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Titans trade 2-time All-Pro safety Kevin Byard to Eagles, AP source says

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:56:09 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans on Monday traded two-time All-Pro safety Kevin Byard to the Philadelphia Eagles for a pair of draft picks and safety Terrell Edmunds, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.The Titans will receive the Eagles’ fifth and sixth-round draft picks in 2024, according to the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the trade has not been announced.Byard has 27 interceptions since becoming a starter in 2017. This deal fills a big need for the Eagles (6-1) who lost safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to Detroit in free agency and are dealing with injuries in their secondary.The 5-foot-11, 212-pound Byard was the first pick overall in the third round of 2016 and had been Tennessee’s longest-tenured defensive player. He has started 111 of his 120 games and has not missed a game because of injury. The Titans (2-4) have lost 11 of their past 13 games going back to last season. Their new general manager Ran Carthon ...

Enterprise Financial Services: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:56:09 GMT

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Enterprise Financial Services Corp. (EFSC) on Monday reported third-quarter earnings of $44.7 million.The bank, based in Clayton, Missouri, said it had earnings of $1.17 per share.The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.24 per share.The financial holding company posted revenue of $213 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $153.7 million, which beat Street forecasts._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on EFSC at https://www.zacks.com/ap/EFSCSource

RLI Corp.: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:56:09 GMT

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — RLI Corp. (RLI) on Monday reported third-quarter profit of $13.5 million.The Peoria, Illinois-based company said it had net income of 29 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 61 cents per share.The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 10 cents per share.The specialty insurance company posted revenue of $331.7 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $350.4 million, which fell short of Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $377.7 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on RLI at https://www.zacks.com/ap/RLISource

Dutch giant Ajax parts company with coach Steijn after woeful start to the season

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:56:09 GMT

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Ajax parted company with coach Maurice Steijn on Monday with the biggest team in the Netherlands languishing in next-to-last place in the Dutch league after just one win from its opening seven games.Steijn only joined from Sparta Rotterdam in the offseason, signing a three-year deal.The mutual decision for Steijn to leave was taken after a 4-3 loss at Utrecht that left Ajax, a four-time European champion, one point off last place.“We have worked intensely and professionally together over the last few months,” Ajax chief executive Jan van Halst said. “But the sporting successes and the development of the team were lacking. That is why we decided to sit down together again today.“This time, Maurice also expressed his concerns on whether he was the right man in the right place. Together we decided that it would be best to part ways.”Ajax’s last win in any competition came on Aug. 24.Hedwiges Maduro, a former Ajax player, will take temporary charge of the team sta...

Denver Broncos safety Kareem Jackson suspended 4 games

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:56:09 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Broncos will be without one of their starting safeties after a hit to the head/neck area of a Green Bay Packers player.It was during the fourth quarter of Sunday afternoon's game at Empower Field when Kareem Jackson hit Luke Musgrave, who officials said was a defenseless receiver. P.J. Locke saves Denver from another second-half meltdown as Broncos beat Packers 19-17 Jackson was ejected from the game after the hit. On Monday, the NFL announced a four-game suspension."On the play in question, you delivered a forceful blow to the head/neck area of a defenseless receiver, when you had the time and space to avoid such contact," NFL Vice President of Football Operations Jon Runyan wrote in a letter to Jackson. Runyan's letter went even further to call out Jackson's hit."You could have made contact with your opponent within the rules, yet you chose not to," he said. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get Broncos, Nuggets, Rockies and more sports news This was th...

Former NSA worker from Colorado pleads guilty to trying to sell US secrets to Russia

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:56:09 GMT

DENVER (AP) — A former National Security Agency employee from Colorado pleaded guilty Monday to trying to sell classified information to Russia. Federal prosecutors agreed to not ask for more than about 22 years in prison for Jareh Sebastian Dalke when he is sentenced in April, but the judge will ultimately decide the punishment. Savor the evening sunsets, daylight saving time is ending Dalke, a 31-year-old Army veteran from Colorado Springs, had faced a possible life sentence for giving the information to an undercover FBI agent who prosecutors say Dalke believed was a Russian agent.Dalke pleaded guilty during a hearing before U.S. District Judge Raymond Moore. He only spoke in answer to questions from Moore about whether he understood the terms of the deal. He acknowledged that he has been taking medications for mental illness while being held in custody for about a year. Dalke was arrested on Sept. 28, 2022, after authorities say he arrived at Denver’s downtown train station wi...

The AFC East-leading Dolphins still haven’t proved themselves against tough competition

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:56:09 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — After Buffalo beat Miami nearly a month ago, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said it was a valuable learning experience that his young team could use against tough competition later in the season.McDaniel repeated those words after Sunday’s road loss to the defending NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles.“I kind of knew that going into the game that it was going to be that type of atmosphere,” McDaniel said, “and I think that’s very important for our team, being on the younger side, to experience. Those are critical. You have to feel what it’s like to play such a good team on the road.”Miami will need to find a way to win such games at some point this season if it wants to be a title contender.The AFC East-leading Dolphins have played two teams with winning records this season — the Eagles and the Bills — and have lost both games by double digits.They scored 20 and 17 points against Buffalo and Philadelphia, respectively, which is well below thei...

Hamas frees 2 Israeli women as US advises delaying ground war to allow talks on captives

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:56:09 GMT

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza on Monday, as the United States expressed increasing concern that the escalating Israel-Hamas war will spark a wider conflict in the region, including attacks on American troops.The death toll in Gaza rose rapidly as Israel ramped up airstrikes, flattening residential buildings in what it says was preparation for an eventual ground assault. The United States advised Israel to delay an expected ground invasion to allow time to negotiate the release of more hostages taken by Hamas during its brutal incursion two weeks ago.A third small aid convoy from Egypt entered Gaza, where the population of 2.3 million has been running out of food, water and medicine under Israel’s two-week seal. With Israel still barring entry of fuel, the U.N. said its distribution of aid would grind to a halt within days when it can no longer fuel its trucks. Gaza hospitals flooded by a constant stream of wounded are struggling to...

Legendary gymnast Mary Lou Retton recovering at home after being hospitalized with pneumonia, daughter says

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:56:09 GMT

(CNN) — Olympic gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton is out of the hospital following a weekslong serious health scare, according to her daughter.The 55-year-old legend, who captured American hearts in 1984 when she was the first US gymnast to win the Olympic gymanastics all-around competition, is recovering at home, her daughter McKenna Kelley said Monday in an Instagram post.Twelve days ago, Retton’s family announced she had a rare form of pneumonia that made her unable to breathe on her own and left her fighting for her life. Kelley started an online fundraiser on behalf of Retton’s four daughters to help support the medical costs, noting that Retton is uninsured.Retton made “remarkable” progress in the hospital, according to her family, which didn’t specify Monday when she was released. Retton, who in 2018 was on the ABC hit show “Dancing with the Stars,” still has a long recovery road, Kelley said.Pneumonia is a respiratory infection that can cau...

Mary Lou Retton in ‘recovery mode’ at home after hospital stay for pneumonia, daughter says

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:56:09 GMT

By The Associated PressAmerican gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton has returned home following a lengthy hospital stay because of pneumonia, her daughter said Monday.Shaley Kelley Schrepfer, the oldest of Retton’s four daughters, posted an update on Retton’s condition on Instagram nearly two weeks after the family disclosed that the former Olympic all-around champion was in intensive care.The 55-year-old Retton is now in “recovery mode,” according to Schrepfer.“We still have a long road of recovery ahead of us,” Schrepfer wrote. “But baby steps.”The family disclosed earlier this month that Retton — who became the first American female gymnast to win the Olympic all-around title at the 1984 Los Angeles Games — was “fighting for her life” and unable to breathe on her own.Donations have poured into a fundraiser the family set up to help offset Retton’s medical expenses after the family said she didn’t have...