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Editor-at-Large . sports business; tech; media; bitcoin. rabbit holes. Boston teams. 📬: droberts[@]yahoofinance[.]com

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  1. 2 hours ago

    just noticed this Alipay option at my local Walgreens. you’d have to have Alipay app and a Chinese bank account to use it. clerk says she’s never seen someone use it. Alipay has been quietly increasing its U.S. presence:

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  2. 20 hours ago

    since posting this photo of our silly inflatable pool 1 week ago, 6 different people have asked me where we got it— the answer is walmart dot com. $30! and don’t you dare call it a kiddie pool.

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  3. 20 hours ago

    I would pay $1,000 for a professional haircut right now

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  4. 20 hours ago

    LIVE on dot com in a moment to talk Hollywood amid coronavirus: Tim Meadows! tune in.

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    21 hours ago

    The trading card and memorabilia market has “increased exponentially since the lockdown... b/c a lot of wealthy people don’t have anything to spend their money on."

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  6. 23 hours ago

    A vibrant chat here with and about the $922,000 Mike Trout rookie card and why card and memorabilia buying is booming during the pandemic. (btw: the friend I traded basketball cards with as a kid was .)

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  7. 23 hours ago

    . on today: "We see a crypto spring right now"

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  8. May 22

    ASICS also feels the hit of coronavirus: U.S. sales were down 18.4% in Q1, Canada down 5.5%, Mexico down 10%. performance running category was down 14.2% in U.S., but company says "strong demand" for running shoes and running apparel online during pandemic.

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  9. May 22

    Why are baseball cards back during the pandemic? We’ve got the VP of + the auctioner who sold a Mike Trout rookie card for $922k LIVE on dot com at 945. join us.

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    May 21

    Candice Lee, former student-athlete and three-time Vanderbilt graduate, has been named vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletic director at Vanderbilt after serving in the role on an interim basis. ⚓️

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    May 21

    Does Trump think.... everyone who works at a Ford factory is a descendant of Henry Ford?

    Trump mentions Henry Ford to Ford workers, then says, "Good bloodlines, good bloodlines. If you believe in that stuff -- you got good blood."
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  12. May 21

    yes, why go through a mainstream outlet that might apply a critical lens! when we can just spread PR straight to existing customers.

    Trend I'm noticing: most execs/CEOs don't want to speak with mainstream media as much as they did even a few years ago. Our customers are on YouTube/podcasts/social media - not reading mainstream media. And companies are able to control their own distribution channels.
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  13. May 21

    interesting NFL wrinkle: all teams will refund season ticketholders for games with no fans (obv.), that’s a leaguewide policy. but some teams (incl. Patriots) are giving their season tix holders option to give up their seats for 2020 & get them back in 2021. team-by-team choice.

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    May 21

    Small life hack: if your WFH salads are getting depressing, throw some Cool Ranch on it. Really spices things up.

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  15. May 21

    shouldn’t it wait til he’s done playing? his story isn’t over yet.

    Following the breakout success of , has ordered another docuseries about an athlete considered the greatest in his sport:
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    May 21
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    They must be counting each of the 4 videos that simultaneously autoplay any time someone clicks on a link

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  17. May 21

    TheMaven, in a followup to its May 18 filing, says it has “turned around the fortunes of hundreds of publishers” and that “SI video views rose by tens of millions since eliminating the two-week print news cycle and uniting the video team with TheStreet’s real-time news studio.”

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    May 21

    The Atlantic is laying off nearly 20% of staff across editorial, sales and events, per an internal memo from Chairman David Bradley. It comes after a major expansion announced 2 years ago to hire 100 more positions:

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    May 20

    Now we know what Karl Malone thinks of Michael Jordan

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  20. May 20

    I have learned the NC Dinos of the KBO have two mascots: Seri the brontosaurus (Swole Daddy, according to twitter) and Dendi the T-Rex. they are my best friends now.

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