By Mike Dolan
July 29 (Reuters) -
What matters in U.S. and global markets today
By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets
In a clear illustration of just how high the bar is for Big Tech to impress markets, South Korean chip giant SK Hynix plunged again as a ‌record six-fold jump in quarterly profits missed forecasts early on Wednesday.

#july

By Mike Dolan
July 27 (Reuters) -
What matters in U.S. and global markets today
By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets
A pause in the Iran conflict and a sizeable retreat in crude oil prices away from $100 per barrel offer some relief at the start of what's ‌set to be another turbulent week for markets.

#dolan #reuters #finance #matters

SOUTH ZANESVILLE — The fight for first place will be hotly contested in the second round of the Zanesville District Golf **** ociation Junior Amateur.
Chase McCauley fired a 1-under-par 69 in first-round play at EagleSticks to top the high school field. He heads the championship flight entering play at 9 a.m. on July 27 at Cambridge Country Club, where Clark Frischen and Jackson Geisler sit two back after 71s and Oliver Lutz six back at 75.
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John Glenn grad and Charleston (West Virginia) University product Noah Dever leads the men's collegiate flight with 72. Fellow Muskie C.J. Dolan is at 73 and Crooksville grad Bo White 74, followed by Logan McPeek (75), Owen Lutz (77), Shea Lesko (78), Cole Eltringham (78), Ben Coss (78) and Doug Miller (85).

#hartford

By Mike Dolan
July 23 (Reuters) -
What matters in U.S. and global markets today
By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets
There was a familiar playbook in response to Alphabet's earnings beat and capital expenditure boost overnight - its stock fell and chip stocks rose.

#markets #editor #global

SIOUX FALLS — Tickets are now on sale for the 2026 South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame banquet that is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 13 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center.
Twenty-one sports legends are set to be inducted, including seven with ties to northeastern and north central South Dakota:
Jason Sutherland, a 1993 Watertown High School graduate who was one of the most gifted and versatile athletes in state history.
Tim Miles, a Doland native and successful college basketball coach.
Jim Dorman, a Castlewood native and statewide athletic administrating guru.

#sunday

By Mike Dolan
July 23 (Reuters) -
What matters in U.S. and global markets today
By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets
There was a familiar playbook in response to Alphabet's earnings beat and capital expenditure boost overnight - its stock fell and chip stocks rose.

#dolan #global

By Mike Dolan
LONDON, July 22 - What matters in U.S. and global markets today
By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets
Oil prices, bond yields and chip stocks were rising in sync again overnight, as this renewed round of fighting between the U.S. and Iran entered its eleventh day with no end in sight. ‌But the chip rally stalled in Asia during a volatile session, and Wall Street futures are down as investors await results from Alphabet and Tesla later today.
I'll get ‌into all that and more below.

#dolan #markets #today #finance

By Mike Dolan
What matters in U.S. and global markets today
By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets
Global stock markets may just be weary of the back-and-forth in the Middle East, but they latched onto a sliver of hope in the still-raging U.S.-Iran conflict ‌overnight. Reports of some mediation efforts sent Brent crude prices back below $90 per barrel, even as renewed fighting continued into its 10th ‌day and the conflict risked spreading.
I'll get into all that and more below.

#markets #mike #dolan #conflict

By Mike Dolan
July 14 (Reuters) -
What matters in U.S. and global markets today
By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets
Oil boils again just as the June inflation report is set for release later today, with the renewed U.S. blockade of Gulf shipping the latest step in a flare-up of hostilities between Washington ‌and Tehran.

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 10: A Seattle Sonics fan holds a sign before the Rain City Showcase in a preseason NBA game between the LA Clippers and the Utah Jazz at Climate Pledge Arena on October 10, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
The NBA's Board of Governors will meet on July 14 with expansion among the biggest talking points.
While the league has already narrowed focus on bringing teams to Seattle and Las Vegas, there are no guarantees expansion is approved at this time.
With multiple owners (including the New York Knicks' Jim Dolan) outwardly anti-expansion and a large contingent of new ownership groups that may not value expansion fees as a reason to increase competition, it's no sure thing the process gets the required 23 votes next week.
Even if 23 of the NBA's 30 owners do approve the expansion process, however, there's another looming challenge for Seattle, specifically: The looming sale of the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks.

By Mike Dolan
July 1 (Reuters) -
What matters in U.S. and global markets today
By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets
The new month, quarter and second half kicked off in a cautious mood, with U.S. Treasury yields jumping overnight as the June jobs report looms, and ‌investors are already looking ahead to the second-quarter earnings season.

By Mike Dolan
June 29 (Reuters) -
What matters in U.S. and global markets today
By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets
Is it over or not? World markets that **** umed the Middle East conflict was over and done with got a rude awakening over ‌the weekend after the United States conducted fresh strikes on Iran in response to attacks on Gulf shipping.

Don’t rule out a Jordan Clarkson reunion. Despite James Dolan’s mandate to stay under the second apron, Clarkson’s re-signing is “still a possibility,” a source told The Post. Clarkson, 34, will become an unrestricted free agent Tuesday after one eventful season with the Knicks, which ended with a championship but included erratic playing time.
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By Mike Dolan
June 24 (Reuters) -
What matters in U.S. and global markets today
By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets
An 8% plunge in the high-flying U.S. chip stock index on Tuesday marked a jarring injection of volatility into mid-year trading. Memory chipmaker Micron Technology fell around 13%, reversing ‌all its gains from the day before, ahead of its earnings update today.

Mikal Bridges finally got his NBA championship ring, and he grabbed his phone and went live on Instagram.
Less than two days after the New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs to win their first NBA championship since 1973, Bridges hopped on Instagram Live and delivered a hilarious, unfiltered diatribe that quickly spread across social media. Things got so intense that even Jalen Brunson asked someone to take his teammate’s phone.
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From roasting teammates to praising Brunson and revealing a bizarre team rule from owner James Dolan to get them through the playoffs, here are some of the most hilarious moments.
Bridges had nothing but love for Finals MVP Jalen Brunson. He called Brunson the GOAT and made goat sounds while joking that the Knicks captain deserves his own statue outside Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks finally broke a 53-year ****** le drought last season, and the buzz around the team hasn’t slowed down one bit since. As they head into the 2026 offseason, they’re in a spot most franchises only dream about.
The NBA’s salary cap system is designed to stop teams from simply buying their way to dominance by adding superstar after superstar. New York has no intention of going over that line for now, even if it limits what they can do.
Dolan’s recent comments about steering clear of the second apron got the league talking. On its face it sounds strange. Why wouldn’t a defending champ just spend whatever it takes to keep the band together?
The answer is buried in the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement. The second apron is way more than another luxury tax line. It’s basically a roster-building penalty box.
Teams that cross it lose a ton of flexibility in free agency and trades, with restrictions on combining salaries, limits on how they can add players, and long-term hits to their future draft picks. So this was never really about writing bigger checks. It’s about handcuffing yourself for years, and Dolan doesn’t seem willing to do that.

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James Dolan came out and said the New York Knicks won't go into the second-apron to keep the current roster intact.
While it's very possible that the Knicks can still be among the elite in the NBA, that's something they'll have to factor in this offseason.
With guys like Mitchell Robinson and Landry Shamet potentially being missed because of that, it seems like the Los Angeles Lakers could find themselves in a good position to land Robinson.
Robinson, who would have an argument to be one of the better centers available on the free-agent market, sounds like he's suddenly becoming available. According to a writer at Heavy.com, adding him alongside Luka Dončić would be a perfect scenario.

Zohran Mamdani’s City Hall speech became one of the most praised moments of the Knicks’ ***** le parade. The New York mayor spoke to fans who had waited 53 years for another NBA championship.
His decision to mention former Knicks from the drought years struck a chord with many supporters.
Fans labelled the speech “special” and loved how it recognised older teams that never got a ring. Apparently, James Dolan was not among those who liked it.
The executive chairman and CEO of Madison Square Garden Sports, the company that owns the Knicks, appeared to take a swipe at Mamdani’s detailed look back through franchise history.
During his own parade speech, he said: “I don’t need your vote. I don’t need to quote you what happened. If you’re real Knick fans, you know it already.”

Knicks owner James Dolan seemingly took shots at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani while the two spoke at the end of the team’s ticker-tape parade at City Hall on Thursday—possibly reigniting a feud with the democratic socialist mayor as the Madison Square Garden chairman continues cozying up to President Donald Trump.
The Knicks owner previously sparred with the mayor and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch over a cancelled watch party at Madison Square Garden.
"I don't need your vote,” Dolan said at the rally following the Knicks parade on Thursday, adding, “I don't need to quote to you what happened. If you're real Knick fans you know it already."
Moments earlier, Mamdani spent minutes praising the team’s history, shouting out former players like Charles Oakley—a fan-favorite former Knick who has been involved in a legal dispute with Dolan since a fight over his courtside seats in 2017.
Dolan also appeared to avoid getting too close to Mamdani when the mayor handed him a key to the city, accepting the key and shaking his hand from across a table and avoiding a photo op.

1903
The White Sox badly lost their first trade ever with the Reds, sending Cozy Dolan and Tom Daly to Cincinnati for second baseman George Magoon.
Magoon was awful for the White Sox for the remainder of 1903, slashing .228/.303/.278 for 0.0 WAR; before the 1904 season, the team dumped Magoon on Indianapolis of the American ******* ociation for a player to be named later. He would never return to the majors.
Daly, though long in the tooth for the time (37 years old), finished what would be his final season in the majors well enough, logging 0.7 WAR and slashing a formidable .293/.332/.407 at second base. Right fielder Dolan was the lone player in the trade to play in the majors beyond 1903, lasting until 1906; while never a standout and playing poorly for Cincy to finish out 1903, Cozy would rebound in 1904 for a career-high 1.7 WAR and 115 OPS+.
1933
Right in the middle of a 24-game homestand (!), the White Sox drew the biggest crowd in Chicago history at the time, 53,398, to a doubleheader split against the Yankees.
The White Sox, surprisingly playing better than .500 during the dark ages of 1920-50, dropped the first contest vs. New York, 6-4, with Ted Lyons taking the loss. But in the nightcap, the South Siders rewarded their faithful with a 5-4, walk-off win to move to 30-27 and 5 1⁄2 back of first in the American League.

Not long after the Knicks were bounced in Game 6 at Indiana, Dolan and the front office conducted exit meetings with players that reinforced what they were probably already thinking – Thibodeau needed to go. Dolan, in particular, desired a change because he felt Thibodeau lacked in three notable areas – collaborating with the staff and players (the head coach adopted the One Voice philosophy), player development (he didn’t utilize his bench enough) and flexibility (“We needed to evolve beyond the old traditional coaching formulas,” Dolan said).
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James Dolan said the New York Knicks have accepted an invitation to the White House after winning their first NBA championship in 53 years
The Knicks owner called Donald Trump a friend and said he is “very proud” to bring the team to the White House
Dolan also reflected on Trump's attendance at the NBA Finals, which he said marked the first time a sitting president attended a Finals game
The New York Knicks are headed to the White House.
James Dolan, the executive chairman and CEO of Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., which owns the Knicks, revealed during an appearance on WFAN New York on Wednesday, June 17, that the team has accepted an invitation from the White House following its championship victory.

James Dolan made a wild sacrifice request to New York Knicks players before their 2026 NBA championship run.
The Knicks owner delivered the message in an April 3 speech that was later released on the Roommates Show podcast, hosted by Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart.
Dolan urged the roster to leave nothing on the table as New York prepared for a playoff run that ended with the franchise’s first **** le since 1973.
Dolan told the Knicks that winning the championship would change how they were remembered for the rest of their lives. He also urged players to focus on their diets, sleep and overall discipline during the postseason.
The most unusual part of the speech came when Dolan jokingly suggested another sacrifice for the 10-week playoff run.

The New York Knicks’ first NBA championship in 53 years may have been built on many things: Jalen Brunson’s brilliance, Mike Brown’s steady hand, a suffocating defense and a healthy roster when it mattered most.
According to much-maligned team owner James Dolan, it may also have required a little self-denial.
A video released Monday by the Roommates Show podcast revealed that Dolan urged Knicks players to consider abstaining from **** during what he anticipated would be a 10-week march to an NBA **** le, part of a broader appeal for sacrifice delivered shortly before the playoffs began.
“I had this idea that maybe you should give up **** for the next 10 weeks,” Dolan told players during a surprise speech to the team on 3 April. “The Spartans, they denied themselves, right, so they can have an edge. Get the edge.”
The remarks came as part of a lengthy address in which Dolan implored the team to seize what he described as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to end one of the longest championship droughts in North American sports.

The NBA **** le secured by the New York Knicks on Saturday could help salvage the legacy of franchise owner James Dolan, who has been accused of incompetence, personal vendettas and egocentrism for almost 30 years.
"The dumbest owner in sports," or "the Einstein of incompetence" -- the 71-year-old has heard it all since taking the helm of the franchise in 1999 from his father, cable magnate Charles Dolan.
Under the younger Dolan's control, New York only made it to the postseason six times in a 19-year span, never as a legitimate contender.
In the process, the Long Island native cycled through numerous coaches and recruited big names -- Isiah Thomas, Phil Jackson and Larry Brown -- all of whom failed.
Abrasive, vindictive, and media-wary, Dolan also found himself at the center of repeated controversies.

The New York Knicks aren’t just NBA champions, they’re a lesson in perseverance. Proof positive why you should never quit on your team, no matter how dark it gets, no matter how bleak the future seems, no matter how much an owner tries to push you away. James Dolan’s name might be on the papers, but Saturday night proved that the Knicks don’t belong to him — they belong to New York.
It’s impossible not to love the scenes from New York following the Knicks’ breaking their 53-year championship drought. Did the celebration go too far? Sure. Did it turn the streets into anarchy? Absolutely. Did it closely resemble the Joker’s clown parade in Batman Returns? It sure did. It was also magical, inspiring, and reminded us how powerful sports can be, even as we become jaded in the face of ticket scalpers, political movements, and greedy owners who put their own motivations ahead of a city. When the dust settles, it’s about simply this: A small group of individuals who came together as a team, to bring joy to millions who have invested their heart and souls into loving a team their entire lives. People who said “this could be our year” more times than they could count, and when it comes to the NBA there is not a single more passionate, longer-suffering fanbase than the New York Knicks.
No doubt there would have been joy in San Antonio too, but it would have hit different. All due respect to Spurs fans, but even y’all have to admit that your franchise has had a horseshoe lodged up your derriere for the better part of 30 years. From drafting Tim Duncan during David Robinson’s ONE injury year to winning the Wemby sweepstakes, it just wouldn’t have been satisfying to see another Spurs win. Moreover, San Antonio is a competent, sensible organization run like a successful business — it’s not the Knicks, where fans have had to endure James Dolan’s whims at every turn, doing his level best to destroy the organization from within while playing a piano solo in his nepo band.
Dolan and the Knicks have given fans HUNDREDS of reasons to pack it in over the years. I don’t know how Spike Lee managed to endure the pain for as long as he did — but not just the pain, the promise. The possibility that Patrick Ewing, and John Starks would win a **** le, then if Stephon Marbury and Allan Houston could get the job done, then Carmelo, Amare, and J.R. Smith. Fans continually experience the yo-yo whiplash of made that make them believe, before seeing opportunity get yanked away, like a cat toy from a desperate tabby. They’ve seen brilliant teams under the guidance of Jeff Van Gundy, Mike D’Antoni, and Tom Thibodeau all establish specific eras of Knicks disappointment, which makes it all the more magical right now.
This Knicks team was so decidedly un-Knicks. Jalen Brunson is obviously a superstar, but this team was defined by doubt, not promise. **** ody believed Karl-Anthony Towns was good enough to be a focal point, Mickal Bridges was an overpaid addition; heck, Mike Brown wa

By Mike Dolan
June 10 (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets today
By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets
The unnerving thing about Tuesday's relapse in U.S. tech stocks is that it happened even as oil prices fell sharply during the session, ‌showing that stock market nervousness extends well beyond the energy story.
On that front, crude prices were volatile early on Wednesday after the ‌U.S. and Iran traded missile strikes overnight - the most alarming direct exchange between the sides two months into a very shaky ceasefire.

President Donald Trump faced apparent boos from the crowd of passionate Knicks fans at Madison Square Garden on Monday.
He was seen standing in a box during the National Anthem next to New York Knicks owner James Dolan at Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
Trump, who has sat courtside at many Knicks games before being elected president, said he was personally invited by Dolan, who is a longtime friend of the president.
Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani are both attending the game and cheering on the Knicks as they seek another win in the best-of-seven series.
"They're really great, a great team. I'm happy for Jim because Jim has really been fighting hard to produce such a team," Trump told reporters last week.

NEW YORK — For the first time in 27 years, this building, the mecca of basketball, is hosting the NBA Finals.
The New York Knicks are seeking a commanding 3-0 series lead Monday, June 8 here at Madison Square Garden against the San Antonio Spurs. Not only did the exorbitant ticket prices make this the most expensive NBA Finals game on record, President Donald J. Trump also attended as a guest of Knicks owner James Dolan.
On the court, however, the desperate Spurs turn their hopes to star phenom Victor Wembanyama, who struggled in the first half of Game 2. The task facing San Antonio is immense: in NBA postseason history, no team has come back from a 3-0 series deficit.
Here are live takeaways from Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs:

US President Donald Trump on Monday was booed by spectators at Game 3 of the NBA Finals in his hometown of New York.
Boos and jeers erupted when the arena screens briefly showed the president's face as he saluted during the national anthem before the start of the game between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs.
The 79-year-old Trump, a Knicks supporter, was invited to the Finals in New York by Knicks owner James Dolan.
According to the NBA, Trump is the first sitting US president to attend an NBA Finals game.
"He's a genuine Knicks fan," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said of Trump before the game at Madison Square Garden. Before his time in politics, Trump frequently attended Knicks games and often sat courtside.