Author: Shekari Philemon

By Thursday night, the number was already set. SpaceX locked in its share price at $135 ahead of its highly anticipated debut on the Nasdaq on Friday, June 12, closing out a process that looked almost nothing like a conventional initial public offering. For a company that has spent years redefining what is possible in aerospace, doing things the traditional way was never really on the table. The final pricing was less a decision and more a formality. SpaceX had announced the $135 figure weeks earlier, before its investor roadshow even began, removing the back-and-forth negotiation that typically defines the…

Pierre Gasly’s third-place finish at the Monaco Grand Prix may yet be restored after it emerged that Formula 1 used an inaccurate pit lane distance measurement to calculate the speed penalties that stripped him of his result. The Alpine driver crossed the line in third at last weekend’s race only to drop to seventh in the official standings after two five-second penalties for pit lane speeding were added to his race time. Gasly was one of five drivers penalized for marginally exceeding the pit lane speed limit, a pattern that immediately raised questions about the reliability of the data being…

Serena Williams’ brief and much-anticipated return to competitive tennis came to an unexpected halt on Thursday after her doubles partner was ruled out of the HSBC Championships at Queen’s Club with a knee injury, ending a comeback that had barely begun. Williams and 19-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko had won their opening doubles match in straight sets on Tuesday, a result that marked Williams’ first competitive appearance since the 2022 US Open. The partnership lasted just one match. Mboko sustained a left knee injury the following day after slipping and landing awkwardly during a singles match, forcing her to retire from…

Wimbledon unveiled a sweeping prize money increase on Thursday, boosting total payouts by 20 percent in what the All England Club described as by far the largest annual increase in the tournament’s history. Singles champions at the grass-court Grand Slam will take home 3.6 million pounds, equivalent to roughly 4.8 million dollars, when the event begins on June 29. Total prize money including player per diems will reach 64.2 million pounds, or approximately 85.8 million dollars. The announcement comes at a moment of genuine tension between the sport’s biggest stars and the Grand Slam tournaments over how revenues are divided,…

LeBron James has never lacked for confidence, and as his NBA career drifts toward its final chapter, that quality has not diminished. Asked recently to weigh in on the greatest of all time debate that has followed him throughout his career, James made his position clear without hesitation. When it comes to choosing the best player in basketball history, he is not stepping aside for anyone, including Michael Jordan. The remarks came during a wide-ranging interview published Monday as part of a profile for Time, in which James addressed his legacy, his rivals, and the uncertainty surrounding whether he will…

The San Antonio Spurs owned the night. Then, in the span of one half, they gave it all away. What looked like a commanding Game 4 statement turned into the most agonizing loss of the Spurs’ season, as the New York Knicks erased a 29-point deficit to win 107-106 at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night, completing the largest comeback in NBA Finals history. OG Anunoby tipped in a missed three-point attempt from Jalen Brunson in the final seconds to deliver the winning basket and push San Antonio to the brink of elimination, trailing 3-1 in the series heading into…

Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken made one thing clear on Tuesday: the team is not ready to hand either Shedeur Sanders or Deshaun Watson the starting quarterback job, and that reality is unlikely to change before minicamp wraps up Thursday. Speaking to reporters in Berea, Monken said both passers have performed at a level that earns them the right to keep competing. Neither player has done enough to separate himself, upward or downward, and the head coach said the lack of padded practices and preseason game experience makes a definitive call premature. The quarterback competition will almost certainly carry…

Brandon Aiyuk is not interested in staying quiet. For the second time in three days, the San Francisco 49ers wide receiver took to Instagram to unleash on his own team, describing the organization in strikingly personal terms and making clear that he views himself as someone the franchise wronged. In a 30-second video posted Tuesday, Aiyuk suggested the team’s frustration toward him is really misdirected anger at their own decisions. His central grievance centers on the voiding of guaranteed money in his contract, a move the 49ers made last July after Aiyuk did not participate in rehabilitation sessions following a…

A damning audit has accused five law firms representing nearly 100 former NFL players of orchestrating a scheme to fraudulently extract more than $87 million from the league’s landmark concussion settlement fund, raising serious questions about the integrity of a program designed to protect the health of retired athletes. The audit, conducted by Special Masters David Hoffman and Jo-Ann Verrier, judicial officers appointed to resolve disputes within the settlement, identifies the firms as working alongside a small group of doctors to secure improper Parkinson’s disease diagnoses for players seeking compensation. The 51-page filing, made public Monday, lays out in detail…

Victor Wembanyama will not face additional discipline for shoving Jalen Brunson to the ground during the first quarter of Game 3 in the NBA Finals. The league reviewed the play following Monday night’s game and announced Tuesday that the incident would not be upgraded to a flagrant foul, meaning the Spurs star remains eligible to play in Game 4 and faces no suspension risk heading into the rest of the series. The decision was notable not only for its conclusion but for the admission that accompanied it. A senior league official responsible for referee development acknowledged earlier Tuesday that a…