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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

Ryan Garcia looked fantastic Saturday in his 6-round destruction of Javier Fortuna in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) Four years ago, Ryan Garcia, Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney and Gervonta Davis were all fledgling lightweights with oversized personalities who were overflowing with talent. Speed, power, quickness, intelligence, charisma, punching accuracy, courage — you name it, this quartet had it all. And now they’re in their primes and it’s time for them to be the modern version… Source link

Rafael Fiziev is a lightweight going places. He picked up the biggest win over his career on Saturday knocking out former champion Rafael dos Anjos in the UFC Vegas 58 main event. Fiziev entered the bout ranked No. 10 in the UFC 155-pound rankings while dos Anjos was ranked No. 7. With the win over the former titleholder, Fiziev wants to take on a Top 5 ranked opponent in his next outing and has one in mind. Fiziev is eyeing a fight against No. 5 ranked Justin Gaethje. “I want a fight with… Source link

When you walk the walk, you earn the right to talk the talk as well. Stanley Cup champion Nazem Kadri took the opportunity to do just that during his postgame on-ice interview following the Avalanche’s 2-1 Game 6 victory to clinch the NHL’s grandest prize. “For everyone that thought I was a liability in the playoffs you can kiss my ass.” Kadri told Sportsnet’s David Amber and Elliotte Friedman. Kadri has infamously been suspended three different times in the playoffs, twice with the… Source link

Warren Buffett’s portfolio is full of buyback opportunities which he calls ‘the best use of cash’. Here are 3 companies with the biggest hidden dividend potential The fact that the world’s most famous investor, Warren Buffett, appreciates shareholder rewards shouldn’t be surprising. After all, a sizable and predictable return is the whole point of investing. Buffett takes this philosophy seriously and seeks out companies with the most generous shareholder rewards program. All five of his… Source link

AUSTIN, Texas – Josh Emmett’s case for a title shot keeps getting stronger. The UFC featherweight added another win to the streak, defeating Calvin Kattar in an exciting and highly technical five-round contest in the main event of Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 37. Emmett (18-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) defeated Kattar (23-6 MMA, 7-4 UFC) by split decision. The judges’ scorecards read 48-47 and 48-47 in favor of Emmett and a single 47-48 card for Kattar. Following the reading of the decision, Emmett took… Source link

Derrick Johnson, the president of the NAACP, called for the resignation or dismissal of Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio for his Wednesday comments about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “It is time for Jack Del Rio to resign or be terminated,” Johnson said in a statement. “His comments could not have been more offensive and ignorant. The January 6th insurrection – an attempted coup – was far from a ‘dust-up’. Each day we learn more and more on just how close… Source link

Google announced today that it’s combining two of its video-calling apps, Duo and Meet, into a single platform. Pretty soon, there will be only Google Meet, and Google’s hoping it can be the one calling app users need for just about everything in their lives. By bringing them both together, Google’s hoping it can solve some of what ails modern communication tools. “What’s been really important is understanding how people make the choice as to what tool they’re going to use,… Source link

In a new essay, Piers Morgan shares why he fears American gun violence will continue. (Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Images via Getty Images) Piers Morgan fears that American gun violence will continue due to the nation’s “religion” of guns. In an essay for , the English television personality reflected on the Tuesday , which . The massacre was the seventh deadliest shooting in the United States and the second deadliest at an elementary school, . It also came 10 days after a , which claimed… Source link

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Employees at the bank say suspicion and fear are swirling over the firm’s data-collection efforts.KENA BETANCUR/Getty Images JPMorgan has developed a powerful data-collection tool to monitor its employees’ activities. Employees at America’s largest bank fear what the data collection could mean for their jobs. One staffer described a workplace where terms like “Big Brother” and “1984” have become commonplace. At JPMorgan Chase, employees say watchful eyes are… Source link