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After negotiating with the world’s largest tech firms, the NFL may have settled on a winner in the Sunday Ticket sweepstakes: Google. The NFL is in “advanced talks” with Google’s YouTube to take over Sunday Ticket rights, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday night. A deal could be announced Wednesday, WSJ reported. The popular subscription package enables fans to watch live “out of market” games wherever they live in the U.S. However, another source said the… Source link

Disney (DIS) and Apple (AAPL) became the latest companies in the crosshairs of anti-ESG efforts after Vivek Ramaswamy, the executive chairman of Peter Thiel-backed Strive Capital, sent letters to the companies urging them to halt diversity audits and avoid making political statements. In the letter released on Monday, the “Woke, Inc.” author railed against the companies and financial institutions for promoting “one-sided political agendas.” Ramaswamy has been a vocal critic of the practice of… Source link

It was impossible for Swin Cash to evaluate her impact in the basketball world in real time, as she was focused on winning games, championships and swatting unsuspecting layup attempts to the third row. But every now and again, she’ll get a picture she once signed, or a direct message from social media as a reminder how ingratiated she was on the scene. “It’s a picture of me looking young as hell, a shot of someone at a Boys and Girls Club with this kid,” Cash told Yahoo Sports. “And… Source link

Russian Internet giant appears to be preparing to shift Russian-speaking users to a minimalist home page, after sanctions forced it to sell its media products. The company has been quietly updating its neglected search-only page ya.ru, as a possible replacement for yandex.ru, its current home page, which hosts a mass of content from Yandex social media and news sites. This could be the first step in moving to a more limited and less controversial home page, according to TechCrunch, which… Source link

A J-16 fighter jet in Changchun, China, in 2019.STR/AFP via Getty Images A Chinese jet cut in front of an Australian plane and fired debris into its engine, officials said. Australia’s defense ministry said the incident happened on May 26 over international waters. Chinese aircraft regularly “buzz” or try to interfere with foreign aircraft near their airspace. A Chinese fighter jet veered in front of an Australian military plane and fired off a cloud of debris that entered its engine,… Source link

Subscribe to You Pod to Win the Game It’s nice to have your next job lined up before you leave your current one. Especially if that job pays $37.5 million per year Tom Brady‘s next gig as lead analyst for FOX — whenever he decides to hang up the cleats. Charles Robinson is joined by Wall Street Journal’s Andrew Beaton to react to this morning’s mind blowing report that TB12 will be heading to the booth for some serious change that is sure to change the landscape of the television talent… Source link

Companies big and small that rely on semiconductors as the lifeblood of their business may not want to hear Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger’s guidance for when the chip crisis will end. But, it’s one of the most honest assessments yet of the current mess that is slowing production of everything from Whoop fitness straps to pickup trucks from General Motors and Ford to electric autos out of Tesla. “With or without the CHIPS Act, we think we still have some rough road in front of us. And I’ve said we… Source link

A legal fight in Los Angeles has exposed a bitter and widening divide between public servants like teachers, police officers and firefighters, as COVID-19 mandates become increasingly common — and first responders push back. Earlier this month, more than filed a lawsuit against the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The suit is one of several challenges among police and EMS personnel across California and , some of whom have in response to the new rules. Jeff Burmeister, who’s part of… Source link

Yahoo’s front page is interesting. There is a sort of rinse, repeat and regurgitate theme to what they post about. I say post, because I cannot even bring myself to say the words “write” and “Yahoo” in the same sentence. For me it seems like an oxymoron.   They like to build up the celebrity, or reality TV celebrity…wait, is there even a difference anymore? After all we’ve democratized fame so much that a mere vote allows one to rise to star status; regardless of the… Source link

Major League Baseball (MLB) announced it will host its 2021 All-Star game in Denver this summer, just days after pulling the game out of Atlanta to protest Georgia’s new voting rights bill. “Major League Baseball is grateful to the Rockies, the City of Denver and the State of Colorado for their support of this summer’s All-Star Game,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “We appreciate their flexibility and enthusiasm to deliver a first-class event for our game and the… Source link