Key AdTech and MarTech Trends Shaping Programmatic Market in 2022

Businesses that early adopt ad tech and martech novelties, normally adjust their practices to the new market requirements faster than others. Sometimes trends appear suddenly and capture the market in a landslide, in other cases, new trends are stirred by the fundamental changes in privacy or entire advertising regulation framework. Let’s consider in more detail…

Dozens more civilians rescued from Ukrainian steel plant

By ELENA BECATOROS and JON GAMBRELL ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens more civilians were rescued Friday from the tunnels under the besieged steel mill where Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol have been making their last stand to prevent Moscow’s complete takeover of the strategically important port city. Russian and Ukrainian officials said 50 people were evacuated…

CIF-SS boys tennis playoffs: Friday scores, updated schedule

Scores from the CIF-SS boys tennis playoff matches Friday, and the updated schedule for the next round. CIF-SS BOYS TENNIS PLAYOFFS OPEN DIVISION Quarterfinals, Friday University 14, Harvard-Westlake 4 Woodbridge 9, Peninsula 9 (Woodbridge won on games 72-66) Calabasas 11, Palos Verdes 7 Corona del Mar 10, Claremont 8 Semifinals, Wednesday, 3 p.m. Woodbridge at…

Jordin Canada leads Sparks to overtime win in Chicago in season opener

L.A. native Jordin Canada lifted the Sparks to a victory in her debut with the team with 21 points, eight assists and two steals in a season-opening 98-91 overtime victory over the defending WNBA champion Chicago Sky on Friday night in Chicago. Canada – a two-time WNBA champion playing behind future Hall of Fame point…

Dozens more civilians rescued from Ukrainian steel plant

By ELENA BECATOROS and JON GAMBRELL ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens more civilians were rescued Friday from the tunnels under the besieged steel mill where Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol have been making their last stand to prevent Moscow’s complete takeover of the strategically important port city. Russian and Ukrainian officials said 50 people were evacuated…

A.J. Pierzynski elevates First Academy baseball with ‘quarterback’ mindset

Success seems to follow A.J. Pierzynski wherever he goes. Six years after retiring from Major League Baseball, the same IQ he carried through 19 years is helping another championship-level team in his hometown. “Catchers make the best [MLB] managers and coaches,” Scott Grove, head coach of The First Academy in Orlando, said about bringing Pierzynski…

CIF-SS swimming championships: Top times, team scores from Division 1 boys

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now BOYS SWIMMING CIF-SS Division 1 Finals At Marguerite Aquatics Complex, Mission Viejo Team results: 1. Santa Margarita 355, 2. Loyola 270, 3. La Canada 157, 4. Harvard-Westlake 146, 5. Northwood 138, 6. JSerra 134, 7. Tesoro 133, 8. San Juan Hills 119, 9.…

‘We’re so sorry’: Mariupol plant evacuees feel relief, grief

By CARA ANNA ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — When the moist concrete walls deep below ground and the mold and the cold and the weeks without fresh fruit or vegetables became too much to bear, some in the bunker underneath Elina Tsybulchenko’s office decided to visit the sky. They made their way, through darkness lit by…

Will lives be saved by new ‘bill of rights’ for addiction treatment?

Gabriella Santamaria, 9, holds up a picture of her uncle Stephen who died from a heroin overdose during a candlelight vigil for victims of drug addiction in New York (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Sick? A hospital bed in California will set you (or your insurance company) back about $4,100 a day. You may have…

Boys lacrosse playoffs: Foothill, St. Margaret’s score big wins, set up semifinals showdown

Jackson Hines scored six goals Friday to lead Foothill to a 13-5 win over Agoura in the quarterfinals of the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 boys lacrosse playoffs at Agoura High. Foothill (18-4) trailed 2-0 early, but went on a scoring run in the second quarter to take control of the game. Gavin Griswold scored three…

Will lives be saved by new ‘bill of rights’ for addiction treatment?

Gabriella Santamaria, 9, holds up a picture of her uncle Stephen who died from a heroin overdose during a candlelight vigil for victims of drug addiction in New York (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Sick? A hospital bed in California will set you (or your insurance company) back about $4,100 a day. You may have…

Dozens more civilians rescued from Ukrainian steel plant

By ELENA BECATOROS and JON GAMBRELL ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens more civilians were rescued Friday from the tunnels under the besieged steel mill where Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol have been making their last stand to prevent Moscow’s complete takeover of the strategically important port city. Russian and Ukrainian officials said 50 people were evacuated…

‘We’re so sorry’: Mariupol plant evacuees feel relief, grief

By CARA ANNA ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — When the moist concrete walls deep below ground and the mold and the cold and the weeks without fresh fruit or vegetables became too much to bear, some in the bunker underneath Elina Tsybulchenko’s office decided to visit the sky. They made their way, through darkness lit by…

Jordin Canada leads Sparks to overtime win in Chicago in season opener

L.A. native Jordin Canada lifted the Sparks to a victory in her debut with the team with 21 points, eight assists and two steals in a season-opening 98-91 overtime victory over the defending WNBA champion Chicago Sky on Friday night in Chicago. Canada – a two-time WNBA champion playing behind future Hall of Fame point…

A.J. Pierzynski elevates First Academy baseball with ‘quarterback’ mindset

Success seems to follow A.J. Pierzynski wherever he goes. Six years after retiring from Major League Baseball, the same IQ he carried through 19 years is helping another championship-level team in his hometown. “Catchers make the best [MLB] managers and coaches,” Scott Grove, head coach of The First Academy in Orlando, said about bringing Pierzynski…

Heat fall flat in Philadelphia, 99-79 loss reduces series lead to 2-1

It was as if a whole new series opened Friday night. The Miami Heat are now hoping that doesn’t continue to prove the case. With Joel Embiid back for the Philadelphia 76ers and Kyle Lowry for the Miami Heat, the teams’ best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series took a turn toward something grittier. After romping to…

Stocks end rocky week with their 5th straight weekly decline

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA NEW YORK (AP) — A turbulent week on Wall Street ended Friday with more losses and the stock market’s fifth straight weekly decline. The latest pullback came as investors balanced a strong U.S. jobs report against worries the Federal Reserve may cause a recession in its drive to halt…

Column: How Trestan Ebner’s fast-acting agent — and his sister’s cellphone — connected the Chicago Bears with the Baylor RB

Trestan Ebner’s draft party last Saturday could have gone in a different direction had it not been for his quick-acting agent. Ebner was with about 40 family members and friends at his mother’s house in Henderson, Texas, a small town of 13,000 in the northeast corner of the state. The Baylor running back felt pretty…

As Bobby Witt Jr. comes to Baltimore, Orioles feel they made the right pick with ‘unicorn’ Adley Rutschman

This weekend, a player the Orioles passed on with the first overall draft pick will beat the one they selected to Camden Yards. When Mike Elias became the Orioles’ executive vice president and general manager in November 2018, he was already on the clock for what might stand as the most significant decision of his…