While we wait for the NFL to tell us the full extent of the mistreatment of Washington Football Team’s cheerleaders (any day now, NFL), or for anyone to face consequences for the department-wide, toxic environment fostered by LSU athletics, we bring you a new story of young women being let down by the very adults meant to be looking out for their well-being. On Thursday, the Los Angeles Times posted an investigation by Ryan Kartje into the rotten culture of the University of Southern… Source link
Read More »Sterling Brown left bloodied after strip club attack: Report
Reported details have emerged painting a bloody scene outside a Miami strip club that left Houston Rockets guard Sterling Brown hospitalized early Monday. The Houston Rockets released a statement Monday that Brown “was the victim of an assault” and “suffered facial lacerations but will make a full recovery.” Few other details of the incident were reported at the time. The Athletic’s Shams Charania and Kelly Iko published a story on Thursday citing sources close to Brown who were worried for… Source link
Read More »PGA Tour is using Google Search, Q Ratings to award bonuses to golfers out of $40 million pool, per report
In light of this week’s bombshell sports news that has several top European soccer clubs choosing to form a Super League, information leaked Tuesday about the PGA Tour’s efforts to keep its star golfers from breaking away for larger paydays elsewhere. The PGA Tour has created a $40 million pool to reward its top stars as it continues to stamp down the long-rumored Premier Golf League (golf’s version of the Super… Source link
Read More »Google Adds New ‘Page Experience’ Report to Help Site Owners Prepare for Algorithm Update
As Google prepares to roll out its new ‘Page Experience’ search algorithm update, which will incorporate its three Core Web Vitals considerations, it’s shared some new details on the timeline for the roll-out, and a new tool to help website owners prepare for any potential impacts to their rankings. As explained by Google: “We’ll begin using page experience as part of our ranking systems beginning in mid-June 2021. However, page experience won’t play its full role as part of those systems… Source link
Read More »Brad Stevens turned down 7-year, $70M offer from Indiana: Report
Indiana didn’t fail to sign Brad Stevens for lack of trying. The Boston Celtics head coach reportedly turned down the Hoosiers last month before IU eventually hired Mike Woodson as its head basketball coach. Now we know just how much IU coveted Stevens. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Indiana was prepared to make Stevens a 7-year, $70 million offer. He reported the news Saturday night during ESPN’s NBA studio show. Annual salary more than Coach K, Calipari Just how big of a deal is… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin’s Drop in Volatility May Boost Appeal, Make $130K Possible, JPMorgan Says: Report
The Guardian US economy adds 916,000 March jobs as vaccine rollout fuels hiring boom Unemployment at 6% as businesses reopen and hire workersData shows 30% of Americans have had at least one vaccine shot Sous chef Francisco Lopez at the Buya restaurant in Miami last month. The data suggests the worst of the pandemic-related jobs slump may be over – but issues remain. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images The US labor market went on a hiring spree in March, adding 916,000 jobs amid the… Source link
Read More »U.S. Equity Futures Advance Before Jobs Report: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — U.S. equity futures rose ahead of data expected to show the biggest increase in jobs in five months. Most other markets were closed for Good Friday. The labor report for March has the potential to roil the bond market when trading will be thin during a holiday-shortened session. Treasuries will be open for a half-day session, while the New York Stock Exchange is closed today. The median economist estimate points to 650,000 gain in non-farm payrolls, which would indicate that the… Source link
Read More »Stock futures open higher ahead of jobs report, market holiday
Bloomberg Credit Suisse Executives Under Scrutiny for Serial Miscues (Bloomberg) — Credit Suisse Group AG is still tallying the losses from its relationship to Lex Greensill and Bill Hwang’s Archegos Capital Management. But attention is likely to soon turn to accountability for a management team stung by serial fiascos. The bank has reactivated a special crisis committee — led by Chairman Urs Rohner and the heads of the audit and risk committees — to oversee the issues surrounding Credit… Source link
Read More »Explosive claims as WHO report into Covid origins published
World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has delivered an unlikely attack on China, voicing concerns the nation withheld vital Covid-19 data from Western experts. And he sensationally disputed remarks from both Chinese and Western experts from the mission to Wuhan earlier this year who dismissed the likelihood the virus had leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. He called on the theory to be investigated further, despite the highly-anticipated delayed joint report from… Source link
Read More »Marijuana company Green Thumb Industries stock tanks 14% on report of federal probe
Shares of Chicago-based cannabis giant Green Thumb Industries (GTBIF) tanked 13% Tuesday after a Chicago Tribune report claimed the company was part of a federal probe into pay-for-play allegations regarding its operations. The report details an ongoing investigation, which Yahoo Finance was unable to verify, that unnamed sources say scrutinizes political donations and other steps the company allegedly took to win growing and distribution licenses in Illinois and other states. A Green Thumb… Source link
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