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Shortly before midnight on Saturday night, NCAA media coordinator for March Madness David Worlock sent out a telling tweet. He said that 12 members of the men’s basketball selection committee were still hard at work assessing which teams belong in the field of 68. Been doing this since 2006. It’s never been this hard for the committee, not only because of how close so many of these teams are, but because of the abundance of bid thieves which have knocked teams out. Going on midnight but the… Source link

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Ryan Blaney will lead the field to the green flag in Sunday’s Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway after scoring his 10th career pole Saturday. This is the fourth pole in five races this season for Ford. It is the third of the year for Team Penske, which scored poles with Joey Logano at the Daytona 500 and at Las Vegas. MORE: Bristol starting lineup Rookie Josh Berry will start second, giving Stewart-Haas Racing its best start of the season. Denny Hamlin starts third and will… Source link

If you’ve been to a live event recently, you may have noticed something called Liquid Death being sold at food and drink stands. For those not in the know, the name may be a little intimidating. But “Liquid Death” is just water in a can. Now the brand, which has been independently owned and operated since its creation in 2017, has raised a new round of investment that values it at $1.4 billion. In a release Monday, Liquid Death said it had hit $263 million in global sales and can be found… Source link

Selection Sunday is nearly upon us and bids are at stake as conference championships play out. Before the Madness begins, we have a jam-packed slate of Saturday action to look forward to as teams vie to punch their ticket to the Dance. With 13 conference final games and NCAA tournament implications abound, it should be a full day of compelling hoops as the Big 12, Big East, ACC and Pac-12 tournaments all play out to their conclusions. Here’s the full schedule of conference tournament finals… Source link

Donald Trump, who was impeached for inciting his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn his 2020 electoral loss, warned on Saturday that there will be a “bloodbath” for the auto industry if he doesn’t win the election this November. In his first campaign appearance since officially becoming the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, the former president headlined a rally in Ohio to whip up support for Bernie Moreno ahead of Tuesday’s GOP Senate primary…. Source link

Yellowstone National Park is plowing roads in preparation for a spring season that promises a vibrant landscape teeming with wildlife. With this in mind I’m sharing an image I captured last spring, showing a coyote striding past tourists oblivious to its presence as they observed a cinnamon-colored black bear on the opposite side of the highway. Can you spot the smaller critter closely watching the coyote? (Answer at the bottom of the post.) Viewers will note the coyote’s traverse across a… Source link

Taxpayers are flocking to the IRS website to check their refund status as filing season reaches the one-month countdown. Nearly 380 million taxpayers visited the agency’s website last week, an 18% increase over the same week last year, according to the tax agency’s latest statistics. After landing on the official agency website, taxpayers are heading straight to the Where’s My Refund? tool. This is nothing unexpected, says an IRS spokesperson, as people search for the status of refunds… Source link

American workers are becoming more productive. Recent analysis from Bank of America showed the average revenue per worker for companies in the S&P 500 hit an all-time high in February after 15 years of no gains. This is one of several signs that labor productivity is rebounding after slumping during 2022. Some on Wall Street think the developments in labor productivity could help the stock market survive stickier-than-expected inflation that has emerged as a concern in recent weeks. “If… Source link

As car prices moderate from a pandemic-era surge, insurance has pushed the cost of car ownership to the brink for many Americans. New data out this week showed auto insurance costs rose 20.6% from the prior year in February, matching January’s increase as the most since December 1976, when costs rose 22.4% over the prior year. On an annual basis, motor vehicle insurance costs rose 17.4% in 2023, the most since a 28.7% increase in 1976, according to data from the BLS. The sticker shock hitting… Source link

Finding quality stocks to buy isn’t too terribly tough for most investors. Finding stocks that could turn practically nothing into half a million bucks within one lifetime, however, does have its challenges. Potential candidates are likely to be found within the tech sector, since technology is ultimately at the heart of most major sociocultural advancements. But these companies must also be able to adapt products and services that are perpetually in demand. This criterion narrows the list of… Source link