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Norfolk Southern posted a stronger-than-expected Q2, with adjusted EPS of $3.52, a 65.5% adjusted operating ratio, and 7% growth in both net income and earnings per share. Revenue set records as volumes improved across merchandise, intermodal, and coal.
Executives said volume growth is creating near-term service pressure, but the railroad is already seeing improvement in July. The company is focusing on better originations, lower terminal dwell, faster train velocity, and tactical operating changes to restore network fluidity.
Cost and fuel inflation are pushing up full-year expense guidance, with 2026 operating expenses now expected at $8.8 billion to $8.9 billion, up from the prior range. Norfolk Southern kept capital spending at about $1.9 billion and reiterated at least $150 million in 2026 cost reductions.
This Railroad Stock Is Chugging Along to a New All-Time High

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During the Tuesday episode of Mad Money, host Jim Cramer discussed the major credit card networks as he noted that consumer spending remains resilient. He began by highlighting the broader economic data and noted that roughly 81% of Americans hold a credit card, averaging three to four cards per consumer, with cardholders using about 29% to 30% of their available balance. Even though the median household holds approximately $8,000 in cash, consumers continue to prefer credit over drawing down savings. Explaining how these consumer habits feed into the major card networks, Cramer noted:
All this is to say that the three big credit card companies, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express have a tremendous read on the state of the economy, and after a very rocky first quarter, these stocks have been steadily chugging higher since April.
Examining the daily chart of market leader Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) with the help of Bob Lang's (founder of Explosive Options) **** ysis, Cramer highlighted how the stock's recent technical breakout contradicts theories of a struggling consumer:
Why don't we start with Visa? That's the most used credit card. 60% of cardholders have one... Check out the daily chart. Visa's been roaring higher on terrific relative strength lately. I mean, this is not what Visa's chart looks like when the consumer's being squeezed. When you look at the moving average convergence divergence, that's the MACD… That's an important momentum indicator that can detect changes in the stock's trajectory before they happen… This isn't a coincidence; this is predictive. It made a bullish crossover mid-June. That's what really got people excited... And it's one of the most positively reliable patterns there is out there. Sure enough, the stock's been on fire ever since the cross...
Cramer also pointed to the volume indicator at the bottom of the chart to highlight the influx of big-money accumulation:

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FARMINGTON — Most caddies are credited by top amateur and professional golfers for helping them select the right clubs and read greens, but for 20-year-old Ashley Lam on Thursday at Oakridge Country Club, it was a little piece of advice her 22-year-old brother Sean Lam gave her that just might have meant the difference between winning and losing the 36-hole championship match of the 120th Utah Women's Amateur.
Four times heavy underdog Ashley Lam took the lead over six-time champion Kelsey Chugg, 35, on a buzzard-hot day in Davis County, but each time Chugg came roaring back, including from a three-hole deficit on the 32th, 34th and 35th holes to square the match heading into the 36th hole, No. 18 at Oakridge.
So how was Lam able to keep her composure after losing the big lead in a four-hole stretch?
"It was just my brother telling me to lock in and just stop being a little baby," she said, then added that she wouldn't take that kind of tough love from anybody but him. Sean Lam played golf briefly for Glendale College in Arizona and now works for Callaway.
"It was a really great experience, just because he's been with me all throughout, just my whole childhood playing golf with him," an emotional Ashley Lam said after her big brother playfully roughed her up a bit to congratulate her on the 18th green before the traditional trophy ceremony took place.

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There might not be a better match play golfer in the history of the state of Utah than Kelsey Chugg, a 35-year-old amateur who continues to defy the odds on the golf course.
The **** ociate director of golf for Salt Lake City was at it again on Wednesday at Oakridge Country Club in Farmington, winning a pair of matches against much younger players to advance to the 36-hole championship match of the 120th Women’s State Amateur.
Chugg will face Taylorsville’s Ashley Lam, a Westminster University golfer who prepped at Skyline High, in Thursday’s final match at 7:30 a.m. as Chugg chases her seventh **** le and Lam her first.
It will be the eighth championship match for Chugg, who is 6-1 in **** le matches in 15 appearances in the Utah Women’s State Amateur and now has a 45-8 record in State Am matches, according to Kurt Kragthorpe of Fairways Magazine.
Chugg advanced Wednesday with a 2 up victory over another former champion, 2020 winner Grace Summerhays of Scottsdale, Arizona. Summerhays recently completed her college career at Arizona State and was playing in only her second event after taking nearly nine months off due to wrist injuries.

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The Los Angeles Rams have built their roster with a plethora of versatile players who contribute on offense, defense and/or special teams. As a result, the team has been able to weather slow starts, injuries, and other setbacks over the last three seasons, being one of the most successful franchises in football over that time.
A big reason for their success has been Kyren Williams. Despite taking on three separate roles over the last three seasons, the Rams running back remains a successful ball carrier, pass catcher, and pass protector. It's that versatility that makes him such a success in fantasy football, despite his ever-changing responsibilities. NBC Sports' Kyle Dvorchak states that despite a decreased workload as a ball carrier, his fantasy production remained consistent compared to years past.
Kyren Williams chugged along like usual, posting 15.5 PPR points per game off the back of over 1,500 yards from scrimmage and 13 touchdowns. Williams finished the year as a low-end RB1, though his role changed drastically compared to 2024.
Despite losing a considerable amount of work to Blake Corum, Williams’ fantasy output barely dropped. That comes down to the fact that his efficiency both on the ground and through the air ticked up. The concern for Williams is that he either continues to lose work to Corum or his yards per carry dips, as it did in 2024 when he averaged 4.1 yards per attempt.
With Corum set to have an even larger role, especially with the Rams' 13-personnel offense becoming an even bigger part of their operation, some could have concerns that 2026 could be the year Williams fails to reach 1,000 rushing yards or takes a dramatic fall in fantasy production.

Predictably, international ******* an Brazil has been chugging along just fine during this men's World Cup.
With a win on Sunday against Ståle Solbakken's underdog Norway team, the Brazilian men will have made at least a quarterfinal appearance in each of the last nine World Cups. That is absurd. No other country in men's world soccer can nearly claim such consistent success over the same period. Not even close.
What's striking about this version of Brazil is how it's been winning without Neymar, a team legend. The 34-year-old Neymar has made just one appearance so far for Brazil during this tournament. That's partly due to injury and his age, as he isn't the same player he was when he was younger. Still, this is Neymar we're talking about. When he's healthy and firing on all cylinders, he's one of the most gifted offensive players of all time. As good as they've been so far in this World Cup, the Brazilians could certainly use more depth and firepower wherever they can get it.
Brazil's manager, Carlo Ancelotti, understands how useful Neymar can be. His pre-match comments about Neymar playing with the younger Vinícius Júnior suggest we will definitely see Neymar play against Norway. But it's still not clear whether that will be in a starting or second-half substitute capacity:
Just because Ancelotti says Neymar is capable of playing 90 minutes does not mean he will get the start. That, to me, reads like more of a comment on Neymar's general fitness being up to par. I would, quite honestly, be surprised if Neymar got the start this late into the World Cup. That doesn't feel like a decision that someone with Ancelotti's managerial acumen would make.

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are filming a Disney+ docuseries about the BONDS Flying Roos SailGP Team, an Australian sailing team which they co-own
Reynolds uploaded a clip of him and Jackman chugging beer from a sneaker with the team, an Australian tradition also known as a "shoey"
The series will showcase high-speed catamaran racing and marks the close pal's first collaboration since Deadpool & Wolverine
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are proving that you're never too old to try new traditions!
The actors are filming a new Disney+ docuseries about the BONDS Flying Roos SailGP Team, an Australian professional sailing club that they purchased last year.

Even now, roughly 25 years since it ended, wrestling fans regularly yearn for the glory days of WWE's Attitude Era.
Those glory days saw a whole new wave of stars ushered in, led by the beer-chugging, bird-flipping, boss-Stunning, expletive-spouting 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin, as the WWE product was pushed to levels of violence, vulgarity, and ******* that the company hadn't seen before or since. Of course, while it's easy to look back on the Attitude Era and think of iconic moments and matches, there was an awful lot of dross in there, too; from the handling of the company's female talent to some frankly absurd storylines, to an overreliance on ridiculously short matches, and plenty of other negatives that could be thrown at WWE when reflecting on this period in wrestling history.
How well do you know your Attitude Era trivia, though?
Are you an expert on those Hardcore ******* le shenanigans? Consider yourself a know-it-all on those early days of SmackDown? Like to rub it in your friends' faces at just how well you remember the Mean Street Posse? How about how the Women's Championship and Light Heavyweight Championships were brought back into the fold after years of being in the wilderness? Whether you lived through it in real time or have gone back to see what all the fuss was about, you'll find all of those topics and more across the following 30 questions.
So with that in mind, then, here's the toughest WWE Attitude Era quiz that you'll find anywhere.

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While the rest of the economy keeps chugging along with a boost from artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, the housing sector has been in the doldrums. Activity is down due to elevated mortgage rates, falling home prices, and lower immigration, all headwinds for the sector. Two of the leading homebuilding stocks, Lennar (NYSE: LEN) and D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI), have seen their share prices drop 49% and 29%, respectively, from all-time highs because of these macroeconomic headwinds.
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