Miguel Cairo, interim manager for the woebegone Washington Nationals, recently referred to the Milwaukee Brewers as a “pain-in-the-butt team.” He’d just watched the Brewers rough up Washington’s helpless pitchers in the first game of a weekend series, and struggled to put his observations into admiring terms. “They make contact. They put the ball in play. They find a way to …
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Third child dies after barge hits boat at Miami sailing camp
MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a third child has died nearly a week after a barge struck and sank a boat during a sailing camp near Miami. All six people on the sailboat were pulled from the water after the collision, and four kids were rushed to a hospital where two were pronounced dead last Monday. A …
Read More »Julio Rodríguez hits record-setting home run in Mariners 5-4 win
Julio Rodríguez hit a milestone home run and the Mariners reaffirmed their status as the top challenger in the AL West. Rodríguez’s 20th homer of the season on Sunday helped power the Mariners to a 5-4 win over the Rangers. With it, Julio became the first player ever to hit 20 homers and steal 20 bases in each of his …
Read More »BioShock 4 hits a major development snag, and a remake of the original gets put on ice
BioShock fans will have to wait even longer to find out if we’re going to Rapture, Columbia or a brand new city since the next game in the franchise may be headed back to the drawing board. According to a report from Bloomberg, the latest BioShock game that’s being developed by Cloud Chamber failed a review with executives at 2K …
Read More »Dez Bryant hits back at Jerry Jones after getting dragged into Micah Parsons saga
Dez Bryant and Roc Nation are calling out Cowboys owner Jerry Jones for dragging them into the messy Micah Parsons negotiations. Bryant called out Jones for being “disrespectful” in comments made Saturday rehashing negotiations between the former wide receiver and the team’s front office in 2015. “Jerry Jones I don’t think it’s smart to mention my name,” Bryant posted Saturday …
Read More »Stephen A. Smith Hits Back At Michelle Obama, ‘Still … Salty’ At Her Trump Vote Comments
ESPN host pushes back after former First Lady compared sports network to ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ PublishedAugust 3, 2025 10:07 AM EDT•UpdatedAugust 3, 2025 10:07 AM EDT Facebook Twitter Email Copy Link Stephen A. Smith has hit back at Michelle Obama. The former First Lady took a jab at Smith’s employer, ESPN, name-dropping the longtime host and saying the network’s …
Read More »Number of US cities with falling house prices hits alarming milestone as crash fears escalate
One third of the housing markets across the US are seeing prices fall. Of the nation’s 300 largest housing markets, 109 experienced home price declines between between June 2024 and June 2025. That compares to just 31 of the 300 markets posting annual drops in January, according to analysis from ResiClub. Experts say it show how quickly conditions have shifted as …
Read More »Trump hits Brazilian products with 50% tariffs over Bolsonaro
WASHINGTON — Products imported to the U.S. from Brazil — including almost a third of the supply relied on every day by America’s coffee drinkers — are subject to a 50% tariff beginning Friday, not because of Brazil’s trade policies, but because of President Donald Trump’s relationship with the country’s former strongman president Jair Bolsonaro, and because of the actions …
Read More »BioShock Studio Hits Trouble With Sequel Still MIA
It’s been 12 years since the last Bioshock game and five years since 2K founded a brand new studio called Cloud Chamber to develop a new entry in the beloved shooter franchise. However, it sounds like we’re going to be waiting a bit longer for whatever the fourth Bioshock game ends up being, as a new report from Bloomberg indicates …
Read More »Swiss Push for Tariff Deal Hits Roadblock in Heated Trump Call – Bloomberg.com
Swiss Push for Tariff Deal Hits Roadblock in Heated Trump Call Bloomberg.com Switzerland Is Stunned by 39% U.S. Tariff, Among the Highest in the World The New York Times Confusion and anger in Switzerland – hit by highest tariffs in Europe BBC Buying a Swiss Watch in America Is About to Get a Lot More Expensive The Wall Street Journal Trump to Swiss: Happy …
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