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The Cleveland Browns are 8-3 heading into December, and it hasn’t been a big story this NFL season. Maybe it’s the constant headlines about COVID-19. The Browns won four games total between 2015-17. They haven’t won eight games in a season since 2007. The last time Cleveland was in the playoffs was 2002. That’s still the only playoff appearance since the franchise restarted in 1999. The Browns blew a big lead to the Pittsburgh Steelers and lost in their only playoff game that… Source link

If you had any bet on the Seattle Seahawks at -6.5, even if it was just $20, you were tilting your face off at the end of Monday night’s game. Imagine having $500,000 on the Seahawks at -6.5. There was a really, really tough bad beat on Monday night when the Eagles caught a Hail Mary and then went for 2 when most would have just kicked the extra point. When the Eagles got into the end zone for 2, it was a ridiculous beat for Seahawks backers, and there were many of them. It had to be a happy… Source link

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the country’s foremost authority on the COVID-19 pandemic, told Yahoo Sports on Monday that it’s unlikely NBA teams can host full-capacity crowds during the 2020-21 season. Fauci, in a phone interview, said unrestricted capacities at sports stadiums will be among “the last thing[s] that you’re gonna see” as the United States pushes toward the end of the pandemic in 2021. When asked about… Source link

Stock futures began the overnight session slightly higher Monday evening, reversing some of the regular session’s declines. Equities are set to kick off the final month of 2020 on the heels of a record month, during which each of the three major indices made fresh record highs, and the Dow posted its biggest monthly gain since January 1987 with an advance of nearly 11.9%. In the S&P 500, the energy, financials and industrials sectors led the index’s 10.8% rise, as traders rotated back… Source link

Houston Texans wide receiver Will Fuller has been suspended six games for a violation of the NFL’s performance-enhancing substance policy, the player announced Monday. Hours later, the same thing happened to one of his teammates, cornerback Bradley Roby. Fuller, one of the 4-7 team’s few bright spots this year, insisted the violation was due to a medical professional mistakenly prescribing a medication allowed by the NFL’s drug policy. “Earlier this year, I sought treatment from a… Source link

Stocks fell Monday as investors gave back some of last week’s gains, which sent the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to fresh record highs and the Dow above 30,000 for the first time ever. [Click here to read what’s moving markets heading into Tuesday, Dec. 1] However, the three major indices capped off November with major monthly gains. The Dow posted a monthly gain of nearly 11.9% for its best month since early 1987. The S&P 500 tracked toward a rise of about 10.7%, and the Nasdaq posted an 11.9%… Source link

TipRanks Billionaire Israel Englander Pours Money Into 2 “Strong Buy” Stocks Following the wild ride that was 2020, where does the market go from here? Major strides have been made in the COVID-19 vaccine race, yet the near-term picture remains unclear, blurred by the virus’ resurgence and the stimulus stalemate on Capitol Hill.In times like these, the investing greats can serve as a source of inspiration, namely billionaire Israel “Izzy” Englander.Who exactly is Englander? The… Source link

Another Big Ten program is dealing with COVID-19 issues. Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh told reporters Monday that his team experienced “an increased number of presumptive positives” for COVID-19, causing the program to pause team activities “out of an abundance of caution.” The university is awaiting confirmation of the results of those tests, Harbaugh said. According to the Detroit News, Harbaugh declined to comment on the status of Michigan’s upcoming game against… Source link

Bloomberg Inflation Believers Playing Long Game Are Winning as They Wait (Bloomberg) — Investors shuffling trades amid a sputtering reflation narrative may have overlooked a little fact: Bond managers who’ve been bullish on inflation prospects this year have been winning.Inflation-linked U.S. Treasuries — known as TIPS — are on pace to outperform their regular counterparts for the second straight year, and some of the world’s biggest investors see scope for further gains. Vanguard Group… Source link

The NFL showed on Sunday that if a team can play, it will play regardless of the lineup it has to offer. The Denver Broncos played on Sunday without a quarterback. All of their quarterbacks were ruled ineligible due to positive COVID-19 tests or close contacts. But the team didn’t have an ongoing outbreak, so it played. Using practice squad receiver Kendall Hinton at QB, the Broncos completed one pass in a 31-3 loss to the New Orleans Saints. The Baltimore Ravens are just going to have to… Source link