Monthly Archives: October 2020

Even Nick Foles is frustrated with Matt Nagy’s play calls

Even Nick Foles is apparently growing sick of Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy’s play calls.  Sometimes when play calls come in to him, the Bears quarterback told ESPN ahead of their 24-10 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night, he knows that it isn’t going to work. Nick Foles slams Matt Nagy’s play calling Foles apparently told ESPN’s Brian Griese before the “Monday Night Football” matchup in Los Angeles that he often knows that he won’t have time to execute the plays that… Source link

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Bucs could regret Antonio Brown signing

The Buccaneers have the highest point differential in the NFL, at plus-80. The Buccaneers ranked first in Football Outsiders’ DVOA after six weeks, by a large margin. They have a very good offense and the defense is even better. And now they’re bringing in the most toxic player in the NFL, one who has been a problem for three teams and is likely to make it a fourth. When the Buccaneers signed Antonio Brown, there were no secrets. If Brown wrecks the Bucs by freezing his feet or going AWOL… Source link

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Bears offense sputters again in ugly loss to Rams

Whenever the Chicago Bears have the ball on offense, that’s a good time to get a snack, take a bathroom break or get your steps in. You won’t miss much. Don’t be gone long though, because it won’t be long before the Bears are punting again. The Bears have tried to fix their unwatchable offense with personnel tweaks. They switched out Mitchell Trubisky for Nick Foles. They drafted David Montgomery. They shuffled their receiver lineup to give rookie Darnell Mooney more run. They… Source link

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NCAA giving coaches 42 million reasons to cheat

The details of Arizona’s NCAA notice of allegations reported on Sunday were greeted with a shoulder shrug around college basketball, a sport that has become numb to one of the most sensationalized scandals in the history of college athletics. “I didn’t even click on the story,” said one veteran head coach, summing up the sentiment. This is where we are in the meandering, impotent and completely ineffective NCAA enforcement process: We are entering the fourth college basketball season… Source link

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LA officials partially blame Lakers title for COVID spike

COVID-19 cases have spiked in the Los Angeles area in recent weeks, and county health officials think the Lakers are partly to blame. The Los Angeles County Department of Health told USA Today on Monday that it is “highly likely” watch parties and celebrations that followed the Lakers’ NBA Finals win contributed to a recent spike in cases in the county. Los Angeles County was averaging just under 1,000 new cases a day in early October to nearly 1,200 new cases a day last week, according… Source link

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Judge sets first hearing in U.S. Google antitrust lawsuit

Applico CEO Alex Moazed on the DOJ’s lawsuit against Google as the company calls it ‘deeply flawed.’ WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Monday set a status hearing on the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google for Friday. GOOGLE WAS FORCED TO REMOVE APPS FROM ITS APP STORE AFTER THEY VIOLATED CHILDREN’S DATA COLLECTION LAWS The Justice Department last week sued the $1 trillion (767.81 billion pounds) company and accused it of… Source link

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Cowboys DC Mike Nolan leaves media zoom call after accidentally getting hot sauce in his eye

A media conference call involving Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Nolan didn’t go well for the coach on Monday afternoon, though it provided fans with a perfect metaphor of how well the season is going for Dallas. Nolan had to briefly step away from the call with reporters after accidentally getting hot sauce in his eye. Yes, really. Cowboys DC gets hot sauce in his eyes Nolan got Tabasco sauce on his fingers and then started rubbing his eye during the Zoom call. That didn’t feel… Source link

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LeBron James, others may skip start of season if it tips off in December

LeBron James looked every bit the best player in the NBA — still, at age 35 — on his way to winning another championship and Finals MVP. One theory as to why LeBron looked so good this past season was rest: For the first time in 14 years, he had a full offseason to recover (no playoffs) heading into the start of the season, then the coronavirus gave him a forced rest in the middle of it. That kept some older legs fresh. Whether you buy that or not, rest certainly matters to LeBron, which… Source link

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Google To Invest In Indonesia’s Tokopedia

Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email Google’s push into eCommerce is taking it to Indonesia, where online shopping is growing at explosive rates in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The Alphabet unit and Singapore’s state investment firm, Temasek Holdings Pte, have agreed to pump $350 million into PT Tokopedia, a giant Indonesian eCommerce hub, according to Bloomberg, which cited sources familiar with the deal. The aim of the investment is to help fuel a burst of expansion for… Source link

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