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The San Diego Padres were never going to catch the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West after their trade-deadline flurry, but they were expected to comfortably make the playoffs. Maybe they will eventually run away with a wild-card spot, but it hasn’t been easy. The Padres are 10-13 since the deadline. Fernando Tatis Jr. got suspended for PEDs. Josh Hader has been a surprising disaster. Not much has gone right. It doesn’t get easier for the Padres on Monday night. The Padres face the San… Source link

Liz Cambage‘s time with the Los Angeles Sparks is over. The team announced Tuesday they’ve agreed to a “contract divorce” with the 30-year-old center, just 25 games into her Sparks tenure. The WNBA uses “contract divorce” for what is essentially a buyout. “It is with support that we share Liz Cambage’s decision to terminate her contract with the organization,” Sparks managing partner Eric Holoman said. “We want what’s best for Liz and have agreed to part ways amicably. The Sparks remain… Source link

NASCAR marked the start of Pride Month on Wednesday by admitting that its “recent actions” had not been in line with the sanctioning body’s public efforts for better diversity and inclusion. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) waved the green flag ahead of the May 22 All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway. In February, Abbott called for state agencies to investigate gender-affirming treatments on transgender teenagers. Abbott’s calls for investigations came after Texas Attorney General Ken… Source link

KETTERING, Ohio — Barbara McGlone is supporting Senate candidate Josh Mandel all the way, even if her favorite Republican, Donald Trump, is backing Mandel’s opponent, the conservative commentator J.D. Vance. “I don’t trust J.D. Vance. At all,” McGlone said, sitting in the back of the Victory Christian Church’s break room Thursday, after a campaign stop by Mandel and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. “I know Josh. I voted for him when he became [state] treasurer. And I know all the… Source link

Four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel said Thursday that he wouldn’t participate in the Russian Grand Prix later this year if the race is still on the 2022 Formula 1 calendar. Vettel made his remarks at preseason testing in Spain in the hours after Russia invaded Ukraine. Vettel has been outspoken on numerous issues over the last few seasons and made it clear that a Russian Grand Prix would go on without him if it’s still held on Sep. 25. F1 has said that it’s monitoring the situation… Source link

As China’s digital yuan takes the global stage at the winter Olympics, a top cryptocurrency executive believes the U.S. is actually ahead in the worldwide digital currency game. Recently, the Federal Reserve has unveiled its thinking about how a central bank digital coin might operate, without taking any firm stance on the topic. Only 2 countries, Nigeria and the Bahamas, have functional CBDCs, while a few other economies are moving toward pilots this year. However, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire… Source link

The share of Google searches about Black Lives Matter spiked shortly after Axios launched its Hard Truths series — but those have been overtaken by searches about critical race theory in recent months. Why it matters: The search trends provide a window into how the national conversation about racial justice has shifted over the course of this series. The share of Google searches about Black Lives Matter spiked shortly after Axios launched its Hard Truths series — but those have been… Source link

As the global digital currency race heats up, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire thinks the broader stablecoin adoption expected to come with regulatory clarity from Washington can give the United States a needed edge in minting the financial system of the future. Testifying along with five other crypto leaders at Wednesday’s landmark congressional hearing, the digital payment provider’s chief executive officer said the U.S. is beating China in stablecoin transactions with trillions of U.S…. Source link

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — There are 12 teams in non-play-in playoff positioning and only one has a new head coach: Wes Unseld Jr.’s Washington Wizards, who snapped a three-game losing streak Wednesday night in overtime against a pesky Detroit Pistons squad. Unseld Jr. is one of several new coaches on the sideline this season and, arguably, could be the most mild, soft-spoken of them all. It’s a sharp contrast to a couple scenes from Wednesday night, when a few of his players were… Source link

Ethereum (ETH-USD) is defying broad underperformance in cryptocurrencies, with its recent price gains reflecting a surge of interest in smart contract platforms that are being rapidly co-opted by the nonfungible token (NFT) boom.  Amid newfound investor interest, the digital coin’s performance has even eclipsed Bitcoin’s (BTC-USD), which has languished for over a month after setting a new record high near $68,000. Currently trading around $4,400, Ethereum is the second largest… Source link