Asked whether he felt like a villain, Dave Roberts tilted his head and widened his eyes, startled that he was being categorized as some baseball equivalent of Darth Vader or Lex Luthor. His Los Angeles Dodgers have been criticized for spending $509 million on its big league roster, more than… Read More
Target eliminates 1,800 corporate jobs in major restructuring move
Target said Thursday that it is eliminating about 1,800 corporate positions in an effort to streamline decision-making and accelerate initiatives to rebuild the flagging discount retailer’s customer base. About 1,000 employees are expected to receive layoff notices next week, and the company also plans to eliminate about 800 vacant jobs,… Read More
San Francisco Giants hire University of Tennessee coach Tony Vitello as manager
The San Francisco Giants hired University of Tennessee coach Tony Vitello as their manager on Wednesday for his first job in professional baseball. San Francisco president of baseball operations Buster Posey made an unprecedented gamble on a coach with no previous experience in the pros. The 47-year-old Vitello will make… Read More
FBI arrests NBA head coach, star player in Mafia-backed gambling ring
FBI officials announced today the arrest of than 30 people charged in connection with schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by the Mafia, including Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier. Billups and Rozier were among a total of 34… Read More
Curtain call: Broadway musicians reach labor deal, averting a strike
The union representing Broadway’s musicians reached a tentative labor agreement with commercial producers on Thursday, averting a potentially crippling strike that would have silenced nearly two dozen musicals. The American Federation of Musicians Local 802 — which represents 1,200 musicians — had threatened to strike if they didn’t have a… Read More
Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky faced cheating allegations prior to his death?
Chess’s international governing body said Wednesday it’s considering disciplinary action against a Russian former world champion who persistently leveled unproven cheating allegations at Daniel Naroditsky in the year leading up to the American grandmaster’s death. The Charlotte Chess Center in North Carolina, where Naroditsky trained and worked as a coach,… Read More
NFL will not reconsider controversial Super Bowl halftime show performer
The NFL is not considering dropping Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl halftime headline performer, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday, reaffirming a decision to put the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist on the league’s biggest stage that led to criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump and some of his supporters. Goodell… Read More
[PICS] Maine Dem leader’s disturbing Nazi tattoo
Maine Democrat Graham Platner, who is vying to flip a U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Susan Collins, is under fire for allegedly dawning a tattoo experts say is a popular Nazi symbol. Platner’s campaign said Wednesday that the tattoo in question on his chest has been covered. According… Read More
Massive Hillary Clinton scandal just exploded… from 2001!?
Construction of a new ballroom on the White House grounds began this week under the direction of President Donald Trump — and immediately exploded a previously dormant Clinton scandal from 2001. Trump’s ballroom construction move was immediately met with ire from former first lady Hillary Clinton, who took to social… Read More
College football powerhouse suddenly bans its traditional celebration
Texas Tech is banning the throwing of tortillas by fans on kickoffs after the 14th-ranked Red Raiders were penalized twice and fined for objects being thrown onto the field in their most recent home game. Athletic director Kirby Hocutt said Monday fans entering the stadium would be instructed to discard… Read More
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