Mays was your favorite player’s favorite player, and his talent resonated with sports fans from coast to coast.
June 2024
Flemming opens up about announcing Mays’ death live on radio
Giants broadcaster Dave Flemming had the unenviable job of relaying to fans listening on KNBR on Tuesday night the news of Willie Mays’ death.
Yankees’ Luis Gil sees loss to Orioles as a ‘learning experience’
After giving up a career-high seven runs against the Orioles on Thursday, Yankees rookie Luis Gil reflected on his outing.
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Bulls trade Alex Caruso to Oklahoma City Thunder for Josh Giddey
The Chicago Bulls are trading All-Defensive guard Alex Caruso to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Josh Giddey, a source confirmed to NBC Sports Chicago’s K.C. Johnson. Caruso is extension eligible for a four-year contract close to $79 million in total value six months from the day of his trade. This past season, he made his second consecutive NBA…
Bulls’ Artūras Karnišovas takes 1st step in offseason changes
Fan favorite Alex Caruso headed to Oklahoma City after two straight non-playoff seasons in Chicago
YouTube Is Going After People Who Signed Up for Premium With a VPN
YouTube has been experimenting with ways to disable ad blockers for a while now, and now it’s going after its own subscribers. Specifically, if you’ve used a VPN to purchase YouTube Premium for a cheaper rate than is available where you actually live, Google is coming after you.
In a statement to TechCrunch, the company said the following: “To provide the most accurate plans and offers available, we have systems in place to determine the country of our users. In instances where the signup country does not match where the user is accessing YouTube, we’re asking members to update their billing information to their current country of residence.”
The statement followed reports users had posted on Reddit that their YouTube Premium subscriptions had been suddenly canceled without warning.
YouTube Premium rates differ depending on your market. For example, while the service costs $13.99 in the U.S., it costs the equivalent of $1.54 a month in India.
Redditors who contacted customer service said agents told them their plans were canceled because they had “moved” to a different region. One U.K.-based redditor who had signed up for YouTube Premium with a Ukrainian IP address said they were told they would need to sign up for a new plan with a U.K. card, bumping them up from a £2.30/month payment to £12.99 a month.
“Confirmed it’s a crackdown on cheap VPN subscriptions,” the Redditor wrote. “Yikes…”
YouTube did not outright confirm that it canceled subscriptions for using a VPN at sign-up, although the company did tell PCMag that it has “initiated the cancellation of premium memberships for accounts identified as having falsified signup country information.”
While the move to force people to pay full price for Premium follows a months-long campaign against ad blocking, YouTube Premium also offers additional services, including video downloads and access to YouTube Music Premium.
Luis Gil, bullpen touched up in Yankees’ 17-5 loss to Orioles
The Yankees dropped the rubber-game of their three-game set with the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday afternoon with an ugly 17-5 loss.
Nine players who need a bounce-back 2024 + Jayden Daniels working toward starting | Zero Blitz
Jason Fitz, Frank Schwab and Jori Epstein talk about nine players who need to have a bounce-back season in 2024 after not living up to expectations in 2023, as well as the work ethic Jayden Daniels is putting in and if NFL teams can learn a lesson from the Celtics.