Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón looked new and improved — and finally comfortable — in his first home start of 2024

NEW YORK — Carlos Rodón ended his 2023 season with perhaps the single worst start in baseball history. On Tuesday, that nightmarish outing felt like a distant memory. Against the lowly Royals back on Sept. 29, the Yankees starter allowed eight earned runs without recording a single out, only the third such instance in MLB … Read more

Patrick McHenry Still Thinks U.S. Legislation Governing Tether (USDT), USDC, Other Stablecoins Is Possible

McHenry has been negotiating stablecoin legislation with members of his party and House Democrats for months, and when a bill cleared his committee, it did so with the support of several Democrats. But there has been some resistance from the administration and from the panel’s top Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), about the role of … Read more

From World Cup heartbreak to SheBelieves Cup hero, Alyssa Naeher wins another penalty shootout for USWNT

Alyssa Naeher scored her penalty kick, and saved three of Canada’s, during a shootout in the 2024 SheBelieves Cup final in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/USSF/Getty Images for USSF) Eight months and three days ago Down Under, Alyssa Naeher stared toward Earth, heartbroken, dumbfounded. She and the U.S. women’s national team had suffered the … Read more

DeFi Platform Zeta Markets Announces Governance Token Z

“Zeta’s vision from day one has been to make decentralized finance a viable alternative to centralized, black-box financial systems. With a platform that has already stood the test of time and facilitated billions in volume for tens of thousands of traders, we’re excited to launch Z, the governance token of Zeta, to closely align the … Read more

Is the Sam Bankman-Fried Story Over?

“He spent his customers’ money and he lied to them about it. Where did the money go? The money went to pay for investments, to repay loans, to cover expenses, to purchase property, and to make political donations,” Roos said last year. During the sentencing hearing, he went further, saying, “the fact that Mr. Bankman-Fried … Read more

Longtime Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer retires after 38 seasons with the Cardinal

Tara VanDerveer is the winningest head coach in both men’s and women’s Division-I basketball. (John Todd/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) Tara VanDerveer is calling it a career. The longtime Stanford head coach announced on Tuesday night that she was retiring. The Cardinal will now promote assistant coach Kate Pay, who played for VanDerveer herself, to … Read more