Author: Max Smith
USC v WashingtonUSC point guard Isaiah Collier, projected to be a top-five pick before the NCAA season and still considered a likely lottery pick, has decided to enter the NBA Draft. His agent confirmed this to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski..Collier was always viewed as a one-and-end player, but the Trojans are going through a lot of changes with USC coach Andy Enfield leaving for SMU (Including the departure of Bronny James.). Collier has put up solid numbers this season, averaging 16.3 points and 4.3 assists per game and shooting 33.8 percent from 3-point range.Collier is a 6-foot-5 point guard with an…
Track and field will become the first sport to receive direct cash payments for Olympic gold medals, the federation announced Wednesday.For decades, the Olympics have promoted the ideal of amateurism. This tournament prided itself on being a tournament where elite athletes competed solely for the joy of representing their country.Amateurism was touted as the best way to keep the sport clean, fair, and honest. “Professionalism” was looked down upon as vulgar and mercenary. However, over the past 30 years, the concept of amateurism in the Olympics has been fading away as professional athletes were allowed to participate.World Athletics, the global…
Over the past few decades, cyber attackers have increasingly used newer and more sophisticated methods to exploit system vulnerabilities and wreak havoc on markets. However, for fear of losing competitive advantage, organizations are notorious for downplaying the impact of these attacks, misleading investors and resulting in stock prices that do not accurately represent the risk landscape. is. In response to these reporting discrepancies, the U.S. SEC updated its Cybersecurity Reporting Regulations in July 2023 with the aim of creating a standardized disclosure framework and promoting higher levels of transparency. has been published. As of December 2023, public companies…
Image: Ollie Reynolds / Nintendo LifeWhen it comes to relaxing games, you probably already have a good idea of what they are and what they include. Perhaps it's a cheerful farming sim like Stardew Valley or Story of Seasons, a laid-back puzzle like Unpacking, or a cute adventure like A Short Hike.The point is that many of us have a preconception that games are relaxing. should It looks like, but if it was Ryan Janes “The most relaxing video game” Any book is fine, but blissful relaxation can be found in the most unlikely genre imaginable. The Most Relaxing Video…
Sign up for breaking news emails to get real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up for free breaking news emails”This is how the world ends,” wrote TS Eliot. “It wasn't a thud, it was more like a whimper.” Now, in the case of Bethesda's famous video game series, and now the big-budget TV show on Amazon. fall outbefore every cry, a lot of bangs. This is a nuclear war that started in an alternate reality in 2296, and it looks like some kind of technologically advanced version of his 1960s, apocalyptic (for pedants, mid-apocalyptic) story.…
According to a recent report from Ampere Analysis, video games are poised to supplant comics as the most popular series for film adaptation. In a study conducted in March 2024, From comics to games: The transformation of Hollywood film adaptation, a British research firm, has found that 2023 will be a turning point in the IP battle. Last year, live-action video game adaptations saw a significant increase in popularity overall, while manga-based content slumped. Ampere uses a metric based on average global consumer search volume on the Internet for both film and television projects to track its so-called “popularity score.”…
“Game On” is The Fly's weekly recap of the stories that strengthen or undermine video game stocks. 'Helldivers' drives UK sales: Earlier this week, Gamesindustry.biz's Christopher Dring said: report UK game sales rose 26% year-on-year in March, and the company announced a 7% increase in first-quarter game sales in the UK. Mr. Dring is Sony's (Sony) multiplayer shooter Helldivers 2 is currently trending ahead of sales of Sony's 2023 hit Spider-Man 2, eight weeks after its release. On the other hand, Capcom's (coy) “Dragon’s Dogma 2” surpassed Square Enix (SQNXF) According to Dring, “Final Fantasy VII: A Realm was a…
A very strange thing happened last year.I'm completely hooked The Last of Us. Why is that strange you ask? Well, up until that point my video game experience was limited to: Nintengs and Mario and Sonic at the Olympics On Wii. I'm not really into video games, so the thought of sitting down to watch his 10-part series based on video games filled me with dread. Still, within three minutes I was hooked. I had to google the differences between the series and the games and absolutely have to find out what happened next for Ellie and Joel. And I…
Jennifer Rayner's love of talking to participants led her to offer 401(k) plan advice. That interest of hers is evident in her latest venture, a financial engagement workplace program aimed at helping people with the emotional side of money.“We are an engagement tool,” Rayner says. “We don't do financial consolidation, we don't do budgeting, we don't do coaching, because as far as I can tell, there's a lot of that out there… It’s about supporting the mental health side and helping people feel better, more confident and emotionally engaged with their money.”Mr. Rayner has worked with plan sponsor clients and…
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