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Free agent star James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers have reached an agreement on a two-year, $68 million deal with a player option, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Harden declined a $47 million option this offseason to facilitate the new deal at a discount. “I had conversations with [president of basketball operations] Daryl [Morey], and it was explained how we could get better and what the market value was for certain players. I told Daryl to improve the roster, sign who we needed to… Source link

Back in April, Jim Harbaugh invited Colin Kaepernick to serve as an “honorary captain” for the University of Michigan spring football game. Kaepernick addressed the Wolverines team, flipped the pregame coin and then at halftime, right in the middle of Michigan Stadium, conducted a rare public passing workout in an effort to catch the eye of NFL scouts. Harbaugh’s action were well received by a certain segment of the public and not well received by a different segment of the… Source link

Demi Minor A transgender woman inmate in New Jersey has been transferred to a men’s prison after impregnating two women at the state’s only women’s correctional institution, and she was placed on suicide watch at one point. Demi Minor, 27, had been housed at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women, NJ Advance Media reports. The media company had reported in April that two women at the prison had become pregnant through consensual relationships with a trans prisoner, later… Source link

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Golf series. 3M Open Blaine, MinnesotaTPC Twin Cities – Par 71 – 7,431 yardsField – 156 entrantsPurse – $7.5M The Preview The post-major, pre-FedExCup Playoffs lull has arrived like a slap in the face after such entertaining golf was played in Scotland the past couple weeks, but DFS always provides enough intrigue to care about an event like the 3M Open no matter the field strength or course difficulty. Only six representatives from the top 50 in… Source link

Aliyah Boston said no to ESPN. The South Carolina women’s basketball star who won a national championship and was named unanimous National Player of the Year and Final Four Most Outstanding Player in 2022 has declined an invitation from the network to appear at the ESPY Awards, its annual summer showcase ceremony awarding top athletes, teams and moments from the sports year. Boston turned down the invitation that arrived after she was initially not included among the nominated athletes invited… Source link

Tesla (TSLA) reported its Q2 earnings after the closing bell on Tuesday, meeting analysts’ estimates, following a prolonged COVID-induced shutdown at its Shanghai production facility. The company also says it sold 75% of its Bitcoin, turning it into fiat currency, adding $936 million in cash to its balance sheet. The quarter, however, ended Tesla’s streak of reporting record revenue. Here are the most important numbers from the report compared to Wall Street’s expectations, as compiled by… Source link

Miles Bridges. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) Warning: The following article contains graphic allegations of domestic violence. Miles Bridges faces multiple felony counts of domestic violence and child abuse stemming from an alleged attack that took place in June in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office announced the charges against the Charlotte Hornets restricted free agent on Tuesday. Bridges faces one felony count of injuring a child’s parent and two felony… Source link

If there is any upside for investors from the slowing U.S. economy, it’s that the Federal Reserve may have no other choice but to put the brakes on its aggressive pace of rate hikes later this year. “There are two reasons that they would slow the pace,” Goldman Sachs Chief U.S. Economist David Mericle told Yahoo Finance Live at the firm’s 10,000 Small Businesses Summit (video above). “One reason is I think the economy is going to slow a lot. And you’re going to see that in a much more… Source link

As of Wednesday, there are 50 days remaining until the NFL season kicks off on Sept. 8. We’ve survived over five months without football, and less than two months remain before it’s back in our lives. It’s officially football preparation season. Season win totals have been posted at BetMGM since April, and they’ve received plenty of action over the past three-and-a-half months. Surely, even more action will come in over the next 7 weeks ahead of kickoff. Which teams are getting love in the… Source link

After over a year of negotiations, Congress is finally advancing a bill to provide $52 billion to the semiconductor industry amid a chip shortage threatening U.S. competitiveness and national security. The Senate is eyeing a crucial cloture vote as early as Thursday which, if it gains the required 60 votes, could put the bill on the path to become a law within the coming weeks. “This has been bipartisan work in the Senate at its best,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said… Source link