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Aliyah Boston said no to ESPN. The South Carolina women’s basketball star who won a national championship and was named unanimous National Player of the Year and Final Four Most Outstanding Player in 2022 has declined an invitation from the network to appear at the ESPY Awards, its annual summer showcase ceremony awarding top athletes, teams and moments from the sports year. Boston turned down the invitation that arrived after she was initially not included among the nominated athletes invited… Source link

Dawn Staley does not let perceived injustices slide by, especially when they involve her national player of the year. The South Carolina women’s basketball head coach took aim at ESPN and the ESPYs, the company’s annual sports award event, on Sunday night for not inviting Aliyah Boston, a rising senior and dominant center in the NCAA. Boston was named the unanimous National Player of the Year in 2022 and led the Gamecocks to the national championship. She’s won the Lisa Leslie Center of the… Source link

The Boston Celtics have rated out as a team with a total of EIGHT currently rostered players ranked among The Athletic’s Seth Partnow’s annual NBA tiers project that puts an order of sorts to the (in his careful estimation) top 125 players in the league in a given season. And while you will have to get yourself a subscription to that particular publication to see Partnow’s rationalizations for each of the Celtics’ eight players assessed by the Athletic expert to be among the… Source link

DHL North America plans to add hundreds of robots to its workforce. The robot, called Stretch, was developed by Boston Dynamics for warehouse operations in direct response to labor shortages and increasing logistics volume. A $15 million investment and multi-year agreement between DHL North America and Boston Dynamics will begin with roughly 30 Stretch robots. “Our strategy is to reduce our dependency on labor, which is hard to find in the market currently, and improve the type of positions… Source link

Tom Brady fan and former long-time Boston mayor Marty Walsh is wishing the NFL legend all the best in retirement. That’s even as the star QB didn’t shower New England Patriots fans with love initially when he announced his retirement this week. “Tom Brady brought a lot of joy to New England. Six Super Bowls we were in. Ten Super Bows all together. We won six. I want to commend Tom Brady on his retirement,” Walsh, now U.S. Labor Secretary, said on Yahoo Finance Live. After another MVP worthy… Source link

Employees at two Boston-area Starbucks locations began steps to form a union earlier this month, days after one store in upstate New York became the company’s first union-represented cafe. Workers at stores on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston and Harvard Avenue in Brookline sent a letter to Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson last week about their intent to unionize. “We see unions as the best way to make Starbucks a place to have a sustainable career and a true partnership,” the letter stated. “We… Source link

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / October 13, 2021 / Labaton Sucharow, a nationally ranked and award-winning shareholder rights firm, is investigating potential securities violations and breach of fiduciary duty claims against The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (“Boston Beer” or the “Company”) (NYSE:SAM). On September 8, 2021, after the market closed, Boston Beer announced that it was withdrawing its 2021 financial guidance issued on July 22, 2021 as a result of a decrease in demand for its hard seltzer… Source link

A day after Boston Beer shares were drilled again amid a second straight earnings warning at the hands of a slowdown in the hard seltzer market, most analysts are staying cautious on the stock at least until 2022.  “Even if the news is an immediate negative, we think management is attempting to be more transparent about what it is seeing after getting significant pushback from investors last quarter. Ultimately, it should help the stock to stabilize and find its bottom, but we don’t expect… Source link

Step aside hard seltzer — Boston Beer Company (SAM) is partnering with Pepsi to add another drink to its portfolio, a spiked version of Mountain Dew. On Tuesday, the company announced its partnership with PepsiCo (PEP) to deliver HARD MTN DEW, with 5 percent alcohol. The boozy beverage will come in three flavors: original, black cherry and watermelon, and is expected to hit shelves in early 2022.  “The worlds of beer, spirits, wine, and even non-alc beverages are all starting to converge… Source link