• NBA Rumors: DeMar DeRozan Got 2-Year, $80M Bulls Contract Offer; Eyes Longer Deal

    The Chicago Bulls reportedly offered DeMar DeRozan a two-year contract extension worth as much as $80 million. K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago reported the

  • ‘If it weren’t for Sheffield Children’s Hospital our son wouldn’t be here

    A family has committed to giving back to Sheffield Children's Hospital after medical staff saved their son’s life. When 13-year-old Ollie was two days old, he was rushed to Sheffield Children’s Hospital for emergency surgery. Upon arrival, surgeons worked fast to remove part of his bowel. At the time they didn’t know exactly what was wrong but believed his bowel to be perforated. Mum Laura, who lives in Worksop, said: “We were taken into a room and told there was a chance he wouldn’t make it...

  • “If it weren’t for Sheffield Children’s, our son wouldn’t be here. We owe everything to them”

    Ollie was rushed to Sheffield Children’s emergency surgery when he was just two days old. Now aged 13, he and his family have committed to supporting the hospital. Doctors were not certain, but believed Ollie to have a perforated bowel, and he had to have part of it removed. Ollie’s mum, Laura, said: “We were taken into a room and told there was a chance he wouldn’t make it through the night. It was all such a shock. “I sat with him all night, and a lovely nurse kept me company.” His family was...

  • Why Nicola Peltz Beckham Wasn’t at Mother-in-Law Victoria Beckham’s Birthday Party

    Nicola Peltz Beckham really, really wanted to be at Victoria Beckham's party. The Lola star revealed she wasn't able to join husband Brooklyn Peltz Beckham for his mom's star-studded 50th birthday

  • Robert Downey Jr. can’t save The Sympathizer

    HBO’s The Sympathizer enters the television lineup with two strikes against it. In the first place, the limited series’s 2015 source novel, by Viet Thanh Nguyen, was among the worst Pulitzer Prize winners in recent memory, a geopolitical navel-gazer that “thrilled” flattering book critics’ voguish anti-Westernism. In the second, the show’s conceit has already been […]

  • Packers focus on draft; contract for QB Jordan Love on radar

    More than a part of the long-term plan for the Packers, quarterback Jordan Love is the long-term plan in Green Bay. Following the path of his scouting predecessors, Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst plans to place contract negotiations with Love on the frontburner as soon as the 24-7 focus on the draft passes this weekend. Gutekunst holds a league-high 11 draft picks and wants to add to his playoff roster behind Love, who is first eligible for a contract extension on May 3, one year...

  • Canadian National improves contract offer to engineers, conductors in Canada

    MONTREAL — Canadian National last week improved its contract offer to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which represents engineers and conductors in Canada. The railway said it offered the union better wages, more job security, and guaranteed earnings during talks held April 10-12. Both CN and Canadian Pacific Kansas City have proposed abolishing the traditional []Read More

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    Airbus workers at Quebec plant reject company's third contract offer

    Unionized workers at an Airbus assembly plant north of Montreal have rejected a contract offer for the third time. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents about 1,300 workers at the Mirabel, Que. facility, says nearly 70 per cent of its members voted against the agreement in principle. Union spokesman Éric Rancourt says negotiators thought they had reached a deal that would satisfy members, but the vote shows that wasn't the case. Earlier in...

  • Mel Kiper Jr. offers tribute after passing of NFL GM he once feuded with

    There have been many pieces written over the years on how Mel Kiper Jr. went from obscure outsider to ESPN NFL Draft coverage regular and presumed authority in the draft world. But a key moment in Kiper’s relevance to the general population came in 1994, his 11th year of working for ESPN. There, Indianapolis Colts’

  • T-Mobile and Verizon workers offered $300 bribes for SIM swaps

    SIM swaps are one of the biggest security threats we face, allowing criminals to access most services protected by two-factor authentication. The situation could be about to get even worse, as we learn of an apparent large-scale attempt to bribe T-Mobile and Verizon workers to facilitate the swaps. While new rules and security features are supposed to make these attacks harder to pull off, now would be an excellent time to ensure your accounts are protected by authenticator apps rather than...

  • Cowboys Rumors: Micah Parsons' Absence from Voluntary Workouts Not Contract-Related

    Dallas Cowboys star edge-rusher Micah Parsons' absence from the team as it goes through voluntary workouts is not related to his contract, per Michael Gehlken