NFL fines Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill $10K for taunting

Tyreek Hill‘s 64-yard touchdown catch and run was one of the wildest moments in quite possibly the wildest game in recent NFL history, but the NFL isn’t happy with one part of the play. The league has fined the Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver $10,300 for flashing a peace sign at defenders while running into the end zone, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. Here’s the play in question, which the NFL had no qualms about posting to social media despite the poor sportsmanship on… Source link

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Tom Brady retiring after 22 seasons, 7 Super Bowl titles

After 22 seasons, 365 games and seven Super Bowls, Tom Brady, who famously went from late-round draft pick underdog to NFL legend, is calling it quits. The future Hall of Fame quarterback will reportedly retire from the NFL, according to ESPN’s Jeff Darlington and Adam Schefter.  The NFL’s official Twitter account and Bucs teammate Mike Evans also weighed in, with Evans saying on social media, “Thanks for everything big bro it was an honor”:  He is a three-time league MVP, five-time Super… Source link

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What Supreme Court Justice Breyer’s retirement means for business

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement at the end of the court’s current term has court watchers wondering if a more liberal successor could make the court more united along ideological lines, a change that could benefit certain business interests. Constitutional law scholars say the court’s persuasions under a yet-to-be-named and confirmed nominee are difficult to predict. Under one theory, his replacement could deepen the court’s 6-3 conservative-liberal divide, if… Source link

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Danielle Collins falls short at Aussie Open

The first time wasn’t quite the charm for Danielle Collins.  Against all odds (Collins was 50-1 entering the tournament), the 27th-seeded American battled world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty on Saturday at the Australian Open in her first Grand Slam finals appearance, losing 6-3, 7-6 (7-2).  After dropping the first set, Collins had her chance to force a third set, building a 5-1 lead, but Barty rallied and eventually won the set — and the match — in a tiebreaker. Barty became the first Australian… Source link

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Why the NFL owners are exclusive socialists

Did the football gods know that with the stock market giving us migraines, the NFL playoff games needed to be extra awesome? We’ll see if the trend continues this weekend when the league’s final four teams take the field. One thing’s for sure, the NFL is back, baby (as the late Al Davis might have said.) Back from COVID-19. Back from the kneeling controversy. The instant-classic-in-the-snow 49ers-Packers game was the most-watched TV show on a Saturday night in 28 years. And no one’s… Source link

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Ash Barty wins Australian Open, ending 44-year drought

Australia’s Ashleigh Barty hits a return against Danielle Collins in the Australian Open women’s final. (Photo by AARON FRANCIS/AFP via Getty Images) Ashleigh Barty is the first Australian Open women’s champion in 44 years who is actually from Australia. In front of an enthusiastic home crowd, the world No. 1 beat fierce upstart Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) on Saturday to become the first Australian woman since Chris O’Neil in 1978 to win the country’s most celebrated tennis title.  Barty,… Source link

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Team USA dealing with COVID ahead of Olympics

Some members of the U.S. Olympic Bobsled team pose for a photo before departing on Delta Airlines for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Los Angeles International Airport on January 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for USOPC) The United States bobsled and skeleton team has been dealing with COVID-19 trouble a week before the Olympics, with multiple positive tests affecting travel plans in recent days, sources told Yahoo Sports. One bobsledder, Josh Williamson, Source link

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Google seems to be giving its Android Tablets division some attention

One of Android’s original founders, Rich Miner, is working on Android tablets, a fact that was recently revealed in a ComputerWorld report digging into Google’s history with tablets. Miner’s LinkedIn page appears to confirm it, listing his current title as “CTO Android Tablets,” and says he’s been in that role since March, 2021. Google told The Verge in an email that his specific role is “leading software development for Android for large screens” in the “Platforms and… Source link

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Is Google’s ‘phenomenal’ fiscal run about to end?

A phenomenal fiscal year for Alphabet Inc. is about to close, and there are concerns that the future isn’t as rosy. Google’s parent company should expect “tricky waters to traverse in 2022” after it reports a solid fourth quarter on Tuesday, AB Bernstein analyst Mark Shmulik warned in a Jan. 27 note that shaved his price target of Alphabet GOOGL, +3.37% GOOG, +3.23% shares to $3,250 from $3,350. … Source link

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Why one area of the economy isn’t seeing inflation

Inflation in December was the hottest in nearly 40 years, according to the Federal Reserve’s favored gauge, released this morning. U.S. consumers have been confronted with higher prices for everything from gasoline to groceries, cars to dishwashers. There’s one industry, though, that’s undergoing a pricing war that has prevented increases. Have you looked at your mobile phone bill lately? “At a time when seemingly every other industry in America is raising prices, the wireless industry… Source link

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