Tom Brady‘s hard enough to beat in the playoffs as is.  When he’s getting help from officials? Good luck. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers started Sunday’s wild-card game against the Philadelphia Eagles with a touchdown on their opening drive. They may not have gained a first down if not for a questionable roughing-the-passer penalty on Eagles defensive end Derek Barnett. As Brady released an incomplete pass on Tampa Bay’s second play from scrimmage, Barnett hit the Bucs quarterback.  It wasn’t late…. Source link

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers suffered another big injury on offense. In the Bucs’ playoff opener Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles, All-Pro right tackle Tristan Wirfs went down with an ankle injury on the Bucs’ fourth play from scrimmage. Wirfs was helped off the field, walking very gingerly. He was immediately ruled questionable to return, returned briefly for one series and later was ruled out.  After the Bucs’ 31-15 win, head coach Bruce Arians said Wirfs suffered a sprained ankle, and the… Source link

Ryan Fitzpatrick is technically still the Washington Football Team quarterback. On Saturday, he was a member of the Bills mafia.  The 17-year journeyman, who spent four seasons quarterbacking the Bills, showed up for Buffalo’s blowout of the New England Patriots. Photos of him with fans in the stands made the rounds on social media during the game.  But an image that surfaced Sunday morning shows why he’s beloved in Buffalo despite never winning more than six games in a single season as the… Source link

Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Josh Sweat will not play against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, the team has announced in a statement. He underwent an “emergency procedure” on Tuesday to address a “life-threatening situation.” The Eagles didn’t release any information about what “life-threatening” medical situation Sweat was facing. He was listed as having an illness on the Eagles’ medical report this week, and head coach Nick Sirianni mentioned on Friday that Sweat was back in the… Source link

The Buffalo Bills handed the New England Patriots an embarrassing 47-17 wild-card loss on Saturday night, and in the process they made NFL history.  They became the first team ever to have a perfect offensive performance. They scored touchdowns on every single one of their possessions (except the kneel downs at the end of the game). They didn’t face a single fourth down in the entire game, so they had no punts or field goals. They also held onto the ball when they had it, turning the ball… Source link

Last Sunday, Golden State Warriors superstar and “Splash Brother” Klay Thompson returned to the basketball court for the first time since injuring his ACL in the 2019 NBA Finals. He dropped 17 points in an emotional season debut; however, his biggest score might have taken place the day after the game. “I’m BACK and changing it up: excited to take part of my paycheck in bitcoin thanks to Cash App!” he tweeted. “I’m with bitcoin because I believe it’s the future of money.” Thompson and… Source link

Google misled publishers and advertisers for years about the pricing and processes of its ad auctions, creating secret programs that deflated sales for some companies while increasing prices for buyers, according to newly unredacted allegations and details in a lawsuit by state attorneys general. Meanwhile, Google pocketed the difference between what it told publishers and advertisers that an ad cost and used the pool of money to manipulate future auctions to expand its… Source link

The Omicron variant has pushed the U.S. to exceed 65 million total cases of coronavirus. Though symptoms of the strain have been described as “mild” in comparison to previous variants, that mainly applies to those who are fully vaccinated and boosted. For those who are still unvaccinated or immunocompromised, it’s a different story at a population level. “We have to remember: We’re a country that has over 35% of individuals who are not vaccinated,” Dr. Stella Safo, an NYC-based HIV… Source link

Warren Buffett says these are the very best businesses to own — with so much uncertainty in the market, stick to this trio of top stocks Never forget the basics. While we’re constantly bombarded with confusing investment mumbo jumbo, we should never forget that companies largely exist for one main reason: to take capital from investors and earn a return on it. That’s why it makes sense for investors to look for businesses, with durable competitive advantages, that are able to consistently… Source link

Omicron, the latest variant of COVID-19, has hit certain sectors of the economy hard, causing labor shortages and child care issues and making some Americans wary again of dining out. But in a new interview with Yahoo Finance this week, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo offered hopeful news from business leaders she’s spoken with recently amid all of this uncertainty. “They see [the problem] as short term,” said Raimondo, who sat down in Washington, DC for an upcoming episode of Influencers… Source link