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ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith spent New Year’s Day in the hospital due to COVID-19. Smith — who is negative for the virus now — spoke about how the virus affected him, saying he was told, “Had I not been vaccinated, I wouldn’t be here.” Smith returned the ESPN’s “First Take” on Tuesday, where he shared his experience with COVID-19. Smith tested positive for COVID-19 in mid-December. His symptoms got worse, resulting in Smith being in the hospital on New Year’s Day, according to the New York… Source link

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver Antonio Brown still has a lot to get off his chest about his time with the team. Brown gave his side of the story during an appearance on the Full Send Podcast on Friday.  Brown covered a number of topics, including his sideline altercation with Bruce Arians and frustration with his role. Brown also discussed his relationship with Tom Brady, which is more complicated than it appeared publicly. The most controversial quote about their relationship involved… Source link

Ford recently released its 2022 Looking Further with Ford (F) report, marking the 10th year the legacy automaker has surveyed global consumers to identify trends among key demographics. According to Ford Chief Futurist Sheryl Connelly, climate and environmental issues remain at the top of consumers’ minds. “So it’s really ‘climate, climate, climate,’” Connelly told Yahoo Finance Live. “We have been doing this report for a number of years, and what we found is that in recent years… Source link

On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams chat with Jo Lambert, president and general manager of consumer at Yahoo, about the company’s reach, its sports content business, and its expansion into daily fantasy and sports betting. For years, Yahoo has been a primarily ad-supported business. Lambert explains how the company, now majority owned by Apollo Global Management, is starting to diversify its revenue streams, including the creation of… Source link

Actress Miranda Cosgrove is a familiar face in Hollywood — first hitting the big screen at age 10 in “School of Rock.”  Now, at age 28, Cosgrove is an executive producer, climate change advocate and just made the Forbes 30 under 30 list for the class of 2022, following a successful launch of the highly-anticipated “iCarly” reboot on Paramount+ (VIAC). “It’s been an awesome experience,” Cosgrove told Yahoo Finance — noting her growth from a nervous 13-year-old actress to a confident… Source link

Aaron Rodgers made his first public comments Friday after testing positive for COVID-19. The Green Bay Packers quarterback made his usual appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” where he spoke about the “woke mob” and “cancel culture” while explaining why he has not been vaccinated. McAfee gave Rodgers an open floor to start the discussion. Rodgers began by blaming the “woke mob” for coming at him. “I realize I’m in the crosshairs of the woke mob right now,” Rodgers said. “So before my final nail… Source link

The Federal Reserve is not expected to announce any major policy change at the conclusion of its meeting on Wednesday, but markets could jitter from Fed signals that one could be coming soon. The Fed has signaled that it will likely start pulling back on its extraordinary monetary support before the end of the year. The Fed’s playbook calls for slowing its asset purchase program first, followed by interest rate hikes down the line. But Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has already communicated to… Source link

Google is appealing the more than half a billion dollar fine it got slapped with by France’s competition authority in July. The penalty relates to the adtech giant’s approach toward paying news publishers for content reuse. In a statement today, Sebastien Missoffe, a Google France VP and country manager, characterized the fine as “disproportionate” — claiming that the $592M penalty is not justified in light of Google’s “efforts” to cut a deal with news publishers and… Source link

In recent months, YouTube Music has seen a slew of tweaks that refine the app but don’t fundamentally change the experience. That’s par for the course at Google, but what’s been incredibly odd is how the YouTube Music team has not meaningfully talked about any of these new features until last week. YouTube Music’s last major feature launch that warranted a blog post from the company was the addition of the Home feed activity bar and availability of personalized My Mixes in… Source link

A YouTube logo seen at the YouTube Space LA in Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles, California, United States October 21, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson MOSCOW, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Tsargrad TV, a news channel owned by a sanctioned Russian businessman, said it had abandoned talks with Google to have its YouTube account unblocked and on Monday accused the U.S. group of dragging its feet in negotiations. Google is the subject of a Moscow court order obliging it to unblock the YouTube account of Tsargrad… Source link