NDOLA, Zambia—In the latest bizarre twist in a bizarre story, fans of the late Zambian President Edgar Lungu have appropriated an English soccer ditty to advocate for the…
Read more A Fight Over an African Leader’s Body Keeps Getting WeirderIs Britain safe for Jews? On Thursday authorities in Birmingham, the country’s second-largest city, prohibited the fans of an Israeli soccer team from attending a match next month,…
Read more Opinion | An English City Bars Israeli Soccer FansLast fall, Jonathan Clements, author of The Wall Street Journal’s long-running personal-finance column, “Getting Going,” wrote a gut-wrenching article for the Journal about his terminal cancer diagnosis. Jesting at his…
Read more Jonathan Clements, Longtime WSJ Columnist, Dies at 62Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. are teaming to create a joint sports streaming service. The as-yet unnamed service, which could be available…
Read more Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. team up to launch new sports streaming serviceFlutter Entertainment, the parent company of FanDuel, started trading on the New York Stock Exchange for the first time Monday, as the company tries to narrow the valuation…
Read more As FanDuel parent Flutter starts trading on NYSE, CEO expects Super Bowl bets to ‘break records’“‘You’ve decided to rip off fans by exclusively broadcasting tomorrow’s Chiefs vs. Dolphins wild-card game on Peacock. For the first time ever, fans will be forced to choose…
Read more NFL has ‘decided to rip off fans’ with playoff game on Peacock, congressman saysAfter winning nearly $500,000 on a $5 sports bet, a New Jersey financial adviser said he is planning to follow some of the advice he gives to clients…
Read more This New Jersey financial pro just won nearly $500K on a sports bet. He'll use it to pay off student loans.In case you missed the news, the pop-chart star of the moment is Brenda Lee, a 78-year-old Rock & Roll and Country Music Hall of Famer whose 1958…
Read more Why Brenda Lee may not see much money from her No. 1 Christmas songLONDON (AP) — Everton was deducted 10 points by the Premier League on Friday for breaching the competition’s financial rules. The club reported three-year losses totaling nearly 372…
Read more Everton handed 10-point deduction for breaching Premier League’s financial rulesNovember offers a false spring for streaming viewers. After a slow couple of months, there’s suddenly an abundance of top-tier shows on the way, but don’t be fooled…
Read more There’s a ton worth streaming in November 2023. So as prices rise, here’s how to avoid breaking the bank.While the stock market reactions may not prove it, Big Tech is four-for-four so far this earnings reporting season. Alphabet Inc. GOOG, -0.03% GOOGL, -0.09%, Amazon.com Inc. AMZN,…
Read more Big Tech earnings have been strong, but Apple is about to answer the thousand-dollar questionThe numbers: U.S. pending home sales rebounded in September but remain near a record low as high mortgage rates and low inventory continue to hurt the real-estate sector.…
Read more U.S. pending home sales stay near record low despite modest pickup in SeptemberBRUSSELS (AP) — Police in Belgium on Tuesday shot dead a suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting on a Brussels…
Read more Police shoot dead suspected extremist accused of killing 2 Swedish soccer fans on a Brussels streetIt now pays to be an amateur. The NCAA started allowing college athletes to make money from their name, image and likeness in 2021, after decades of student-athletes…
Read more These 10 college athletes are making over $1 million a year from NILSo much for being the first in line for the highly anticipated Taylor Swift “Eras Tour” concert film. With the last-minute news that the film’s release was being…
Read more Taylor Swift’s film opened Thursday, surprising (and disappointing) some fansOne lucky person picked the winning $1.73 billion Powerball number in California. It is a life-changing amount of money for the lucky winner or winners — but not…
Read more You just won the Powerball jackpot — what should you do next?Taylor Swift continues to boost the NFL’s profile. NBC’s Sunday Night Football game between the New York Jets and the Kansas City Chiefs averaged 27 million viewers, making…
Read more Jets-Chiefs is highest-rated TV show since the Super Bowl, thanks to Taylor Swift and 2 million more female viewersMuch of the northern half of the U.S. could see a milder winter in coming months thanks to a combination of the latest El Niño and ongoing patterns of…
Read more How El Niño will impact this winter: a warmer north, wetter Florida, good skiingThe “Prime Effect” is real. With his confidence and his aphorisms, to say nothing of his coaching skills, Deion Sanders has led the University of Colorado football program…
Read more How Colorado football coach Deion Sanders is making people around him richDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Five prisoners sought by the U.S. in a swap with Iran flew out of Tehran on Monday, officials said. Flight-tracking data analyzed…
Read more Five American captives have flown out of Iran, U.S. officials say
