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NBA Atlantic Division preview with Nekias Duncan + NFL Week 4 reaction/Week 5 preview with Joel Smyth Kevin O'ConnorOctober 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM 0 Subscribe to The Kevin O'Connor ShowApple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube KOC & Nekias Duncan react to Jonathan Kuminga and the Golden State Warriors finally...

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KOC & Nekias Duncan react to Jonathan Kuminga and the Golden State Warriors finally agreeing to a contract—but will this deal really last? Or have the Warriors just kicked the can down the road for now as they wait to trade Kuminga for a star? The pair then preview the Atlantic Division with analysis on the Knicks, Celtics, Raptors, Sixers and Nets. Check out their takes on prospects like VJ Edgecombe, Collin Murray-Boyles and a look at Boston's retooled rotation without Jayson Tatum and the Knicks long-term identity with coach Mike Brown.

Later, Joel Smyth joins KOC to recap Week 4 of the NFL season and give his biggest fantasy football takeaways, from Lamar Jackson's injury impact to buy-low trade targets—whether your team is 0-4 or 4-0.

(0:58) Kuminga finally signs contract with Warriors

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(20:23) Philadelphia 76ers preview

(31:05) Boston Celtics preview

(41:58) Toronto Raptors preview

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Report: Wave ownership group sues former team president Jill Ellis Field Level MediaOctober 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM 0 Jun 7, 2024; San Diego, California, USA; San Diego Wave FC president Jill Ellis looks on after the match against the Orlando Pride at Snapdragon Stadium.

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Jun 7, 2024; San Diego, California, USA; San Diego Wave FC president Jill Ellis looks on after the match against the Orlando Pride at Snapdragon Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images (Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images)

The ownership group of the San Diego Wave filed suit this week against former team president Jill Ellis, who also was the former head coach of the United States women's national team.

The club's new ownership group, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, claims that Ellis misrepresented her intention to remain with the club through the ownership transition, which began in March of last year and was completed in October of 2024.

According to The Athletic, the lawsuit was filed in California Superior Court in San Diego on Monday.

Ellis, a native of England who is now the chief football officer for FIFA, left her position with the Wave last fall, shortly after the club transferred hands to billionaire couple Lauren Leichtman and Arthur Levine, who own the private equity firm that now runs the team.

An attorney representing Ellis told The Athletic that the "meritless" lawsuit was "filed in retaliation" for Ellis requesting $1.2 million in deferred compensation from the club under her deal with the previous ownership group.

A spokesperson told The Athletic that the club remains focused on the on-field product and is not involved in the dispute between its ownership group and its former team executive.

Ellis, 59, led the USWNT to consecutive World Cup titles in 2015 and 2019 before signing a five-year deal to become the Wave president when the team was founded in 2021. At the time she was appointed to her current role with FIFA, Ellis said her main role with soccer's governing body was to "contribute to the growth of football from a global perspective."

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1 / 3Jets Dolphins FootballNew York Jets running back Braelon Allen (0) walks off the field with team staff after suffering an unknown injury in the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets running back Braelon Allen was placed on injured reserve Thursday with a knee injury that will sideline him several weeks.

Coach Aaron Glenn said Wednesday that Allen was seeking a second medical opinion before the team decided how to proceed. Placing Allen on IR with what Glenn called a "pretty serious" knee injury means the second-year running back will be sidelined at least four weeks.

The Jets signed veteran running back Khalil Herbert to take Allen's spot on the roster.

Allen was injured early in the second quarter last Monday night in New York's 27-21 loss at Miami while returning a kickoff. The 2024 fourth-round pick out of Wisconsin went down and then struggled to put weight on his left leg as he walked to the locker room.

He was quickly ruled out by the team for the rest of the game.

The 21-year-old Allen rushed for 334 yards and two touchdowns as a rookie and caught 19 passes for 148 yards and a score. This season, he has 76 yards and a TD on 18 carries, along with two catches for 17 yards.

With Allen sidelined, fellow second-year running back Isaiah Davis will see increased snaps out of the backfield behind starter Breece Hall.

"Isaiah's got to bump up, but losing a guy like Braelon, that's tough because you can watch it and he was starting to, you feel like he's hitting his stride, he's making some good reads, he's running hard, he's running physical, and then he goes down," offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand said Thursday. "So, that is a shot (to the offense). That hurts a bit, but that's why, again, we've got a guy like Isaiah to bump up into the (No. 2) and we'll just go from there.

"Braelon will get back as soon as he can, but yeah, he'll be missed."

Davis has rushed five times for 27 yards and caught three passes for 24 yards while also averaging 29.4 yards on 11 kickoff returns.

New York also has Kene Nwangwu, the team's primary kick returner when healthy, and undrafted rookie Lawrance Toafili on the practice squad as depth. The addition of Herbert gives the Jets some more flexibility in the backfield and perhaps also on special teams.

Herbert spent his first three-plus NFL seasons with Chicago after being a sixth-round draft pick out of Virginia Tech in 2021 and was teammates on the Bears with current Jets quarterback Justin Fields. He was traded to Cincinnati during the 2024 season. Herbert spent time with Indianapolis and Seattle this season, but was cut by the Seahawks on Wednesday. He hasn't yet played in a regular-season game this season.

The 27-year-old Herbert has rushed for 1,905 yards and nine touchdowns and caught 53 passes for 312 yards and two scores in his career. He also has returned kickoffs at times, averaging 25.6 yards per return.

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Is OpenAI the new Amazon? The ChatGPT maker keeps branching out and erasing market value from competitors. Jennifer SorOctober 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM 0 Andrew Harnik via Getty Images OpenAI's new internal softwareasaservice tools caused a stock selloff in the sector.

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OpenAI's new internal software-as-a-service tools caused a stock sell-off in the sector.

It's reminiscent of how Amazon previously erased market value from grocers and pharmacies by moving into their spaces.

Is "getting OpenAI'ed" the new "getting Amazon'ed"?

Move over, Amazon. It looks like there's a new industry-disrupting company in town.

That would be OpenAI, which unveiled a new arsenal of internal AI-powered software-as-a-service tools this week, causing a mass stock sell-off in the space.

If it sounds like something Amazon might do, that's because the retail and cloud-computing titan has been having the same impact on a wide range of industries for years. It even picked up a nickname over time: "getting Amazon'd." Just ask the pharmaceutical, insurance, and grocery industries about their experiences seeing market value wiped out.

While "getting OpenAI'ed" doesn't have the same ring to it, the company's newly shared SaaS plans are just the latest example of the value-swallowing impact it can have. And although the company's SaaS tools are just for internal use at this point, investors aren't waiting around for the possibility they're eventually offered to other companies.

It's also important to note that sometimes OpenAI itself doesn't even have to announce anything to have a broad impact. In some cases, the companies themselves have highlighted the risk of tools like ChatGPT, causing investors to flee the stock.

Here's a rundown of past examples of OpenAI hitting the share prices of its competitors:

Sept. 30: SaaS stocks tumble

OpenAI unveiled a host of internal software tools that can support sales teams, manage documentation, and provide customer support.

Founder Sam Altman had already hinted about a potential SaaS move when he posted this cryptic message on X in August: "entering the fast fashion era of SaaS very soon."

Now, investors are preparing for a reality where those tools are used outside of OpenAI, even if that hasn't happened yet.

The impacted stocks detailed in the chart below are: HubSpot, Docusign, ZoomInfo and Salesforce.

Sept. 22: Broadcom takes a hit as OpenAI gets $100 billion from Nvidia

The leading AI hardware company and the leading AI software company make for a formidable pairing. Last week, Nvidia announced a $100 billion investment in OpenAI to accelerate the buildout of its data centers that will use Nvidia's chips.

Broadcom was the immediate loser of the announcement, with the stock dropping almost 2% on the news.

Feb. 2024: OpenAI's Sora video tool tanks Adobe stock

Adobe stock tumbled more than 7% after OpenAI unveiled Sora, an AI video generator. That appeared to compete with Adobe's Firefly, its AI video generator that it launched in 2023.

Adobe partnered with OpenAI earlier this year to expand Firefly's ecosystem of AI models.

"We're pleased to work with Adobe to bring OpenAI's image generation capabilities to its creators," said Kevin Weil, OpenAI's chief product officer, said in a statement in April.

May 2023: Chegg plunges after it says students are using ChatGPT for help with schoolwork

Chegg, which makes subscription-based tools for students to get help with school assignments, fell almost 50% in a day after the company said people are turning increasingly to ChatGPT for assistance.

"We now believe it's having an impact on our new customer growth," Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig said on the company's earnings call.

Shares of Chegg competitor Pearson also dropped as investors fretted over OpenAI's impact on the wider ed-tech space.

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More Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, foiling retirement plans Aimee Picchi October 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM 5 Olga Shumitskaya/Getty Images Many Americans are eager to put money away for retirement, but that goal is increasingly out of reach because more workers are living paycheck to paycheck,...

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Many Americans are eager to put money away for retirement, but that goal is increasingly out of reach because more workers are living paycheck to paycheck, a new Goldman Sachs study finds.

Roughly 42% of younger working Americans — spanning Gen Z, millennials and Gen X — report having no spare savings after covering their basic living expenses, according to the analysis, which surveyed about 3,600 workers and 1,500 retirees. Among those just getting by, about three-quarters said they are struggling to save for retirement, the survey found.

The share of U.S. workers in this precarious financial position has grown significantly since 1997, when 31% lived paycheck to paycheck, according to Goldman. The investment bank projects that figure could climb to well over half of Americans by 2033 as essentials like housing and health care continue to rise in cost.

"Save more" ignores reality

The findings underscore the challenges millions of Americans now face just making ends meets while also managing to set aside money for retirement, a financial pinch that Goldman Sachs calls a "financial vortex." That money crunch helps explains why more than a quarter of older Americans are nearing retirement without anything saved — a gap that could widen given the financial pressures facing younger workers.

"These findings force us to ask a very critical question: Does the retirement math still work? The answer is no," said Greg Wilson, head of retirement at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, in a conference call to discuss the report. "Telling workers just to 'save more' ignores the realities they face."

Skipping a latte or avocado toast isn't likely to make much of a dent in the financial dynamics facing workers today, with Goldman finding that basic expenses are consuming an ever growing share of people's after-tax income.

For instance, homeownership now eats up 51% of income, up from 33% in 2000, while health care costs account for 16% of after-tax earnings, up from 10% a quarter century ago, the analysis found.

"The mounting challenges American workers face ... make it harder than ever to save for retirement," Wilson said.

Such financial pressures come as many Americans are on their own to plan, and save for, their retirement, largely because of the shift in the 1980s from company-sponsored pensions to 401(k) plans.

As a savings vehicle, 401(k) shifts the burden onto workers, who must decide how much to save, how to invest and how to draw down their money in retirement — a do-it-yourself approach that retirement experts such as Teresa Ghilarducci, a labor economist at The New School for Social Research in New York, describe as inadequate.

Hoping for a miracle

Financial professionals say it's no coincidence that members of Generation X, which entered the workforce just as the shift to 401(k)s became mainstream, is feeling unprepared as they get closer to retirement. Now 45 to 60 years old, almost half said they believed it would take a "miracle" for them to be able to retire, a Natixis study found last year.

Goldman acknowledged that it can be difficult to close a retirement funding gap with savings alone, but noted that some strategies could help. Some approaches may be out of reach for older workers, like Gen X and millennials, but could be of use for their children — for instance, setting aside $500 a year from ages 1 to 20, a move Goldman found could increase retirement savings by 14%.

Adding private market investments to a portfolio could also help boost retirement savings by 14% through higher returns, according to Goldman. Those strategies might become more accessible for workers under a Trump administration plan to open up 401(k) plans to private equity, cryptocurrencies and other alternative investments.

Lastly, if possible, workers should take advantage of benefits from their employers such as funding an emergency savings account, which can help them avoid raiding their 401(k) in case of an unexpected expense, such as medical bills, the bank notes.

Even so, while those approaches might work for workers with access to employer-sponsored retirement plans, about half of all U.S. private-sector workers lack access to such programs, an analysis from the Pew Charitable Trusts found earlier this year. Although it's possible to save for retirement without a 401(k), many workers without access to an employer retirement plan said they struggled to build wealth, the Pew survey found.

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7 US housing markets that are seeing home prices fall the fastest Jennifer SorOctober 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM 0 Sellers are slashing the sales price of their home at a faster pace in a handful of top metro areas, Realtor.com said in its latest monthly report.

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Home buyers are getting some relief in the form of lower home prices recently.

That's partly due to rising inventory and more sellers being willing to slash prices in key metros.

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad topped the list of markets where prices are dropping the fastest.

House hunters, we have some good news.

Conditions shifted more in favor of buyers last month, as Americans looking to buy a home were greeted with lower median listing prices in a handful of top housing markets.

Realtor.com's latest monthly report shows that the national median list price for a home was around $425,000 in September, down 1.2% from the previous month.

Overall housing inventory in the US grew for the 23rd month in a row in September, and the median home is staying on the market for 15 days longer than it did in September 2022, the report said. Those are a few of the factors that explain why sellers are more willing to slash prices.

"Price cuts are far more common at lower price tiers," the firm said. "This is consistent with more motivated sellers at the bottom of the housing ladder, who need to sell in order to buy their next home, compared to patient and/or price-anchored sellers at the top."

These are the seven housing markets where home prices are dropping at the fastest pace.

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

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Median list price: $948,500

Year-over-year change in list price: -4.9%

Total share of price-reduced homes: 19.7%

Year-over-year change in active listings: +25.6%

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

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Median list price: $499,900

Year-over-year change in list price: -4.8%

Total share of price-reduced homes: 16.2%

Year-over-year change in active listings: +16.3%

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

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Median list price: $1,099,000

Year-over-year change in list price: -4.8%

Total share of price-reduced homes: 15.2%

Year-over-year change in active listings: +24.0%

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

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Median list price: $495,000

Year-over-year change in list price: -4.8%

Total share of price-reduced homes: 27.6%

Year-over-year change in active listings: +11.2%

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

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Median list price: $1,365,750

Year-over-year change in list price: -4.6%

Total share of price-reduced homes: 11.7%

Year-over-year change in active listings: +12.5%

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

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Median list price: $499,000

Year-over-year change in list price: -4.0%

Total share of price-reduced homes: 26.5%

Year-over-year change in active listings: +23.0%

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

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Median list price: $425,000

Year-over-year change in list price: -3.3%

Total share of price-reduced homes: 27.4%

Year-over-year change in active listings: +16.7%

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Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN) announced on Thursday that it produced 10,720 vehicles and delivered 13,201 during the third quarter ended September 30, 2025, from its Normal, Illinois, factory.

These figures align with the company's internal expectations, prompting management to narrow its full-year 2025 delivery guidance to 41,500-43,500 vehicles, a slight refinement from the prior range of 40,000 to 46,000 units.

Despite the stable output and the anticipation surrounding its upcoming R2 SUV launch, Rivian's stock tumbled on Thursday, reflecting investor concerns over persistent regulatory and financial headwinds.

Also Read: Rivian Electric Delivery Vans Face NHTSA Probe Over Seat Belt Failures

Several factors are currently weighing on the EV maker's valuation. Financially, the Trump administration's rollback of U.S. emissions standards has reportedly cost Rivian approximately $100 million in lost revenue, as the market for zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) credits has been significantly diminished.

Simultaneously, the company is facing heightened regulatory scrutiny. U.S. regulators have launched a preliminary investigation into potential seatbelt defects in more than 17,000 electric delivery vans manufactured in 2022 and 2023.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is reviewing reports that a steel-braided cable, tied to the driver's seat frame, can fray or break, potentially leaving occupants unrestrained in the event of a crash.

Rivian continues to execute on cost-saving and growth initiatives amid these pressures. The company recently cut its workforce by less than 1.5% to streamline operations ahead of the launch of its more affordable R2 SUV, a strategic move aimed at unlocking value.

This push for efficiency coincides with the groundbreaking of a $5 billion Georgia plant in September, despite the company's ongoing revenue shortfalls and significant cash burn.

Furthermore, Rivian is cementing a key technological alliance. The company emphasized its growing partnership with Volkswagen (OTC:VWAGY) at Munich's IAA Mobility event.

This collaboration is designed to pool sourcing across more than 50 chip categories, leveraging Volkswagen's global scale with Rivian's expertise in software-defined vehicles.

Rivian is scheduled to release its third-quarter 2025 financial results on November 4, 2025, after the market close.

Price Action: RIVN shares were trading lower by 7.34% to $13.54 premarket at last check Thursday.

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