LAS VEGAS – At 46 years old and nearly 20 years removed from winning an NBA championship, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups believes most young players have very little knowledge of his respected playing career. Occasionally, however, there are exceptions like heralded Blazers draft pick Scoot Henderson, as “Mr. Big Shot” learned during a...
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Satchel Paige’s MLB debut 75 years ago changed baseball forever
“Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.” — Satchel Paige The editor of the Sporting News, “the Bible of Baseball,” labeled the signing of the 42-year-old Satchel Paige a publicity stunt. Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck wasn’t averse to a gimmick to put butts in his ballpark. But...
Is Al Franken trying to dunk on the Supreme Court’s gay marriage website decision?
Cardinals turn to Jordan Montgomery vs. White Sox
Opposing hitters' optimism often plunges when St. Louis Cardinals left-hander Jordan Montgomery commands a certain pitch Read more…
Ford’s U.S. Sales Rose 10% in the Second Quarter
The automaker saw a big jump in deliveries of pickup trucks as demand from consumers and businesses remained strong.
Special Episode: Meta’s Twitter Rival Arrives, with Adam Mosseri
Instagram Threads — it’s like Twitter, except it’s not run by Elon Musk.
Threads Becomes Most Rapidly Downloaded App as Twitter Threatens Meta
Instagram’s new app was downloaded more than 30 million times in 16 hours. Twitter threatened legal action against its rival.
F.B.I. Searched the Home of Kraken’s Jesse Powell
Federal agents were investigating Jesse Powell, the founder of the crypto exchange Kraken, over claims that he hacked and cyber-stalked a nonprofit arts group.
How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality
The superstar quarterback is among the celebrities dealing with the fallout from the crypto crash. Others, like Taylor Swift, escaped.
Mastodon fixes critical “TootRoot” vulnerability allowing node hijacking
Enlarge The maintainers of the open source software that powers the Mastodon social network published a security update on Thursday that patches a critical vulnerability making it possible for hackers to backdoor the servers that push content to individual users. Mastodon is based on a federated model. The federation comprises thousands of separate servers known...



