Islanders draft pick Malte Gustafsson has all pieces for quick rise: ‘Sky’s the limit’

Malte Gustafsson hasn’t allowed himself to think about it yet, to envision a future Islanders blue line with him and Matthew Schaefer — both first-round picks, both left-handed, both just 18 years old — in prominent roles. “He’s very, very grounded and humble when it comes to his journey,” recalled Tom Jankovic, his head coach with the HV71 under-20 team and assistant coach with Sweden’s under-18 national team. When Schaefer introduced Gustafsson in Buffalo as the Islanders’ selection at No. 13 in last month’s NHL draft, there was something fitting about the duo overlapping. One obvious piece of their future…

AI-crazed San Francisco homebuyers find insane new currency to outbid rivals

Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence boom is making home-buying in the notoriously expensive Bay Area real estate market even more miserable. In a viral post this week, Michael Hess, a founder at an AI-moderated research platform, shared a screenshot of a text message exchange with a realtor. Hess in the exchange…

Winning Polymarket bets on strange temps at Paris airport spark tampering probe: reports

Mystery Polymarket traders raked in huge profits after correctly predicting an unusual temperature spike at a weather station in Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, prompting French officials to launch an investigation into suspected tampering. Polymarket, a leading prediction market, allows users to place bets on the maximum temperature based on readings…

Doug Martin, former Vikings star, dead at 68

Vikings great Doug Martin passed away at the age of 68 on Monday.  Martin, one of the best defensive lineman in Minnesota franchise history, was the ninth overall pick in the 1980 NFL Draft. “I’ll always remember his big chuckle, his laugh, and I will miss him calling me ‘Moony,’”…

‘Strong, undeniable public examples of something positive’: Astronaut Chris Hadfield on why Artemis II hit him hard, the importance of spaceflight, and why we need to send a guitar to the moon

With Artemis II complete, NASA is pushing ahead with plans to build a permanent human habitat on the moon, and retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield wants to make sure one crucial piece of technology is awaiting the future crop of lunar settlers: a guitar.”We keep a guitar on…

Kansas City Chiefs coach arrested day before NFL draft

Chiefs defensive backs coach Dave Merritt was arrested just hours before the start of the NFL draft, according to authorities in Kansas. Johnson County jail records show Merritt was booked on Wednesday on one charge of domestic battery. Merritt allegedly “unlawfully, knowingly, or recklessly” caused “bodily harm” to a family…

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