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It’s the second straight Rivalry Series in which the United States won the first three games, only to see Canada storm back and win four straight. The teams split a pair of games in Ontario in December, with Canada winning the fourth game in a shootout. Then, Canada won two straight last week in Saskatchewan. “The Canada-U.S. games are always exciting games and the games you get up for,” Spooner said. Photos You Should See View All 21 ImagesGrace Zumwinkle scored for the Americans.

Persons: — Natalie Spooner, Emma Maltais, Ann, Renée Desbiens, Marie, Philip Poulin, Ashton Bell, Sarah Nurse, It’s, ” Maltais, “, we’re, ” Spooner, Grace Zumwinkle, Nicole Hensley, Abbey Levy, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Hensley, Spooner’s, Brianne Jenner, Spooner, Taylor Heise, Heise, “ That’s, John Wroblewski, ” Poulin, Canada’s, Maltais, Bell, Zumwinkle, Desbiens, Levy, ” Organizations: PAUL, Canada, United States, Bell, IIHF Locations: Canada, United States, Tempe , Arizona, Los Angeles, Ontario, Saskatchewan, U.S, Utica , New York

A month in, the launch of the Professional Women's Hockey League has been by all accounts a resounding win, from multiple attendance records being broken to the quality of play. Women's players have been involved in NHL All-Star Weekend several times now, including longtime U.S. captain Kendall Coyne Schofield stealing the show in the fastest skater event in the 2019 skills competition. Minnesota on Jan. 6 set the record for the biggest crowd to attend a professional women's hockey game with 13,316 at the Wild's home arena in St. Paul. “We’ll continue to lean in and work with the women’s players and have them as part of our world,” Mayer said. “It just makes it a better event.”The only thing that would be better, Coyne Schofield said, is having every PWHL player taking part.

Persons: “, Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Canada's Sarah Nurse, Igor Shesterkin, we’ve, Coyne Schofield, Nathan Phillips, Mark Walter, Paul, ”, Meghan Duggan, Steve Mayer, “ We’ll, ” Mayer, ” Nurse, Taylor Heise, ” Heise Organizations: Professional Women's Hockey League, NHL, Boston, Olympic, U.S, New York Rangers, Canadian, Los Angeles Dodgers, Premier Hockey Federation, New Jersey Devils, Toronto, Mattamy Athletic Center, Leaf, Toronto's, Montreal, Scotiabank Arena Locations: South Florida, Toronto, Boston , Minnesota , New York, Montreal, Ottawa, Minnesota, St, U.S

Alina Muller has already accomplished plenty in the 10 years since scoring Switzerland’s bronze-clinching goal to become, at 15, the youngest women’s hockey player to win a medal at a Winter Olympics. Another first comes Thursday when she takes part in the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s 3-on-3 showcase game as part of the NHL’s All-Star weekend festivities in Toronto. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesNHL chief content officer Steve Mayer said the league has liked to use All-Star Weekend as a way to lean into women’s hockey. Like I must have done something right in life,'” said Team King coach and former Canadian national team player Cassie Campbell-Pascall. The team set a pro women’s hockey attendance record with 13,316 turning out for its home-opening 3-0 win over Montreal.

Persons: Alina Muller, Muller, it's, ”, it’ll, — Kendall Coyne, Steve Mayer, ” Mayer, “, Justin Trudeau, Ottawa’s, Mueller, Alex Carpenter, King —, Billie Jean King —, Hilary Knight, Coyne Schofield, Marie, Philip Poulin, Kloss —, Ilana Kloss —, Carpenter, Taylor Heise, Sarah Nurse, Brianne Jenner, Cassie Campbell, there’s, ” What’s, Pascall, Meghan Duggan, Campbell, “ It’s, Renata, Louis, we’ve, we’re, Toronto’s, Nicole Hensley, Paul, ” Hensley, that’s, Stephen Whyno, ___ Organizations: Professional, Boston, NHL, Canadian, Northeastern, Canada's, Campbell, Canada, ” Scotiabank, Toronto, Mattamy Athletic Centre, Montreal, Scotiabank . Minnesota, Xcel Energy, U.S, AP Locations: Toronto, Europe, Asia, Switzerland, United States, St, Minnesota

The newly launched Professional Women’s Hockey League is quickly taking shape. The head coaches are but an example of the step up in class for women’s hockey, with Ryan reunited with Gina Kingsbury, who left Hockey Canada to be Toronto’s GM. Howie Draper, who coached the University of Alberta women’s team to eight national titles, was hired by New York. The majority of the players signed had connections to their respective communities, with most national team players staying in their home countries. She attended a prep school, and played for both the now-defunct Canadian Women’s Hockey League and National Women’s Hockey League Boston-based franchises.

Persons: Hilary Knight, Philip Poulin, Kelly Pannek, Troy Ryan, Courtney Kessel, Kori, Taylor Heise, ” Heise, I’m, Natalie Darwitz, Heise, Darwitz, Lee Stecklein, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Mark Walter, Billie Jean King, Ryan, Gina Kingsbury, Carla MacLeod, Howie Draper, Charlie Burggraf, Micah Zandee, Hart, Alex Carpenter, Abby Roque, Knight, ”, “, ” Pannek, Brant Feldman, Pannek, ” Darwitz, Kelly Organizations: Women’s Hockey League, Canadian, Minnesota, Golden Gophers, Associated Press, Los Angeles Dodgers, Hockey Canada, Czech Republic national, University of Alberta, New, Bethel University, Team USA, National Women’s Hockey League Boston Locations: Boston, Marie, Quebec, Minnesota, Toronto, Montreal, ., “ Minnesota, Chicago, Boston , New York, Ottawa, New York, California, Idaho, New England, City, Plymouth , Minnesota

MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — Felix Rosenqvist will end his tenure with Arrow McLaren Racing by starting from the pole in the IndyCar Series season finale at Laguna Seca. Rosenqvist won the only two poles of the season for McLaren, which is still seeking its first win of the season from its three-driver lineup headed into Sunday's finale. Rosenqvist announced earlier this week that he's moving to Meyer Shank Racing next season; McLaren said David Malukas will replace him next year. In the end, Palou decided last month he wasn't going to McLaren at all, too late for the team to retain Rosenqvist. Ericsson, who is in his fourth season with Ganassi, won the Indianapolis 500 last year and had been lobbying since for a better contract.

Persons: — Felix Rosenqvist, Arrow McLaren, Rosenqvist, “, ” Rosenqvist, Meyer Shank, McLaren, David Malukas, Alex Palou, Palou, Chip Ganassi, Scott McLaughlin, Christian Lundgaard, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, Helio Castroneves, Castroneves, Romain Grosjean, Devlin DeFrancesco, Dale Coyne, Simon Pagenaud, Meyer Shank Racing, Marcus Ericsson, Swede, Ganassi, —, Scott, Dixon, Alex, ” Ganassi, That’s, ” Ericsson, He's, Chip, I’ve, ”, Linus Lundqvist, Lundqvist Organizations: Arrow, Arrow McLaren Racing, IndyCar, Laguna, Texas, McLaren, Team Penske, Andretti Global, Dale Coyne Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing, Ericsson, Ganassi, Indianapolis, Andretti, Ericsson —, Indy, ” Ericsson, Indy Lights, Nashville Locations: MONTEREY, Calif, Laguna Seca, Swedish, Seca, Indianapolis

☆ Exclusive: ValueAct names Hale co-CEO, announces partner departures, strong gains
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Svea Herbst-Bayliss | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

At the same time, ValueAct told investors in a letter seen by Reuters that three partners, including the firm's president Brandon Boze, are leaving. Boze will retire from the firm in 2024 and partners Dylan Haggart and Sarah Coyne will leave. ValueAct also pushed to replace four Seven & i Holdings directors with its own candidates this year, a campaign rejected by shareholders. "Rob has built what we believe is the premiere engagement investing franchise in Japan," the letter said. ValueAct said Coyne identified long-term super cycles as the market reached to short term datapoints.

Persons: Robert Hale, Mason Morfit, ValueAct, Brandon Boze, Boze, Dylan Haggart, Sarah Coyne, Morfit, Jeff Ubben, Hale, Rob, Haggart, Coyne, Svea Herbst, Bayliss, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Reuters, Microsoft, San, Fund, Japan Fund, Olympus, Holdings, Elliott Investment Management, Ubben's Inclusive, Spotify, New York Times, Svea, Thomson Locations: Japan, San Francisco, Seagate, Salesforce

☆ New professional women's league set to launch in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File PhotoJune 30 (Reuters) - A new professional women's ice hockey league will launch in January 2024, bringing together the world's best players in a unified league, it was announced on Friday. News of the league ends a long-running divide between the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and the seven-team Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). Established in 2015 as the National Women's Hockey League, the NWHL rebranded to become the PHF in 2021 and its teams competed each year for the Isobel Cup. The deal has also grabbed the attention of the National Hockey League (NHL), which has long said it would not provide fiscal support so long as there were two competing leagues. "The National Hockey League congratulates the Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association and the Premier Hockey Federation on their agreement," the NHL said in a statement.

Persons: Billie Jean King, Biden, Narendra Modi, Julia Nikhinson, Mark Walter, Kemba, Walter, King, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Frank Pingue, Ken Ferris Organizations: India's, White, REUTERS, Professional, Hockey Players, Premier Hockey Federation, Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, National Women's Hockey League, Canadian, Women's Hockey League, National Hockey League, Players, Association, NHL, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Toronto

☆ The ‘Hurtful’ Idea of Scientific Merit
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Jerry A. Coyne | Anna I. Krylov | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Review & Outlook: CDC director Rochelle Walensky says she’s going to reshuffle the agency with an emphasis on 'action' and 'equity.' We finally learned of the journal’s existence, however, when we tried to publish a commentary about how modern science is being compromised by a de-emphasis on merit. Apparently, what was once anodyne and unobjectionable is now contentious and outré, even in the hard sciences. Merit isn’t much in vogue anywhere these days. Our intent was to defend established and effective practices of judging science based on its merit alone.

☆ A Googler laid off while on vacation found out when her colleague texted her, and said it made her feel like she was 'just a number'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An ex-Google recruiter says the company laid staff off like they were "just a number." Louise Coyne told Insider she was on paid leave when CEO Sundar Pichai announced Google was laying off 12,000 workers, or around 6.4% of its workforce, on January 20. "We've just left these people completely in the dark," Coyne told Insider. One software engineer who had been at Google for less than six months told Insider that the layoffs were a "rude awakening." He said he woke up when a colleague rang him to say he couldn't message him on Google's internal chat.

☆ Sephora is dropping the beauty lines of TikTok stars Addison Rae and Hyram Yarbro
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Madeline Berg | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Influencer brands Item Beauty and Selfless by Hyram are being pulled from Sephora. Addison Rae launched Item Beauty in 2020, while Hyram Yarbro launched Selfless in 2021. Insider has confirmed from a well-connected industry source that Sephora will be pulling Addison Rae's Item Beauty and Hyram Yarbro's Selfless by Hyram from its shelves. Item Beauty was launched in August 2020 by Rae, who shot to internet fame by replicating viral dances on TikTok. There are bright spots among celebrity-backed brands, like Selena Gomez's Rare BeautyThat isn't to say that all celebrity-founded beauty brands have fared poorly.

☆ Elon Musk's Twitter just fired thousands of staff. The 'chief twit' has avoided putting his name on any of the layoff memos.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk didn't sign the memo announcing mass layoffs at Twitter. The approach starkly contrasts with other recent layoffs; experts say Twitter's style may hurt in the long run. One expert said Musk's handling of the firings treated workers like "commodities, not like valued employees." Management experts say Musk's "impersonal" approach to layoffs may hurt the company in the long run. Robert Kelley, a management professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business, said Twitter treated people like "commodities, not like valued employees" in its handling of the firings.

☆ Read the 14-slide pitch deck that golf startup Stix used to raise $10 million in Series A funding as it aims to make the sport more inclusive
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Colin Salao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Stix is a startup that aims to sell quality golf clubs at an affordable cost. See the pitch deck that Stix used to raise a $10 million Series A round in May. They were also frustrated by the tech jargon and confusing fitting requirements that went into buying a new golf set. StixThe startup closed in May a $10 million Series A funding round with investments from Verance Capital, 2.0 Ventures, and Spacestation Investments. Here's the 14-slide pitch deck that Stix used to raise $10 million in Series A funding in 2022:

☆ A day in the life of Ryan Serhant, a celebrity broker who's about to list NYC's most expensive home for more than $200 million
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-03 | by ( Zoe Rosenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The reality-TV star rose to fame on "Million Dollar Listing New York" as an agent to the wealthy. It's a habit he's had since the early days of "Million Dollar Listing New York." It was heavy-weights day, Serhant said, working the entire back of his body. The call's over and Serhant heads into new-agent interviews. 8 p.m.Zena's asleep, so Serhant heads down to his home office and works on getting his inbox to zero for the day.

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