For the past 21 months, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has been the biggest thing in music. Now we know exactly how big. Through its 149th and final show, which took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Sunday, Swift’s tour sold a total of $2,077,618,725 in tickets. That’s 2 billion and...
Soto’s $765M Deal With the Mets Is the Biggest in MLB History
NEW YORK — Juan Soto and the New York Mets agreed to a record $765 million, 15-year contract Sunday night, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the agreement hadn't been announced and was subject to the completion...
Dodgers Reach Deal With Conforto and Bring Back Treinen
DALLAS — The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a $17 million, one-year contract to add outfielder Michael Conforto and a $22 million, two-year deal to retain right-hander Blake Treinen, people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The people spoke on condition of anonymity on Sunday night because the...
These Are the Matchups for College Football’s First 12-Team Playoff
The new, 12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative. Perfect or 100% fair? Well, nobody ever believed that. The first expanded playoff bracket unveiled Sunday left a presumably deserving Alabama team on the sideline in favor of an SMU squad that...
Fresno Pacific Names New Finance VP
Anthony Gardner, director of financial management for the Yale University's Center for Clinical Investigation, will be Fresno Pacific University's next vice president for finance and business affairs. Gardner is scheduled to begin work at Fresno Pacific on Feb. 10. He replaces Robert Lippert, who retired earlier this year after a...
Visalia Teen Arrested for Stabbing 2-Year-Old Brother, Attempting to Strangle Mother
A 17-year-old male was arrested Saturday after he allegedly stabbed his 2-year-old brother multiple times and attempted to strangle his mother at a home near the intersection of K Avenue and Burke Street, the Visalia Police Department said in a statement. Officers were dispatched to the scene just before 2...
How Some Voters Moved From Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump
They feel frustrated by the status quo, and they’re fed up with the system. They don’t trust politicians, and they want revolutionary change. They are men, many of them younger, who are looking for a champion. Once, they liked Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., as a presidential candidate. This election, they...
The Winners and Losers Following the Fall of Assad
Opinion by Nicholas Kristof on Dec. 8, 2024. The stunning collapse of the brutal Assad regime in Syria, a family business since the 1970s, is a geopolitical earthquake creating winners and losers around the world. First, the losers: — Iran is a big loser; Syria has been a close ally...
JD Vance, Elon Musk and the Future of America
Opinion by Ross Douthat on Dec. 7, 2024. Beneath all the furor around Donald Trump’s appointments — Matt Gaetz down and out, Pete Hegseth down but maybe coming back, the Kash Patel drama waiting in the wings — the most important figures in this administration’s orbit have not changed since...
Carlos Stewart Scores 18 as Santa Clara Sends Bulldogs to 4th Straight Loss
SANTA CLARA — Carlos Stewart scored 18 points as Santa Clara beat Fresno State 81-66 to hand the Bulldogs their fourth straight defeat on Saturday night. Stewart Leads Broncos' Offensive Charge Stewart shot 5-for-8 (including 3-of-4 from 3-point range) and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line for the Broncos (5-5) in...