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Lefty Driesell, head coach of Maryland from 1969 to ’86, has died at 92 years old. (File photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) Lefty Driesell, the legendary college basketball coach who built Maryland into a top program, has died at the age of 92. “Lefty Driesell was a transcendent figure in college basketball and the man who put Maryland basketball on the map,” said Maryland Athletic Director Damon Evans. “A Hall of Famer, Lefty was an innovator, a man who was ahead of his time from his… Source link

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After a hotter-than-expected inflation reading spooked investors on Tuesday, the Dow Jones industrial average sank over 1,200 points in the stock market’s worst showing since June 2020. That same day, Stanley Druckenmiller, one of Wall Street’s most respected minds, argued that the pain won’t be temporary—and that stocks face an entire decade of sideways trading as the global economy goes through a tectonic shift. “There’s a high probability in my mind that the market, at best, is… Source link

The chants were swift and boisterous. A raucous crowd that rode the roller coaster of Game 4 — and the entire semifinals series — sent off Sue Bird in legendary fashion. “Thank you, Sue,” the crowd chanted as Bird acknowledged fans from center court after the No. 1-seeded Las Vegas Aces beat her Seattle Storm 97-92 to end the Storm’s season and Bird’s career on Tuesday night at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. “It’s sad,” Bird told ESPN’s Holly Rowe in a televised postgame interview while… Source link

On a recent episode of Influencers with Yahoo Finance’s Editor-in-Chief, Andy Serwer, Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records explained how he signed some of the world’s most successful stars. “You have an instinct really, of how you feel basically what they are like, and you get a feel for them,” Blackwell told Yahoo Finance. Blackwell, who recently released a memoir called “The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond,” grew up in Jamaica, where he developed a lifelong… Source link

A version of this post was originally published on TKer.co. Peter Lynch, the legendary stock picker who ran Fidelity’s market-beating Magellan Fund for 13 years, made a prescient observation in a speech he gave to the National Press Club back in October 7, 1994. It comes from the 38-minute mark of this video (via @DividendGrowth): Some event will come out of left field, and the market will go down, or the market will go up. Volatility will occur. Markets will continue to have these ups and… Source link

With inflation setting a new 40-year high for the month of February, the Federal Reserve looks to pump the brakes on surging prices with the first rate increases since 2018. In light of these inflationary pressures, Lands’ End (LE) CEO Jerome Griffith believes that the outlook for American consumers is optimistic. “I think people are generally concerned about inflation out there. But at the same time, you know, people are still out spending,” he told Yahoo Finance Live. “The resiliency… Source link

Kentucky basketball coaching legend Joe B. Hall has died, the school announced Saturday. He was 93. Hall replaced Adolph Rupp as coach in Lexington in 1972 and guided the Wildcats until 1985, compiling a 297-100 record with 10 NCAA tournament appearances, three Final Fours and a national title in 1978. Hall remained a fixture in Lexington until his death. He also played for Rupp on the Wildcats’ 1949 team that won the national title, making Hall one of three men who played and coached on an… Source link

Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham says US stocks are in a ‘magnificent bubble’ even crazier than in 1929 — here are 3 of his safe haven selections Jeremy Grantham, legendary investor and a pioneer of index fund investing, has added his voice to the chorus of financial wizards who expect today’s runaway stock market to soon hit the wall. Grantham recently told CNBC that equities in the U.S. are in a “magnificent bubble,” larger even than those in 1929 and 2000, which kicked off the… Source link

Months after legendary boxer Mike Tyson made his triumphant return to the ring against Roy Jones Jr. last year, rumors have been swirling that his next opponent could be YouTuber-turned-boxer Logan Paul. Paul may have earned more respect from the boxing community after going the distance in his last exhibition bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr., but Iron Mike didn’t necessarily seem threatened in a new interview with Yahoo Finance. Without going as far as confirming a fight with Paul, Tyson… Source link