Jimmy Garoppolo inks $137.5M deal, now NFL’s highest-paid player SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback of the present is officially their quarterback of the future. The Niners announced Thursday they have signed Jimmy Garoppolo to a five-year contract extension through the 2022 season. Sources confirmed to ESPN […]
Olympic Swimmer Ariana Kukors Accuses Former Coach of Sexual Abuse An American swimmer who competed in the 2012 Olympics has accused her former coach of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager. The swimmer, Ariana Kukors, 28, said in a statement on Wednesday that the coach, Sean Hutchison, began […]
Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner fights back against sexual assault claim Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner pushed back against the claims leveled against him in an Arizona court filing Thursday. “Unequivocally, there is zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero truth to any of those disgusting, bogus […]
Trade deadline roundtable: What do deals mean for LeBron James’ future with the Cavs? The Cleveland Cavaliers, tired of losing games and unwilling to let any more animosity fester, blew up their roster on Thursday, got younger and retained their coveted Brooklyn pick. In three separate deals, the Cavs kept […]
Facebook Tests ‘Downvote’ Option for Flagging Abusive Comments Facebook is testing a new feature to let you quickly report abusive comments to the company. On Thursday, a mysterious option called “downvote” began to appear over the platform. Only a select number of test users have access to it, but the […]
Novogratz’s new fund, others invest $30 million in online encyclopedia A fund launched last month by former macro hedge fund manager Mike Novogratz and global blockchain company Block.One led a group of institutions that invested $30 million in online encyclopedia Everipedia, Everipedia President Sam Kazemian said. Everipedia launched in 2015 […]
‘Call of Duty’ drives big holiday quarter for Activision Blizzard Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI.O) beat analysts’ expectations for revenue in the final quarter of 2017, helped by robust Christmas buying of its blockbuster “Call of Duty” videogame and higher digital sales. “Call of Duty: WWII”, which was released in November, […]
FireEye reports first-ever adjusted quarterly profit, shares jump Cyber security firm FireEye Inc (FEYE.O) on Thursday reported its first-ever quarterly adjusted profit since going public in 2013, highlighting gains from the company’s shift to a subscription model and its cost-cutting efforts. FireEye’s shares were up 13.2 percent in extended trading. […]
China’s Didi, SoftBank target Japan in taxi-hailing push China’s Didi Chuxing and SoftBank Group Corp will roll out a venture in Japan later this year to provide ride-hailing services, amid a global battle to control the technology increasingly central to urban transport. The move into Japan underscores a recent push […]
Singapore’s ‘Escobar’ to drop picture of Colombian drug lord after complaints The owner of a Singapore bar named “Escobar” said a picture of the Colombian drug lord may have been a bad choice after angry complaints and a warning from the narcotics agency in a country known for its zero-tolerance […]
