Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Matt Porter Globe Staff August 15, 2018 The most important event on the American gymnastics calendar, in a non-Olympic year, is in Boston this week. One of the best gymnasts the US has even seen, a three-time Olympic gold medalist and member of the greatest US team, lives 20 miles away.But Aly Raisman will attend the US Gymnastics Championships as an invited guest of TD Garden, not USA Gymnastics. She thinks that’s wrong.“They know I live here,” she said. “Actions speak louder than words. Don’t say it’s a new USA Gymnastics if you can’t invite someone who’s been speaking out.” Advertisement The relationship is complicated, to say the least. Get Sports Headlines in your inbox: The most recent sports headlines delivered to your inbox every morning. Thank you for signing up! Sign up for more … [Read more...] about Aly Raisman, at odds with USA Gymnastics, isn’t backing down
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Top executive sentenced in ‘Made in USA’ boots scheme
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The top executive of a one-time leading manufacturer of boots for the U.S. military has been sentenced in a "Made in USA" scheme. A statement from U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey says 66-year-old Vincent Lee Ferguson of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced Monday to 41 months in federal prison for his role in a wire fraud conspiracy. The statement says Overbey was president and CEO of Wellco Enterprises Inc., which sold boots to the military that were falsely advertised as being made in the U.S. Prosecutors say Ferguson conspired with his executive team to import boots made in China. Authorities say they concealed the fraud at first by requiring the Chinese manufacturing facility to include "USA" labels and later by having factory workers tear out "Made in China" labels. Five others charged in the scheme were sentenced in June. … [Read more...] about Top executive sentenced in ‘Made in USA’ boots scheme
East Central graduate Smith leads USA to gold in FIBA tournament
By David Hinojosa Published 8:13 am CDT, Wednesday, August 8, 2018 Photo: Kin Man Hui, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 East Central's NaLyssa Smith is the Girls Player of the Year for the 2018 Express-News All-Area Super Team. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News) East Central's NaLyssa Smith is the Girls Player of the Year for the 2018 Express-News All-Area Super Team. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News) Photo: Kin Man Hui, Staff / San Antonio Express-News East Central graduate Smith leads USA to gold in FIBA tournament 1 / 1 Back to Gallery East Central graduate NaLyssa Smith scored a game-high 18 points to lead the United States to an 84-60 victory against Canada in the gold-medal game of the FIBA Americas Under 18 Championships Tuesday in Mexico City. Smith, who … [Read more...] about East Central graduate Smith leads USA to gold in FIBA tournament
Anticipating Black Hat USA 2018
I’m about to leave New England and brave temperatures of 110 degrees or above. It may sound crazy, but I’m actually looking forward to the trip next week. Why? I’m heading to Black Hat USA in Las Vegas, and I’m excited to learn more about: Artificial intelligence in cybersecurity. I am hosting a panel at the CISO Summit titled, The Real Impact of AI on Cybersecurity. As part of this panel discussion, we will cut through the industry hype around AI/ML and talk about how real enterprise organizations are using and benefiting from the technology. It should be a fruitful and enlightening discussion. The clouding of enterprise security. ESG research indicates that 85% of organizations use public cloud services today, up from 78% in 2017 and 75% in 2016. As more and more workloads move to the cloud, cybersecurity controls and operations tools must come along for the ride. This will lead to a radical shift where cloud security … [Read more...] about Anticipating Black Hat USA 2018
Murphy USA sees 2Q drop in income
Murphy USA on Wednesday reported net income of $51.8 million, or $1.58 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2018, compared with $55.5 million, or $1.51 per share, a year ago. The El Dorado gasoline and convenience-store chain reported $3.8 billion in revenue for the quarter, beating analysts' forecasts of $3.5 billion. "Second-quarter financial results showed improvement across all major parts of the business," Andrew Clyde, the company's president and chief executive officer, said in a statement that accompanied Murphy USA's second-quarter report. "Customer traffic was solid as retail fuel volumes moderated year-over-year declines." Retail gasoline sales were up 1.6 percent from a year ago. Merchandise sales increased 4.6 percent to $102.3 million from the $97.8 million reported a year ago. Average unit margins increased from 16.1 percent to 16.6 percent, a quarterly record, the company said. Merchandise sales exceeded $100 million in a quarter for the first time, which the … [Read more...] about Murphy USA sees 2Q drop in income