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EXCLUSIVE: Perfect Game has become the world’s largest and most comprehensive scouting organization, and over the last five years the youth baseball company has grown exponentially. Perfect Game began in 1995 and by 2024 had over 1.5 million participants. Since its inception, over 310,000 players have committed to play college baseball, with more than 15,000 players getting drafted into MLB and around 2,152 of those having made their MLB debut.However, in […]

A new study says that most Millennials and Gen Z feel that friendships are getting too expensive. The study, called "The Friendship Tab" and commissioned by Ally Bank, found that 44% of Gen Z and Millennials say they have skipped major social events because of cost.The study found that almost a quarter of Gen Z and Millennials say they are afraid of missing out on friendships and community due to financial limitations, […]

The headlines say the Alaska summit between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin was about Ukraine. Commentators in Brussels and Washington rehearse the familiar debates: Was Trump too soft on Moscow? Did he undermine Kyiv?But that framing misses the bigger picture.The Trump administration has already set the terms of the 21st-century contest: The United States faces its greatest long-term threat not from Russia, but from China. From sweeping sanctions on […]

An Ohio Chick-fil-A upset locals this back-to-school season by reminding customers of its "teen chaperone policy."On Wednesday, Chick-fil-A Kettering posted the policy it says is meant "to ensure a safe and respectful environment for all guests" on Facebook. It states that anyone 17 and under "must be accompanied by a parent, guardian, or adult chaperon (age 21+) to dine in" and that "unaccompanied minors may be asked to leave.""Pretty sad […]

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani isn't just the polling frontrunner in this year's race for mayor of the nation's most populous city.The Democratic Party mayoral nominee in New York City is also the overwhelming leader when it comes to donations from high-tech workers.According to New York City campaign finance data reviewed and first reported by the New York Post, 260 rank-and-file Google employees donated nearly $40,500 to Mamdani’s campaign through July […]

Air Canada cabin crew walked off the job early Saturday, grounding hundreds of flights and stranding thousands of passengers forced to seek alternatives or stay put.The strike, which started just after 1 a.m. EDT, forced Canada’s largest airline to suspend most of its 700 daily flights, affecting about 130,000 travelers, the airline said.It's unclear how many U.S. passengers are affected. Air Canada operates about 430 flights to the United States […]

One of the most significant names on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs , is in the midst of constructing a new Texas campus equipped with an office spanning 800,000 square-feet with state-of-the-art amenities for employees. Goldman Sachs, along with Hunt Realty Investments and Hillwood Urban, broke ground on the campus at 2323 North Field Street in Dallas in 2023.  It's slated to open in 2028. The building itself is composed of two […]

Sylvester Stallone is giving fans an inside look at his Florida home.In a recent interview for the September/October cover of Veranda, Stallone and wife Jennifer Flavin spoke about how they knew they had found the right house when they purchased their Palm Beach estate."We looked at some of the houses built after COVID, and they were monstrosities," Stallone told the outlet. "Monumental structures, but none of them embraced you or […]

Russian President 4Vladimir Putin used his audience with President Donald Trump on Friday to suggest the two leaders’ nations collaborate on trade, even as he offered no details on plans to end the war in Ukraine."We have a lot of dimensions for joint work," Putin told the press after meeting with Trump for three hours in Anchorage, Alaska. "It is clear that U.S. and Russian business cooperation has tremendous potential. […]