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This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series. As far as Monday’s go, we have a busy one with 12 games on the schedule. After dropping two of three games to the Yankees, the Orioles will face another AL East foe in the Rays. The Red Sox have been reeling because of injuries, but they’ll march on for a matchup against the Guardians. There aren’t a ton of top-tier pitchers set to take the mound, although one that does stand out is Tony Gonsolin, who is scheduled to start versus… Source link

The internet giant has named Neetai Eshel as the new Managing Director of its R&D Centers in Israel, which include a center in Tel Aviv focused on development with engineers and programmers in the AdTech, video, and Data products, as well as a research site in Haifa Source link

Investors have breathed a sigh of relief up to this point in July as worst-case scenarios for the economy have failed to materialize. The Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 are up an impressive 7.5% and 4.8%, respectively, so far this month. Shares of meme stock darlings GameStop and AMC have jumped 17% and 14.5%, respectively, as traders embrace the risk-on backdrop. Even 2022 laggard Netflix has seen its stock rise 25% month to date, even after another lackluster earnings report on July 19. Pros… Source link

Nearly a year ago to the day at the Tokyo Olympics, Tobi Amusan finished the women’s 100 meter hurdles medal race in arguably the worst place you can finish at a major track and field event: fourth. On Sunday during the last session of the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Amusan, a Nigerian who was an NCAA champion at Texas-El Paso, had the evening of her life. Running in the first of three semifinal heats, Amusan stunned the crowd and track fans by posting 12.12 seconds, breaking the world… Source link

Two-time NBA champion Slava Medvedenko is auctioning his championship rings to support Ukraine in its war against Russia. A Ukraine native, Medvedenko played seven seasons in the NBA, winning two championships alongside Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant with the Los Angeles Lakers. He joined the Lakers as an NBA rookie in 2000 to win the last two titles of a three-peat secured by the Bryant-O’Neal core. Medvedenko, 43, lives in Kyiv. He told the Associated Press on Sunday that he decided to… Source link

Black is the new black. In the NFL, at least. The NFL has signaled the green light for teams to play with alternate helmets in addition to their alternate uniforms this season. The rule change announced in 2021 reverses a years-long policy prohibiting multiple helmets under the heading of player safety. Now teams don’t have to mix and match their throwback threads with their contemporary lids. Several teams have announced new helmets this offseason, with some like the New England Patriots… Source link

The Chicago Bears unveiled their new alternate orange helmet on Sunday, which will debut during the 2022 season. Chicago will wear their orange helmet and orange jersey against the Washington Commanders in Week 6 and Dallas Cowboys in Week 8 (perfectly-timed for Halloween). But there was one NFL team’s social media account that wasn’t a fan of the Bears’ new alternate helmet. The Browns’ Twitter account trolled the Bears for their new orange helmet, quote tweeting with the following… Source link

The lawyer tasked with probing ex-NFL quarterback Brett Favre, former Governor Phil Bryant and others in a sprawling $94 million Mississippi welfare fraud scheme has been fired by the state. Brad Pigott, a former U.S. attorney leading the investigation for the Mississippi Department of Human Services, was informed of his termination by MDHS Director Bob Anderson on Friday. He told Mississippi Today that he wasn’t given cause for his dismissal but was told that it wasn’t related to the quality… Source link

The U.S. still remains ‘a ways away’ from reaching an international agreement to impose a price cap on Russian oil exports, with limited enthusiasm from the world’s largest energy buyers India and China, so far, a Senior Biden energy advisor said. But Amos Hochstein, Special Coordinator for International Energy Affairs for President Biden, said he remains optimistic that Russia would ultimately continue its output despite a price limit, in large part because ‘their economy has nothing… Source link

The busiest week of the year for investors is here. A jam-packed week of market-moving developments awaits traders in the coming days, headlined by the Fed, tech earnings, and key economic data. The Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting is set to take place this coming Tuesday and Wednesday, July 26-27, with the central bank expected to raise interest rates another 75 basis points. On the earnings side, some of the S&P 500’s most heavily-weighted components — including Microsoft (MSFT),… Source link