O’Reilly Automotive Inc has placed a $10 billion bid to acquire Genuine Parts Company. Genuine Parts Company owns Napa Auto Parts. Genuine Parts Company wants to separate its auto parts unit and industrial operations by early next year. If you have ever worked on your car, you likely have stepped inside an auto parts store. But the landscape of offerings could soon change drastically if the company that owns O’Reilly’s Auto Parts gets its way. According to a new Bloomberg report, citing “people familiar with the matter,” O’Reilly Automotive Inc has placed a $10 billion bid to…
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Former NBA star Lamar Odom will enter a plea of no-contest in a DUI case in Las Vegas after his arrest earlier this year, his attorney told The Associated Press.Odom was arrested on Jan. 17 and charged with driving under the influence, speeding and failure to stay in a driving lane. His no-contest plea will reduce the DUI charge down to a reckless driving charge without admitting guilt. Odom was scheduled for a bench trial on Tuesday.AdvertisementOdom, 46, was spotted by a Nevada State Police trooper driving more than 100 mph on a Las Vegas area interstate on Jan. 17.…
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Pittsburgh Pirates star shortstop Konnor Griffin is expected to miss 8-10 weeks with a torn tendon in his left ring finger, per the team. He is expected to be added to the injured list on Tuesday afternoon.Griffin began the year as baseball’s No. 1 prospect and was quickly called up to Pittsburgh’s big-league club.AdvertisementThe shortstop showed his potential, tallying an RBI in his first career game, but also learned that the transition to the major leagues is not always easy.Griffin has gone through hot and cold spells this season. Overall, he is slashing .276/.332/.404 in 59 games. He has 5…
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Just under a week ago, the Edmonton Oilers made a quiet addition to their roster with a depth forward that went largely unrecognized except by Detroit Red Wings fans.On July 1, the Oilers signed former Grand Rapids Griffins forward Eduards Tralmaks to a one-year, two-way contract worth $850,000, giving the…
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It wasn’t necessarily pretty, but the Mets held on for a huge 7-5 win over the NL East-leading Braves on Friday night and Devin Williams was a big part of it.Bo Bichette smashed two home runs and drove in six runs for the Mets, but Nolan McLean wasn’t efficient enough…
NEW YORK (AP) — If there is a saving grace from the bedlam that is about to ensue in New York City on Saturday, with the Knicks on the verge of a championship and Brazil taking on Morocco in the World Cup, it is that Game 5 of the NBA…
As the Bears play a stadium shell game — possibly without a ball hiding under any of them — the football team has more immediate business. And their franchise quarterback is focused on that.”I’m going to play wherever there’s 120 by 53 and ⅓ and it’s marked up with white…
Pocono Raceway already presents one of the toughest challenges on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule.Known as the “Tricky Triangle,” the 2.5-mile track features three distinctly different corners, forcing teams to make setup compromises unlike anywhere else in the sport. Drivers often spend an entire race balancing strengths in one turn…
FIFA World CupUnited States 4 – 1 Paraguay FTThe United States opened their World Cup campaign with an impressive 4-1 victory against Paraguay as former Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun struck twice to inspire the co-hosts to an assured start in Los Angeles. Balogun became just the second US player to…
LOS ANGELES — Farah O’Keefe is playing in her first Curtis Cup, and like anything she does, she makes it look easy, whether it is or not.O’Keefe was paired with Jasmine Koo in the morning and Avery Weed in the afternoon, and the results were the same—wins for the U.S.…
The NHL has announced the First and Second All-Star Teams, and Colorado Avalanche’s Cale Makar has made the First Team, and Nathan MacKinnon has made the Second Team.For Makar, this is his sixth consecutive season earning an All-Star honor; it’s his third time being named to the All-Star First Team.…
This is going to be a much cheerier recap than my last one, for obvious reasons. Feels like the Guardians haven’t played many truly well-rounded complete games recently, and tonight was a sterling example of what that looks like for this iteration of the club. Great starting pitching which, in…
This is either the most hopeful or depressing statistic for Spurs fans watching the NBA Finals: Through four games, the point differential is Knicks +8.It may be a little of both. This has been an intense, close NBA Finals, with three of the four games decided by four points or…
It is Day 93 of our 100-day countdown to kickoff. We are looking back at the 100 most iconic games in Dallas Cowboys history. The countdown will leads us right up to the opening game of 2026. Our look back doesn’t depend on just one criteria for our rankings. We…
For years, NASCAR fans have wondered whether Chicagoland Speedway could still produce the kind of racing that once made it one of the sport’s most popular intermediate tracks.This week, NASCAR may have received its first real answer.AdvertisementSeveral drivers were on track at Chicagoland Speedway as part of a manufacturer Wheel…
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Halfway through a triumphant World Cup opener on home soil, the U.S. men’s national team’s near-perfect night took an alarming twist.Christian Pulisic was not among the 11 players who jogged onto the SoFi Stadium pitch for the start of Friday night’s second half.AdvertisementWhy would U.S. coach Mauricio…
