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The NFL preseason is just about over. Following Sunday night’s contest between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Detroit Lions, coaches will gather to discuss which players on the roster bubble will make the final 53-man roster. The final day to make that determination is Tuesday, Aug. 30. Teams must have their final 53-man roster submitted by 4 p.m. ET. Being on the roster bubble isn’t always a bad thing. Players who performed well in the preseason could find themselves traded to another club. Even… Source link

The college football season is upon us and so is our annual Top 25. This year Yahoo Sports revealed the teams from No. 11 to 25 at once before we publish each of our top 10 in separate posts in the days leading up to Week 1. That continues with No. 2 Ohio State. Previously: 11-25, No. 10 Oregon, No. 9 N.C. State, No. 8 Notre Dame, No. 7 Texas A&M, No. 6 Michigan, No. 5 Utah, No. 4 Clemson, No. 3 Georgia No. 2 Ohio State Ohio State is one of the very few programs in college football where… Source link

Japan’s largest internet auction site will ban individuals from offering rare or endangered species, along with many other species that could potentially disrupt the ecosystem. Yafuoku’s (Yahoo Japan Corp.’s Yahoo Auctions) prohibition will begin from Sept. 29 and cover about 4,000 species, including the “ookuwagata” (Japanese stag beetle) and killifish, which are currently not banned by law for sale. “I expect (the Yahoo move) will lead to… Source link

AMD has officially announced the Ryzen 7000 processor models, which the company had accidentally revealed back in July. It will release four models on September 27th, to be specific, the most affordable of which is the 6-core Ryzen 5 7600X that will set you back $299, followed by the 8-core Ryzen 7700X that costs $100 more at $399. The 12-core Ryzen 9 7900X CPU will be sold for $549, while the 16-core Ryzen 9 7950X will cost $699. As Ars Technica notes, the 7600X and the 7900X models have… Source link

The New York Knicks and wing RJ Barrett are finalizing a four-year extension to his rookie contract that could be worth up to $120 million, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports, citing Barrett’s agent Bill Duffy. The Knicks have reportedly been in pursuit of Donovan Mitchell, but team president Leon Rose set a Monday deadline to trade for the Utah Jazz guard or sign Barrett to an extension, according to Wojnarowski. Per the report, the Knicks and Jazz failed to reach agreement on trade details… Source link

Serena Williams isn’t expected to win the 2022 US Open, but she’s the main story at the event. Williams announced the tournament would be her final one as a professional. Once she wins or gets eliminated from the event, she plans to retire. Once that happens, it will mark the end of a career for the best player of her era, as well as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. It’s impossible to overstate Williams’ contributions to the game. She’s won 23 Grand Slam tournaments, the most… Source link

With sparkles in her hair and glimmering flashes of what was — quite perfectly — as much cocktail dress as tennis outfit, Serena Williams was serving for the set but down at deuce. The US Open crowd was amped but nervous. Serena was a 23-time major champion. Her opponent, Danka Kovinic, was a 27-year-old who had never been past the third round in a major. Back in the day, this would have taken about 53 minutes. Serena is 40 now, though, mother to a 4-year-old daughter. She’s been… Source link

Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY): Shares moved higher in after-hours trading, after surging nearly 25% on Monday, ahead of the retailer’s highly anticipated strategic update August 31. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Bed Bath & Beyond is close to finalizing a loan of nearly $400 million as it seeks to boost liquidity. Shares of the meme stock have soared this month and on pace for a record monthly gain in August, with the stock rallying more than 170%. Bed Bath & Beyond’s gains… Source link

Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has agreed to a restructured one-year deal to stay with the San Francisco 49ers, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The contract incudes a no-trade clause and a no-tag clause, per Schefter. The compensation is reportedly $6.5 million fully guaranteed, with another potential $9.5 million in bonuses. In five seasons with the team, Garoppolo completed 67.7% of his passes, throwing for 11,162 yards, 66 TDs and 38 interceptions in 46 games (45 starts). Jimmy Garoppolo is… Source link

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