By José Nuñez
Cavan Sullivan has the Philadelphia Union firing on all cylinders.
Philadelphia continues to heat up in MLS play, earning their fourth straight victory in stunning fashion, completing a second-half comeback at Yankee Stadium on Sunday night.
Trailing New York City FC, 2-0, the Union managed to flip the script and secure a 3-2 win, courtesy of a trio of **** ists from the Sullivan brothers, igniting the scoring and setting up a Bruno Damiani brace.
Philadelphia's second-half turnaround was sparked by Cavan continuing his fantastic post-World Cup form, providing a pair of helpers to equalize. The 16-year-old has now recorded 1g/3a in his last two matches, proving a clear catalyst for the Union's playoff push.

#yankee #stadium #sunday #trailing

Sophie Cunningham's birthday outfit turns heads before clutch Fever win originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Sophie Cunningham made sure her 30th birthday started in style. The Indiana Fever guard showed off a head-turning pregame outfit before Sunday's matchup against the Atlanta Dream, adding a fashionable opening to an already special day.
"Birthday hoops on the way for Sophie Cunningham," the Fever wrote on X.
Cunningham eventually made her presence felt on the court, too. Her only basket came during one of Indiana's biggest moments in a dramatic 95-91 overtime victory. With the Fever trailing 77-75 late in the fourth quarter, Cunningham drove to the basket, finished through contact and converted the ensuing free throw. Her three-point play briefly put Indiana ahead and helped keep the Fever alive during a tense finish.
Cunningham finished with three points in nearly 32 minutes, but Indiana relied on her defense, toughness and experience throughout the important Eastern Conference matchup.

#OUTFIT #made #basket

Tarik Skubal was strong in his third start for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. But it wasn't enough for a win in the final game of a four-game series against the NL-best Milwaukee Brewers.
Brewers starter Logan Henderson outdueled Skubal with seven one-run innings as Dodgers bats went quiet for the second straight game. The result was a 6-2 Brewers win to secure a 3-1 series victory on the road in the matchup of NL contenders.
Skubal, making his third start since joining the Dodgers from the Detroit Tigers at the trade deadline, countered with two runs allowed in six innings. He struck out the side in his final frame and left the top of the sixth still eligible to qualify for the win, trailing 2-1
But Dodgers bats didn't muster a challenge in the bottom of the frame or for the rest of the game, and Skubal was credited with his second loss as a starter for the Dodgers.
And once Skubal left the game, Brewers bats went to work on the Dodgers' bullpen, scoring two runs in the seventh and two more in the ninth to blow open the once-tight matchup.

#bats #start #final

The Chicago Bears kicked off the preseason with a 34-10 win over the Cleveland Browns, which saw some impressive performances from players looking to earn a spot on the roster.
After trailing 10-0 in the first quarter, the Bears scored 34 unanswered points en route to a dominating victory that featured impressive showings in all three phases of action. With most of the starters resting, the stage was set for under-the-radar players to showcase their talents and make it difficult on general manager Ryan Poles when it comes to making roster decisions.
Following Saturday's preseason opener, here are the roster bubble players who made a strong case for a spot on the 53-man roster.
Defensive end Jamree Kromah had a monster day on defense, where he showcased his impressive power off the edge and pressuring the quarterback against the Browns. Kromah had two of Chicago's three sacks on the day, and he could have had more, while adding six tackles, including three tackles for loss and two quarterback hits. One of those sacks was a strip sack of starting quarterback Deshaun Watson on fourth-and-2. Kromah was consistently generating pressure and getting in the backfield.
Wide receiver Kaden Davis had been a standout in training camp, and it translated to the field in Chicago's preseason opener. Davis showcased his playmaking ability and led the Bears with four receptions for 88 yards and a touchdown in first-half action with quarterback Tyson Bagent. Davis continues to make a strong statement for a roster spot in a loaded receivers room.

#roster #kromah #quarterback

Aug. 16—MITCHELL — The Clark Traders have spent the 2026 postseason finding ways to win games they probably had no business winning.
On Friday night at Cadwell Park, they found another one. After trailing by four runs early, committing five errors and being outhit 12-8, the Traders continued their remarkable postseason run by rallying past the Hartford/Humboldt Wood Ducks 7-6 in the Class B state amateur baseball tournament semifinals.
And with that, Clark is headed somewhere no Clark baseball team has gone in 41 years.
The Traders will play in the Class B state amateur championship game for the first time in club history at 2 p.m. Sunday at Cadwell Park, following the Class A championship between the Harrisburg Woodies and Renner Monarchs. The last Clark team to reach a Class B state championship game was the Clark Cubs 41 years ago.
"We were down early, just like we have been in every single game this tournament, and the guys just stuck with it," Clark active manager and third-base coach David Grantham said. "The perseverance, the patience, and again, the breaks were going our way. They all believe in themselves and each other."

#class #early

The Chicago Bears took on the Cleveland Browns in their first preseason game of 2026. This group came into training camp motivated and ready to work in hopes of improving on the great season they had a year ago.
Having a better start to the year could be the difference between them winning the division and trailing all year. It starts with a strong training camp and preseason. Saturday provided a good start as the Bears defeated the Browns, 34-10.
Head coach Ben Johnson doesn't struggle to get everyone on the team to play hard, and it showed in the victory. There were sloppy moments at times, which is expected during this time of year, but everyone came together for a good overall showing.
Here are our grades for the offense, defense, special teams and coaching staff following the Bears' preseason opener.
Chicago's offense took a second to get going in the first quarter. Quarterback Tyson Bagent looked a little bit out of sync, and they had a hard time driving the ball down the field. Eventually, however, Bagent started to find his rhythm, which allowed him to get the Bears back in the game after going down 10-0.

#first #came

Indiana Fever schedule: Next five games, standings and latest team update originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Indiana Fever are entering one of the most important stretches of their 2026 season. Indiana will play its next five games on the road, traveling through four different time zones and facing multiple teams fighting for playoff position. The demanding trip begins Sunday against the Atlanta Dream and concludes one week later against the Chicago Sky.
The Fever enter the road trip with a 22-12 record, a three-game winning streak and sole possession of first place in the Eastern Conference. They also sit fourth in the overall WNBA standings, trailing only the Minnesota Lynx, Golden State Valkyries and Las Vegas Aces.
Here is everything to know about Indiana's upcoming schedule, latest results and position in the standings.
All times Eastern.

#fever #eastern #schedule

NEW YORK (AP) — Francisco Lindor's RBI single capped a ninth-inning rally, lifting the New York Mets to a 5-4 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday.
With the Mets trailing 4-3, Brett Baty worked a leadoff walk against Yovanny Cruz (0-1). Jorge Polanco, who was in a 7-for-71 slump since coming off the injured list July 7, singled before Baty scored on Francisco Alvarez's double.
After A.J. Ewing struck out, Lindor singled over drawn-in right fielder Dylan Crews to complete the Mets' sixth walk-off win of the season. The winning hit provided redemption for Lindor, who was thrown out at second trying to advance on a pitch in the dirt in the eighth.
Jefry Yan (1-0) threw 1 2/3 perfect innings for the win. He punctuated all three strikeouts with his high-flying leap celebration.
Jared Young had a two-run double in the first off Nationals starter Brad Lord, who walked four and threw 44 pitches while getting just two outs. Carson Benge homered in the sixth and also threw out Andrew Pinckney trying to score from third on Crews' fly out an inning later.

#threw #york #nationals

It is Day 29 of our 100-day countdown to kickoff. We are looking back at the 100 most iconic games in Dallas Cowboys history. The countdown will leads us right up to the opening game of 2026. Our look back doesn't depend on just one criteria for our rankings. We take into consideration things like how big the game was for the organization, how memorable the game was, games that had unusual events take place, games that are a part of NFL lore, Cowboys firsts, and games where the Cowboys just plain dominated. Variety is the spice of life and we have all different kind of Cowboys games to review. At the bottom, we'll link each day of the countdown so you can go back and check out any you missed.
We got a big one for you on Day 29 of our 100-day countdown to kickoff, when we revisit one of the most remarkable comeback wins in Cowboys history. It was a game that should have ended in defeat. Tony Romo threw five interceptions, lost a fumble and watched the Bills return two interceptions for touchdowns. Yet with just 20 seconds remaining, Dallas somehow completed an unforgettable rally.
The Cowboys, who had started the game undefeated, appeared to be on track to become Super Bowl contenders. However, Buffalo had other plans. George Wilson returned Romo's first interception for a touchdown, and later Chris Kelsay scored another touchdown on a 103-yard interception return after Romo targeted Terrell Owens in the end zone. A Rian Lindell field goal added to the Bills' lead, making it 17-7. Despite this, Jason Witten caught a late touchdown to cut the deficit to 17-10 at halftime.
Dallas struggled to build momentum after the break. Nick Folk connected from 47 and 29 yards, but every time the Cowboys appeared to be climbing back into the game, Buffalo answered. Terrence McGee returned the ensuing kickoff 103 yards for a touchdown following Folk's second field goal, restoring an 11-point Bills advantage and leaving Dallas trailing 24-13 heading into the fourth quarter.
Despite the turnovers, Romo never stopped attacking. Folk added another field goal early in the final quarter to make it 24-16 before the Cowboys' defense came alive. Dallas forced consecutive punts and gave the offense one final opportunity with less than two minutes remaining.

#dallas #game #touchdown

So early, so clutch.
The new-look Mililani Trojans turned to some old staples to rally for a 31-24 win over Nevada powerhouse Liberty on a soggy Friday night at John Kauinana Stadium.
Trailing 24-14 at the half with electrifying new wide receiver Zion White sidelined by an ankle injury, Mililani's defense came up with two fourth-down stops. A crucial 35-yard strike from new quarterback Hunter Fujikawa to Bless Cabrera-Hopkins set up a 1-yard TD run by Toa Sam to give the Trojans a 31-24 lead with 2:10 remaining.
Liberty's dangerous offense was ready for a down-to-the-wire finish, but Mililani defensive lineman Lincoln Uiagalelei read a middle-screen pass and came up with the interception to seal the win with 1:21 left.
"He still has never dropped a pass," Cabrera-Hopkins said, referring to his TD pass to Uiagalelei last year.

#uiagalelei

The Detroit Tigers have unveiled a dramatically altered starting lineup for Saturday afternoon's critical game against the Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park.
Facing left-hander Anthony Kay, manager A.J. Hinch has moved Hao-Yu Lee into the No. 2 spot, placed Dillon Dingler at designated hitter and moved Kevin McGonigle down from No. 3 to cleanup. Rookie catcher Eduardo Valencia will bat fifth and handle Troy Melton behind the plate.
Detroit enters the game at 60-62, trailing first-place Chicago by 3.5 games in the American League Central.
Here is how the Tigers will line up against Kay:
Gleyber Torres, 2B

#white

While Bayonne romped its way to a pair of victories in the Little League Metro Regional this week, the 12-year-old All Stars from Hudson County approached the championship game from a different vantage point.
Trailing 4-0 after the top of the first inning in Bristol, Connecticut, Bayonne rallied three different times to finally tie the game, 6-6, in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Then, with a single by Jett Bridges, Bayonne took its first lead of the night, 7-6. Chase Klimkowski, the starting pitcher for Bayonne, drove in an insurance run next, and Bayonne star Mason Rincon, who also pitched in relief, finished the sixth inning with a strikeout and two groundouts. He fielded the final grounder back to him, then tossed the ball to Leandro Anaya, the first baseman, to record the last out.
The 8-6 final gave Bayonne the regional championship and propelled the team to the Little League World Series for the first time in the peninsula city's history.
"We got punched in the face, but we were able to punch back and stand together as we went through the finish line," said Gabe Garcia Sr., an ******* istant coach, whose son is the shortstop and leadoff hitter. "The kids are super ecstatic. I don't think it's hit them."

#first #little #regional #game

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

Networking equipment and software provider Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) is one of Cramer's favorite stocks. In fact, as far back as February 2025, the CNBC TV host remarked that going against Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) and its CEO meant an "invitation to your funeral." The shares are up by 49% over the past year and by 52% year-to-date. Over the month, they are up by 11.5% and closed 3.6% higher on August 5th, the day after Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET)'s second quarter earnings report. Yet, as the shares dipped on the 6th, Cramer called the move profit taking:
"I was talking to Jayshree Ullal yesterday, for ANET, which is just a fantastic company, had an amazing quarter. And she's on the board of Snowflake. And I just said, no one noticed that Snowflake just goes up and up and up. That's the kind of thing that is coming up for profit taking taking today. As is ANET. As is Arista. And I just say, okay, wait a second, this is a take your breath moment. These companies are all doing really, really well. Or they have, like the long term agreement kind of thing with Western Digital. This is a profit taking thing, Carl. And I think that this is blessed. You want this."
Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) reported $3.04 billion in revenue and $1.02 in earnings per share for its second quarter and beat ***** yst estimates for both. The firm's third quarter revenue forecast of $3.3 billion also beat the estimates. With Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) counting tech giant such as Microsoft and Amazon, the healthy results indicated the strength of the ongoing AI buildout. The strength of the buildout and the firm's role in it is also key to the investment debate. With Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET)'s competency in Ethernet networks, a faster switch to the technology can help the firm. Additionally, the firm also benefits from strong margins (63.4% non-GAAP gross margin in Q2) courtesy of its software model. Yet, at the same time, the fact that Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) relies on a few big-tech customers, which might switch to custom products creates risk that might not be reflected through the forward P/E of 46.73.
Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW), on the other hand, is a classic software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm. It enables data management and warehousing. Its data business benefits the firm in today's AI era, as it enables users to use their own data to create AI models. Consequently, Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW)'s net revenue retention (NRR) was 126% in its FY27Q1. Additionally, the firm had 779 customers with trailing 12-month product revenue greater than $1 million in the same quarter. While these figures point towards a robust business, if spending slows due to concerns about AI's returns or if platforms such as DataBricks and Google's BigQuery step up competition, the firm could struggle. For a firm with a forward. P/E of 169, there's little room for error.

#software

Republican Senate candidate Michele Tafoya, a former sportscaster, said Wednesday that voters told her it was "embarrassing" to be from Minnesota, amid progressive candidates' wins across the state.
In an appearance on Fox News's "America Reports," host John Roberts asked Tafoya about polling that showed her trailing her opponent, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a progressive who netted the Democratic nomination.
"The cards are stacked against you, it would seem," Roberts said. "No question, you've got a big hill to climb there."
"Minnesotans are exhausted, and John, quite frankly, they're embarrassed. I have talked to hundreds of voters in Minnesota who have told me, 'Gosh, I went on vacation this summer. I didn't want to tell people where I was from because it's embarrassing.' And it's true," she said, detailing how Democrats in the North Star State are wary of shifts in the party toward socialism.
Democrats are set to begin the Minnesota Senate general election with an advantage, according to the early polling from Mason-Dixon Polling & Research. It did not poll specific candidates but reported that Democrats lead Republicans on the generic ballot in the Senate race, 49 percent to 41 percent.

#polling

Management has raised its full-year earnings outlook twice, and the segment doing most of the lifting is still short of its own target margin.
CVS Health (CVS) stock has returned 0.2% over the past three months while the S&P 500 returned 4.6%, a strange pause for a stock up 50.6% over the trailing twelve months. The earnings power underneath the stock did not pause. The upside case rests on one repair still in progress through deliberate management actions: the margin recovery at Aetna, its health benefits business.
Aetna's Turnaround Kept Delivering Through June
The starting point matters: on the first-quarter call in May, the company said its Medicare business improved significantly in 2025 and still generated an adjusted operating loss. Year-over-year improvement in adjusted operating income at Aetna was more than $1 billion through the March quarter and more than $2 billion through the June quarter. That is one lever measured twice, moving one way. The mechanism management describes is unglamorous: two years of deliberate coordinated actions at Aetna, progress in the geographic footprint and product mix, top Medicare Star Ratings (which drive performance bonus payouts), and a Medicare business the company now says is ahead of expectations.
The Guidance Raise Is Bigger Than Its One-Time Help

#medicare

Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) posted year-to-date fiscal 2026 net income of $1.2 billion, or $7.33 per diluted share, a 14.5% increase over the prior-year period, according to the company's Q3 2026 earnings call held August 6. Management reaffirmed full-year earnings guidance of $8.40 to $8.50 per share. That combination, steady growth plus an unchanged outlook, usually reads as a quiet quarter. The details underneath it are anything but.
Atmos added nearly 51,000 new customers in the 12 months ending June 30, with almost 39,000 of those in Texas. The company also picked up 12 new industrial customers so far this fiscal year, expected to consume roughly 950,000 Mcf annually once fully operational, which management said is volumetrically equivalent to adding 18,000 residential customers. That is a meaningful load increase from a small customer count. Texas itself is doing heavy lifting here. The state added 30 Fortune 500 companies in 2026, bringing its total to 57, the highest level since 2010, and job growth outpaced the national rate over the trailing 12 months.
On the infrastructure side, Atmos Pipeline Texas is running several projects at once southeast of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, including 29 miles of 36-inch pipeline connecting two compressor stations to the Tri-City storage facility, plus a new compressor station in Carthage and the final 15-mile phase of a project that completes a 92-mile pipeline loop. All of it is slated to be in service by the end of the calendar year. Regulatory mechanics are working in the company's favor too. This month Atmos will file for $160 million to $165 million in Rider REV revenue credits for the period running November 1, 2026 through October 31, 2027, which, if approved, would bring ***** ulative customer savings under that mechanism to more than $300 million since November 2023. The balance sheet backs it up: 60% equity capitalization as of June 30, no short-term debt outstanding, and $4.6 billion in available liquidity.
Not everything in the print is a tailwind. A big piece of this year's earnings growth came from unusually wide spreads on APT's through-system gas transport business, which averaged $4.66 over the first nine months of fiscal 2026 versus $1.77 a year earlier. Management said those spreads have narrowed significantly since June, as new pipeline takeaway capacity came online, some of it earlier than expected. That is the exact dynamic that inflated the prior comparison, now working in reverse.

#atmos #earnings #Growth

On August 6, Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) reported its second-quarter fiscal 2026 results, where revenue climbed 10% year-over-year to $153.8 million, gross margin hit a record 34.9%, and orders jumped 49% to $201.3 million, with a book-to-bill ratio of 1.31x. The company also flagged data center demand as a rising piece of its story. So is this durable, or a single strong quarter dressed up as a trend?
The breadth of the quarter stands out. Industrial revenue rose 17%, Aerospace & Defense grew 16%, and Medical increased 9% on demand for surgical robotics and other precision motion work. Data center and infrastructure sales, part of the Industrial bucket, reached $16.3 million, or 10.6% of total revenue, up 60% from a year earlier. On a trailing 12-month basis, those sales hit $57.1 million, up 69% year over year, tied to power quality products like harmonic filters and line reactors that help data centers manage increasingly dense electrical loads.
Profitability improved just as sharply. Operating income rose to $15.6 million from $11.7 million, pushing operating margin to 10.2%, the highest level in roughly a decade. Net income jumped 85% to $10.4 million, or $0.61 per diluted share, while adjusted EBITDA rose 18% to $23.7 million. Backlog ended the quarter at $298 million, with most of it expected to convert to revenue within three to nine months, giving management a clearer read on the back half of the year.
The Vehicle market was the exception to an otherwise strong quarter, with revenue falling 7% on weaker powersports demand. Aerospace & Defense growth of 16% also came despite the previously announced cancellation of the M10 Booker program, a reminder that individual defense contracts can disappear even as the broader segment grows. Management itself cautioned that the record gross margin benefited from favorable mix, and mix can be lumpy, meaning quarter-to-quarter variability should be expected even if the structural trend holds.
Restructuring and business realignment costs, tied partly to the Dothan facility transition, came in at $600,000 for the quarter and are expected to total $2 million to $3 million for the full year. Inventory turnover slipped slightly to 3.1x from 3.2x in 2025, reflecting deliberate investments in inventory and strategic material buys to support growth and hedge against tariff uncertainty. The company also noted it has submitted or expects to submit about $1.3 million in tariff refund claims tied to IEEPA, but hasn't recorded any receivable given the uncertainty around timing and amount.

#defense

Kentucky will face Ohio tonight in the championship game of the Great Lakes Region Tournament in the Little League World Series.
Ohio won 11-4 the first time the teams met on Monday, Aug. 10. That was the most recent game for West Side Little League, the Hampton, Ohio, squad that remains unbeaten at 3-0 entering the ******* le game. Its Monday win clinched a berth in the championship game.
North Oldham Little League, Kentucky's representative out of La Grange, defeated Indiana 8-5 on Tuesday, Aug. 11, to advance to the championship. That game, which began at 1 p.m. ET, did not finish until roughly 8:15 p.m. due to multiple weather delays.
After trailing Jasper National Little League (IN) 4-1 in the fourth inning, Kentucky found four runs in the fifth and another three in the sixth to capture the win. Indiana added one run in the fifth to finish with five. North Oldham used one pitcher for the entire contest. Easton Craig kept Kentucky's season alive with 75 pitches over the course of the day.
The winner of this single-elimination game will advance to the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

#World

Coupang Inc. (NYSE:CPNG) reported results on August 4 for the quarter ended June 30, and its two headline numbers point in opposite directions. Net revenues rose 4% year over year to $8.9 billion, or 10% on a constant currency basis, while the company swung to an operating loss of $556 million from a profit a year earlier. Roughly $410 million of that came from administrative fines in South Korea, but even excluding the fines, operating results still fell $295 million short of last year. Growth and profitability moved apart this quarter, and that split now defines the stock's story.
Coupang's newer businesses are growing much faster than its core marketplace. The Developing Offerings segment posted net revenues of $1.4 billion, up 20% year-over-year on a reported basis and 24% on a constant currency basis, and its adjusted EBITDA loss narrowed by $16 million from a year ago, a sign those newer bets are moving toward breakeven rather than away from it. Product Commerce, the core retail and grocery business, still added customers, with active customers reaching 24.7 million, up 3% year over year.
That growth is coming from a strategy built around proprietary logistics rather than a marketplace model borrowed from elsewhere. Coupang runs its own end-to-end infrastructure for its Rocket Fresh grocery service and has pushed into luxury goods through its Farfetch acquisition, layering new categories onto the fast delivery network it already built across South Korea and Taiwan. The company also generated $34.5 billion in revenue for 2025, up roughly 14% from the prior year, a reminder that the growth story predates this particular quarter.
The damage was not confined to the fines. Gross profit fell 3% year-over-year to $2.5 billion, and gross margin slipped 188 basis points to 28.2%. Inside Product Commerce, adjusted EBITDA fell $281 million from last year to $382 million, with margin down 390 basis points to 5.1%. Company-wide adjusted EBITDA margin came in at just 1.8%, down 318 basis points, so even the version of profitability that strips out one-time items is shrinking.
Cash generation is thinning too. Trailing twelve-month operating cash flow fell $484 million to $1.4 billion, and free cash flow dropped to just $105 million, down $679 million from a year earlier. That is a steep decline for a company that still spent $459 million buying back 23.2 million shares during the quarter. Coupang's profitability has historically run thin even in good years, with 2025 net income of about $208 million translating to a net margin near 0.6%, while stock-based compensation made up roughly 26.8% of operating cash flow that year.

#billion

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) just added another name to its growing list of AI infrastructure customers. On August 6, the company announced an expanded partnership with MiTAC Computing Technology Corp., a subsidiary of MiTAC Holdings Corporation, to deploy a fuel cell microgrid at MiTAC's AI server manufacturing campus in Fremont, California. It is a small deal in isolation, but it fits a pattern that has turned Bloom into one of the more talked-about names in the AI power trade.
The MiTAC expansion builds on an existing installation at the company's San Jose facility, and it will run as an islanded microgrid, meaning it operates independent of the local grid entirely. That matters because manufacturers building AI servers are running into the same power bottlenecks as the data centers buying their products. Bloom's Chief Commercial Officer Aman Joshi noted the company now serves nearly two dozen AI infrastructure customers with about 250 megawatts of contracted capacity, up from nearly zero just two years ago. Fuel cells generate power through an electrochemical process rather than combustion, which sidesteps permitting delays, water constraints and noise limits that can slow down traditional generation.
That growth shows up in the numbers too. Bloom's backlog reached $20 billion at the start of 2026, and product orders within that backlog rose 140% year over year, according to ****** ysis from Reuben Gregg Brewer published August 5. The company posted its first billion-dollar revenue quarter, and management raised full-year 2026 guidance to a range of $3.9 billion to $4.2 billion, per ****** ysis from Steven Porrello also published August 5. Wall Street currently expects revenue to more than triple over the next two years, and Bloom was profitable in both the first and second quarters of 2026.
The service portion of that backlog, roughly $14 billion of the $20 billion total, is the more durable piece of the business, since every fuel cell sold locks in an annuity-like service contract. But Brewer's ****** ysis points out that Bloom's overall profitability only turned positive in 2026, after losses in 2024 and 2025 even while the services business alone stayed profitable since 2024.
The stock has also been volatile. Shares are up roughly 500% over the trailing year but have pulled back about 35% from their highs, trading near $218 after touching roughly $345. Brewer argues that much of the good news already appears priced in, and that only aggressive growth investors should consider buying after such a rapid move. Even on a forward basis, Porrello notes the stock trades around 11 times next fiscal year's expected sales, a multiple that still ****** umes the AI buildout keeps accelerating without interruption.

#power #backlog #Analysis

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) just moved a step closer to expanding one of its most recognizable brands. On August 4, the FDA accepted for review a supplemental Biologics License Application for Botox Cosmetic to treat masseter muscle prominence, the jaw-muscle bulge that can give a face a wider, squarer look. If cleared, Botox Cosmetic would become the first and only neurotoxin approved for that use in the US and the fifth aesthetic indication for a drug that already anchors AbbVie's fastest-growing units.
The filing rests on two Phase 3 studies, M21-416 and M21-417, both of which hit their main goal and showed statistically significant improvement in masseter prominence against a placebo, with p-values of 0.0046 and 0.0014. Twice as many treated patients called themselves satisfied compared with the placebo group, and the safety data lined up with Botox's long track record, with no new red flags. That is the AbbVie playbook in miniature: squeeze another approved use out of a drug it already owns rather than starting from zero.
The broader business backs that pattern up. In the quarter ended June 30, net revenue came in just under $17 billion, up more than 10% year over year, with immunology sales climbing 15% on Skyrizi and Rinvoq and neuroscience revenue jumping more than 20%. Management raised its full-year outlook for the second time this year, and the Humira patent-cliff drag that weighed on results for two years now looks largely behind the company.
Most of AbbVie's US product sales still flow through just three wholesale distributors, McKesson, Cardinal Health, and Cencora, a concentration that leaves the company exposed if any one relationship sours. The balance sheet carries real leverage too: a debt-to-equity ratio of roughly -21.1x as of its December 2025 filing means liabilities outweigh shareholder equity outright, and a current ratio near 0.7x offers less short-term cushion than many healthcare peers hold.
Patent protection for Skyrizi and Rinvoq remains a multi-year risk, and the Inflation Reduction Act already allows government price negotiation on products including Imbruvica and, notably, Botox itself. The pending $10.9 billion Apogee Therapeutics acquisition adds fresh debt and integration risk on top of that. Oncology revenue slipped almost 2% in the latest quarter, and the stock's 8% gain this year has trailed the S&P 500's 13%, with a trailing P/E near 70 that mostly reflects acquisition-related charges rather than the underlying business.

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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson's major league-record errorless streak at the position is over at 112 games after he made an errant throw in the eighth inning against Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.
Wilson threw wide of Donovan Walton at second base. It came with the A's trailing 9-2, and the Rays scored three times in the eighth to take a 12-2 lead.
It was Wilson's first error since July 6, 2025, and the ninth in his career over 231 games.
Wilson, 24, on Sunday surpassed Mike Bordick's shortstop errorless record of 110 games. His father, Jack Wilson, played 12 years in the majors, also at shortstop.
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#shortstop #errorless #eighth #west

The Yankees are struggling offensively. The Yankees do not hit with runners in scoring position. The Yankees have been too homer-reliant. All three of these tenets are true, especially since the injury bug swept through the Bronx and left them more vulnerable than they've been in several years.
All of their wins and losses are decided by one or two runs. They get excellent pitching, but regardless of the quality of the opposing starter, they often fail to dent home plate due to their middling healthy power options and their struggles with RISP. Since June 18th, they have been batting an absolutely dreadful .170 in these situations, by far the worst in baseball. They are also striking out a league-high 29.4 percent in these spots, limiting opportunities for productive outs.
This game was going like all the others. They squandered three massive opportunities with runners in scoring position off Bryan Woo early on before going down in order in three consecutive innings. Now trailing 1-0 after one measly run scored off a sharp Ryan Weathers, they got one more chance in the seventh and didn't let it go to waste. Two unlikely sources provided two great pieces of hitting to small ball their way to a four-run inning and a 4-1 win.
Weathers started this one out looking to continue the good vibes he's had on the ****** p lately and quickly retired the first two he faced before jumping ahead 0-2 on Julio Rodriguez before throwing four straight ****** and walking him. Things might've gotten hairy with a Dominic Canzone grounder that hit the second base bag if not for a stellar barehanded play by George Lombard Jr., who continues to be a savant defensively.
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#yankees #runners #position

Aug. 11—Chauncey Wiggins gave Florida State's upset bid a jolt of life with 37 seconds left during an ACC Tournament quarterfinal game against top-ranked Duke last March.
With the Seminoles trailing 80-77, Wiggins received the ball on the right corner and went to work on Duke's Cameron Boozer, backing the Naismith Award winner down until he got to his spot outside of the paint. That's when Wiggins used his long frame to pull up over the sturdy, 6-foot-10 center, and sink a 13-foot step back shot that trimmed the Blue Devils' lead to one.
The clutch jumper represented the 967th and 968th points of Wiggins' career — the last ones he'd score as a college basketball player. Or so he thought.
Florida State came out on the wrong end against Duke, losing 80-79, and subsequently turned down an invitation to play in the NIT, signaling the end of Wiggins' college journey.
The wing was prepared to turn the page, fulfilled with how his four college seasons played out. He made consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances at Clemson, playing key bench minutes for the 2023-24 team that advanced to the Elite Eight. Under first-year Florida State coach Luke Loucks, he averaged double figures for a group that claimed the Seminoles' first winning ACC record since 2020-21. He nearly eclipsed the 1,000-point milestone, posted a career win-loss record of 92-45 and earned academic honors at Clemson in 2024.

#seminoles #clemson #last

Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez, a former Barcelona and ******* nal star, has signed with CF Montreal through at least the 2027 season, the Major League Soccer club announced on Tuesday.
The 37-year-old winger, a two-time Copa America champion with Chile, has also made stops at Manchester United, Inter Milan and Marseille and spent last season with La Liga side Sevilla.
"I'm very happy to join CF Montreal and take on this new challenge," Sanchez said. "I'm grateful to the club for the confidence they've shown in me and I'm eager to put my experience to work so that we can reach our objectives and create memorable moments for our supporters."
With four wins and four draws from 18 MLS matches, Montreal sits 14th in the 15-team Eastern Conference and are third-worst in the league overall with only Atlanta and Kansas City trailing.
CF Montreal senior director Luca Saputo hopes the deal, which has a club option for the 2027-28 season, will begin a turnaround for the Canadian club.

#sanchez #chilean #arsenal

ARDMORE, Pa. – Having just finished 36 holes of stroke play at this 126th U.S. Amateur in 2 over par, Luke Poulter walked out of the scoring tent behind Merion's 18th hole on Tuesday afternoon and exclaimed, "I'm going to need a miracle."
His caddie has seen miracles around this place before.
Florida head coach J.C. Deacon, who is on the bag for his star rising senior, reached the semifinals of the 2005 U.S. Amateur at Merion before his opponent, Dillon Dougherty, won each of the last two holes with improbable shots that still get Deacon emotional thinking about them.
"I went from winning and playing in the Masters to it being over just like that," Deacon said.
Trailing Deacon 1 down with two holes to play, Dougherty missed the green left at the par-3 17th, prompting Deacon to say to himself on the long walk down to the green, I'm going to the Masters. But Dougherty then chipped in for birdie to win the hole and tie the match. On the next hole, the par-4 18th, Dougherty hit the broadcast booth with his approach and faced a 50-yard shot from a nasty lie. But again, Dougherty produced some magic, hitting a full flop that clanked off the flagstick to stone dead.

#holes #masters

JB Global Capital, an investment firm, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund declined 12.1% in Q2, largely driven by Alibaba, its largest holding. However, since inception on January 3, 2023, the fund has returned 109.7%, compared with 94.4% for the S&P 500. Additionally, please check the fund's top five holdings to know its best picks in 2026.
In its Q2 2026 investor letter, JB Global Capital highlighted Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU). Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) designs, distributes, and retails athletic apparel, footwear, and accessories. On August 10, 2026, Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) closed at $127.80 per share. The one-month return of Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) was 8.93%, and its shares lost 33.76% over the past 52 weeks. Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) has a market capitalization of $14.51 billion.
JB Global Capital stated the following regarding Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) in its Q2 2026 investor letter:
"In September 2025, I published Investment Case: Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU), calling the stock compelling value at $162 per share. The thesis rested on a business trading well below what its fundamentals justified: a debt-free balance sheet, 58% gross margins against a 33% industry average, and a brand strong enough to sustain 37% operating margins in both North America and mainland China. Triangulating across a DCF, relative comps to Nike and Adidas, and net ***** et value, I arrived at a fair value range of $194-280 per share. Today, the stock trades at roughly $123 per share, 24% below my initial entry.
So what went wrong? Two things: one about my own process, and one about how little of the future can be known in advance. The first is the limits of backward-looking ***** ysis. My thesis leaned heavily on trailing financials that were real, but historical. Since then, gross margin has compressed, operating margin has contracted, and ROE is down nearly 10% from a year ago. None of this means the business is broken. The balance sheet is still debt-free with $1.5 billion in cash, margins remain well above most apparel peers, and I still hold the position at roughly 9% of the portfolio. But it's a reminder that heavily underwriting the past for an exceptional business is an easy way to end up underwater on a position.…" (Click here to read the full text)

#lululemon #athletica #investor

For the second year in a row, the West Side Little League team based in Hamilton, Ohio, is one win away from a berth in the Little League World Series.
West Side used its potent offense to get past North Oldham 11-4 in the Great Lakes Region winner's bracket semifinals. Since the start of the Ohio Little League state tournament, West Side has scored double-digit runs in six of its last eight games.
The Great Lakes Region championship game is 7 p.m. Aug. 12 and will be broadcast on ESPN2. West Side will either face Jasper National (Indiana), which it previously beat 11-0, or it will have a rematch with North Oldham.
The Little League World Series begins on Wednesday, Aug. 19, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The winner of the Great Lakes Region will face the Mountain Region champion at 2 p.m. on Aug. 20. West Side last went to the LLWS in 2021, when it advanced all the way to the finals.
Trailing North Oldham 3-1 in the top of the second inning, West Side put up nine runs to take a commanding lead. The first two runs scored on a walk and a wild pitch. Boone Treadway, son of Badin head coach Brion Treadway, tripled home two more runs. Leo Feltner and Josiah Infante both had RBI doubles before Xander Kinkade capped the inning with a two-run home run.

#lakes #runs

With the first week of NFL preseason kicking off this week, Nate Davis of USA TODAY Sports has released his updated NFL power rankings.
Davis is giving the Denver Broncos a lot of respect, ranking them third overall, only trailing the Los Angeles Rams (No. 1) and Seattle Seahawks (No. 2). By his estimation, Denver's the team to beat in the AFC this fall.
"You can make a legitimate case that at least half of the AFC's teams have a bona fide shot to reach the Super Bowl − which, conversely, also suggests none of them exactly seem like heavyweights well positioned to compete with the NFC's elite," Davis wrote for USA TODAY. "But the Broncos were probably one key injury away from going to Super Bowl 60 and might be even better in Year 3 of the Sean Payton-Bo Nix era, the latter healthy once again.
Elsewhere in the AFC West, the Kansas City Chiefs are ranked No. 14, the Los Angeles Chargers are ranked No. 16 and the Las Vegas Raiders are ranked No. 28. To view the complete power rankings, visit USATODAY.com.
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