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The 2022 NFL league year hasn’t technically begun, yet the unofficial start to free agency has been wild. Remember Tom Brady? He’s back. The Jacksonville Jaguars? They broke the bank for Christian Kirk. Deshaun Watson? Seems like he could be traded any minute now. Charles Robinson welcomes The Athletic’s Robert Mays onto the podcast to discuss the absolutely bonkers first few days of free agency. What happened between Randy Gregory and the Dallas Cowboys to make him spurn his initial deal in… Source link

Colin Kaepernick has still got it. At least, Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett says so. Lockett and his brother worked out with the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback on Monday, and it sounds like it went incredibly well. “Yessir!! That man Kap is ready!!” Lockett tweeted on Monday night. Kaepernick hasn’t played in the NFL since the 2016 season, when he first started taking a knee during the national anthem to protest social inequality issues in the United States. That form… Source link

Daniel Jones may have some competition in New York. The Giants reached a deal to bring in former Houston Texans quarterback Tyrod Taylor on Tuesday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Taylor will sign a two-year, $17 million deal with the Giants in free agency on Wednesday afternoon, per the report. The Giants will mark Taylor’s sixth team in the league, and his third in three years. Taylor spent last season with the Texans, where he threw for 966 yards, five touchdowns and five… Source link

Stock futures opened little changed Tuesday evening as traders stood by for the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy decision and updated economic outlook on Wednesday. Contracts on the S&P 500 drifted flat to slightly lower. Earlier, the index closed higher by more than 2%, gaining for the first time in four sessions as volatility gripped U.S. equities. The Nasdaq Composite also ended a three-session losing streak to end nearly 3% higher. Energy prices unwound more recent gains, and West… Source link

Stock futures jumped Wednesday morning as traders awaited the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy decision and updated economic projections later in the day. More positive developments on the outlook for Russia-Ukraine talks also helped boost U.S. and global equities. Contracts on the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq were each higher by more than 1% in pre-market trading. These moves built on gains from Tuesday, when the S&P 500 closed higher by more than 2% to shake off some of the volatility… Source link

Cleveland Cavaliers star Jarrett Allen will not have surgery on his fractured left middle finger, and there is optimism he could return before the end of the regular season, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Allen, 23, was deliberating if he would undergo a surgical procedure or allow the finger to heal organically, sources said. Due to swelling remaining present, a potential return date is unknown. The plan is to take it day-by-day with hopes the 6-foot-11 center will return to the lineup at… Source link

Netflix (NFLX) is taking a beating on Wall Street. Shares of the streaming giant have cratered 52% since reaching record highs in November 2021. So far, 2022 has not aided the slump, with shares down a whopping 45% year-to-date. “The concern is the the growth outlook,” Dave Heger, Edward Jones senior equity analyst, told Yahoo Finance Live, citing the company’s disappointing subscriber outlook as a catalyst for the sell-off. In its latest earnings report, Netflix said it expects to add 7… Source link

As Japan begins to open its borders to foreign travel following a three-month restriction in response to the Omicron variant, Pacific airline companies are preparing to reap the benefits of increased travel activity to and from the East Asian nation. “We’re gearing up in anticipation of the Japanese market, which is the most important international market for Hawaii opening up over the next couple of months,” Hawaiian Airlines CEO Peter Ingram told Yahoo Finance Live in a recent… Source link

Apple’s stock (AAPL) looks like a good buy on weakness, argues one strategist. “We actually bought Apple over the last couple of weeks. I mean the name has come down tremendously. So I think you can go in and buy that name. They have such a strong balance sheet and they have a tremendous cash position,” said Crossmark Global Investments chief markets strategist Victoria Fernandez on Yahoo Finance Live. To be sure, Apple’s stock hasn’t been immune to the broader pullback in tech stocks this… Source link

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk posted in a Twitter thread on Monday advising followers to own “physical things” when inflation is high. In the tweet, Musk said “As a general principle, for those looking for advice from this thread, it is generally better to own physical things like a home or stock in companies you think make good products, than dollars when inflation is high. I still own & won’t sell my Bitcoin, Ethereum or Doge fwiw.” The biggest takeaway for some followers… Source link