he Yankees signed free-agent outfielder/first baseman Cody Bellinger to a five-year, $162.5 million contract. The deal includes opt-outs after the second and third years of the contract, a full no-trade clause and a $20 million signing bonus. If Bellinger opts out after the second year of the contract, he will have earned a nifty $85 million the first two years. ...
Winter is here, and with it is coming a sizeable snow and ice storm that is expected to impact large swaths of the United States. Millions of Americans are already under advisories for cold weather and dangerous ice conditions in addition to the oncoming snow. More than two dozen states are in the line of the developing storm, from Texas ...
The Kansas City Chiefs are bringing an old friend back to their coaching staff. The Chiefs are hiring Eric Bieniemy as their offensive coordinator, USA TODAY Sports’ Tyler Dragon has confirmed, returning the NFL coach to the same position he held from 2018 to 2022 – quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ first five years as a starter. Bieniemy, 56, has spent the ...
San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch did not mince words on the status of wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk’s future with the team. ‘I think it’s safe to say he’s played his last snap with the 49ers,’ Lynch told reporters in a Jan. 21 press conference, according to Matt Barrows of The Athletic. Aiyuk, 27, has not played in a ...
Rescuers pulled six crew members alive from the Red Sea after Houthi militants attacked and sank a second ship this week, while the fate of another 15 was unknown after the Iran-aligned group said they held some of the seafarers. The Houthis claimed responsibility for the assault that maritime officials say killed four of the 25 people aboard the Eternity ...
The Milwaukee Brewers have traded pitcher Freddy Peralta to the New York Mets for a pair of top prospects. The addition of Peralta adds an ace to the Mets’ pitching rotation and the move is expected to help keep New York competitive in the National League East, after finishing 13 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies for the top spot in ...
The words “Get out of Mexico” are still visible on one shop window as protestors violently kicked in the glass pane. In another clip, “Kill a gringo” is spray-painted on a wall in Mexico City as demonstrators carried placards demanding western foreigners “stop stealing our home.” These were some of the striking scenes at a mass protest last week against ...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen survived a no-confidence vote in the European Parliament on Thursday, brought by mainly far-right lawmakers who alleged she and her team undermined trust in the EU through unlawful actions. As expected, the motion failed to get the two-thirds majority it needed to pass. Only 175 members of parliament backed the motion, while 360 ...
The remains of a famous sycamore tree, which stood on Britain’s Roman-built Hadrian’s Wall in northern England for more than 200 years, has found a new home nearly two years after it was illegally felled. The removal of the tree from its spot known as “Sycamore Gap,” a pronounced dip in Hadrian’s Wall, in September 2023 sparked global outrage. Sycamore ...
Australian universities may lose funding if they’re not judged to be doing enough to address anti-Jewish hate crimes, according to new measures proposed by the country’s first antisemitism envoy. Jillian Segal was appointed to the role a year ago in response to a surge in reports of attacks against Jewish sites and property in Australia, following Israel’s invasion of Gaza, ...