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In the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens share some common mistakes made by fantasy managers. Today’s mistake: caring about Bye Weeks. Video Transcript [AUDIO LOGO] MATT HARMON: We’re going to tell you how to avoid some common mistakes that– I mean, Andy, I know I’ve made some of these mistakes before. Everybody makes these mistakes when drafting teams. I’m going to let you go first with your initial big mistake that people make. ANDY BEHRENS: Yeah, my first one is… Source link

Sheila Bair is former FDIC chair and senior fellow, Center for Financial Stability. President Biden has finally made a decision about student debt cancellation, going significantly beyond the $10,000 in forgiveness that he embraced as a presidential candidate. Of the 43 million borrowers eligible for his plan, 27 million Pell grant recipients will qualify for $20,000 of relief, with the remainder qualifying for $10,000. Conservative estimates put the cost at about a half trillion dollars. But… Source link

Average draft position is a very helpful tool in determining who to draft and when, but it’s only helpful if you’re using the right ADP. That’s why for years I’ve written this piece focusing on the ADP on each of the three main sites and how you can take advantage of it. Before we get into the players, it might be helpful to lean on why there’s such a discrepancy. I’d suggest three main causes: analyst rankings, site… Source link

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series. All 30 teams will be in action Friday, leaving us with plenty of baseball to enjoy. One of the biggest matchups of the nights features Cardinals hosting a red-hot Braves team that will have Spencer Strider on the mound. In the American league, the Mariners will continue their quest for a Wild Card spot in a home matchup against the Guardians, who will start Shane Bieber. There are some potential mismatches among the packed slate,… Source link

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Taurean Prince was arrested at Miami International Airport on Thursday on a fugitive out-of-state warrant from Texas, according to Chris Hines of The Star Tribune. A Maimi-Dade police spokesman said Friday that the charge was related to “dangerous drugs” from a warrant out of Tarrant County, Texas — which holds Fort Worth and several other Dallas suburbs — according to NBC News. According to KSTP’s Eric Chaloux, Police said they found guns, a vape pen with… Source link

The Seattle Mariners locked down rookie outfielder Julio Rodriguez with a 14-year contract extension that includes $210 million guaranteed but could grow to more than $400 million, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Rodriguez, 21, is having a wonderful rookie season after making his MLB debut this year following four years in the minor leagues. He’s currently batting .269 with a .799 OPS with 20 home runs, 23 stolen bases and 64 RBIs in 108 games with the Mariners. He won American League Rookie… Source link

In the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, Matt Harmon and Frank Schwab break down their expectations for Green Bay Packers RB Aaron Jones, and debate if AJ Dillon’s role is cause for concern. Video Transcript [BAT HITS BALL, CROWD CHEERS] MATT HARMON: In terms of the Green Bay Packers, AJ Dillon, I think, they’re going to try to get on the field a lot with Aaron Jones. And I’m super, super high on Aaron Jones as a first round pick this year, like a late first round pick. FRANK SCHWAB: Really?… Source link

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday said the central bank’s job on lowering inflation is not done, suggesting that the Fed will continue to aggressively raise interest rates to cool the economy. “We will keep at it until we are confident the job is done,” Powell said in remarks delivered at the Fed’s annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. “While the lower inflation readings for July are welcome, a single month’s improvement falls far short of what the Committee… Source link

During a recent episode of “Influencers with Andy Serwer,” civil rights activist and former ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young praised the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. “It’s taken us a long time,” Young told Yahoo Finance. “But Joe Biden got a bill passed last night, but we’ve been moving in this direction for a long time.” The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden signed into law last week, invests roughly $375 billion into fighting climate change over… Source link

  Stock futures slipped Friday morning as Wall Street awaited a highly-anticipated speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the U.S. central bank’s economic symposium in Jackson Hole. Futures tied to the S&P 500 fell 0.4%, while futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed roughly 100 points, or 0.3%. Nasdaq futures were off by 0.6%. The moves come after all three major averages rallied in the previous session to log gains of more than 1%. Powell is scheduled to deliver remarks… Source link