Texas firing Tom Herman shows ruthless nature of college sports

Everything is bigger in Texas, the old axiom goes. The oil wells, the pickup trucks and the cowboy hats. It’s a place where value is placed on size, a swaggering old ethos that’s often a way of life. At the University of Texas, the school and athletic department began a gamble on Saturday that’s one of the biggest in recent years. They are potentially paying more than $24 million in buyout money to fire coach Tom Herman and his staff. That doesn’t count a dime for the incoming staff,… Source link

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Kentucky player flops hilariously in Gator Bowl

The Guardian Belichick’s exit plan and a JJ Watt trade: NFL subplots to watch in 2021 Will Aaron Rodgers depart Green Bay after an MVP-caliber season? Will Bill Belichick leave New England before it turns ugly? There’s no shortage of meaty NFL plotlines in 2021The NFL’s general attitude towards 2020 can be summed up succinctly: What pandemic?Whereas other leagues ground to a halt, considered voiding their seasons, entered into complex bubbles or faced existential crises, the NFL thundered… Source link

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Paul Westphal dies after battle with brain cancer

The Guardian Belichick’s exit plan and a JJ Watt trade: NFL subplots to watch in 2021 Will Aaron Rodgers depart Green Bay after an MVP-caliber season? Will Bill Belichick leave New England before it turns ugly? There’s no shortage of meaty NFL plotlines in 2021The NFL’s general attitude towards 2020 can be summed up succinctly: What pandemic?Whereas other leagues ground to a halt, considered voiding their seasons, entered into complex bubbles or faced existential crises, the NFL thundered… Source link

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Dogecoin Sees 125% Increase In Trading On Saturday Following Adult Film Star’s Tweet

Benzinga Benzinga’s Final Bulls And Bears Of The Year: Alibaba, Apple, Intel, Tesla And More * Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. * The week’s bullish calls included the iPhone maker and electric vehicle stocks. * A semiconductor maker and a Chinese internet giant were among the bearish calls.The final trading week of a tumultuous year offered little in the way of a Santa Claus rally, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average up… Source link

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Damian Lillard adjusts to life on road during COVID-19

The Guardian Belichick’s exit plan and a JJ Watt trade: NFL subplots to watch in 2021 Will Aaron Rodgers depart Green Bay after an MVP-caliber season? Will Bill Belichick leave New England before it turns ugly? There’s no shortage of meaty NFL plotlines in 2021The NFL’s general attitude towards 2020 can be summed up succinctly: What pandemic?Whereas other leagues ground to a halt, considered voiding their seasons, entered into complex bubbles or faced existential crises, the NFL thundered… Source link

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Texas fires head coach Tom Herman

Texas head coach Tom Herman has been fired. The university announced the news on Saturday in a statement. The school said that Longhorns athletic director Chris Del Conte recommended moving on from Herman to president Jay Hartzell. The news comes just days after Texas trounced Colorado, 55-23, in the Alamo Bowl to finish the 2020 season with a 7-3 record. That win gave Herman a 32-18 record over four seasons, including a 22-13 mark in Big 12 play. With the move, Texas now owes Herman and his… Source link

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Trevor Lawrence hears woman criticizing his mustache

The Guardian Belichick’s exit plan and a JJ Watt trade: NFL subplots to watch in 2021 Will Aaron Rodgers depart Green Bay after an MVP-caliber season? Will Bill Belichick leave New England before it turns ugly? There’s no shortage of meaty NFL plotlines in 2021The NFL’s general attitude towards 2020 can be summed up succinctly: What pandemic?Whereas other leagues ground to a halt, considered voiding their seasons, entered into complex bubbles or faced existential crises, the NFL thundered… Source link

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Bitcoin shatters $30,000 as 2020 price surge continues into new year

It took bitcoin (BTC) 10 years in existence to reach the $20,000 mark, on Dec. 15. Then it took just 17 days to reach $30,000. It took the Dow Jones almost three years to make the same move. Bitcoin started 2020 at $7,200. It ended the year very close to $30,000, up 296%. (For comparison, the Nasdaq rose 43% in 2020, the S&P 500 rose 16%, the Dow rose 7%.) The surge continued full-steam into 2021: On Jan. 2, bitcoin broke through $30,000 for the first time, then broke through $31,000. The 2020… Source link

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Is Google the Future of Clean Energy? – SDxCentral

“Google is more likely to become an energy company of the future than a lot of utilities” Shuli Goodman, executive director at LF Energy, said during an interview earlier this year when she shared her latest prediction for what’s to come in the energy industry. If this prediction sounds like it’s coming out of left field, let me assure you it’s not. Google has been slowly upending the traditional utility business for the past 10 years.  The Current Situation We are at a… Source link

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Bitcoin Blasts Past $34K for First Time, Hours After Blowing Through $30K

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Set for Monster Growth in 2021 We’ve turned a new page on the calendar, Old Man ’20 is out the door, and there’s a feeling ‘21 is gonna be a good year – and so far, so good. The markets closed out 2020 with modest session gains to cap off larger annual gains. The S&P 500 rose 16% during the corona crisis year, while the NASDAQ, with its heavy tech representation, showed an impressive annual gain of nearly 43%. The advent of two viable COVID vaccines… Source link

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