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Ricardo Ramos just put his name in the pool for Knockout of the Year. The UFC featherweight pulled off an incredible spinning elbow KO at UFC on ESPN 37 on Saturday in Austin, Texas. Ramos (16-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) slept a tough Danny Chavez 72 seconds into the first round. It was flawless performance by Ramos. The Brazilian immediately looked to pressure Chavez (11-5-1 MMA, 1-2-1 UFC) and walk him down as soon as the fight started. Closing in on Chavez near the cage, Ramos spun and clipped Chavez… Source link

The Charlotte Hornets‘ coaching search isn’t over after all. Golden State Warriors assistant Kenny Atkinson reportedly changed his mind and will not become the next head coach of the Hornets, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Atkinson will instead continue to serve as an assistant coach with the Warriors. It’s unclear what changed between Atkinson and the Hornets. In mid-June, it was reported the Hornets agreed in principle to hire Atkinson. He would reportedly receive a four-year deal… Source link

Musk spoke on a range of topics at his first meeting with Twitter employees, including remote work and whether he will be Twitter’s CEO.Jim Watson/Getty Images Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time in an hour-long meeting on Thursday. He said he doesn’t care about being Twitter’s CEO, but expects people to listen to him regardless. “I just want to make sure that the product evolves rapidly and in a good way,” he added. During his first meeting with Twitter employees this… Source link

Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence Michael Kovac/Getty; Europa Press Entertainment/Europa Press via Getty Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy have all the ingredients for a real-life romantic comedy. The Bad Boys for Life star, 57, joked about his daughter Jasmin Lawrence potentially conceiving a “comedy super-baby” with Eddie’s son Eric Murphy on Friday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! after their kids went Instagram official last year. “We haven’t talked about it,” Lawrence said of him and Murphy,… Source link

Yahoo Finance senior columnist Rick Newman discusses recent economic news including the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate hike, the S&P seeing its worst week since March 2020 and President Joe Biden’s statement that a recession is “not inevitable.” This segment aired on KTLA 5 Weekend Morning News on June 18, 2022. Close Modal Suggest a Correction Suggest a Correction Source link

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Hockey series. The Avalanche secured a big win in Game 1 of the Stanley Cups Finals with a 4-3 overtime victory against the Lightning. What will Game 2 bring? Hopefully it’ll be another great game, but for now I am focused on the DFS situation. You have $135 in salary to dish out to five players. One of them is your Superstar. They earned you 1.5 times the points. Here is my lineup recommendation for Saturday. SUPERSTAR Nathan MacKinnon, COL vs…. Source link

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr knows what it’s like to win a championship in the NBA. After winning five as a player, Kerr picked up his fourth championship as a coach Thursday, giving him nine championship rings. If his comments Friday were any indication, celebrating championships doesn’t get old. [Warriors championship gear: Buy the newest shirts, hats and other memorabilia] Kerr admitted he partied pretty hard following his fourth championship with the Warriors. Upon landing back… Source link

The Federal Reserve, led by Jerome Powell, raised interest rates earlier this month.Samuel Corum/Getty Images A “stubborn” Federal Reserve has increased the likelihood of a prolonged recession, according to Axonic Capital’s Peter Cecchini.  That’s because the Fed could cause economic whiplash that leads it to cutting interest rates sooner than expected. “The 1970’s drawdown scenario of almost 50% for the S&P 500 is becoming all the more likely,” Cecchini said. The Federal Reserve’s decision to… Source link

Between a tanking stock market, soaring inflation, and mounting recession fears, Americans are turning on the economy. And somewhere, Vladimir Putin is probably smiling about it. Amid all the chaos, inflation has become the biggest financial concern of nearly every American as prices rise for everything from gas to groceries. There are several reasons that inflation reached a 40-year-high of 8.6% last month, including rising rents and labor costs. But economists say a major driver is Russia’s… Source link

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series. It’s almost the official start of summer – the season for baseball – but we’re well into the season already. The primary DFS contests on Yahoo consist of 12 games starting at 4:05 p.m. ET or later with the doubleheader between the Mariners and Angels having been omitted. Here are my DFS recommendations to try and help make this a weekend of winning. Pitching Jeffrey Springs, TAM at BAL ($43): After starting the season in the… Source link