Michael Conlan had the WBA featherweight title in the bag on Saturday in Nottingham, England, until he didn’t. Leigh Wood staged a remarkable late comeback and stopped Conlan at 1:25 of the 12th round to retain the title that throughout the fight seemed destined to go to Conlan. Conlan dropped Wood hard at the end of the first round with a sweeping left hand. He hurt him several times in the second round and then again at points in the first eight rounds. Wood was behind badly on all three… Source link
Read More »LSU fires Will Wade after NCAA notice of allegations
Will Wade is officially out as LSU head coach, almost three years to the day after it emerged that he had been caught on an FBI wiretap discussing illegal payments to a recruit. LSU announced in a statement Saturday that Wade had been terminated for cause, the cause being the NCAA’s recent notice of allegations regarding an infractions case dating back to 2017, the year Wade was hired as LSU head coach. LSU associate head coach Bill Armstrong has also been fired. Assistant coach Kevin… Source link
Read More »4 Kent State players suspended over profane Snapchat video
The Mid-American Conference announced on Saturday that four Kent State players had been suspended for taking part in a profane Snapchat video aimed at Akron, their opponent in the MAC Tournament final on Saturday night. Kent State would go on to lose 75-55 to the Zips, a bitter what-if for a program that was on the verge of its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2017. DJ Johnson, Malique Jacobs, Cli’Ron Hornbeak and Julius Rollins were all suspended for varying lengths of time for posting… Source link
Read More »War and the app economy, Google’s Messages update, Telegram ‘TV’ – TechCrunch
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in 2021, according to the latest year-end reports. Global spending across iOS, Google Play and third-party Android app stores in China grew 19% in 2021 to reach $170 billion. Downloads… Source link
Read More »Cowboys finalizing Amari Cooper trade with Browns
Amari Cooper didn’t want to take a pay cut to stay with the Dallas Cowboys, who found a taker for his contract. The Cleveland Browns are getting Cooper cheap, in terms of trade return. On Saturday afternoon the Browns were reportedly close to finalizing a trade that would send a fifth- and sixth-round draft pick to Dallas for Cooper and a sixth-round pick according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. So, essentially, the Browns get a four-time Pro Bowl receiver for a fifth-round pick. And Cooper is just… Source link
Read More »Cowboys give OT La’el Collins permission to seek trade
Offensive tackle La’el Collins has been given permission by the Dallas Cowboys to seek a trade, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. This news comes several days after a report that the Cowboys were actively trying to trade Collins. If they’ve given Collins’ agents permission to seek a trade, that could be an indicator that the Cowboys’ trade conversations haven’t been particularly fruitful. Injury, suspension cost Collins Collins, 28, has been a starter for the Cowboys since he was signed as an… Source link
Read More »‘Conditions on the ground are worsening every day’
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine intensifies with shelling of cities, the CEO of a private security contractor hired to extract clients from the region is troubled by what he’s seeing. “The conditions on the ground are worsening every day,” Global Guardian CEO Dale Buckner told Yahoo Finance (video above). “When we started, of course, the front line trace of the Russian forces which was much further north near Kyiv, the capital, was much further to the east near Donbas, and they were in,… Source link
Read More »Biden Urged to Invoke Cold-War Powers to Blunt Energy Price Hike
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden is under pressure to invoke Cold War-era powers to force more domestic oil production as the war in Ukraine strains supplies, raising gasoline prices and fueling inflation. Most Read from Bloomberg Lawmakers and labor activists have urged Biden to compel deployment of drilling rigs and solar panels using the 1950 Defense Production Act, the same authority wielded by Harry Truman to make steel for the Korean War and Donald Trump to spur mask production to… Source link
Read More »What’s Known About the BA.2 Variant
A pharmacist prepares doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 22, 2022. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) As the omicron coronavirus surge subsides, researchers are keeping an eye on a highly transmissible subvariant known as BA.2. Although it does not appear to have the capacity to drive a large new wave of infections, the variant could potentially slow the current decline of COVID cases and make treatment more difficult. Here’s what we know so far about BA.2. It’s… Source link
Read More »U.S. Officials Say Superyacht Could be Putin’s
The Scheherazade, which dominates the waterfront in the small town of Marina di Carrara, Italy, March 4, 2022, where it has been moored since September. (Gaia Pianigiani/The New York Times) WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are examining the ownership of a $700 million superyacht currently in a dry dock in an Italian seacoast town and believe it could be associated with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, according to multiple people briefed on the information. U.S. intelligence agencies have made… Source link
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