By Amy Yee | Bloomberg Small U.S. businesses owned by minorities are more likely to experience financial hardship than the average in a nationwide survey showcasing an uneven or halting recovery for those firms. Nearly 60% of businesses with fewer than 500 employees were in fair or poor financial condition, while 77% said the pandemic…
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Hank Goldberg stopped after two hours of dialysis Friday, rather than his customary three hours. He wasn’t feeling well and now wants some tea — “If I can get it,” he’s saying in a friendly way to a server — when he gets back to his dinner table from the mid-1970s. He’s sitting there at…
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The theme of the Jets offseason is to get more playmakers. And Gang Green still views adding a No.1 cornerback as a need. Last season, the Jets’ cornerback unit was led by second-year Bryce Hall and rookies Brandin Echols and Michael Carter II. They all flashed starter ability, but with limited playing experience, also had…
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Joe Schoen hit the ground running as the Giants’ GM. He had to. This ownership is impatient and fickle. This franchise has been rudderless in the GM seat for four years. Schoen inherits a roster, salary cap and staff that require lots of change to get on track again. So he deboarded his plane from…
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For three straight offseasons, the Ravens have emphasized their desire to upgrade their pass protection and pass rush. After Baltimore finished 8-9 and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2018, those issues are still the center of attention. In 2021, the Ravens allowed a team-record 57 sacks, second-most in the NFL, while registering…
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The Miami Dolphins revealed that they promoted from within for their vacant safeties coach position on the staff and retained last season’s struggling offensive line coach — with a demotion — in the team’s announcement of its full coaching staff Friday afternoon. Steve Gregory will coach Dolphins safeties under new coach Mike McDaniel after he…
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The theme of the Jets’ offseason: Get. Zach Wilson. Weapons. Wilson needs more to grow in his development as a young quarterback — particularly receivers. Yesterday, we listed possible targets for the Jets in the first round of the draft. Here is what Gang Green could do with trades or in free agency. TRADES Calvin…
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Brian Flores plans to coach again — soon. He’ll be working with his son’s 7-on-7 Broward-based flag football team in the coming weeks, using the game he loves to guide young men the same way coaches assisted him as a kid, helping him use football as his escape from the poverty and despair he saw…
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By Daily Nguyen | The Associated Press For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the United States truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to almond growers who need the insects to pollinate the state’s most valuable crop. But as almond trees start to bloom, blanketing entire valleys in white and pink…
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New Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel completed his coaching staff within two weeks of arriving in Miami. McDaniel, who last season served as offensive coordinator for the 49ers, has brought in coaches he has worked with in San Francisco, retained a number of coaches on the Dolphins’ staff and handpicked a few others, including bringing Dolphins…
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