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On Wednesday evening, the anonymous figure known as “Q” took to the fringe message board 8kun to issue one of his signature prophecies: “BOOMS EN_ROUTE TOMORROW. This is not a drill. Q.”  Such vague and ominous forecasts have become a regular feature of the ever-evolving online scripture on which the cult-like conspiracy movement known as QAnon is based. For the past three years, Q — whom disciples believe to be a high-ranking military or intelligence officer or group of officials… Source link

Antonio Brown is reportedly heading back to the NFL. The wide receiver has reached an agreement on a one-year deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The deal has yet to be finalized, but Brown is reportedly set up for a debut in Week 9 against the New Orleans Saints, one week after the end of his eight-game suspension. Update: Antonio Brown and the Buccaneers have reached agreement on a one-year deal, per sources. Language still has to be finalized, COVID… Source link

Bloomberg Nobody Wants Pesos: Argentine Currency Meltdown Upends Business (Bloomberg) — Argentina’s battle to control its currency is upending South America’s second-largest economy, wreaking havoc on everything from household finances to the production and sale of common goods.Measures including taxes on greenback purchases and demands that some companies restructure their dollar-denominated debts have misfired, propelling the gap between the official and the black market exchange rates… Source link

Thanks to the hidden support from voters who are embarrassed to admit they will vote for Donald Trump, the president will be narrowly reelected on Nov. 3, says one of the few pollsters who correctly predicted his 2016 victory. Pollster Robert Cahaly, the head of the Georgia-based Trafalgar Group, saw interest in his company skyrocket in 2016 after he bucked the consensus of other pollsters and forecast that Trump would beat Democrat Hillary Clinton in Michigan and Pennsylvania, two states… Source link

Yahoo Sports NFL senior writers Charles Robinson and Terez Paylor select a Week 7 game that will leave us buzzing into Monday. Robinson’s must-watch Pittsburgh Steelers at Tennessee Titans One way or another, someone is coming out of this game firmly established as a Super Bowl favorite in the AFC. That alone makes this one a must-watch event. There is also an intriguing quarterback story inside this one, too. To very little fanfare, Ben Roethlisberger is off to one of the best five-game… Source link

Special to Yahoo Sports Whether you are playing in the biggest tournament of the week on Yahoo or prefer to play in smaller GPPs, there are some general GPP strategies that you can implement in contests of any size. These concepts include stacking, finding pivots off of popular players, and targeting players that won’t be on many rosters. [Visit 4for4, where 92% of subscribers made the playoffs, for more] While it’s important to implement these into your lineup-building approach, the… Source link

The NBA is targeting a 2020-21 season start date of Dec. 22, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The league office reportedly informed its Board of Governors on Friday that it intends to schedule a 72-game season, beginning three days before Christmas and ending prior to the 2021 Olympics in late July. The NBA is in favor of a play-in tournament for the final playoff seeds, per Charania. The league tested a play-in series during the 2019-20 season restart, and the eighth-place Source link

A security gaurd’s six championship rings from the Chicago Bulls 1990s dynasty sold at auction this week for a combined $255,840. They belonged to former Bulls security guard John Capps, who worked for the organization for 52 years. His close relationship with Michael Jordan was featured in “The Last Dance” on ESPN earlier this year. Bulls championship rings sell for $255K The rings were part of Huggins & Scott Auction and were up for auction individually starting at $5,000 each. The… Source link

If you own stocks, hope for a come-from-behind win for sitting president Donald J. Trump on Election Day. Or so says the number crunchers at LPL Financial. Since 1950, the S&P 500 has added an average of 9.6% in the year after a president wins re-election. For instance, LPL Financial points to the re-elections of presidents Ronald Regan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama as being particularly bullish for equities — stocks after each re-election rose close to 30%. The opposite has tended to happen… Source link

A full-strength United States men’s national team will convene for the first time in 2020 next month when it travels to Wales to take on Gareth Bale’s Dragons Nov. 12 in Swansea, U.S. Soccer announced on Friday. The federation said it is still working to secure a second game during November’s international window. If successful, that match would be hosted by the U.S. at Craven Cottage in London, multiple sources confirmed to Yahoo Sports. One source indicated that Panama was being lined… Source link