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National Post
24-05-2025
- Sport
- National Post
Ottawa Charge: How OT heartbreak in the PWHL final could turn into a good thing
The worst thing about the Professional Women's Hockey League playoffs is the length. Article content Article content The growing number of followers this fine creation of Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter is attracting would much prefer a best-of-seven series to these best-of-fives. Article content More is always better when it's something good, right? Article content Members of the Walter Cup-finalist Ottawa Charge and Minnesota Frost might agree, but for a different reason than entertainment value. Article content Article content One of the teams is going to be on the brink of elimination after Game 3 on Saturday (5 p.m. ET) at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. It almost seems unfair, doesn't it? Article content Speaking of which … How quickly things change. Article content The Charge was 15 clicks of the clock from taking firm control of the championship series when — faster than you can say Britta Curl-Salemme and Google search why so many loving souls at TD Place left the edge of their seats to stand and shower big No. 77 with such hate — the Frost reversed the tide. Article content Yes, it appears the defending PWHL champs were packing the momentum when the teams boarded a shared charter flight on Friday, headed to the Twin Cities for Games 3 and 4 on Saturday and Monday. Article content But is that really the case? Article content Ottawa was the second-best team on the ice in its 1-0 Game 1 victory, but the Charge was dominant in a 2-1 overtime loss in Game 2. Article content Maybe it was the smell of blood that had the Charge looking like hungry sharks as they circled the Frost for more than 57 minutes on Thursday until finally moving in for a successful strike with an extra-rare goal by defender Jocelyn Larocque. Article content That lead likely would have held, too, had Tereza Venisova's third penalty of the night with 37 seconds left not overextended Ottawa's short-handed units after they had completely smothered Minnesota's potent power play the rest of the night. Article content 'This was a much better game for us than our first game,' Charge captain Brianne Jenner said afterwards. 'We can take a lot of confidence from the way we played. We got back to our style.' Article content Larocque mentioned there were a 'lot of good things' the Charge could take from Game 2's disappointing outcome. Article content 'Similar to our (four-) OT loss in Montreal, there were a lot of positives,' she said, referring to the opening-round Mustard Marathon loss to the Victoire, which was also Game 2 in the first round. 'And look at how we responded in the next game. I do not see it being different here.'
Ottawa Citizen
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa Charge: How OT heartbreak in the PWHL final could turn into a good thing
Article content The worst thing about the Professional Women's Hockey League playoffs is the length. Article content The growing number of followers this fine creation of Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter is attracting would much prefer a best-of-seven series to these best-of-fives. Article content Members of the Walter Cup-finalist Ottawa Charge and Minnesota Frost might agree, but for a different reason than entertainment value. Article content Article content One of the teams is going to be on the brink of elimination after Game 3 on Saturday (5 p.m. ET) at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. Article content Article content Speaking of which … How quickly things change. Article content The Charge was 15 clicks of the clock from taking firm control of the championship series when — faster than you can say Britta Curl-Salemme and Google search why so many loving souls at TD Place left the edge of their seats to stand and shower big No. 77 with such hate — the Frost reversed the tide. Article content Yes, it appears the defending PWHL champs were packing the momentum when the teams boarded a shared charter flight on Friday, headed to the Twin Cities for Games 3 and 4 on Saturday and Monday. Article content But is that really the case? Article content Ottawa was the second-best team on the ice in its 1-0 Game 1 victory, but the Charge was dominant in a 2-1 overtime loss in Game 2. Article content Article content Maybe it was the smell of blood that had the Charge looking like hungry sharks as they circled the Frost for more than 57 minutes on Thursday until finally moving in for a successful strike with an extra-rare goal by defender Jocelyn Larocque. Article content That lead likely would have held, too, had Tereza Venisova's third penalty of the night with 37 seconds left not overextended Ottawa's short-handed units after they had completely smothered Minnesota's potent power play the rest of the night. Article content 'This was a much better game for us than our first game,' Charge captain Brianne Jenner said afterwards. 'We can take a lot of confidence from the way we played. We got back to our style.'
Forbes
09-05-2025
- Business
- Forbes
No Surprise: Survey Shows Fans Love MLB Owners Who Spend Big
The baseball teams with the highest player payrolls also have the most popular owners, according to a new survey by After announcing its survey of 4,000 baseball fans, found the most popular owners to be Mark Walter of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Steve Cohen of the New York Mets. According to Roster Resource, their projected 2025 payrolls are $390 million and $332 million, respectively. No other team tops $300 million. The Dodgers, who signed nearly a dozen free agents during the off-season, not only own a record payroll for this year but huge future commitments caused by deferred contracts. Roster Resource figures show the Dodgers have $299 million in financial commitments for 2026 and $302 million for 2027. And that's without signing any more free agents. The survey ranked owners by scores, asking respondents whether they thought they could do a better job as owners themselves. No one achieved the 10.0 maximum but Walter wound up with 8.6, just ahead of Cohen's 8.5. Just behind them were Philadelphia's John S. Middleton (8), Houston's Jim Crane (7.8), and Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. (also at 7.8). Surprisingly, New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner ranked only ninth in popularity at 6.7. The late George M. Steinbrenner, his father, was an outspoken owner who inspired a variety of emotions from adulation to consternation. None of the current club owners are in the Baseball Hall of Fame, though Cooperstown does contain plaques for former owners Walter O'Malley, Charlie Comiskey, Clark Griffith, Bill Veeck, Tom Yawkey, and Connie Mack, among others. Fans of the struggling Colorado Rockies placed their owner in the same place as their sad-sack team: last. Charlie Monfort polled only 3.9 out of 10 in the survey. Even Jerry Reinsdorf, whose Chicago White Sox lost a record 121 games last summer, proved more popular (4.5). Miami Marlins owner Bruce Sherman, whose front office has undergone a myriad of personnel changes in recent seasons, drew a 5.3 rating from South Florida fans – even though his team has been quiet on the free-agent front in recent seasons. The only team without a pennant, the Seattle Mariners, have done better this season but still aren't winning many admirers in the Pacific Northwest. Owner John W. Stanton drew 3.9, tied with Monfort for the worst in the major leagues. Traditionally, owners are money men who approve budgets submitted by team presidents or general managers. Only occasionally do they get directly involved in negotiations. Although hands-on owners are rare, they have existed in baseball history. The list includes Horace Stoneham (Giants), Gene Autry (Angels), Charlie Finley (Athletics), P.K. Wrigley (Cubs), and Ted Turner (Braves) in addition to Veeck and Steinbrenner. Of that half-dozen, only Veeck has made it to the Hall of Fame. Had the survey invited fans to vote on owners outside their host cities, results would have been considerably different. Steve Cohen, a hedge fund billionaire, was widely disliked by fans in Atlanta and Philadelphia, his team's biggest rivals, because they feared he would buy all the best players. That fear came to pass when he signed Juan Soto to a 15-year, $365 million contract last winter. Likewise, the Dodgers – and an ownership group that includes former basketball star Magic Johnson – were the source of derision from San Diego, San Francisco, and Arizona fan bases during the winter as they monopolized the free-agent market, landing such players as star pitchers Blake Snell and Tanner Scott plus prized Japanese League star Roki Sasaki. The 10-year-old site, which appears online in both French and English, allows users to find the best online casinos in Canada. It claims to be completely independent.
Time of India
07-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Elon Musk's xAI joins TWG Global, Palantir for AI push in financial sector
Live Events Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI has partnered with Palantir Technologies and investment firm TWG Global, the companies said on Tuesday, as they look to tap growing AI demand in the financial services data analytics firm and TWG, led by Guggenheim Partners founder Mark Walter and entertainment financier Thomas Tull, had in March announced a joint venture aimed at AI deployment in financial services and insurance will lead the implementation efforts by working with company executives to design and deploy AI-powered solutions, the companies collaboration will integrate xAI's models, which include its Grok family of large language models and its Colossus supercomputer, into business operations. The companies expect "many more partners" after the inclusion of clients are investing in AI technologies to enhance services and introduce new features in their products, resulting in new partnerships for capturing market March, Nvidia and xAI joined a consortium backed by Microsoft, investment fund MGX and BlackRock to expand AI infrastructure in the US.
Business Recorder
06-05-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
Musk's xAI joins TWG Global, Palantir for AI push in financial sector
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI has partnered with Palantir Technologies and investment firm TWG Global, the companies said on Tuesday, as they look to tap growing AI demand in the financial services industry. The data analytics firm and TWG, led by Guggenheim Partners founder Mark Walter and entertainment financier Thomas Tull, had in March announced a joint venture aimed at AI deployment in financial services and insurance sectors. TWG will lead the implementation efforts by working with company executives to design and deploy AI-powered solutions, the companies said. The collaboration will integrate xAI's models, which include its Grok family of large language models and its Colossus supercomputer, into business operations. The companies expect 'many more partners' after the inclusion of xAI. Morgan Stanley to sell remaining $1.23 billion of X debt, source says Enterprise clients are investing in AI technologies to enhance services and introduce new features in their products, resulting in new partnerships for capturing market share. In March, Nvidia and xAI joined a consortium backed by Microsoft, investment fund MGX and BlackRock to expand AI infrastructure in the U.S.
