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Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast Scott Pianowski and Yahoo Sports’ own Frank Schwab are here to talk all things betting in Week 11 on the latest episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast! [Week 11 Fantasy Rankings: QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | FLEX | DST | Kickers] Scott & Frank handicap all Week 11 matchups and also throw in some moneylines, player props and fantasy nuggets. Who will emerge victorious when the Seahawks (-3) take on the Cardinals in a huge NFC West matchup?… Source link

After a five-month delay, the NBA draft finally happened Wednesday night, and with it came some surprises — good and bad. The Minnesota Timberwolves ended up drafting Anthony Edwards despite him saying he’s “not really into basketball” earlier this week, while the Golden State Warriors drafted James Wiseman with questions surrounding Klay Thompson’s health after he suffered a lower leg injury. We take a look at the winners and losers of the 2020 NBA draft. WINNERS Florida State coach… Source link

ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports NFL Week 11 picks My two-game lead has been squandered. A pathetic 6-8 performance last week in the straight-up category, coupled with MDS going 9-5, gives MDS a one-game edge through 10 weeks. He also picked up three games against the spread, 7-6-1 vs. 4-9-1. MDS is now 92-57, and I’m 91-58. Against the spread, I’m still holding a [more] Source link

The dynasty had crumbled, seemingly all at once. Kevin Durant blew an Achilles in Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals. Klay Thompson tore an ACL three nights later in Game 6. By the time Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors celebrated an NBA championship in the last game ever played at Oracle Arena, it felt more like the end (or at least a pause) of an epic era. Everyone suspected KD would soon leave via free agency. They knew Klay was headed to a year of rehab. When the 2019-20 season finally… Source link

The Philadelphia 76ers’ retooling continued yet again on Wednesday with a draft-day trade for sharpshooter Seth Curry from the Dallas Mavericks, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Going back to Dallas was Josh Richardson, a starter on the Sixers’ underperforming 2019-20 team, and the 36th overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft, which turned into Colorado forward Tyler Bey. Dallas is acquiring Philadelphia’s Josh Richardson and No. 36 pick for Seth Curry, source tells ESPN. — Adrian… Source link

The New York Knicks landed college basketball’s biggest star from last season, selecting Dayton’s Obi Toppin with the No. 8 pick in Wednesday’s NBA draft. Toppin rose from an unheralded prospect and redshirt freshman at Dayton in 2017 to a consensus All-American and Associated Press National Player of the Year in 2020. He also won the Naismith and Wooden awards for a sweep of the player of the year honors. He was in tears on Wednesday when he learned that he’d become an NBA lottery… Source link

GlobeNewswire Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Inc. and Apollo Tactical Income Fund Inc. NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (NYSE: AFT) – Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Inc. and (NYSE: AIF) – Apollo Tactical Income Fund Inc. (the “Funds”) announced today that the Board of each Fund has elected that each Fund be subject to the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act (the “MCSAA”), effective immediately. Each Board believes that electing to be subject to the MCSAA protects the… Source link

Stock futures opened little changed Wednesday evening as investors weighed rising COVID-19 cases in the U.S. and increased restrictions against hopes for an effective vaccine. At least on Wednesday, the bad outweighed the good. The Dow posted its biggest loss in three weeks, dropping nearly 350 points, or 1.2%, amid more signs of deterioration in the battle to keep COVID-19 cases at bay. New York City, home to the largest public school system in the country, is set to end in-person schooling… Source link

The Telegraph New York City shuts schools again as coronavirus surges New York City is to shut down its entire public school system on Thursday amid fears that the second coronavirus wave has arrived. The move, which comes within eight weeks of schools having been re-opened for in-person instruction, was triggered when the three per cent positive test threshold set by the city was exceeded. It will be a blow for around 300,000 children who have been able to attend school in recent weeks, New… Source link

Thomas Barkin, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, spoke with Yahoo Finance to discuss the economic implications of spiking COVID-19 cases and what lies ahead for Fed policy. Below is a transcript of his appearance on November 18. – BRIAN CHEUNG: Joining me now is the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, that’s Tom Barkin from Hughesville, Maryland. Hi there President Barkin, how are you? TOM BARKIN: Good, thanks for having me on today. BRIAN CHEUNG: So I want to… Source link