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BAY CITY, MI – Here is what’s happening in Bay City area high school sports on August 22, 2024. Bay City area coaches are asked to email results, highlights and comments on the night of each event to lthomps2@mlive.com.Swimming: Top six decided in pentathlonWhile Scarlet Maison stole the show, it was clear who the top six swimmers were in John Glenn’s annual Bobcat Pentathlon.In the pentathlon (50m butterfly, 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 50m freestyle and 100m individual medley), the same swimmers placed in the top six, with one exception. Mount Pleasant’s Rowan Frost finished fourth in the freestyle, and other…

New home sales rose 10.6% in July on a seasonally adjusted basis to 739,000, up from a revised seasonally adjusted annual figure of 668,000 in June, according to data released Friday by the Census Bureau. Those figures beat the Bloomberg consensus forecast for sales to reach 623,000.The increase in sales activity likely reflects the fact that lower interest rates are incentivizing many home builders to offer more attractive rates to would-be homebuyers who may finally be able to find relief from the home-buying woes that have plagued the housing market for nearly two years.In recent weeks, 30-year mortgage rates have…

Expectations are high for the Auburn University football team as the 2024 season kicks off in just a few days. In Year 2 of head coach Hugh Freeze’s tenure, the Tigers are looking to reverse the tragic track record of three straight losing seasons. Many media outlets have released their predictions for the upcoming season. On Thursday, USA TODAY Sports published their predictions for each team in college football and offered their thoughts on how each conference will fare. I project Auburn to finish 7-5 and go 3-5 in the conference. This projection places Auburn at 11th in the SEC,…

Diddy, Elon Musk Diddy helped Elon Musk acquire Twitter for $44 billion in 2022 It turns out Didi was one of the people who helped Elon Musk secure funding for his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter (now renamed TwitterX) in November 2022. Reports circulated at the time that Didi was an investor, but it has now been confirmed. Recently unsealed court documents named dozens of individuals and entities as shareholders in the social media platform, including Diddy’s Sean Combs Capital LLC. Diddy Other investors included Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Saudi Arabian Prince Waleed bin Talal Al Saud and hedge fund…

Thursday marked Castle Pines’ long-awaited return to the PGA Tour, but it also brought with it an unexpected comeback: Max Homa returned to Twitter. The six-time PGA Tour winner and golf’s Twitter king had been away from social media for a while, but after two months (which, to a man so used to the space, probably felt like two decades away from Castle Pines), he was back with a bang. RELATED: Max Homa Has a Good Reason He Doesn’t Pay for Twitter Ultimately, Homa hoped that his time away from the platform (his last tweet was on Father’s Day) would…

Apple Podcasts, once the leading platform for podcast consumption, has seen its popularity decline significantly due to the rise of competitors like YouTube and Spotify, according to a recent study by Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights. “Podcast” is a portmanteau of “iPod” and “broadcast,” suggesting the format owes a debt to Apple. But the study found that the podcast landscape has changed dramatically since the company first popularized the medium with the release of iTunes 4.9 in 2005. YouTube is now the most popular platform for podcast consumption in the U.S., with 31% of respondents calling it their first…

Burton’s 1989 Batman sparked a new wave of interest in comic book movies, but he has no plans to star in another one. While Marvel Studios managed to get original Spider-Man director Sam Raimi to return to superhero movies with the official MCU film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, convincing Tim Burton to return to its world won’t be easy for any studio. Directors such as Richard Donner have had great success adapting Superman in the past, but Burton’s 1989 film Batman defined modern comic book movies by laying out a new blueprint for the stylized visuals of…

Listen and subscribe to Opening Bid on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts.One longtime Tesla (TSLA) shareholder is looking for reasons to believe in the company given the criticism it is receiving from all sides.But he acknowledges it’s becoming hard to keep faith in Elon Musk’s electric car maker.”[I] “There’s concern that Tesla’s best days may be behind it,” Ross Gerber, CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management, told Yahoo Finance editor-in-chief Brian Sozzi on the Opening Bid podcast (watch the video above or listen to the video below).Gerber recently said he had pared down…

The Super Bowl Host Committee is looking for volunteers to serve as ambassadors for the 59th annual Super Bowl. New Orleans will host the big game on February 9, 2025 inside the Caesars Superdome. Ambassadors will perform a variety of duties and will be expected to work several 4-6 hour shifts. Those interested in helping out can apply online here. Organizers will also be accepting applications for the Saints’ final preseason game on Sunday and the Saints Kickoff Run scheduled for September 7. To be a volunteer, you must be 18 years of age or older. Please note that volunteers…

Seeing Kevin Hart’s show is reason enough to head to Resorts World Las Vegas this week, but the fun is just beginning: Hart and his global entertainment company, Heartbeat, will return to the property from August 29th to September 1st with Heartbeat Weekend, a four-day, entertainment-packed extravaganza. “Heartbeat Weekend celebrates the best in comedy, culture and music,” Hart said in a press statement. “This year we’re taking the event to new heights and can’t wait for everyone to join us for a weekend full of laughter, entertainment and unforgettable moments.” Hart, a globally successful comedy phenomenon with a string of…