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I’ve loved video games for as long as I can remember.As a kid, I fought my brother for turns on his Game Boy so I could play “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3.” I spent hours playing Neopets games to earn Neopoints for my virtual pets. I remember peeking over my mom’s shoulder while she played endless rounds of solitaire on our family computer, impatiently waiting for my turn to load up “Frogger 2: Swampy’s Revenge.”Although I loved games, I never saw them as a realistic career path. Instead, I pursued a stable career in military intelligence that left little room…

Tom Brady, 48, said a piece of advice he received in college helped him reach his potential as a football player.On Wednesday’s episode of the “New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce” podcast, Brady reflected on his “tough experience” at the University of Michigan, where he spent much of his early college career on the bench.”I really had what I’d called a lot of self-defeating attitudes and behaviors. I always had an excuse,” Brady said.”‘Coach doesn’t want me in there. They’re not giving me the opportunity,'” he said, recalling the mindset he had at that time.Brady said his perspective began…

Arthur Fery, the breakout star of this year’s Wimbledon, stands to make nearly $5 million if he wins the tournament. That pales in comparison to his family’s fortune.Briton Fery has been the surprise package of the Wimbledon Championships in 2026. The 23-year-old only entered as a wild card, invited by the organizers since his 114th world ranking was too low to qualify automatically.On Wednesday, he won his quarterfinal against the ninth seed, Flavio Cobolli, in straight sets — as the queen watched on from Center Court’s royal box. It made Fery the fifth British man to reach the Wimbledon semifinals since…

Marc Nachmann, Goldman Sachs global head of asset and wealth management.CNBCGoldman Sachs said Thursday it won deals to manage a combined $70 billion in retirement assets for Verizon Communications and Lockheed Martin, one of the larger recent announcements in the fast-growing market for outsourced corporate investing.The mandates include about $30 billion in pension assets for Verizon and Lockheed Martin and $40 billion in Verizon defined-contribution retirement assets, which are typically 401(k)s, according to Goldman.The moves underscore how some of America’s largest employers are increasingly handing responsibility for managing retirement assets to outside firms such as Goldman as portfolios become more…

High mortgage rates coupled with record-high prices are causing homebuyers to pull back.Sales of previously owned homes in June dropped 2.4% from May to 4.09 million units on a seasonally adjusted, annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors. Housing analysts were predicting a slight gain month over month. June sales were, however, 2.8% higher than the same month a year prior. “The back-and-forth in monthly home sales activity, driven by mild fluctuations in mortgage rates, shows how sensitive home buyers are to affordability conditions,” said Lawrence Yun, the Realtors’ chief economist, in a release. “However, job gains—more than…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tamara Johnson, 58, who lives in Leesburg, Virginia. Johnson quit her corporate leadership job to care for her husband. Johnson estimates her family has spent over $700,000 so far on her mother’s and husband’s care. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.I was a senior executive in the federal government and the intelligence community, working there since 2007. My husband and I both worked in that area. In 2017, my mom became ill, so she was no longer able to live on her own in New Orleans. I ended…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Craig Moody, founder and president of Shoot 360. It has been edited for length and clarity.About 15 years ago, my son was sitting in the house, playing basketball video games. I said to him, “Why don’t you go out and play?” I had grown up shooting hoops and coaching, and couldn’t imagine that he’d rather play basketball on a screen.I walked out of our game room thinking, “If I could make a gym like a video game, I could have it made.”The idea stuck with me. I did more research, and…

The US can no longer win this year’s World Cup, but the country, and its brands, are still winning new fans.Millions of soccer fans have traveled to watch the biggest event in sports, taking over not just the 16 host cities but many other towns along the way.Locals in Lawrence, Kansas, started supporting Algeria after the team set up its training camp in the city. Boston established a sister-city partnership with Glasgow after kilted Scottish fans descended on the city last month. Some members of the “Tartan Army” hired yellow school buses to travel to games.Such enthusiasm marks a shift…

Pepsi soft drinks are displayed at a convenience store in San Francisco, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesPepsiCo on Thursday reported mixed quarterly results as the struggles of its North American food and beverage divisions offset strong international demand.”Results were tempered in the quarter as U.S. food and beverage category performance moderated with consumer budgets tightening due to rising inflationary pressures,” CEO Ramon Laguarta said in prepared remarks shared on the company’s website on Thursday.During Pepsi’s second quarter, global oil prices swung dramatically due to the U.S. war with Iran. In the U.S., the national average gas price hit a four-year…

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to thank SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell for her and her husband’s stock donation to Trump Accounts, which he said was worth $325 million.”Thank you to the brilliant and highly respected Gwynne Shotwell, and her husband, Robert, for their extreme generosity in helping children to attain the ever magnificent American dream!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday. Trump took to Truth Social to thank Gwynne Stockwell and her husband for their $325 million donation.  Truth Social “Their Gift of 325 Million Dollars of SpaceX Stock is greatly appreciated by all,” the president added,…