Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2024, 02:48 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — A heated argument over an umpire’s interpretation of an obstruction rule prompted Dave Roberts’ first
Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 07:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — The Texas Rangers visited the White House on Thursday to celebrate their 2023 World Series victory with President Joe Biden, who noted that the team was making a triumphant return to the city where its franchise was born. “You’re back in the
Elon Musk’s xAI has now hired over a dozen Tesla employees to its language model, Grok, amid a Tesla shareholders lawsuit over the issue. Last year, Musk launched a new AI startup, xAI, and it has been a controversial endeavor – primarily because he has himself described Tesla as “an AI company”. A few years prior,
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterAug 8, 2024, 07:09 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions Nick Kelly, formerly of The Tuscaloosa News and now with AL.com, is the fifth recipient of the Edward Aschoff Rising Star Award, which is named after the beloved
Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 04:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CINCINNATI — Novak Djokovic pulled out of the Cincinnati Open on Thursday, less than a week after the 37-year-old from Serbia collected his first Olympic gold medal. The Cincinnati event announced his withdrawal. Djokovic won last year’s title there; this year’s tournament starts next
A man downed pints of lager and shots in a pub before killing a six-year-old boy and two women in a 90mph car crash. Joe-Lewis Tyler, 34, has been jailed for 18 years over the collision on 22 February, when he smashed his BMW into a Ford Mondeo taxi in Worcester. A bartender estimated Tyler
Sir Keir Starmer has told police chiefs to remain “on high alert” after anticipation of more disorder largely failing to materialise on Wednesday. The prime minister is understood to have told an emergency COBRA meeting that the levels of policing and swift justice in response to the past week’s unrest has “undoubtedly” worked as a
In what the company’s CEO is calling “a direct challenge” to the Tesla Semi, Chinese heavy truck manufacturer Windrose recently announced plans to build a new assembly plant in the US in a bid to sidestep heavy tariffs on electric vehicles made in China. Windrose brought one of its all-electric Class 8 trucks to the
Jeep will finally launch its first fully electric SUV in the US later this year. Ahead of deliveries, Jeep is putting the Wagoneer S to the test in New Zealand’s tundra to ensure the EV meets the rugged SUV brand’s standards. Meet Jeep’s first global EV It’s been over two months since Jeep unveiled its
Aug 8, 2024, 12:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Portugal defender Pepe has retired from football, the 41-year-old said on Thursday. Pepe’s last game came at Euro 2024, where Portugal were defeated by France on penalties in the quarterfinals, and he became the oldest player to appear at a European Championship finals tournament. He made
Tesla is working through its giant backlog of over 1 million Cybertruck reservations pretty fast based on who it is inviting to configure. After Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck, despite all the ridicule from the public regarding the design, the company managed to accumulate over 1 million reservations. However, we noted that these reservations don’t represent
In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Omer Taha Cetin | Anadolu | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies resumed their rebound from their big sell-off earlier in the week, with bitcoin retaking $59,000. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 8% at $59,385.40, according to Coin Metrics, rising above the $55,000
Passengers wait for their flights at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on August 6, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip. Gil Cohen-magen | Afp | Getty Images U.S. crude oil futures rose Thursday for the third straight day to trade above
A sharp rise in families living in temporary accommodation has prompted calls from English councils for the government to deal with the homelessness crisis. The total number of people living in temporary accommodation across England rose by 12.3% to a record 117,450 households in the year up to March 2024, the latest government data shows.
The BBC will keep its BAFTA won for royal coverage fronted by disgraced former newsreader Huw Edwards, but individual awards he received remain under review, it is understood. Seven individual presenter prizes handed out to Edwards by the BAFTA Cymru Awards, between 2002 and 2017, are being reviewed. It comes after the 62-year-old pleaded guilty
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jaque Silva | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Apple could charge its users up to $20 for its advanced artificial intelligence features, analysts told CNBC, as the company looks to boost the growth of its lucrative services business. The Cupertino giant plans to
Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterAug 7, 2024, 02:44 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions Texas running back CJ Baxter suffered a knee injury in practice Tuesday that will require season-ending surgery, the school
Liam Napier Aug 7, 2024, 05:38 AM Open Extended Reactions A cloud of uncertainty accompanies the return of the southern hemisphere’s premier rugby competition. What is the future of the Rugby Championship? At this point, no one really knows. This year’s tournament – as with the vast majority of the previous 12 editions – appears
Police forces have released CCTV images in an appeal to identify people in connection with the far-right violence over the past week. Merseyside Police issued pictures of 14 people, while South Yorkshire police have published 21 pictures in connection with violent disorder outside the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham on Sunday. The hotel has been
Associated Press Aug 7, 2024, 02:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PLANO, Texas — David Wilson will retire as Toyota Racing Development’s president and group vice president in December after leading the U.S. motorsports arm for the past 11 of 35 years with the Japanese automaker. General manager Tyler Gibbs, who has held multiple roles