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The Baltimore Ravens were the best team in the NFL last season, and they are one of the few teams that could, on paper, compete with the Kansas City Chiefs.If this matchup were to happen again in the AFC Championship Game, no one should complain.An exciting first game of the NFL regular season took place on Thursday night. The Ravens had a chance to win late. Lamar Jackson looked leaner and faster and played like his usual self. He rushed for his 14th 100 yards, a record for a quarterback. He put the Ravens in touchdown position late in a…

Patrick Mahomes often says that while growing up in Whitehouse, Texas, “football was my third sport.”He lists baseball and basketball as his more important interests in his youth. His friends believe he was good at basketball, even though his professional future was limited because he was about 6’2”. He played football and baseball at Texas Tech, of course, but was also drafted by the Detroit Tigers. He also played golf, competed in the high jump, and tried his hand at any sport.All of this makes his quest to become the greatest player in football history all the more incredible, but…

Subscribe to McCoy & Van NoyThe 2024 NFL regular season finally kicks off this Thursday night with the Baltimore Ravens visiting the Kansas City Chiefs.Gerald McCoy and Kyle Van Noy are excited to start the season, and in this episode, they take a look at the reigning NFC champion San Francisco 49ers, who have had an eventful offseason following a Super Bowl loss and multiple contract disputes. While WR Brandon Aiyuk is signed to a long-term deal, superstar LT Trent Williams is unsigned and has not participated in training camp or practice with the team. The two discuss the importance…

Listen and subscribe to Financial Freestyle on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts.Starting a business is not easy, and it’s common for Black entrepreneurs to feel alone in their journey when they first get started.But there is a wide range of resources available to business owners, many of which don’t require a lot of additional capital to acquire.Joy Butts, senior business consultant at JPMorgan Chase, told Ross Mac on Yahoo Finance’s Financial Freestyle (watch the video above or listen to the video below) that a community of entrepreneurs is one of the most important resources someone…

U.S. stocks ended mixed on Friday as hopes of a rate cut faded, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rallied above the 42,000 mark to close at another all-time high.The S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell 0.2% after the benchmark index closed at an all-time high on Thursday, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index (^IXIC) ended down 0.4%.Despite a lackluster start on Friday, major stock indexes ended the week higher. Much of that gain was driven by a market surge on Thursday, when investors bought into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s message that the central bank’s big interest rate cuts were…

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is likely to face bipartisan fire this week if, as expected, he signals that the fight against inflation is nearing an end with the first interest rate cut in four years.That seems perfectly fine with him.Of course, political winds can change quickly, but the Fed chairman is in a stronger position than expected: the central bank he oversees seems likely to be able to neutralize criticism in the coming days, even as it approaches the climax of a year in which it has had to deal not only with a complex economic situation but also with…

Robinhood (HOOD) co-founder and CEO Vladimir Tenev is dismissing concerns from some in the market that the Fed’s interest rate cuts will hurt the company’s performance in 2025.”As you may recall, we went public in a zero interest rate environment and we did extremely well in a zero interest rate environment. Volume was positive, we were growing 300-400% annually,” Tenev told Yahoo Finance at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia and Technology Conference on Tuesday.Robinhood told analysts on its second-quarter earnings call that the Fed’s 25 basis point interest rate cut would reduce revenue by $40 million. The decline in revenue reflected…

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) alleges that SpaceX committed three safety violations by failing to comply with license requirements for two space launches in 2023. If the full fine is assessed, SpaceX could be on the hook for $633,009, according to an FAA statement.The license violations relate to two separate SpaceX launches. The first two occurred on June 18, 2023, as part of the PSN Satria mission, which launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The second violation occurred on July 28, 2023, in connection with plans for the EchoStar XXIV/Jupiter mission.In both cases, SpaceX requested amendments to portions…

Five months after announcing her separation from husband Sacha Baron Cohen, Isla Fisher has put her luxury mansion up for sale.The 48-year-old former “Home and Away” actress said in April that she and the Ali G creator, 52, who she shares three children with, and who have not been seen in public, had jointly filed for divorce in 2023.The Sydney Woollahra apartment she bought while she was a soap opera actress in 1995 has been listed for sale for $1 million.According to Mail Online, Ira is set to make a profit of $828,500 on the property, having purchased it in…

Originally published on E! OnlinePatrick Mahomes has no interest in talking politics.Patrick was asked about his family’s position shortly after former President Donald Trump praised Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Brittany Mahomes’ wife, calling her a “huge Trump fan.””I’ve always said,” he explained to reporters via A to Z Sports on Sept. 11, “I don’t want my position or my platform to be used to endorse any candidate or whatever.”Rather, the 28-year-old sees his role as “informing people to register to vote” and encouraging them to “do their own research and make the best decision for themselves and their family.”And Patrick…