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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Former NBA player Nate Robinson says he needs to find a kidney donor soon as he battles life-threatening disease  Yahoo! Voices Source link

Super Bowl LVIII is big beer’s prime-time opportunity to finally throw a touchdown to investors. Up until this Sunday’s marquee matchup in Las Vegas, the beer industry has largely been on defense the past two years. U.S. beer shipments fell to a 25-year low in 2023, according to new data out of BofA Securities, as politically and culturally-driven boycotts and consumer tastes shifting to hard seltzers and liquor have pressured industry sales. In the past two years alone, beer shipments have… Source link

NFL analyst and Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw revealed on Sunday that he had been diagnosed with cancer twice in the past year. (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez) NFL Hall of Famer and Fox analyst Terry Bradshaw revealed on Sunday morning that, after being diagnosed twice in the past year, he is now cancer free. Bradshaw said on Fox’s NFL pregame show that he was diagnosed with bladder cancer in November and underwent surgery. Then he said doctors found a tumor in his left neck in March that was a rare… Source link

ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports Chris Jones fined $10,069 for language used against Matt Ryan Last Sunday, referee Shawn Smith threw a flag that quite likely influenced the outcome of the Chiefs-Colts game. The man who was penalized has also been fined. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones was fined $10,069 for unsportsmanlike conduct. The conduct, however, was verbal. It’s still not publicly known [more] Source link

Chipotle (CMG) is set to report its fiscal second quarter earnings on Tuesday after market close as inflation remains top of mind for both businesses and consumers. Here’s what Wall Street expects, according to Bloomberg consensus estimates: Revenue: $2.25 billion expected Adj. earnings per share (EPS): $9.10 expected U.S. same-store sales: 10% to 12% increase expected Analysts anticipate that, similar to last quarter, Chipotle will benefit from its expanded growth in digital sales and online… Source link

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. App Annie says global spending across iOS and Google Play is up to $135 billion in 2021, and that figure will likely be higher when its… Source link

Microsoft and Google have ended an almost six-year truce to prevent open warfare between the rival Big Tech companies, clearing the way for direct conflict as regulators take aim at barriers to competition among the leading US technology groups. The software and internet search giants reached an unusual pact in 2015 to end a running battle that had been fought out in courtrooms and in front of regulators around the world. It was forged soon after Sundar Pichai became chief… Source link

The Conversation Rooting out racism in children’s books Children’s books need better representation of people of color. Ariel Skelley/Getty ImagesTen years ago, I sat down with my then 8-year-old daughter to read a book before bedtime. The book was sort of a modern-day “boy who cried wolf” story, only it was about a little girl named Lucy who had a bad habit of telling lies. In the story, Lucy borrowed her friend Paul’s bike and crashed it. Lucy lied to Paul, telling him “a bandit”… Source link

Bloomberg Global Chip Drought Hits Apple, BMW, Ford as Crisis Worsens (Bloomberg) — The global chip shortage is going from bad to worse with automakers on three continents joining tech giants Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. in flagging production cuts and lost revenue from the crisis.In a dizzying 12-hour stretch, Honda Motor Co. said it will halt production at three plants in Japan; BMW AG cut shifts at factories in Germany and England; and Ford Motor Co. reduced its full-year earnings… Source link

Silhouette of a mobile user seen next to a screen projection of the Apple logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration A proposed multi-billion pound British class action against Google (GOOGL.O), which alleges the internet giant secretly tracked millions of iPhone users, is not viable and should not be allowed to proceed, the Supreme Court was told on Wednesday. Antony White, a lawyer for Google, told the first day of a two-day hearing that any… Source link