MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic won some of his 24 Grand Slams without playing his best tennis. When his level wasn’t quite where it needed to be, his body would step up to outlast and outmaneuver his opponents.Before he became the Novak Djokovic he is now — men’s Grand Slam title record-holder and the longest-lasting member of the ‘Big Three’ — he was in a very different situation. His level was comparable to that of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, but his body kept letting him down.He retired against Nadal at the 2006 French Open; he did the same thing…
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Arthur Blessitt, whose fervent efforts to convert the hippies, freaks and addicts along Hollywood’s Sunset Strip were just a prelude to his decision to carry a 110-pound wooden cross from Los Angeles to New York City — and then to keep going, eventually traveling 43,340 miles through every country on the planet — died on Jan. 14. He was 84.Mr. Blessitt’s death was announced in a first-person statement on his website. The statement did not say where he died or cite a cause of death. He had been living in the Denver area, and his ministry was based in the…
Texas Instruments and Verizon are a couple of troubled stocks to stay away from, according to Michael Landsberg, chief investment officer of Landsberg Bennett Private Wealth Management. Landsberg appeared on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” on Friday to give his hot takes on some of the market’s biggest movers of the day. Here is what he had to say during “Three-Stock Lunch.” Texas Instruments Landsberg says sell Texas Instruments, citing the semiconductor company’s lack of exposure to artificial intelligence and rich multiple. “There’s better places to be in semi, with exposure to AI that isn’t much more expensive than this,” he said.…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to journalists as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025.Jim Watson | AFP | Getty ImagesA newly introduced constitutional amendment that would allow President Donald Trump to be elected to a third term in the White House faces very long odds — at best — of getting approved, a Harvard Law School professor said Friday.The professor, Stephen Sachs, said the math and politics of such a proposal are almost certain to doom it.Rep. Andy Ogles, a Tennessee Republican, on Thursday introduced a House…
Welcome to report card time.This stretch of January around Martin Luther King Jr. Day is usually peak evaluation time in the NBA front-office world. It’s one of the milestone points where teams will have full-staff pow-wows and talk things out, the equivalent of deep cleaning versus running the vacuum. The timing is perfect: The trade deadline is still a couple of weeks away, but there’s a half season of new data to pore over.So today, let’s put together a status report of sorts on the major award categories. Consider this a halfway-point snapshot, written in chalk rather than ink. Things…
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc.Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAlphabet shares closed at $200 per share for the first time on Friday as investors grow increasingly bullish on the company’s opportunities in artificial intelligence.The stock gained 1.1% on Friday and a little more than 2% for the week to close at $200.21. It is up almost 6% in 2025, while the Nasdaq is up 3.3% so far this year.Alphabet’s fresh record is on a split-adjusted basis. The company implemented a 20-for-1 stock split in 2022. At the time of that announcement, the stock was trading at about $2,750,…
The health care sector is poised to see a rebound and lead the market this year, according to Strategas analysts, in part because some of the biggest players in the market have been beaten down by regulatory concerns over the last two years. “Health care’s weight in the S & P is at its lowest … in about 25 years. So you have this generational oversold condition,” explained Chris Verrone, head of macro and technical trading at Strategas, adding that he sees medical device makers ranking among the most attractive stocks now. “It’s the place where you’re seeing the biggest…
The Magnificent Seven companies reporting in the week ahead could unlock the next leg of the rally, as investors bet that earnings growth fueled by artificial intelligence could power a market some worry has gone to excess. The Federal Reserve will also hold its January meeting, with key inflation data coming Friday. Four out of seven mega-cap companies are set to report in the week ahead. Meta Platforms , Microsoft and Tesla each report results on Wednesday. Apple is due out with its report Thursday. Those results could be huge for a stock market that reached a new all-time record…
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — He had walked through these massive red doors before — seven times before. But this was different.This was visit No. 8, on a frosty, 14-degree Thursday morning in January. This time, Ichiro Suzuki was walking through these doors, of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, as one of the legends.“This is my eighth time here in the Hall of Fame — and what an honor it is for me to be here as a Hall of Famer,” said the only man in history who can say he slashed 4,367 hits in the two greatest leagues on Earth,…
So was it a Hitler salute or wasn’t it?Speaking at President Trump’s inauguration event this week, Elon Musk slapped his right hand on his chest before shooting his arm diagonally upward, palm facing down. He did it twice.It looked a lot like the salute used in Nazi Germany and fascist Italy. But almost immediately, a striking number of different interpretations began to circulate.Some commentators called it a “Roman salute.” Others described it as a “heartfelt” expression of joy, or dismissed it as merely clumsy.The website of the Anti-Defamation League, which campaigns against anti-Semitism, defines the Nazi salute as “raising an…
