For a decade, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMUS) has been one of the most preferred stocks in the telecom industry. However, on August 14, 2026, Wolfe Research's Peter Supino cut the stock's rating from Outperform to Peer Perform, and the shares declined. As Supino questions both TMUS's growth story and the cash-return story, the downgrade gives bulls some reason for caution.
T-Mobile's second-quarter print reported July 23, 2026, provides some support for Supino's first argument that
Long-term revenue growth forecast risk tilts negatively as competition expands in T-Mo's core.
Postpaid net account additions stood at 277,000 – a 13% decline from 318,000 a year earlier. Also, management expects third-quarter postpaid net account additions of approximately 250,000 as rate-plan modernization temporarily elevates account churn. Postpaid phone churn was 0.85% in Q2, with management saying the impact on phone churn should be smaller because the modernization is concentrated in accounts with fewer lines
The second argument targets cash returns. Supino warned that

#postpaid #account #Growth #argument

Cam Ward entered the NFL with the arm talent and improvisational ability that made comparisons with Patrick Mahomes easy to understand. Jason Whitlock thinks those comparisons may now be doing the Tennessee ****** ans quarterback more harm than good.
Whitlock argued that Ward's best path in Year 2 is not chasing spectacular off-script plays. Instead, he believes the 2025 No. 1 overall pick needs to play more like Brock Purdy, take easier throws, and get more comfortable operating within structure.
"If Cam Ward is going to make it in the NFL, he will have to stop trying to be Patrick Mahomes and adopt more of Brock Purdy's game instead," Whitlockwrote on X.
During the accompanying discussion, Whitlock agreed with former ****** ans scouting director Blake Beddingfield's recent argument that Tennessee needs Ward to become more of a game manager.
"The problem with Cam is he does not paint within the numbers enough," Whitlock said. "Take the dump down. Take the check down. Take the eight-yard hitch."

#patrick #instead

The lawsuit filed by Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores against the NFL and various teams has finally moved forward (as to several of the pending claims) to the discovery process. Which gives Flores's lawyers a certain degree of latitude to seek information that could help prove one or more of his claims.
As noted by Daniel Kaplan, Flores has asked the NFL to produce documents relating to the Jon Gruden and Colin Kaepernick cases. The NFL is resisting.
"Requests concerning Colin Kaepernick and Jon Gruden, along with other requests raised by Flores at the August 14 conference, are likewise not relevant or discoverable," the NFL's outside counsel wrote to the court, per Kaplan.
On the surface, there's no connection to the Flores cases. To the extent, however, that his claim against the Texans arises from the argument that he wasn't hired to coach the team in retaliation for his recent filing of a race discrimination lawsuit against the NFL, the Dolphins, the Giants, and the Broncos, the Kaepernick case becomes arguably relevant.
Like Kaepernick, Flores claims he was essentially blackballed via collusion of the franchises. While Flores has found employment as an ******* istant with the Steelers and Vikings, Flores has consistently been overlooked for head-coaching jobs.

#flores #claims #colin #lawsuit

For the Buss siblings, it remains to be seen how they interpret the language of the trust. It appears they want to cash out on their stakes in the franchise, and they could potentially seek a court order to remove their sister as a co‑trustee, such as by arguing the trust permits a vote to that effect or permits a removal under certain circumstances. Trusts can also contain language that allows for reconfiguration in the event of conflicts of interest and other circumstances that touch on fiduciary duties. Whether the siblings could offer a viable argument is unknown, but the fact that they could try is the more salient point given that it could complicate the sale.
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#language #offer

It's already been do-or-die time for the Nationals as their chances of a playoff berth begin to slip away, but this series against the Texas Rangers might be their final chance to ignite a late push. Washington is 5-10 in the month of August, and, coming off a 3-game sweep at the hands of the New York Mets, find themselves 6 games below .500 and 7.0 games back of a playoff spot. If there's any chance that this team could see a playoff game, they need to swing the momentum immediately.
Their opponent, the Rangers, are clinging to the last Wild Card spot at just a 61-64 record. They're also just 2.0 games behind the Houston Astros for the top spot in the American League West, and this series could be a big one for them to instill themselves further in the playoff picture.
Game One – Tuesday 8:05 PM ET
WSH: LHP Jackson Kent (0-0, 6.75 ERA)
TEX: RHP Cal Quantrill (4-4, 3.44 ERA)
Kent showed a lot in his first start at the MLB level, with plenty of good and bad to go around. He racked up 6 strikeouts in 4.0 innings, but walked 5 and gave up 3 earned runs. The 23-year-old will have his chance to make an argument for his future on the MLB club in the next few weeks, and it starts with a good outing in the series opener.

#playoff #good

The WNBA is gaining attention for all the wrong reasons, especially as of late. However, despite those issues, the league continues to bring in more viewership, revenue, attendance and intrigue. This past weekend, Ric Bucher added another layer to the WNBA's attention-grabbing news cycle. The former ESPN NBA **** yst raised a question that many people have asked privately within their own circles of friends: Why are all the color **** ysts and studio hosts on national WNBA broadcasts women?
Unfortunately for Bucher, his question is nothing new. It's the same question people have been asking about women in the NFL, MLB and nearly every other major sport for generations. But Bucher's context for asking the question is where the real debate and questions lie.
As much as people love a good headline, this isn't a debate about men versus women on WNBA broadcasts. It's a conversation more about how networks approach controversial topics surrounding the games and leagues themselves.
If you look at the totality of Bucher's words, his argument wasn't centered around that the WNBA doesn't include men. His argument was that the women in the roles they currently hold are too protective of the league itself.
"Is the WNBA not worthy of being discussed and dissected by a variety of voices and perspectives in the same way the NBA is? There are some smart basketball-savvy women, both in the studio and the broadcast booth, but I don't hear a whole lot of differing opinion or debate. It all comes off as safe and monotone and cookie cutter, especially when it comes to controversial topics," said Bucher.

#WNBA #attention #league #studio

For much of 2026, software investors have been grappling with a terrifying question: What if artificial intelligence makes many of the apps that firms have spent decades buying considerably less valuable?
If Workday (WDAY) is acquired, that argument could lead Wall Street to reconsider how far it has gone.
Shares of Workday jumped about 18% after it emerged that Silver Lake, a technology-focused private-equity group, was considering an acquisition of the human-resources and financial-management software company.
The development helped raise Workday's market capitalization to more than $51 billion. But talks could still break down, and no deal has been announced.
The valuation is way bigger than Workday.

#shares

Red Sox Pitcher Has Been Dealing With Annoying Injury All Season originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Boston Red Sox have dealt with a lot of injuries throughout the season, which is part of why they struggled at times.
Had the Red Sox been fully healthy throughout a lot of this campaign, there's a very strong argument to be made that we could be looking at not only an elite team, but perhaps the best in all of Major League Baseball.
The Red Sox are that good from top to bottom, so it's honestly not surprising to see them find this level of success.
At the same time, some players are dealing with injuries and trying to push through them. One of those guys is Patrick Sandoval, a left-handed pitcher who the Red Sox have been trying to work with to get back to the level that everybody knows he can throw the baseball at.

#season #injuries

Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY) recently experienced its best trading day since 2016, even though the company has yet to confirm anything has happened. Shares of the human-resources and finance software producer rose about 18% on August 13 after Reuters reported that private equity firm Silver Lake is in talks to acquire the company, in a deal that would rank among the largest software buyouts in history. The stock fluctuated even more wildly intraday, rising as much as 26% to $220.50 before being halted for volatility several times in the afternoon.
According to Reuters, Silver Lake and Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY) have carried out negotiations regarding a potential takeover in recent months, but the talks are still ongoing, with no guaranty that a transaction would occur. According to one source, Silver Lake may seek other investors to ******* ist in financing the deal, which would be one of the firm's largest technology investments to date. Workday's market value was around $43 billion before the report, and a full buyout at anything close to a typical takeover premium would place the deal in rare territory for software leveraged buyouts, while also representing the latest sign of private equity interest for large tech targets reviving after a number of quiet years.
The stock has been under pressure for much of 2026, trading more than 40% lower than its 2024 top, as investors have grown concerned that AI technologies could destroy the value of traditional enterprise software. Leadership has already responded to that pressure: Aneel Bhusri, who co-founded Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY) in 2005, returned to the CEO post in February for the mission of guiding the company during what it refers to as the rapidly evolving AI age. A private equity firm willing to pay a premium for a company that the market has been discounting due to AI disruption fears indicates that at least one sophisticated buyer sees more value in Workday's roughly 11,500 customers, which include Netflix, U.S. Bank, and Johns Hopkins University, than its depressed valuation suggests.
The bullish argument is that Silver Lake's reported interest may highlight value in Workday that has been obscured by the market's AI concerns. Going private would allow Bhusri to invest in an AI transition away from quarterly public scrutiny, a logic that has prompted a number of other software acquisitions in recent years.
That said, talks are still ongoing with no guarantee of a deal, and the stock's strong intraday movement before repeated volatility halts shows how much of the move is speculative positioning rather than ******* urance. Short interest of 12.74% indicates that a significant number of investors are still betting against the stock even before the report of the takeover emerged. Such skepticism reflects uncertainty that a deal would close at these levels or that AI-disruption worries will be properly addressed even under new ownership.

#NASDAQ #even

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA - AUGUST 10: Oba Femi enters the ring during RAW at Scope Arena on August 10, 2026 in Norfolk, Virginia. (Photo by Craig Ambrosio/WWE via Getty Images)
Oba Femi has gone headfirst into his next feud and his opponent will be Bron Breakker. You could make the argument the two young superstars are clashing too early and that having one go over at this point creates a premature established tier. But no one asked me and I'm still hyped for this match which is set to determine who the "future of WWE" will be. Let's talk WWE.
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#virginia #getty

Kyle Walker accused Pep Guardiola of picking on him and blaming him for everything in a dressing-room row as their relationship as Manchester City captain and manager broke down.
And Guardiola told Walker he did not understand and to accept more responsibility as skipper of the side during City's awful autumn of 2024.
City's 2-0 defeat to Liverpool in December 2024 came during a spell of nine losses in 12 games, the worst run of Guardiola's career.
And he turned on right-back Walker in an argument after the match, saying: "You don't understand, Kyle."
Walker replied: "Pep, you keep saying my name, every meeting in every f***ing thing. Every f***ing meeting it's my name."

#every

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed taunted President Donald Trump on Saturday, predicting Trump's attacks on El-Sayed and his wife would elevate him nationally as he battles Republican Mike Rogers for a critical open Senate seat.
"Come at us, bro. My wife has more strength than he has ever had. So, come at us. See what happens," El-Sayed said during "On Sunday with Jack Cocchiarella."
"I mean, at the end of the day, like, he's going to turn me into the main character of the midterms, which I'm totally cool with, because my whole argument about Mike Rogers is he's always been an NPC," he said.
"Donald Trump can't help himself," El-Sayed said. "So, part of me is like, 'Come for me, bro. See what happens.'"
An NPC is shorthand for a non-player character in video games.

#Trump #wife

TOPSHOT - Nominees for the Best FIFA football player, Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi (R) and Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo (L) chat before taking their seats for The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony, on October 23, 2017 in London. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP via Getty Images)
For almost two decades, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been soccer's ultimate business proposition: Two extraordinary athletes, two competing brands and one endless argument over who was better.
This summer's World Cup was supposed to be their final shared stage. The idea that either could survive another four-year cycle (Messi is 39 and Ronaldo 41) and play at the 2030 World Cup seemed implausible. That both might do so was nearly unthinkable.
Instead, the tournament provided two very different reminders that neither player was quite ready to surrender the spotlight.
Messi recorded eight goals and four ***** ists, delivering another reminder that his genius has proved remarkably resistant to age as Argentina finished runners up. Messi did not talk to reporters after the game – his future with the national team very much in doubt.

#lionel

Of the new players on the Los Angeles Lakers' roster, guard Jaden Hardy is virtually an afterthought. He was acquired last month, along with two second-round draft picks, from the Washington Wizards for center Deandre Ayton, who had become expendable after Los Angeles landed Walker Kessler.
Right now, the general expectation is that Hardy will get little, if any, playing time. But amidst all this talk about Klay Thompson possibly coming to the Lakers, what if Hardy could play the same type of role, even if he isn't as good a player as the latter-day Thompson?
That is the argument that Maxwell Odgen of Lake Show Life made in a recent article. He feels that Hardy could fill the role Luke Kennard played for L.A. last season.
"Unfortunately, Hardy is a realistic candidate to find himself at the mercy of Los Angeles' need to trim its roster to 15 players as a fringe rotation piece with an unclear role," Ogden wrote.
"If the Lakers spare Hardy from being cut, however, then they could finally fill the void that Luke Kennard wasn't able to as a volume shooter from beyond the arc.

#roster

Skip Bayless' blunt Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese take proved timely after Fever-Dream thriller originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Skip Bayless identified the defining strength and most frustrating weakness of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. Sunday's game between the Indiana Fever and Atlanta Dream then provided evidence for nearly every part of his argument.
Before Indiana's 95-91 overtime victory, Bayless declared Clark the greatest passer in WNBA history. He also acknowledged the risk that accompanies her ambitious approach.
"Caitlin Clark is by far the W's best passer – best ever in the W," Bayless wrote on X. "Every game 3-4 of her passes are so stunning teammates aren't ready, can't convert."
Bayless noted that Clark's high-risk passes also contribute to her league-leading turnover total. That criticism is fair, but it cannot be separated from the creativity that makes her so dangerous. Clark regularly attempts passes most players would not even consider. Some become spectacular **** ists. Others sail out of bounds, get intercepted or surprise teammates who are not prepared for the ball.

#clark #caitlin #skip

Mike Conley might not be the best option to play heavy minutes at this stage of his career, but the veteran floor general will not need to be leaned on by the Boston Celtics unless the team has other problems to deal with considering their guard depth. And for Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens, that is exactly the sort of role they have in mind for the former Minnesota Timberwolves point guard.
"People talk about veteran leadership and they talk about how important vets are, and my argument to that would be good vets are really important," said Stevens in a recent episode of the team's "Celtics All-Access" video series. "Guys that really have a great understanding of where they are in their career, how they impact winning, and the appropriate amount of expectations from the individual standpoint."
"And I think that that's what you get with Mike," continued the Celtics president. "Every time he plays, has a big impact on winning."
"And so I think the balance of being able to play at a high level, not needing to play every minute of every game is an incredibly valuable thing," said Stevens. "And it's usually reserved for guys that have a good perspective on life, and Mike does he certainly has that."
Conley, for his part, is already making the sort of little changes he'll need to adapt to playing for Boston. "I've never wore a big number before," said Conley, "so, I'm going to get used to it."

#conley #guys

Maxx Crosby's latest joke about Kirk Cousins gets mixed reviews originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Maxx Crosby and Kirk Cousins of the Las Vegas Raiders got into a heated argument during training camp that resulted in both players being forced to miss a day of practice.
Crosby knows he's not supposed to rough up, or even touch, the quarterbacks in training camp. But, he did it anyway, and that didn't go over well with Cousins. The two had an incident, and ever since it happened, there's been buzz that these two aren't getting along.
Now, Crosby is capitalizing on this feud with a funny post on social media, but not everyone is digging it. When it comes to comedy, don't quit your day job, Crosby.
On Saturday, Crosby took to social media to make a joke about their tiff. He posted a pretend UFC 330 poster on X with himself and Cousins duking it out as the main event.

#joke #Social #Media

The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts approved a plan on Thursday to enshrine President Donald Trump's name on the building, setting off a new battle in the war over what mark he should be able to leave on the institution.
We have been down this road before. The Kennedy Center's board of trustees "overstepped its statutory bounds by unilaterally renaming the Kennedy Center after President Trump," U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper wrote in May. "In 1964, Congress deliberately rechristened the 'National Cultural Center' the 'John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.' The text, structure, and evolution of the organic statute makes the institution's name abundantly clear."
The center, as a result, was forced to remove Trump's name, which had been affixed to the facade as: THE DONALD J. TRUMP AND THE JOHN F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. That addition came after the president took control of the Kennedy Center last year—a grab, he maintained, that was necessary to combat alleged wokeness at the institution. "We don't need woke at the Kennedy Center," he said in February 2025 aboard Air Force One. "Some of the shows were terrible. They were a disgrace that they were even put on. So I'll be there until such time as it gets to be running right."
The renewed effort to add Trump's name seeks to creatively circumvent Cooper's ruling by adding it a different way: "Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump," it would read, under the main signage. The persistence here raises a few questions. The most glaring: Why?
For the sake of argument, let us take Trump's word at face value when he said he wants to heal the Kennedy Center of wokeness. It is unclear how obsessively attempting to inscribe his name on the building achieves that end. If anything, it undermines it. This is not about making the center more accessible to a broader public but rather about tailoring it narrowly to one person.

#center #john #donald

Benfica are refusing to give up on João Palhinha. After Bayern Munich rejected an initial proposal for a loan deal, the Portuguese club are now looking at a different approach to bring the midfielder back to his home country.
According to reports, Benfica are prepared to offer a permanent transfer for Palhinha, with the €25 million-plus fee Bayern are demanding potentially being spread over two seasons. That structure could make the deal more financially manageable for the Portuguese giants, who remain determined to strengthen their midfield with the 31-year-old.
Bayern have made their position increasingly clear: the Bundesliga champions want a permanent solution for Palhinha rather than another loan. The Portugal international returned to Munich this summer after spending the 2025/26 season on loan at Tottenham Hotspur. Despite making 45 appearances and scoring seven goals for Spurs, the Premier League club decided against making his move permanent.
Palhinha is not part of Vincent Kompany's long-term plans at Bayern, however, meaning the club are actively looking for a buyer. Bayern are understood to be waiting for the best possible offer rather than rushing into an agreement. Max Eberl has recently indicated that the club remains open to different solutions, although a permanent transfer would clearly be the preferred outcome.
For Benfica, there is also a strong sporting argument behind the pursuit. Manager Marco Silva knows Palhinha extremely well from their time together at Fulham and is reportedly desperate to work with the midfielder again. Silva sees the experienced defensive midfielder as an ideal addition to his squad.

#palhinha

There are good race car drivers.
There are great race car drivers.
And then there is Kyle Larson, who apparently decided at some point that the laws of motorsports should apply to everybody except him.
Saturday night was the latest entry in the argument that Larson is not merely one of the best drivers of his generation. He is one of the most freakishly versatile racing talents the sport has ever produced.
He started 30th at Richmond. He finished sixth.

#saturday #good #decided

President Donald Trump scored a major legal victory Friday after a federal judge cleared the way for his administration to terminate temporary legal protections for thousands of Somali nationals living in the United States.
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston lifted a stay that had prevented the Department of Homeland Security from terminating Somalia's Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation, citing a June Supreme Court ruling that sharply limited judicial review of similar administration actions.
The decision allows the Trump administration to move forward with ending TPS for Somalia, potentially exposing affected migrants who lack another lawful basis to remain in the U.S. to deportation.
Supreme Court's Latest Immigration Ruling Will Cause Americans To 'Die And Suffer' Attorney Warns
A side-by-side photo of protesters demonstrating against the Trump administration's immigration policies, and a photo of U.S. President Donald Trump signing executive orders at the White House. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday, May 14, in a case involving birthright citizenship in the U.S. Photos via Getty Images

#supreme #judge

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) just posted a first half of 2026 that most fertilizer companies would frame around one thing: the conflict with Iran. Instead, management spent the earnings call on August 6 arguing that something bigger is happening underneath the headlines. Adjusted EBITDA hit $2.2 billion for the first half, ammonia plants ran at nearly 98% of available capacity, and the company raised its own estimate of what it can earn in a normal year. Investors chasing the geopolitical story may be missing the real one.
Management's central argument is that global nitrogen capacity has gotten permanently more expensive to build, which raises the price required to justify new plants and therefore lifts what CF Industries can earn even in ordinary years. That case leans on Blue Point, where the company has now received every permit needed to start construction, ordered nearly all its long lead items, and expects module fabrication to begin later this year. Combined with the planned return of the Yazoo City Complex in the first half of 2027, those projects support management's target of roughly $3.3 billion in mid-cycle EBITDA by 2030, up from a new $2.9 billion baseline, and neither figure includes any ****** p from the current conflict.
The quarter's numbers back up the operational side of that story. Second quarter net earnings reached $727 million, or $4.73 per diluted share, while trailing 12-month free cash flow came in around $1.8 billion. CF Industries has funneled much of that into buybacks, repurchasing 10.6 million shares for $958 million over the past year, and the board raised the quarterly dividend 20% to $0.60 per share in July. Shares outstanding have fallen 29% since the start of 2021 while the dividend has doubled, a combination management says has lifted investor ownership of the underlying business by more than 40% since 2020.
Management spent real time on the call pushing back on the idea that CF Industries' growth is mostly a geopolitical trade, which suggests that's exactly how a lot of investors are currently pricing the stock. Demand data from the quarter gives that read some support. Customers in regions with second-half application seasons deferred purchases as prices rose, and North American buyers slowed down enough in June that channel inventories fell to a very low point.
That weakness only reversed once thin inventories forced a rush into July's UAN and ammonia fill programs. Meanwhile, capital spending is about to climb as Blue Point construction ramps up, with CF Industries' share of 2026 capex projected at $950 million out of a company total of $1.3 billion, a bill that has to be paid before any of the 2030 targets show up in earnings.

#million #first #year

AGTHX owns $6 billion in private AI stakes like Anthropic and OpenAI, unavailable to index funds, and returned 87% over three years vs. SPY's 72%.
The A share load of up to 5.75% can cost retail buyers thousands upfront, making GAFFX the cleaner entry for fee-based advisory clients.
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The Growth Fund of America manages $360.9 billion in net ****** ets as of May 31, 2026, which is roughly the GDP of a mid-sized country parked inside a single actively managed mutual fund. That is a strange headline in an era when index funds were supposed to have won the argument. Yet Growth Fund of America (NASDAQ:AGTHX) keeps holding its ****** ets, keeps writing checks to private AI companies, and over the last three years has quietly done something its skeptics said active managers no longer could.
Run by Capital Group under the American Funds brand, AGTHX is a large-cap growth fund with 332 positions spread across US mega-caps, international semiconductors, private tech, and a slug of cash. The A share class is the flagship retail vehicle and the one most 401(k) participants know. Capital Group does not disclose the expense ratio in the snapshot data reviewed here, so investors should confirm the current figure and any sales charge directly on the fund's prospectus before buying.

#Growth

President Donald Trump's goal of ending gender-affirming care is not improper and cannot be the basis for quashing a subpoena issued by the Justice Department against a provider of medical treatment for transgender youth, a divided federal appeals court ruled Friday.
The Justice Department announced last year that it had issued more than 20 subpoenas to doctors and clinics that provide gender-affirming care as part of an effort to investigate healthcare fraud. Federal judges have quashed many of the subpoenas as illegitimate efforts to intimidate providers into ending care.
In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the efficacy and long-term risks of the treatments are "uncertain," and the president has the power to align the Justice Department's enforcement priorities with his broader policy goals.
"Every President has law enforcement priorities, just as every President has signature policies (often, the former are components of the latter)," Judge Carlos Bea wrote.
Bea, a nominee of Republican President George W. Bush, was joined in the opinion by Daniel Bress, a Trump nominee. They reversed a ruling that quashed the subpoena against telemedicine provider QueerDoc, sending the case back to the district court to consider other arguments.

#department #appeals

A Kentucky judge will wait until late next week to rule on whether Mark Mitchell and other college athletes will receive an additional year of eligibility after a hearing Friday focused on the NCAA's eligibility restrictions.
Jefferson County Judge Brian C. Edwards heard roughly an hour of arguments from attorney Ryan Downton, who represents the athletes, and the NCAA. Edwards ultimately allowed both sides to submit additional material by next Tuesday and said he expects to issue a ruling by the end of next week.
Downton argued that the plaintiffs, who are 23 or younger and have played four seasons of college basketball, should receive another year of eligibility. He also challenged the NCAA's treatment of athletes who participated in professional sports while preventing other athletes from competing in college based on the eligibility rules.
The NCAA pushed back, questioning the court's jurisdiction and arguing that the athletes are already covered by a separate ruling from Colorado. Downton countered that the Colorado case involves antitrust issues and does not address the Kentucky contract-law claims before Edwards.
The NCAA also argued there was no immediate need for a temporary restraining order, while Edwards noted that the athletes could enroll in school but would not be allowed to compete.

#athletes #next #college #Colorado

It's hard to toss a rookie onto the field with an entire roster's worth of NFL veterans and have them emerge looking like the best player out of the bunch. But that's reportedly been the case for New York Jets defensive end David Bailey this preseason, and it continued on Tuesday.
Zack Rosenblatt, who serves as a senior writer with The Athletic covering the New York Jets and the NFL at large, was in attendance at the joint practice session between the Jets and Buccaneers on Tuesday and reported that "there's an argument" that Bailey was the best player on the field across both teams. He also showered Bailey with some lofty praise after watching him throughout the preseason so far.
"I've been covering the Jets for five seasons, and the NFL for nine. In that time I'm not sure I've seen a rookie that was appointment viewing quite like Bailey," reported Rosenblatt.
Bailey was the second overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft after being named a unanimous All-American and the Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year during his senior season at Texas Tech in 2025. He recorded 52 tackles (19.5 TFL), 14.5 sacks, three pass deflections, and three forced fumbles while anchoring a Red Raiders defense that made a run to the College Football Playoff.
For a Jets team that needs answers fast in Aaron Glenn's second season in charge of the program, a player of Bailey's caliber could go a long way in helping the team get turned around from their troubles last season. And early in camp, he could live up to that hype and make a major impact as a rookie. And if Rosenblatt is correct, Bailey might not just make an outsized impact, but end up being one of the best rookies we've seen this decade in the NFL.

#player #season #tuesday #i 've

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish avoided additional jail time Tuesday when she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor alcohol-related driving charge that stemmed from her 2022 arrest in Georgia after someone called 911 about a driver asleep at the wheel at a traffic light.
Other charges were dropped. After entering the plea by video, Haddish was placed on 12 months' probation and told to avoid drugs and alcohol and complete a substance abuse evaluation. She was credited for the brief time she spent in jail following her arrest.
Haddish's films include the comedy "Girls Trip," "Night School," "Like a Boss" and "The Kitchen." She wrote the New York Times bestseller "The Last Black Unicorn," which earned a Grammy nomination for a subsequent audiobook she narrated. In 2018, she won an Emmy for her appearance on "Saturday Night Live" and a Grammy in 2021 for her special "Black Mitzvah."
At around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 14, 2022, someone called 911 to report seeing a person who appeared to be asleep in the driver's seat of a white Ford Explorer with their foot on the brake in Peachtree City, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Atlanta, according to a court filing. An officer spotted an SUV that matched the description given by the caller and stopped Haddish as she pulled into a neighborhood, according to a police report.
Haddish's lawyers in May asked a judge to dismiss the case, arguing that waiting more than four years for the case to be resolved had caused personal and professional difficulties and violated her right to a speedy trial. Fayette County State Court Judge Jason Thompson rejected her arguments.

#arrest

Nvidia shares have shown explosive growth since ChatGPT launched in late 2022. The stock minted a lot of millionaires and retail investors rejoiced. But doubts are creeping in now and growth is not what it used to be. The logical question every long-term investor asks is this: what is the next Nvidia? Which stocks can you get in early on for the big gains?
To find out what retail investors are betting on, we went through long discussion threads on the Reddit subreddits r/Stocks_Picks and r/TheRaceTo10Million. We skipped the one-word ticker drops and the pump posts. We picked two stocks where Redditors named specific reasons for their bullishness. Let's see whether their arguments have juice.
Zeta sells enterprise marketing software. Big brands use its platform to find customers, target them, and message them through one system instead of paying five different vendors. Its moat is the data. Zeta owns its consumer dataset rather than renting it, covering more than 535 million profiles.
Redditors like the growing market Zeta is moving into and two partnerships the company signed this year. Earlier this year, Zeta partnered with OpenAI and Palantir. Under the Palantir deal, Zeta rebuilds its data cloud on Palantir's Foundry software. Redditors also point out that Zeta is expanding from marketing software into business intelligence, which is a much bigger market. One commenter gave a careful two-sided read. He flagged the shift to positive GAAP profitability and the raised fiscal 2026 guidance, but said he would not chase the stock short term unless the price holds above the post-earnings range.
Bull case. Zeta is solving a key problem for major companies. Paying five vendors costs more, and the separate systems do not share data properly, so the marketing team ends up with an incomplete picture of its own customers. Zeta's pitch is that one platform handles all of it. That pitch is working on the customers that matter most. In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, super-scaled account count grew 17% year over year to 197, and the average revenue from each of those accounts grew 17%.

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One of the market's most famous investors just bet against a company Nvidia (NVDA) is backing: Nebius Group (NBIS). A few weeks ago, Nvidia disclosed a 9.3% stake in the company, sending NBIS stock up 16% in a single day. Then, on Aug. 6, Michael Burry revealed he had shorted it. The investor who called the 2008 housing crash is now betting against one of the biggest winners of the AI boom. The stock, which had been trading around $226 in early August, fell to roughly $186 within days of his disclosure.
Burry's argument isn't really about Nebius alone. He shorted Oracle (ORCL) at the same time and pointed to a wider problem he sees across AI infrastructure. Burry believes that if the demand slows, companies taking on heavy debt and long-term commitments could be in serious trouble. Nebius is a company that he thinks fits this profile. The company raised its 2026 capital spending guidance to a range of $20 billion to $25 billion, while its long-term debt more than doubled to $8.4 billion. For a bear, that's the whole case.
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Despite a potential financial windfall, there is a very strong argument to be made that Bayern Munich needs to keep Luis Díaz — and should not even consider a sale of the Colombian.
While there have been some rumors reporting Al-Hilal to have interest in the winger, Bayern Munich absolutely needs to keep Díaz for the next two seasons and capitalize on the insane chemistry that the attacker has with Harry Kane and Michael Olise.
The Colombian winger has already shown why he can be such an important piece of Vincent Kompany's team. Bayern Munich needs players who can create something out of nothing, stretch defenses, attack ***** e and provide another source of goals and ***** ists. Díaz brings all of those qualities.
In addition, Díaz brings insane production to the table as well. The 29-year-old had 26 goals and 23 ***** ists in 51 games across all competitions last season. His value goes beyond the numbers, too. Bayern Munich have several talented attacking players, but Díaz offers a different profile. His directness and willingness to take defenders on can change the dynamic of a match. When Bayern Munich are facing a compact defense and struggling to create ***** e through the middle, having a player capable of driving into the box from the wing becomes extremely important.
There is also the matter of squad depth. Bayern Munich are competing on multiple fronts, and relying on the same small group of attackers throughout a long season is not realistic. Injuries, rotation and fatigue will inevitably play a role. Keeping Díaz gives Kompany another proven option who can start important matches or change a game from the bench.

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