On Wednesday, Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) announced it signed Pickens to the league’s first NIL deal. As part of the partnership, the ace will help raise awareness about the AUSL through marketing and social media posts. The pro softball league says the signing is a ‘strategic move’ to connect college softball to the pro […]
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LIVIGNO, Italy – Mary Carillo will host NBC’s 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony coverage after original host Savannah Guthrie stepped down, as her mother Nancy remains missing. Carillo and Terry Gannon, who was originally Guthrie’s co-host for the ceremony, will anchor the show, which starts at 2 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 6. […]
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Further acknowledging a mistake made, the Dallas Mavericks took another step to undo the infamous Luka Dončić trade. The Mavericks have reportedly shipped the headliner of that deal, forward-center Anthony Davis, to the Washington Wizards. The deal generates interesting implications, so how do we make sense of what this means? Here are grades for the […]
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The Golden State Warriors’ trade saga with Jonathan Kuminga is officially ending as the team is dealing the 23-year-old forward and guard Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis, ESPN reports. In another deal, the Warriors are sending Trayce Jackson-Davis to Toronto for a second-round pick, per ESPN. Kuminga had been in a […]
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The death of former NFL defensive tackle Kevin Johnson could be connected to three other murder cases of homeless people in the same area of Los Angeles, authorities said on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Johnson, 55, was found dead shortly before 8 a.m. local time on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at a homeless encampment about 10 miles east […]
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Los Angeles Lakers big man Jaxson Hayes was handed a one-game suspension by the NBA ‘for pushing a Washington Wizards mascot during pregame introductions,’ the league said in a statement on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Hayes shoved the Wizards’ mascot, G-Wiz, during pregame introductions before the Jan. 30 game in Washington. The mascot had been running […]
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Gold has seen wild swings over the last week, hitting record highs near US$5,600 per ounce before plunging nearly 10 percent to around US$4,700 in the sharpest drop in over a decade. The real story, though, isn’t just the price action, but how tokenized gold is modernizing one of the world’s oldest reserve assets for […]
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Graphene is often heralded as the “wonder material” of the 21st century, and investing in graphene companies offers investors exposure to a growing number of graphene applications across a diverse set of industries. Technological advancements in the electronics industry has given rise to new applications for graphene given its high electrical and thermal conductivity. This […]
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Uranium’s resurgence has been one of the resource sector’s most durable stories of the past five years, but as prices hover near multi-year highs, investors are increasingly asking the same question: How late is it? At the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC), panelists Rick Rule, Lobo Tiggre and Standard Uranium (TSXV:STND,OTCQB:STTDF) CEO John Bey suggested […]
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It’s been a wild week of ups and downs for precious metals prices. Gold, silver and platinum have already recorded new all-time highs in 2026. But this week, the rally reversed course — only briefly, but in a big way, as is the case with such highly volatile markets. Let’s take a look at what […]
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