Theo Epstein shook up the baseball world Tuesday, announcing he would step down as Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations effective Friday. Epstein, 46, walks away one year before his Cubs contract was set to expire. He was the architect behind the Boston Red Sox World Series titles in 2004 — which ended an 86-year drought — and again in 2007. When he joined the Cubs front office in 2011, he oversaw a complete rebuild that culminated with a World Series title in 2016, ending… Source link

On Monday, news broke that Antonio Brown was accused of destroying a security camera and throwing a bicycle at a security shack in his gated Florida community. The incident allegedly happened on Oct. 15, prior to Brown signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On Tuesday, news broke that the NFL was not previously aware of the incident. And that could be a problem for Brown and the Bucs. It’s up to the NFL how hard a line it wants to take with the latest Antonio Brown incident. (Photo by Mike… Source link

Chrome is the world’s most popular browser and it continues to get better and better, but today the company has warned users of a serious problem caused by its most recent update.  Google has confirmed a problem in its major new Chrome browser update. SOPA Images LightRocket via Getty Images MORE FROM FORBESGoogle Has 5 Exciting Upgrades For Google Chrome Browser UsersBy Gordon Kelly In a new community post, Google has explained that a major new… Source link

Google plans to release a version of Chrome that will run natively on Apple’s new Macs with Arm-based processors on Wednesday, according to Mark Chang, a Chrome product manager. Google actually began rolling the new version out Tuesday, but paused the rollout because that version may have crashed unexpectedly. In theory, a native version of the notoriously resource-hungry browser might run more efficiently on Apple’s Arm-based computers. In our reviews of the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro,… Source link

Canelo Alvarez proved again on Tuesday why he is one of the world’s most popular and respected fighters. He will fight Callum Smith for a version of the super middleweight title in a fight he did not have to take on Dec. 19 on DAZN at a site to be determined. Alvarez doesn’t need a win over Smith to enhance his legacy. He’s already the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world and has won world championships in four weight classes. It’s not going to be a hugely successful financial… Source link

The Atlanta Hawks are in play in an attempt to acquire Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. A sign-and-trade deal is a possible route, but Atlanta is equipped with the most cap space in the league at around $44 million and can simply sign Hayward to a hefty multi-year deal if he decided to decline his option. Atlanta is seeking an alternative playmaker to incorporate alongside young star Trae Young. The Hawks will also be in contention for veteran point… Source link

Google has taken the wraps off Chimera Painter, a web-based tool that lets anyone generate terrifying cryptozoological entities in an interface that looks like MS Paint by way of Diablo. Why, you ask? Well, isn’t it obvious? No… no, I suppose it isn’t. Surely the strangest thing to hit Google’s AI blog for at least a month, the Chimera Painter does actually have something like a reason for existing. The team was looking at ways to accelerate the creation of art for games, which… Source link

TipRanks Analysts Say These 3 Stocks Are Their Top Picks for 2021 The year is winding down, and it’s time for Wall Street’s analysts to start flagging their top picks for the coming year. It’s a time-honored tradition, in most walks of life, to take a sometimes tongue-in-cheek look at what lies ahead, and to start giving advice on the say-so of a metaphorical crystal ball.Analysts have been analyzing each stock carefully, looking at its past and current performance, its trends on a… Source link

Week 10 gave us yet another taste of the potential of D’Andre Swift in a workhorse role. The rookie turned 21 total touches into 149 total yards and a touchdown, making fantasy managers salivate (while further increasing the frustration felt every week that Swift hasn’t been a focal point in the Lions offense). Swift is an easy must-start if he was to get this kind of workload every week, but not every fantasy lineup decision, however, is that easy — especially when it comes to the FLEX… Source link

The tight end position has been bad in 2020 fantasy. Noah Fant has been one of the few brighter spots, yet not by much. [Week 11 Fantasy Rankings: QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | FLEX | DST | Kickers] Fant has been a target hog, yet due to the limitations of Drew Lock and the Broncos offense as a whole, there hasn’t been much in the way of huge fantasy outputs for the young man. Fant’s fantasy managers will no doubt hope that changes when Fant takes on the Miami Dolphins in Week 11. Check him and… Source link