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Three catchers unlikely for Sox, highlighting backup battle originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago As Tony La Russa and White Sox pitchers keep raving about the job every catcher in camp is doing, the idea of carrying three backstops isn’t a crazy one. But it doesn’t sound like that will be happening. “There is a lot of catching talent in this camp,” La Russa said before Wednesday’s spring game, a 6-5 loss to the Kansas City Royals. “Because of the quality of that talent, we thought about… Source link

Bloomberg Fed Dials Up Pressure on Wall Street to Ditch Discredited Libor (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve is intensifying its scrutiny of banks’ efforts to shed their reliance on the London interbank offered rate, and has begun compiling more detailed evidence on their progress, according to multiple people with knowledge of the matter.Banks are being asked for specifics on their Libor exposure, their plans for amending contracts tied to the benchmark, and the fallback provisions being… Source link

LAS VEGAS — Nothing that was being said about Ciryl Gane before he fought Jairzinho Rozenstruik on Saturday at Apex — he’s big, powerful, incredibly athletic and one of the potential stars in the heavyweight division — changed after they spent 25 minutes in the cage together. This, though, was one of those rare shutout victories in which he wasn’t particularly happy. Gane defeated the fourth-ranked Ronzenstruik by winning 50-45 on all three cards, but it was a desultory affair that… Source link

Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson doesn’t lack for confidence. Anderson has been outspoken over his career, whether he’s celebrating a home run or shutting down chatter about the unwritten rules, Anderson always delivers a good quote. Over the past two seasons, he’s backed all of it up. Anderson has hit .331/.357/.514 over his last 172 games. He’s won a batting title and a Silver Slugger, and is the catalyst for a White Sox team that’s expected to be a perennial playoff contender over… Source link

Sox keep raving about Andrew Vaughn: ‘The full package’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The general rule of thumb is you should never use more words when fewer will do. Tony La Russa’s opinion on Andrew Vaughn could’ve been limited to the two words that ended his answer: “Very impressive.” But the many words that came before provided the latest illustration of why the White Sox think Vaughn, who’s the favorite to land the team’s starting DH job despite never playing a game above… Source link

After a weekend of backlash aimed at UFC president Dana White for calling ESPN reporter Ariel Helwani “such a douche,” the network released a statement backing Helwani on Monday. “Ariel is a valued colleague and an exceptional MMA reporter,” a network statement to USA Today reads. “His record speaks for itself.” Gina Carano controversy sparked White’s insult The statement did not mention White by name. ESPN and UFC are corporate partners, with the network carrying exclusive rights to… Source link

National Review Mark Cuban Told Mavericks Not to Play National Anthem Before Home Games Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, said Tuesday that he decided before the start of the season not to play the national anthem before the team’s home games. “It was my decision, and I made it in November,” Cuban said without further comment. The new policy, which was first reported by the Athletic, makes Dallas the first team to forgo playing the anthem at home games. The Mavericks played… Source link

White House press secretary Jen Psaski held a briefing on Wednesday and was asked by White House Correspondent Hunter Walker if the administration considers the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol an attempted “coup.” Video Transcript – I want to ask you questions on two fronts here. First off, you know, it’s been over a month since the January 6 Capitol attack. And we have not received any kind of public briefing from the Capitol Police. A lot of people have raised concerns about that. Does… Source link

Bloomberg Hedge-Fund Titans Lose Billions to Reddit Traders Running Amok (Bloomberg) — For once, Main Street is beating Wall Street.In a matter of weeks, two hedge-fund legends — Steve Cohen and Dan Sundheim — have suffered bruising losses as amateur traders banded together to take on some of the world’s most sophisticated investors. In Cohen’s case, he and Ken Griffin ended up rushing to the aid of a third, Gabe Plotkin, whose firm was getting beaten down.Driven by the frenzied trading… Source link

After last week’s chaos in the U.S. Capitol, Ben & Jerry’s issued a statement, that called the violence a “riot to uphold white supremacy.” “We must dismantle white supremacy and we have to understand that this is a white problem,” Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream co-founder Ben Cohen told Yahoo Finance. “This is not a Black problem. This is a problem of us.” Cohen and co-founder Jerry Greenfield said white people need to “take responsibility” to change the country that treats… Source link