The Cubs and outfielder Kyle Tucker on Thursday agreed to a one-year, $16.5 million deal for the 2025 season, reports ESPN. This deal means the two sides avoid what would be an uncomfortable arbitration hearing, but it’s still possible some feelings of angst will linger for Chicago’s newly acquired All-Star. Tucker initially asked for $17.5 […]
Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday said the Equal Right Amendment should be considered ratified, but is stopping short of taking any action on the matter in his final days in office. “I have supported the Equal Rights Amendment for more than 50 years, and I have long been clear that […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general pick, Pam Bondi, made at least $3 million from the merger that formed the parent company of Trump’s Truth Social platform, her new personal financial disclosure filing showed. According to the filing, Bondi, like “all other shareholders,” received $3 million worth of […]
Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage The Black Music Action Coalition, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have teamed up with ASCAP and Wasserman Foundation for their third annual BMAC x Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Music Maker Grants, which will be presented to a few Black music producers and songwriters at a ReStore and ReBuild L.A. fundraiser on Jan. […]
The first UFC pay-per-view of the year is fast approaching. UFC 311 is built as a card that should appeal to hardcore fight fans, with fantastic pairings of familiar names from the prelims through the main event. In that main event, lightweight champion Islam Makhachev will put his title on the line against Arman Tsarukyan. […]
Mathilde Kaczkowski/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — President-elect Donald Trump will return to office on Monday having promised a peace deal to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, which is still raging nearly three years after President Vladimir Putin troops crossed into Ukraine expecting to be welcomed as heroes. It is hard to say how […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Kristi Noem, South Dakota’s firebrand Republican governor, faced questioning Friday at her confirmation hearing to be secretary of homeland security. Noem, the daughter of a farmer and a former representative from South Dakota, is being questioned before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. In an exchange with Missouri […]
Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — President-elect Donald Trump, in a court filing Friday, urged the Georgia Supreme Court to keep Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis disqualified from the criminal election interference case against him. The filing from Trump’s attorneys, just days before Trump’s inauguration, asked the court to uphold the appeals court ruling last […]
There was a clear trend during Wild Card Weekend, and it’s one that you could possibly leverage with your Divisional Round NFL parlay picks. Five of the six Wild Card games saw a wide receiver score the first touchdown, and you can be assured that savvy bettors will keep this in mind with their NFL […]
Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — A ceasefire has been reached between Israel and Hamas, with the Qatari prime minister announcing the deal Wednesday afternoon. Meanwhile, the November ceasefire in Lebanon is holding despite ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets, which Israeli officials say are responses to ceasefire violations by the Iranian-backed militant group. […]
