The Boston Red Sox began what they hope is a winter of extensive upgrades by agreeing to a one-year, $10.75 million contract with lefty reliever Aroldis Chapman. A person familiar with the deal confirmed to USA TODAY Sports that Chapman and Boston were in agreement. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because it has not yet been announced. The ...

The NCAA doesn’t actually call it National Signing Day anymore because it isn’t just one day. College football’s modern version of this annual rite of passage, conducted mostly by fax machine not long ago, is the early signing period. And it begins Wednesday. This is when most of the best high school football recruits in the country will make their ...

Longtime college football coach Dana Dimel, most recently an assistant at the University of Illinois, died Tuesday at the age of 62, his family announced. After an All-America playing career as an offensive tackle at Kansas State, Dimel enjoyed a 35-year coaching career – which included stints as the head coach at Wyoming (1997-99), Houston (2000-02) and Texas-El Paso (2018-23). ...

Blackstone Minerals (BSX:AU) has announced Extension of Option to Acquire Major Nickel Asset Download the PDF here. This post appeared first on investingnews.com ...

Tracy Shuchart, CEO and founder of Hilltower Resource Advisors, discussed the growing need for all types of energy in the US, saying she’s looking for opportunities in oil, natural gas, grid stocks and uranium juniors. ‘I think 2025 is going to be a really good year for energy, absolutely,’ she said. ‘Not just because of the incoming administration that is ...

Brien Lundin, editor of Gold Newsletter and host of the New Orleans Investment Conference, shared his thoughts on the well-known event’s past, present and future on its 50th anniversary. He also discussed gold’s post-US election price activity, saying its pullback presents a buying opportunity. ‘You don’t have to be a genius to see the opportunity here — we know that ...

Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of Celsius Network, has agreed to plead guilty to two fraud charges following an indictment filed in July 2023. His defense attorney announced this during a court hearing in a Manhattan federal court. The charges relate to allegations of fraud, conspiracy, and market manipulation concerning Celsius Network’s operations and its proprietary token, Cel.  ...

Asset Management firm Grayscale Investments has applied to list a spot Solana ETF product with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). This filing places Grayscale among the growing list of firms now pressing to list the product in the United States. Grayscale Solana ETF: Can It Make the Difference? According to the filing, the Digital Currency Group (DCG) subsidiary plans ...

Cardano (ADA) and Solana (SOL) did well in November. However, as December rolls in, they’ve been re-investing profits into more promising projects. Most traders’ and investors’ #1 pick is RCO Finance (RCOF), a new SolidProof financial platform. Many are investing heavily in RCO Finance because of its sheer utility and value, along with the 33,000% ROI that experts see RCOF ...

Catherine, Princess of Wales has helped the British royal family roll out the red carpet for the Emir of Qatar on the first day of his state visit to the United Kingdom on Tuesday. However, Queen Camilla was absent from the start of proceedings due to a lingering chest infection contracted last month. Kate joined her husband, William, Prince of ...

A judge in Italy has sentenced a 23-year-old man to life in prison for the stabbing murder of his former girlfriend, a heinous act of femicide that has put violence against women in the spotlight in this country. Filippo Turetta who admitted to murdering Giulia Cecchettin, 22, in November 2023 a week before she was due to graduate from the ...

As tit-for-tat strikes strain a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah less than a week since it went into effect, Israel’s defense minister on Tuesday threatened to directly target the Lebanese state should the agreement fall apart. Monday was the deadliest day since that agreement came into force last Wednesday, with Israeli strikes killing nine in southern Lebanon after Hezbollah fired ...