Emmerdale spoilers: Maya Stepney turns into Jacob’s secret stalker in clue you missed?

Emmerdale viewers have been demanding the soap to end the grooming storyline between Maya Stepney (played by Louisa Clein) and Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant) for weeks.  And it seems the plot could come to a halt and make a dramatic change in direction as one fan predicts.  It comes after Maya suffered a terrible fall […]

Team Jacobs hopes to have Ryan Fry back at next Grand Slam in January

CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. — It's been nearly a month since curler Ryan Fry took an indefinite leave from Brad Jacobs' team after being kicked out of the Red Deer Curling Classic for "unacceptable behaviour" which included being "extremely drunk." Since then, Jacobs and his team from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. have played in two events […]

Jacobs announces Kennedy, Wozniak will substitute in Fry's absence

Team Brad Jacobs will turn to a couple of curling veterans to fill the vacancy created by Ryan Fry's decision to take an indefinite leave after his disqualification from the Red Deer Curling Classic. Two-time Olympian Marc Kennedy will play as a substitute at the Dec. 5-9 Canada Cup in Estevan, Sask., while Matt Wozniak […]

Battle of Broadcom claims its first victim: Paul Jacobs out as Qualcomm’s executive chair

The Jacobs’ family semiconductor business, otherwise known as Qualcomm, has been battered by market forces in recent years and is now trying to fight a hostile takeover bid by Broadcom. While it remains to be seen whether Qualcomm will survive as an independent business, it seems that the founder’s scion will no longer have a hand […]

Reid Carruthers, Brad Jacobs stay undefeated at 2018 Brier

Defending champion Brad Gushue and wild-card skip Mike McEwen picked up wins in Monday’s early draw at the Brier, setting up a matchup of undefeated teams in the evening. McEwen’s Winnipeg rink scored three in the 10th end in a 6-5 win over Nova Scotia as Jamie Murphy’s Halifax foursome suffered its first loss at […]

Daily Podcast: Jacob’s Best Movies of 2017, Red Son, John Wick, Monsters

On the January 15, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and senior writer Ben Pearson to talk about the latest news, including a Superman: Red Son movie, a John Wick and Monsters TV series. And in Our Feature Presentation, Jacob Hall talks about his top 10 […]

‘Jacobs letter’ unsealed, accuses Uber of spying, hacking

Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber for allegedly stealing technology for self-driving cars hasn’t gone to trial yet, because the judge received a letter from the Department of Justice suggesting Uber withheld crucial evidence. That letter, with some redactions, is now available for all to read and it’s not good news for Uber. It was written by […]

Defending Olympic champion Brad Jacobs eliminated from curling trials

It just never went the way the reigning champions wanted it to go. Four years after standing on top of the curling world at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Brad Jacobs and his team from Northern Ontario aren’t going to get to defend their title. Jacobs was eliminated from the playoffs at the 2017 Olympic […]

Brad Jacobs continues to fade at Olympic curling trials

The reigning Olympic men’s curling champions were perfect at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings the last time around. The 2017 Trials have been far less kind to Brad Jacobs and his team from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Chances of a repeat appearance at the Winter Games were all but dashed Thursday as Jacobs dropped a […]

Bad break: Brad Gushue's rock picks on debris and Brad Jacobs capitalizes for win

OTTAWA — Brad Gushue calls it one of the worst picked rocks in his career.  Facing three Brad Jacobs’ stones in the third end, Gushue’s last shot picked debris on the ice and came to a screeching halt. It led to a steal of three for Jacobs. It gave him a 4-0 lead. Game over. Jacobs cruised to […]