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After Dak Prescott’s injury, Andy Dalton goes under the microscope. That’s what happens for any quarterback. It’s especially true on a team like the Dallas Cowboys. Prescott might have been a polarizing player to some, but it’s hard to deny the results. Prescott led the NFL with 371.2 passing yards per game, and that includes him missing about a half of last week’s game after his season-ending injury. His career passer rating of 97.3 is fourth all-time. Tom Brady is sixth at 97…. Source link

Nick Saban won’t be able to coach remotely on Saturday night against Georgia. Saban is set to miss the game because he tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. Saban said he is currently asymptomatic and feeling fine and has coached practices remotely with the help of video and audio feeds from No. 2 Alabama’s practices. But he won’t have that ability on Saturday against the No. 3 Bulldogs. NCAA rules prevent a coach from being able to communicate with his staff and players while… Source link

Both the Astros and the Dodgers will be facing elimination Friday, setting up for a tense night of baseball. The two-game slate also gives us another opportunity to win some cash on Yahoo, so let’s discuss how both matchups might play out. Pitchers The Rays have lost back-to-back games after jumping out to a 3-0 series lead. Because of that cushion, they decided not to start Blake Snell ($46) on short rest Thursday. He’ll now start Game 6 in what is yet another opportunity for the Rays to… Source link

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard remains supportive of playing international football despite a huge rise in players who will be unavailable for their clubs this weekend after contracting Covid-19 on international duty. Gerrard’s men travel to Celtic for the first Old Firm derby of the season on Saturday, but their cross-city rivals could be without four key players due to coronavirus restrictions. Odsonne Edouard, Nir Bitton and Hatem ElHamed all tested positive when away with their national… Source link

After five-and-a-half innings, Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker left the top step of the dugout, walked past the coolers, past the buckets, past spray bottles and candy bars and binders thick with important information like how to shut down the Los Angeles Dodgers again. He arrived at Bryse Wilson, his 22-year-old starting pitcher who was seated on the bench having thrown 74 pitches and the game of his life. Snitker extended his hand. They hadn’t won yet, but they were getting around to… Source link

Aldi customers have shared their surprise about a little-known checkout rule preventing parents from buying alcohol while shopping with their children.  A woman inquired about the rule on the supermarket’s Facebook page late last week, causing dozens of shoppers to share in her confusion. “Parents shopping with children are not allowed to purchase alcohol?” she wrote. The customer didn’t say how she had fund out about the rule but insisted it was not fair for single parents. “There… Source link

For the fourth time in his 17-year career, LeBron James is an NBA champion. A four-season layoff between titles isn’t long for many, but it was the longest layoff for James since he first hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy back in 2012. Since James’ last title with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, the Golden State Warriors superteam and Los Angeles Lakers rebuilding project caused him to go four-plus years without a championship. Poor guy. So when James was reunited with the trophy on… Source link

Donald Trump defended spreading a preposterous conspiracy theory about the death of Osama bin Laden during a town hall on NBC Thursday night, saying he had merely been passing along a supporter’s view. “That was an opinion of somebody and that was a retweet. I’ll put it out there. People can decide for themselves,” he said, when questioned by NBC’s Savannah Guthrie about his passing along a theory that the killing of bin Laden by Navy SEAL Team 6 had been staged, and that members of… Source link

Hall of Fame guard Gary Payton told Yahoo Sports that he is interested in coaching in the NBA and wants it known that he’s passionate about this next phase and is available to join a coaching staff. “I have had conversations in the past about coaching, but the timing wasn’t right. I believe I now am ready to coach,” Payton told Yahoo Sports in a phone interview Thursday night. “A lot of young NBA players are a voice away from reaching their true potential. I would like to join an… Source link

The Kansas City Chiefs signed free agent Le’Veon Bell, the team announced Thursday. Bell will team up with rookie first-round pick Clyde Edwards-Helaire to serve as the counterbalance to an explosive passing offense led by reigning Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes. Bell, 28, played only 17 games with the New York Jets before they released him Tuesday, ending a tumultuous relationship between the running back and head coach Adam Gase. The former All-Pro is expected to add some punch to a Kansas… Source link