Bill Belichick may have agreed to become the next head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels but the interest in him from other NFL teams is reportedly still alive and well.

One team of note is the Las Vegas Raiders, the NFL Network reported Wednesday.

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Tom Brady, a new minority owner of the Raiders, "recently" spoke with Belichick about what it would take for his old coach to abruptly leave Chapel Hill for the desert, according to the report. The report noted that Belichick has a $10 million buyout option in his contract if he leaves before June 1, 2025.

The NFL Network signaled that the Jacksonville Jaguars could also be an "intriguing" option as well.

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The Raiders fired Antonio Pierce on Tuesday.

Brady and Belichick have a long history of winning together. The two led the New England Patriots to six Super Bowl titles from 2000 to 2019. They had a stranglehold on the NFL for two separate dynastic eras. Brady parted ways with the Patriots before the 2020 season and won another title with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Belichick was with New England through the 2023 season before he and the Patriots agreed to mutually part ways. He interviewed for the Atlanta Falcons job but didn’t get it. He then became an analyst for a season before he surprisingly took the North Carolina job.

He’s 302-165 as a head coach between the Patriots and Cleveland Browns.

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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum clapped back at President-elect Trump on Wednesday and said parts of the U.S. should be called "América Mexicana," in response to Trump's proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" at a press conference on Tuesday.

Why it matters: The response, using a troubled history of the U.S.-Mexican War in 1846-8, signaled that the Sheinbaum administration would not be intimidated by Trump's antics and threats.

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The big picture: Sheinbaum's playful reaction came as Mexico has sent serious messages that it will defend the human rights of Mexicans in the U.S. who may be abused during Trump's planned mass deportations.

• Other Latin American leaders such as Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino have also rebuked Trump for social media posts about the Panama Canal and migration.

Zoom in: During a press conference Wednesday, Sheinbaum stood in front of a 1607 map showing the territory of northern Mexico and part of the present-day United States mixed together.

• Sheinbaum said without prompting from reporters that the joint region that used to belong to Mexico should be called "América Mexicana," or "Mexican America."
• "Why don't we call it "Mexican America?" It sounds nice, right? Since 1607, the Constitution of Apatzingán was of Mexican America. So, let's call it that."

Context: Trump said during Tuesday's press conference that the Gulf of America "has a beautiful ring."

• His remarks, which raise questions about how the renaming process would work, are the latest example of Trump flexing his power on the global stage before he takes office.
• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) later said she plans to introduce legislation renaming the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America."

Yes, but: Sheinbaum said that the Gulf of Mexico is registered by international institutions, and many countries recognize its name.

• She asked José Alfonso Suárez del Real, a historian and political advisor, to explain the origins of the name Gulf of Mexico.
• "Between Florida and Yucatán, the Mexican Gulf is recognized as a fundamental nautical point for navigation from the 17th century onwards," he said.
• The historian also pointed out that the name "Mexican America" existed before the first group of British colonists arrived in present-day Virginia.

Flashback: Much of the present-day American Southwest and West used to be territory under New Spain and later Mexico until the U.S. invaded in 1846 to seek more land for slavery.

• The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo — which ended the U.S.-Mexico War — greatly expanded U.S. territory and made unkept promises to its new Mexican American citizens.
• They instead faced racial discrimination and racial violence and have for decades used the treaty as a tool to seek civil rights.

The intrigue: Some conservatives and white supremacists have promoted the "reconquista theory," claiming Mexican Americans wanted California, New Mexico and other swaths of the region to be given to Mexico.

• They have equated migration from Mexico to "an invasion," which is what Trump also has repeated.

• Morgan Stanley has promoted 173 employees to its top rank of managing director.
• That's a 12% increase over last year as demand for mergers and capital rebounds.
• The latest class is smaller, however, compared to 2023 and 2022 when James Gorman was CEO.

Morgan Stanley promoted 173 people to the rank of managing director on Wednesday, a 12% jump from this time last year as demand for mergers and capital raising rebounds across Wall Street.

The promotions come as Ted Pick finishes his first full year as CEO with 25% of last year's global M&A business, giving it the No. 2 spot behind Goldman Sachs, according to the London Stock Exchange Group.

Last year's class included just 155 names class, down from 184 in 2023 and 199 in 2022. The bank promoted 171 employees to MD in 2021 when M&A hit a global record of $5 trillion.

The bank has internally notified its newest members of their new titles and is planning to release the list of names publicly on Friday. Here are some stats about this year's class, according to a spokesperson for Morgan Stanley.

• Institutional Securities Group: 46%
• Investment management: 13%
• Wealth management: 9%
• 68% of MD promotes were in the Americas, 20% in EMEA, 12% in Asia

• The promotions represent 13 countries
• The average tenure of those promoted is 11 years at Morgan Stanley.
• 39% of the class have advanced degrees

• 34% of MD class are women, increasing overall women MD representation to 27%

  • Of US-based MD promotes, 22% of the class are ethnically diverse:

    • 3% are Black, 6% are Hispanic, 12% are Asian, 1% is 2+ races

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