The New Orleans Saints were very much alive for a playoff spot on Sunday afternoon, but their hopes of doing anything in the playoffs looked a lot murkier before they knew if they’d made the postseason.  The Saints lost quarterback Taysom Hill to a Lisfranc injury to his foot, New Orleans coach Sean Payton told Fox sideline reporter Laura Okmin. Hill wasn’t ruled out, but that’s generally a serious injury. Trevor Siemian replaced Hill.  The Saints needed a win and a San Francisco 49ers loss… Source link

Nobody had given up on Trevor Lawrence. But before the Jacksonville Jaguars‘ final game this season, Lawrence looked very little like the star he was touted to be.  Blame Urban Meyer or Lawrence’s teammates or the Jaguars in general for a bad rookie season, but it has been a bad rookie season. He hadn’t thrown for more than one touchdown in a game since the season opener. His passer rating for the 10 games before Sunday’s finale was a ghastly 66. Not that the Jaguars were going to be… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Concern among some big European nations about economic fallout raises the risk of a split with the U.S. on how strongly to hit Russia with fresh sanctions if it invades Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter. Most Read from Bloomberg Western allies are united in their desire to prevent a war as they enter high-stakes talks this week aimed at defusing tensions with Russia, warning it faces massive penalties for any incursion. Actions that have been discussed… Source link

Inflation data will be in focus this week, with investors set to receive the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) as the Federal Reserve’s next monetary policy moves remain in focus. Quarterly earnings season also ramps up as some of the big banks report results.  Market participants are bracing for another historically hot reading on inflation in the latest CPI data, due out on Wednesday. On a year-over-year basis, consumer prices likely surged by 7.1% in… Source link

The Cleveland Browns have reportedly made a decision about quarterback Baker Mayfield. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero, the Browns plan to keep him as their starting QB for the 2022 season. This seems like a sensible decision for both parties, but it wasn’t a sure thing. Just one year after making the playoffs for the first time since 2002, the Browns are on the outside looking in once again, coming into the final week with a 7-9 record. They were eliminated from… Source link

The Dallas Cowboys did their part, now they have to wait for the results of three different Sunday afternoon games to learn who they will be facing in the wild card round. By virtue of a 51-26 thumping of the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night, Dallas earned their 12th victory of the 2021 season and finished the NFC East at 6-0 for just the third time in club history. The Eagles, already locked into the No. 6 or No. 7 seed and without definitive control over which seed it would get, put 12… Source link

Raise your hand if you’ve wondered what it’s like to work at Google. Here, we’ve tapped three impressive Googlers to learn their tips for getting some of that secret sauce à la Mountain View. Nathan Allen Nathan Allen, 39, started in Google’s New York City office in October 2015 and is now the head of design for stores, sustainability and special projects. To get where he is, he urges college grads to consider meaningful internships, be flexible and… Source link

Saturday was a wild day in men’s college basketball. Upsets occurred throughout the day, including No. 2 Duke in a thrilling ACC battle with Miami. By the end, seven ranked teams fell. Here’s everything that went down throughout the top 25 on Saturday: Miami shocks No. 2 Duke Miami’s winning streak continues. The Hurricanes picked up their ninth straight win on Saturday night with a huge 76-74 road win over the Blue Devils, thanks largely to a hanging layup from Kameron McGusty in the final… Source link

It’s a quiet two-game slate in the NHL with the Blues the only team not playing the second leg of a back-to-back. The action starts at 2 p.m. EST, and St. Louis and Anaheim enter as home-ice favorites. It’s definitely worth noting the salaries aren’t prohibitive enough to make navigating the salary cap difficult, so you should be able to pick anyone to fill your lineups. All statistics from Natural Stat Trick and Hockey Reference. GOALIE Jordan Binnington, STL vs. DAL ($25): The Stars travel to… Source link

Vita Vea is staying in Florida. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers reached a four-year, $73 million extension with the defensive tackle on Saturday night, the team announced. The deal will keep Vea locked down through the 2026 season. The 26-year-old is in his fourth season with the Buccaneers. The team already picked up his fifth-year option on his initial rookie deal, so his extension will kick in after next season. He is set to earn $7.6 million in the 2022 season. The Buccaneers first took Vea with… Source link