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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Trading your mortarboard for a company badge is exciting. Just make sure your first job after college is the starting point, not the high point, in a satisfying career.If you’re a new graduate, you were about 6 years old when a basketball player named Tyreke Evans won the NBA’s rookie-of-the-year award with stats comparable to Michael Jordan’s and LeBron James’s in their debut seasons.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Nobody in the world knows better than Steve Kerr what it takes to become the greatest basketball team of all time. In 1996, he played alongside Michael Jordan for the Chicago Bulls as they won 72 games.

Hurun Billionaires List dropped on Thursday, and it’s not just the usual tech moguls and Wall Street tycoons making headlines. This year, a number of global superstars, who’ve turned their fame into fortune, have also made the cut. The featuring singers, athletes, and even an influencer prove that success isn’t just about crunching numbers in a boardroom—it can also be about dropping hits, scoring goals, and posting selfies.

LeBron James will become the first player in NBA history to score 50,000 total career points. James also has 1,000 career wins in the NBA. James, who turned 40 on 30 December 2024, is the NBA's all-time leading scorer in regular season points with 41,837, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record from two years ago, which had stood for 39 years. He is also the league's all-time leader in playoff points, with 8,162, having overtaken Michael Jordan in 2017.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Two years ago, the storied American sportswear company Nike unveiled a new sneaker design in collaboration with jeweller Tiffany & Company. It was a symbol of former CEO John Donahoe’s efforts to turn Nike into a luxury brand, bypassing retailers and selling direct to customers, just like the world’s bling behemoths.

Palantir shares rallied over 18 per cent in premarket trading after it forecast upbeat annual revenue fueled by strong demand for its software and data analytics services from businesses racing to adopt generative AI, as per a report.

The oil, a bestseller from the celebrity, wasn’t the only product that sold like hot cake on its India launch. Most products from the brand that went live on Sephora India that midnight sold out, so much so that the traffic led to the site crashing. Fellow global superstar Rihanna chose to introduce her brand Fenty Beauty, valued at a massive $3 billion, on Falguni Nayak-owned beauty platform Nykaa this March to a star-spangled launch, and saw immediate sales traction. The launch was timed right after Rihanna performed at billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s son Anant’s wedding with Radhika Merchant.

Last month, 23XI and another team, Front Row Motorsports, filed an antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR and its chairman, Jim France Jr. They accuse the association of monopolistic, bullying behaviour that enriches NASCAR at the expense of its teams and the sport of stock car racing. If Jordan and his fellow plaintiffs succeed, they might just save NASCAR from itself.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. An entire generation of NBA players found out the hard way that when Michael Jordan wants something, he usually gets it. Now, another sport is learning the same lesson: Nascar.

Michael Jordan clarified all sorts of rumors regarding his potential endorsement of former US President Donald Trump in the US Presidential election 2024 while he asserted through his representatives that he has not endorsed any Presidential candidate, reported DailyBeast.

Former US President Barack Obama has ended up heavily criticizing the All Star Game of NBA while addressing that he will not be watching the event anymore as it hugely lacks competitiveness. According to Vibe, while speaking on the podcast named ‘Young Man and the Three’ alongside Indiana Pacers Star Tyrese Haliburton, Barack Obama expressed his frustration over the player’s reluctance to exert themselves during the game. Vibe reported that according to Barack Obama, NBA’s All Star game lacks the competitive spirit which is hugely contrasting to the spirit exhibited by legends like Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. Barack Obama also made arguments that the concerns about player’s injuries are extremely exaggerated while he also claimed that players engage on a regular basis during intense summer leagues without having any kind of serious incidents. Also Read: Ashton Kutcher's name keeps popping up, now he features in a clip where Diddy asks 12-year-old to party with him

The two teams suing NASCAR have asked for a court order to compete under the 2025 charter agreement as their antitrust case moves through federal court

NASCAR is facing a federal antitrust lawsuit from two of its teams, including one co-owned by Michael Jordan

NICOLAS BIJAN is a natural-born Yes Man. You want him to custom-upholster your dune buggy? He’ll do it. Dry-clean your pasta-sauce-stained silk jacket? A courier is on the way, sir.

Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr FC will play Al-Raed in the Saudi Pro League opening match of the season on Thursday. The new season of the 18-team league is starting on August 22 and will culminate in May, 2025. Portuguese soccer star Ronaldo's Al Nassr FC vs Al-Raed soccer match is scheduled to kick off at 2 pm (ET). The football game between Al Nassr FC vs Al-Raed will be live telecast on Fubo which offers free trial. Cristiano Ronaldo is lining up for another Saudi Pro League season with the main aim of helping Al-Nassr end the dominance of Riyadh rival Al-Hilal. Ronaldo signed for Al-Nassr in December 2022 and has yet to win a domestic trophy with the club. In a social media post this week, he wrote: New season, same goal.

Estate planning software company Vanilla has closed a new funding round to expand its platform and accelerate adoption among financial advisors.

As the Olympics close in Paris, Los Angeles has now taken the torch

PARIS—LeBron James on the fast break. Kevin Durant in the mid-range. Stephen Curry swishing threes from the South of France.

Organizers of America’s perennial July Fourth hot dog swallowing contest say the reigning champion won’t compete this year due to a contract dispute

World Cup T20, jointly hosted by the USA and West Indies, has ignited fervor among cricket enthusiasts globally. Amidst this excitement, a viral video featuring a baffled vlogger failing to recognize Indian cricket legend Yuvraj Singh has sparked a social media storm.

Michael Jordan was the biggest star in American sports and revolutionized the business of the National Basketball Association in the 1990s. LeBron James reigned on the court and built an empire off the court over the past two decades. They are the greatest players of all time and the richest players of their eras.