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Baltimore Orioles select Jackson Holliday as No. 1 pick in MLB Draft
Another baseball prospect from a second generation is making an MLB debut. Jackson Holliday, the son of seven-time All-Star Matt Holliday, will be selected first overall by the Orioles in the 2022 MLB Draft. Matt Holliday played for four different clubs throughout the course of his 15-year career, mostly the Cardinals and Rockies, and hit…
‘Mr. Saturday Night’ by Billy Crystal will end its run on Broadway in September
The Broadway run of Mr. Saturday Night is coming to an end. On September 4, the stage production with Billy Crystal as a co-writer and star will come to a end at the Nederlander Theatre. The performance first debuted on March 31 following a brief run at the Barrington Stage in October 2021. Billy Crystal…
Keldon Johnson signs a 4-year, $80 million agreement with San Antonio Spurs
A four-year, $80 million deal between the San Antonio Spurs and forward Keldon Johnson was revealed by Klutch Sports Agency on Friday evening. In his third season with the Spurs, Johnson, 22, started 74 games and averaged a career-high 17.1 points while shooting 39.8 percent from outside the arc. The deal reached on Friday comes…
Bungie purchase by Sony is completed for $3.6 billion
The Destiny creator is now a part of the Sony world. According to tweets from both Bungie and PlayStation Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment officially closed on a $3.6 billion transaction today to acquire the independent gaming company and publisher Bungie. In line with the acquisition’s conditions, Bungie will continue to exercise independent creative control over…
ESPN Plus monthly cost is going up to $9.99 from $6.99
As previously reported by Sports Business Journal, ESPN is increasing the cost of its standalone ESPN Plus streaming service from $6.99 per month to $9.99 per month, a nearly 43% increase, starting on August 23. The yearly plan’s cost is also increasing, from $69.99 to $99.99. However, the cost of your streaming ESPN subscription will…
Stand-Up Comedian and “Bust Down” Star Jak Knight Passes Away at Age 28
Stand-up comedian Jak Knight passed on Thursday night in Los Angeles, according to his family. He was best known for co-creating and starring in the Peacock comedy series “Bust Down,” as well as for his work on “Pause With Sam Jay.” No specific cause of death was revealed. He was 28. The series “Bust Down,”…
“Gangnam Style” celebrates its 10th anniversary as a top hit song
The song “Gangnam Style,” which made headlines in 2012 and became a party staple, was released ten years ago on Friday. The song was launched by South Korean musician Psy on July 15, 2012, and it immediately went viral. The song was so well-liked that it was the first YouTube video to receive 1 billion…
Microsoft will once again release new versions of Windows every three years
According to a report from Windows Central, Microsoft intends to make yet another significant change to the way it updates Windows. Microsoft plans to return to a schedule where it releases a new major version of Windows roughly every three years, which would put a hypothetical “Windows 12” on track for release at some point…
Paloma Aguilar, a contestant on “Big Brother,” leaves season 24 before first eviction
Paloma Aguilar, a competitor on “Big Brother” for season 24, left the programme during Thursday night’s live episode. At the start of the programme, anchor Julie Chen Moonves declared, “An unforeseen turn of events has now changed everything. Aguilar disclosed that she was having trouble with her anxiety and that she wasn’t sleeping at all…
Nintendo launches ‘Nintendo Pictures’ by purchasing an animation studio
A Tokyo-based visual production business with a specialty on computer generated animation and motion capture, Dynamo Pictures, is being acquired by Nintendo. On Thursday, Nintendo revealed its intention to acquire Dynamo and promised to rename the business Nintendo Pictures once negotiations are complete (which is expected to happen in October). Both video games like Nier…