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Clayton Kershaw faced a shot at baseball history on Wednesday. He came up two innings short. Not because of his performance on the mound. But because of a decision by Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. The three-time Dodgers Cy Young winner had a chance to add a coveted line to his already illustrious résumé with a perfect game through seven innings against the Minnesota Twins. But 80 pitches into his start, Roberts pulled him, opting to prioritize Kershaw’s health over a chance at… Source link

Baseball isn’t just happening in the United States right now. It’s also happening over in Nippon Professional Baseball, Japan’s top baseball league (their MLB equivalent). And a young pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines just threw what might be the best professional game in history. Roki Sasaki, who is just 20 years old, threw a perfect game against the Orix Buffaloes on Sunday, the 16th perfect game in NPB history and the first one in 28 years. His dominant performance tied the NPB record… Source link

After Thursday’s first day of NCAA tournament action, only 14 perfect Yahoo Tourney Pick’Em brackets remained. By Friday afternoon, there were none. An entry named Go Back To Webster Ave. was the last bracket standing after Miami edged USC, 68-66 on Friday. It was the only bracket to correctly pick the tournament’s first 22 games. That means that they picked No. 15 St. Peter’s to beat No. 2 Kentucky, No. 12 New Mexico to beat No. 5 UConn and No. 12 Richmond to beat No. 5 Iowa — impressive… Source link

Did No. 15 seed St. Peters ruin your hopes of a perfect men’s tournament bracket? You weren’t alone. After a day of March Madness, only 14 perfect brackets remain in Yahoo Tourney Pick’Em. By far the biggest bracket-buster was St. Peter’s, the small school from Jersey City, New Jersey that took down college basketball juggernaut Kentucky, a No. 2 seed, in an 85-79 thriller. To get a sense of the scale of upset we’re dealing with here, consider that Kentucky head coach John Calipari’s salary is… Source link

The Buffalo Bills handed the New England Patriots an embarrassing 47-17 wild-card loss on Saturday night, and in the process they made NFL history.  They became the first team ever to have a perfect offensive performance. They scored touchdowns on every single one of their possessions (except the kneel downs at the end of the game). They didn’t face a single fourth down in the entire game, so they had no punts or field goals. They also held onto the ball when they had it, turning the ball… Source link

“The Boss” is cashing in — and that could have big implications for the music business. This week, Bruce Springsteen sold both his master recordings and publishing rights to Sony Music in a deal worth north of $500 million, according to multiple outlets. Sony Music and Springsteen did not immediately respond to Yahoo Finance’s request for comment.  Sony has been Springsteen’s home for the past five decades. Thanks to this deal, the studio will now have full ownership of the rocker’s entire… Source link

Even with Apple’s stock (APPL) cooling down a touch this week as the company flirted with a $3 trillion market cap for the first time, pros say several positives remain in the cards that are likely to push shares higher soon. “It is entirely possible that we are seeing the perfect storm for Apple bulls into year-end. The obvious consideration is that institutional investors are plowing into Apple in a FOMO [fear of missing out] driven frenzy. What institutional fund manager would want to… Source link

The news of a new COVID variant Omicron comes at a time where the U.S. is heading into the winter, adding a dose of uncertainty at a time when cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are rising as people increasingly gather indoors. “The winter months already were a time that we were expecting to have some surge, just by the nature of people going indoors, the cold dry air, which makes it more easily transmissible with viruses,” Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne, an emergency physician at UM Capital… Source link

Retail theft is soaring across the U.S., with large chains like Best Buy (BBY) and Walgreens (WBA) beset by increasingly brazen and widespread instances of shoplifting that’s hurting their bottom lines. In recent weeks, reports of “smash and grab” robberies in major cities — featuring crowds of thieves making it off with electronics, clothing and footwear, have flooded social media.  Security experts cite a litany of reasons including fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, overwhelmed law… Source link

Bitcoin sits above $64,000 on Tuesday, zeroing in on a record high as excitement over its first exchange-traded fund (ETF) — and another soon to come — reached a fever pitch. As the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization rallied by over 4% on the day, The Proshares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) launched on the the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) — the first ever BTC (BTC) related fund available to U.S. investors. While some market participants have questioned the utility of the… Source link