Comcast’s CEO just kicked off what could become an M&A feeding frenzy for the ages

Brian Roberts’ surprise plans to spin off NBCUniversal from Comcast have set the stage for an M&A bonanza, with bankers working overtime to concoct deals where the media mogul is both a buyer and a seller of some of the industry’s biggest assets, On The Money has learned. Just a few months ago when the battle for Warner Bros. Discovery was raging, the Comcast chief was considered an also-ran. Comcast’s floundering stock price (shares down 55% over the past five years) was no match for Ted Sarandos at Netflix, or the deal’s eventual winner, Paramount Skydance, backed by indie producer…

‘It’s more than a hope, it’s a guarantee’: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s 10-year movie of the universe is about to ‘blow our minds,’ chief scientist Tony Tyson says

On a dark mountaintop in Chile, the world’s largest digital camera has begun filming its masterpiece.This Tuesday (June 30), scientists with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory announced that the facility’s ambitious Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) officially began. Every night for the next 10 years, the observatory’s car-size…

What to look for when venerable Saratoga kicks off its 46-day meet

You’ve done it all. Watched baseball games at Wrigley Field, Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium. Witnessed the spectacular Northern Lights. Sat in celebrity row at Madison Square Garden. Camped at the Grand Canyon. Wore a cheesehead at Lambeau Field. Proposed marriage at the Empire State Building antenna. Waved the checkered…

Long Island’s American Soccer Club clinches first playoff berth

Could it be any more patriotic? The Fighting Tomcats of the American Soccer Club clinched the Long Island franchise’s first playoff berth with a final regular-season victory over Osner’s FC, 3-1, Wednesday night. “I don’t know if it’s fate,” head coach John Fitzgerald told The Post about earning the inaugural…

Texas A&M-Texarkana track athlete dead after collapsing at event

Graycen Vargo, a long-distance runner for Texas A&M-Texarkana, died after a medical emergency during a track and field championship in New Orleans on Friday, the school announced. Texas A&M-Texarkana shared Saturday that Vargo, a Dallas native, collapsed during the Red River Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships, hosted by Xavier…

Browns take another quarterback in 2026 NFL Draft to add to crowded room

The Browns’ quarterback room just got more crowded. After drafting both Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders last year, Cleveland added another passer via the NFL draft on Saturday in Pittsburgh as it selected Arkansas quarterback Taylen Green in the sixth round. The Browns used the No. 182 overall selection to…

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