The main swimming pool for the Paris Olympics is set up inside a 30,000-seat rugby stadium. Sound strange? Not really. It's the new norm. The U.S. Olympic trials were held this year at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, a 63,000-seat venue.... Read More
The nation’s economy accelerated last quarter at a strong 2.8% annual pace, with consumers and businesses helping drive growth despite the pressure of continually high interest rates. Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department said the...... Read More
The full settlement agreement of antitrust lawsuits involving the NCAA and college sports' wealthiest conferences is expected to be filed with a federal court by the end of the week, an attorney for the defendants told The Associated Press on Tuesday.... Read More
A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air on Friday in a massive disruption that affected companies and services around the world and highlighted dependence on software from a handful of providers. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said that the issue believed to be behind the outage was […]... Read More
Shoppers paused their spending in June from May, defying economic forecasts for a pullback and proving their resilience in the face of an uncertain economy. Retail sales were unchanged in June from May, after being revised upward to a 0.3% increase in May.... Read More
Wholesale prices in the United States rose by a larger-than-expected 2.6% last month from a year earlier, a sign that some inflation pressures remain high. The increase, the sharpest year-over-year increase since March 2023, comes at a time when other...... Read More
The court, in the latest challenge to the NCAA's long-held notion of “amateurism” in college sports, said that a test should be developed to differentiate between students who play college sports for fun and those whose effort “crosses the legal line into work."... Read More
Costco bargain hunters are going to have to pay an additional $5 to $10 annually as the popular warehouse chain prepares to raise its membership fees for the first time in seven years. The company disclosed the forthcoming 8% increase in the fee to gain...... Read More
Cummins Inc. and Stellantis are among the manufacturers in eight states that will receive a total of $1.7 billion in federal grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites.... Read More
The Federal Reserve faces a cooling job market as well as persistently high prices, Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday, a shift in emphasis away from the Fed's single-minded fight against inflation that suggests it is moving closer to cutting interest rates.... Read More
