Michigan suspends Howard, CFP expansion delayed, Hank the Tank on the loose

Subscribe to The College Football Enquirer We love coach fights here at College Football Enquirer. Dan Wetzel and SI’s Pat Forde react to Michigan suspending Juwan Howard after the fracas with Wisconsin coaches and players. Is a five-game suspension long enough? The College Football Playoff announced expansion will not happen until at least 2026. How did we arrive at this disappointing decision and will the SEC begin to flex back at The Alliance? Pat and Dan also break down a rather large… Source link

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Stock futures tank as situation escalates

The Presidents Day holiday in the U.S. likely provided little mental relief for traders as the situation between Russia and Ukraine intensified, sending stock futures plunging Monday evening. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average tanked 431 points as of 7:45 p.m. ET, or 1.3%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite saw worse slides of 2.3% and 3.4%, respectively. The U.S. holiday — along which came closed markets for trading Monday — brought several negative developments on the… Source link

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Michigan will suspend Juwan Howard for rest of regular season

One day after Michigan men’s basketball coach Juwan Howard sparked a brawl by striking an opposing coach in the handshake line, the university sent a message that such behavior won’t be tolerated. Michigan will suspend Howard for the final five games of the regular season, a source told Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel. While Howard’s penalty is by far the most severe, Wetzel reports that the Michigan coach isn’t the only participant in Sunday’s incident facing punishment. The Big Ten is suspending… Source link

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Antonio Brown takes aim at Tom Brady again on Instagram

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver Antonio Brown called out Tom Brady and Bruce Arians again in an Instagram post Monday. That post, which was deleted, showed an X-ray image of Brown’s injured ankle. Over the X-ray of his injured ankle, Brown wrote a message calling out Brady for not throwing Brown the ball and said Arians told Brown to “get the f*** out of here.” That message, which contains profanity, read: “They tried to hurt me intentionally @buccaneers “Sent me out there after knowing I… Source link

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‘There’s a point where people won’t pay’

With consumer prices soaring by the most in four decades in January, food prices have borne the brunt of skyrocketing inflation — something Smashburger and other food chains have passed along to their customers. In a Yahoo Finance interview, Smashburger president Carl Bachmann cited inflation as “a challenge” for the fast-casual chain, but noted several strategies that have helped alleviate price pressures — and sticker shock for consumers. “We’ve had to take some very small minor price… Source link

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Ruble Sinks Most in Two Years as Putin Recognizes Separatists

(Bloomberg) — The ruble tumbled the most since March 2020 after President Vladimir Putin recognized self-declared separatist republics in east Ukraine, deepening a standoff with the West. Most Read from Bloomberg The ruble weakened beyond 80 per dollar during Putin’s televised address to Russians late Monday and stocks slumped as much as 18% in evening trading. Earlier in the day, the benchmark MOEX Russia equity index closed its main trading session down 11%, the biggest drop since… Source link

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Threat of combine workout boycott alive for now

NFL agents from around the country, ones who often compete tooth and nail against each other for clients, are coming together to discuss what they plan to do with their draft prospects when the NFL scouting combine begins next week. The most likely road they could take — assuming combine boarding conditions don’t change — is to encourage their clients not to perform the on-field workouts at the combine, according to conversations Yahoo Sports has had with multiple agents, as well as from… Source link

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Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews gives snarky answer to reporter

Auston Matthews will call you out for asking a weird question. During his game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday, the Toronto Maple Leafs star collided mouth-first into the crossbar and ended up losing a tooth. After the damage to his pearly whites, one reporter asked the 24-year-old about the incident and Matthews snapped back with a huge dose of sarcasm. “I saw the crossbar and I just decided I think it would be a great idea if I just put my face right through it,” he said with… Source link

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Google marks 2/22/22 with ‘Twosday’ surprise

This week will be filled with palindrome dates, but Tuesday is a particularly special one: 2/22/22. Fittingly, Google is celebrating the occasion with a surprise for those who look for the date in its numerical form. Type in 2/22/22 into Google’s search bar and your computer screen will be showered with a graphic of confetti and a bunch of twos, followed by a message that reads “Happy Twosday 2You!” A palindrome is a word, phrase or numerical sequence that can be… Source link

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Fantasy Baseball 2022: Second base positional preview

Say this for the fantasy baseball second base pool in 2022: It’s a handy group. Of the top-20 second basemen in Yahoo ADP, 17 of them carry multiple-position eligibility. Ozzie Albies, Jose Altuve, and Jonathan India are the three exceptions. Yahoo position eligibility requirements are lower than other industry thresholds, so make sure you’re up to speed on some of the surprise qualifiers. Mookie Betts isn’t just an outfielder, he also carries the 2B tag. Brandon Lowe has an outfield… Source link

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