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Why did the Eagles buck their financial history to sign Saquon Barkley? Ask the 49ers

Why did the Eagles buck their financial history to sign Saquon Barkley? Ask the 49ers

Once upon a time, in October 2022, the San Francisco 49ers traded draft picks in the second, third, fourth and fifth rounds to acquire a player whom they’d still need to pay big money. This sixth-year pro wasn’t a quarterback. He wasn’t a pass rusher. He wasn’t even, by title or league tracking data, a receiver. No, the 49ers decided to pony up all that draft capital and money to acquire running back Christian McCaffrey. In this economy. McCaffrey arrived with an injury history,… Source link

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LeBron James flat-out wrong in rewriting history after 40,000-point achievement

LeBron James flat-out wrong in rewriting history after 40,000-point achievement

In dorm rooms and common areas on college campuses across the country, students congregated to watch LeBron James’ first professional basketball game some 21 years ago. Shockingly, as he scored his first two points on a baseline jumper in Sacramento, there were no boos — at least not to recollection. James has amazing recall, and even while he claims he couldn’t have predicted his NBA career could turn out as it has — the 40,000 points, the championships, the moments forever etched in… Source link

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History suggests stocks are due for a pause

History suggests stocks are due for a pause

This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI), Nasdaq 100 (^NDX), and S&P 500 (^GSPC) all notched record highs on Wednesday. The latter, the world’s benchmark stock index, also came tantalizingly close to hitting the big, psychological 5,000 level for the first time. Meanwhile, stocks are now in one of the seasonally weakest months of the year, with an even weaker month ahead… Source link

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UConn’s Geno Auriemma becomes third college coach in history to reach 1,200 career wins

UConn’s Geno Auriemma becomes third college coach in history to reach 1,200 career wins

Geno Auriemma trails only Mike Krzyzewski and Tara VanDerveer on the college basketball all-time win’s list. (David Butler II/USA Today) Geno Auriemma joined an elite group of college basketball coaches on Wednesday night. The longtime UConn women’s basketball coach picked up his 1,200th career win after the Huskies cruised to a 67-34 win over Seton Hall. He’s now just the third coach in history, men’s or women’s, to reach the 1,200 wins mark. Only former Duke men’s coach Mike… Source link

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