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A Politico report that stated Yellen collected $7 million in speaking fees in 2019 and 2020. Numerous critics asked “so, how much exactly should women make?”, in response to the article and highlighted several male financial leaders who also received exorbitant sums of money for Wall Street and corporate speaking fees. The report highlighted that Yellen “brought in nearly $1 million” in payment for nine speeches to Citi alone since leaving the Federal Reserve....

Interestingly enough, however, during the development process for Red Dead Redemption, the experimental Baltimore-borne trio Animal Collective could have impacted the title in a much stranger way with one of its own electronica-tinged ditties that was cut from the final version of the game. Recently, the band took to its official YouTube account to share the once-lost song dubbed “Mountain Game,” with the group simply stating, “Here’s an unreleased track we recorded in 2010 for Red Dead Redemption and it never got used....

[HTML1] When Borderlands debuted on previous-gen hardware it proved to be a competent first-person shooter, with a robust loot generator and a unique personality for the genre. It wasn’t afraid to mix an RPG leveling system, branching skill trees and awesome weapons that would become obsolete as the player progressed, alongside a self-referential, irreverence to the non-stop killing spree that accompanied the vault hunter’s journey. Once Borderlands 2 released, Gearbox Software realized that it had created a fan-favorite franchise....

So, when India got ready to face Australia in Chennai, all eyes were on MS Dhoni as the Indian captain was expected to light up the stadium. But little did the Chennai crowd imagine that he would go on to break a number of records through his terrific knock in that test. February 22, 2013, - Australian captain Michael Clarke won the toss and decided that they will bat first....

Rosanne Casimir, chief of the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc, announced that the remains had been found in the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School over the weekend. The children, whose deaths are thought to be undocumented, include some as young as 3 years old. Residential schools were funded by the Canadian government and run by churches from the 1870s, with the last school shut in 1996, according to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada....

During his two decades in the league, Bryant, whose life was tragically cut short in a helicopter crash on Sunday morning, won five NBA championships, two NBA Finals MVP crowns and one regular season MVP award. Impressive as the list of accolades is, statistics alone don’t do Bryant justice. More than any of his contemporaries, he picked up Michael Jordan’s mantle and displayed the same clutch gene, stone-cold mindset and ability to seemingly bend games to his will....

One catalyst for the scale of this year’s protest: Ma Lik, the chairman of a pro-Beijing political party called Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong and a prominent legislative councilor, who last month denied that a massacre took place and called on teachers in the city to present Tiananmen history from a “patriotic” perspective. Another catalyst is flamboyant Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai. In the wake of the Tiananmen crackdown, the self-made millionaire divested of his trendy clothing retailer Giordano and built Next Media, Hong Kong’s largest listed media company....

Unfortunately for Brady, his presumed final play in a Pats uniform wasn’t of the walk-off variety. Well, it was, but only because it ensured the Pats would lose the game and end their playoff run: a game-ending, career-capping pick-six against Titans cornerback Logan Ryan, himself a former Patriot. MORE: Tom Brady says goodbye to Patriots A less-than-ideal send-off for one of the game’s greats, but a delightful dose of schadenfreude for probably everyone else who watched Brady become the face of the NFL’s evil empire....

Born October 4, 1961, in Tokyo Japan, Takahashi’s journey to manga artist was not a foregone conclusion nor was it an obvious one. While he loved to draw as a child, Takahashi never had any bigger ambitions in mind with his art. He wasn’t even particularly moved by art until one day when he was watching a kamishibai (which is a Japanese term for street storyteller). While many of the kids were drawn to the puppets and the man’s performance, Takahashi was instead drawn to the artwork on the stage....

The teenage Portugal forward will receive the trophy in Monday’s ceremony in Monte Carlo, but organizers Tuttosport revealed the winner on their front page prior to the prize-giving. Manchester United hotshot Marcus Rashford and Sanches’ Bayern teammate Kingsley Coman complete the podium, while Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma makes the top 10 and is the only Italian representative. The award, which compiles votes from 30 journalists working at some of Europe’s most prestigious news outlets, was given to Man Utd’s French forward Anthony Martial last season....

On Thursday, the team added an outfielder to help fill the void created by the departures of Jason Heyward, Justin Upton and Evan Gattis. MORE: New faces, new places | Breaking down Bonds | Underrated MLB players According to a report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s David O’Brien, free-agent outfielder Jonny Gomes has agreed to a one-year, $4 million contract with Atlanta that includes a vesting option for the 2016 season....

So instead, he’s working on a plan to invite scouts from all 30 NBA teams to partake in a weekend scouting combine — an unprecedented move among the college basketball ranks. MORE: Preseason Top 25 | Top 10 shooting guards | Top 10 power forwards How will it go down? According to Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski, plans are in place for the scouts to come to Lexington, Ky., on the weekend of Oct....

Because of this reality, Activision is keen on making sure that all of its ducks are in a row on launch day, and it appears that it’ll be doing some fine-tuning prior to the game’s arrival in order to ensure that the multiplayer component that CoD is infamous for is in top shape. According to a recent pre-order card from Target, as spotted by CharlieINTEL, it will go about doing so by having a beta for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare....

10-time NBA All Star and 2012-13 scoring champion Carmelo Anthony has been traded to the Atlanta Hawks after waiving his no-trade clause, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports. It is a 3-team trade, with the following players moving to: • Hawks: Melo, Justin Anderson, 2022 1st-rounder • OKC: Dennis Schroder, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot • 76ers: Mike Muscala Did you know? Anthony recorded career lows in playoff and regular season scoring last season - this being his 15th in the league....

The Dodgers, whose general manager, Ned Colletti, said Wednesday that he had reached out to Tanaka's agent, will go "all-out" to sign the right-hander, USA Today's Bob Nightengale reports. The 25-year-old went 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA for the Rakuten Golden Eagles last year. As SN's Jesse Spector points out , those are "the kind of video game numbers that pique the interest of just about every team in the majors....

FIFA opened formal proceedings against Platini and FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Monday after a report by the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, which in October suspended the pair for 90 days over an alleged payment made by FIFA to Platini in 2011. PHOTOS: FIFA World Cup winners through the years | World soccer rivals Both men, who deny any wrongdoing, saw their appeals of their suspensions rejected by the Ethics Committee, which submitted its final reports Saturday....

Thompson’s extension is a firm commitment to one of the best two-way guards in the NBA. Although he’s been the subject of some serious debate about his worth, especially when weighed against Love, Thompson’s extension isn’t much of a surprise after the Warriors decided to hold onto him this summer. His contract will also help influence market value for several players, including the Spurs’ Kawhi Leonard, the Bulls’ Jimmy Butler and the Trail Blazers’ Wesley Matthews....

The news comes after a Daily Mail report on Thursday claimed that Comrie was spotted at Mastro’s steakhouse in Beverly Hills on Jan. 30 drinking and propositioning the staff and bar patrons for sex. MORE: Rangers’ Skapski wins in debut | Mikhail Grabovski heads to IR | Crosby fights Dubinsky Duff, 27, cited irreconcilable differences as a reason for the split and listed January 2013 as the date of their separation....

But we won't know for sure until the Thunder forward actually receives the award, and ESPN's Marc Stein reports that will happen early next week. Durant led the league in scoring with 32 points per game, and he'll become the first player to win both the scoring title and MVP award in the same season since Allen Iverson in 2000-01. The Thunder beat the Grizzlies in Game 7 of their first-round series....

With Missouri starting quarterback James Franklin sidelined—though Gary Pinkel didn’t rule out Franklin playing Saturday—and the Tigers playing with redshirt freshman Maty Mauk at quarterback, it only seems fair Saturday’s opponent do the same. MORE: SEC icons | Upsets | Top 10 freshmen Tennessee’s Justin Worley will miss four weeks with torn ligaments in his right thumb, Jimmy Hyams of WMNL AM-FM in Knoxville reported and 18-year-old true freshman Josh Dobbs will get his first start Saturday....