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After missing the final run of his rookie campaign and his full sophomore season, James Wiseman made his long-awaited return to the court in the NBA Summer League on Sunday against the San Antonio Spurs. Wiseman didn’t waste time in his Summer League debut. For the Golden State Warriors’ first points of the game, The 2020 No. 2 overall pick hammered down a lob dunk from Jonathan Kuminga. The alley-oop dunk in the opening seconds was just the start of an impressive debut in the Summer… Source link

LAS VEGAS — It had been eight months and 20 days since Shaedon Sharpe played in a competitive basketball game. Sharpe was the No. 1 player coming out high school, joined Kentucky for the second semester and didn’t play a single game. He was the biggest mystery in the 2022 NBA draft and despite his long hiatus from the court, the Portland Trail Blazers selected Sharpe with the seventh overall pick. “After not playing for so long, I’m just looking forward to playing and competing at the… Source link

SALT LAKE CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder have been in rebuild mode for a few years and added another piece in the 2022 NBA draft with the No. 2 pick, 7-foot, 195-pound center Chet Holmgren. Many criticize his slight frame and have doubts he can hold his own in the post at the NBA level. His first test, and Summer League debut, came at the Salt Lake City Summer League on Tuesday night and on paper, it was going to be a big test. Literally. The Utah Jazz walked out on the court with one of… Source link

Penn State wrestling icon Bo Nickal had as impressive a debut in the world of MMA as he could have asked for. Nickal wasted no time in knocking out his first opponent in an MMA ring, thus living up to the hype the former Division 1 national champion had coming into the world of mixed martial arts. And after his first match, Nickal put the rest of the MMA world on notice with a stern warning. “Every single middleweight on the planet, I don’t care what organization you’re in, UFC,… Source link

Newly-formed streaming giant Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) officially began trading on the Nasdaq (^IXIC) on Monday, opening at $24.08 a share in its first day as a publicly-traded entity. Ahead of the company’s Wall Street debut, Evercore ISI Group upgraded the stock from In-line to Outperform, announcing a $40 price target. The $43 billion merger, which closed on Friday, solidifies Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s position as the company’s new chief. WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar departed upon the… Source link

Mike Cole insists that, until a few months ago, he gladly would have accepted $500 in exchange for his unused ticket to Michael Jordan’s 1984 NBA debut. Thankfully for him, nobody ever made him that low-ball offer. A ticket that Cole stashed for years in his basement alongside some other old keepsakes turned out to have more than just sentimental value. It was one of two tickets that nearly doubled the previous record for the most expensive vintage sports ticket when their auctions closed… Source link

Moscow, Amsterdam, January 20, 2022 – Yandex (NASDAQ and MOEX: YNDX), one of Europe’s largest internet companies and the leading search and ride-hailing provider in Russia, today announced that the Russian credit rating agency ACRA has assigned Yandex a first-time long-term issuer credit rating of ‘АA+(RU)’ with a Stable Outlook. According to ACRA’s published report, the key rating drivers included, among others, Yandex’s leading position in number of the key markets… Source link

KT‘s AI/DX Convergence Business Division head Song Jae-ho (third from right) and Yandex Self-Driving Group CEO Dmitry Polishchuk (fourth from right) pose for a photo with officials at a signing ceremony held in Moscow, Russia. (KT) South Korean telecom carrier KT looks to launch autonomous delivery vehicles in Korea before the end of 2022 by partnering with Russian autonomous rover maker Yandex Self-Driving Group, KT said Tuesday. The two companies have signed a memorandum of… Source link

KFC (YUM) is going above and Beyond…Meat, that is, as plant-based items continue to encroach on fast food’s turf. Late Tuesday, KFC announced the nationwide debut of Beyond Fried Chicken, after a two-year testing period. The anticipated menu item will be available to purchase at participating KFC locations in the U.S. beginning January 10. Customers can order the item as KFC’s first ever plant-based combo meal or à la carte in six or 12-piece orders. Created in partnership with Beyond… Source link

WeWork shares made their public debut on Thursday, marking a milestone for the shared workspace company after a failed initial public offering two years ago.  WeWork’s stock closed at $11.78 per share in its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “WE.” The listing came following a merger with the special purpose acquisition company BowX Acquisition Corporation. Shares of BowX had closed at $10.38 apiece on Wednesday.  The deal provided WeWork with gross cash… Source link