed for bankruptcy, becoming the latest victim in the cryptocurrency sector to wilt under a dramatic plunge in prices. New Jersey-based Celsius listed estimated assets and liabilities on a consolidated basis in the range of $1 billion to $10 billion, according to a court filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Southern District of New York. Crypto lenders boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing depositors with high… Source link

LAS VEGAS — It would appear Kevin Durant’s trade request would be a tipping point to the player empowerment era, a chance for NBA team owners to reset the paradigm after a decade-plus of star movement. After all, if a star in the New York market who’s just entering a four-year extension worth nearly $200 million can force his way out, a contract between player and team might as well be written with disappearing ink. A period that began with LeBron James exercising his right as a free… Source link

The NFL wants to add American football to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, but not the breed of American football its fans are used to. Troy Vincent, the league’s executive vice president of football operations, will work alongside International Federation of American Football president Pierre Trochet as co-chairs of the “Vision28” group, an effort to add flag football to the Los Angeles Games, the NFL announced Wednesday. No form of American football has been seen at the Olympics since 1932,… Source link

The transaction rush is over, so let’s get take-y. Here are the winners and losers from the first few hours of NHL free agency. Winners Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus shocked the hockey world, and probably even itself, by landing the No. 1 free agent on the board and one of the most talented players to exit via free agency in recent history, Johnny Gaudreau. Columbus doesn’t appear to satisfy the main bullet-point on Gaudreau’s offseason agenda, which was apparently to be near family. But what’s… Source link

The Kansas City Royals are headed to Toronto to face the Blue Jays this weekend, though calling the team they’ll be fielding the Royals may be a bit charitable. A whopping 10 players on the Royals’ roster are not vaccinated against COVID-19 and will not be able to enter Canada for the Blue Jays series, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Those players reportedly are: OF Andrew Benintendi IF/OF Whit Merrifield C M.J. Melendez DH Hunter Dozier SP Brad Keller SP Brady Singer CF Michael A. Taylor OF Kyle… Source link

Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez called it quits more than a year ago, but there’s still lots of love on his part. “Look, we had a great time,” he said on Wednesday’s episode of iHeartRadio’s The Martha Stewart Podcast. “More importantly, we always put the kids front and center in everything we do.” The former baseball star and singer-actress began dating in early 2017, and they were known as much for integrating their families — she has twins Max and Emme from her marriage to Marc Anthony,… Source link