Miami Dolphins standout cornerback Xavien Howard got his money this offseason, and that assured that the team’s strong secondary would remain intact. With the extra $50,691,177 in a restructured five-year deal, Howard’s contract concerns were appeased, ensuring he is locked in to solidify the most important factor that allows the Dolphins defense to play aggressively.…
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Seiya Suzuki was one of the top free agents on the market. His 5-year, $85 million deal with the Chicago Cubs is the largest in Major League Baseball history for a Japanese position player and is surpassed only by pitcher Masahiro Tanaka’s seven-year, $155 million contract with the New York Yankees in 2014. The right-handed-hitting…
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Only now does P.J. Tucker recognize what was missing at the start of his pro basketball odyssey, one that took him from Israel to the Ukraine to Greece to Montenegro to Germany before he was able to gain an NBA foothold six years later. “I wish I had somebody like me,” the veteran power forward…
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD Moderna hopes to offer updated COVID-19 boosters in the fall that combine its original vaccine with protection against the omicron variant. On Tuesday, it reported a preliminary hint that such an approach might work. Today’s COVID-19 vaccines all are based on the original version of the coronavirus. But the virus continues to…
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Will big changes at one of Hollywood’s leading studios lead to changes in the theme park industry? Disney and Universal might be the biggest Hollywood names in the theme park business, but Warner Bros. maintains a huge presence in themed entertainment worldwide, as well. Universal licenses Harry Potter from Warner Bros., while Six Flags owns…
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By ADAM SCHRECK KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland on Tuesday, intensifying assaults on cities and towns along a front hundreds of miles long in what officials on both sides described as a new phase of the war. After a Russian push to overrun the…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening mostly higher on Wall Street Tuesday as more earnings reports from big companies roll in. Technology companies continued to be weak, keeping the gains in check. The S&P 500 index edged up 0.1% in the early going, but the tech-heavy Nasdaq was off 0.3%. Health care giant Johnson…
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DETROIT — Gerrit Cole is built up. The Yankees ace has tried out his cutter and worked on using his fastball lower in the zone. Through the first two starts of the season, Cole has looked like a pitcher still trying to find his comfort zone. Tuesday night, the Yankees need him to be their…
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By MARIA CHENG LONDON (AP) — Health officials say they have detected more cases of a mysterious liver disease in children that was first identified in Britain, with new infections spreading to Europe and the U.S. Last week, British officials reported 74 cases of hepatitis, or liver inflammation, found in children since January. The usual…
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Sometimes momentum can shift when a reliever enters. For the Chicago Cubs, right-hander Keegan Thompson wielded the game-changing performance after manager David Ross went to the hard-throwing 27-year-old in a tough spot Monday. Thompson delivered a hammer to a Tampa Bay Rays lineup that had no answer for his arsenal. The Rays had tied the…
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