Deshaun Watson paying Texans teammates’ fines for COVID violations

Deshaun Watson is footing the bill for his Houston Texans teammates’ trip to his new cheesesteak restaurant. The trip turned out to be quite expensive. The Texans quarterback said Wednesday he will pay the fines handed down by the NFL for violations of the NFL’s COVID-19 safety protocols, which forbid gatherings of more than three players outside of club facilities. At least seven Texans players were reportedly in attendance at the restaurant, a Lefty’s Cheesesteak franchise in which… Source link

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Get sit-start lineup advice Sunday on Yahoo

It’s championship week and there’s no better way to bring home that title than with Yahoo’s “Fantasy Football Live.” We’ll tackle the most important sit-start questions of the season and take a look back at the fantasy football year. Can Miles Sanders and Jalen Hurts leads fantasy managers to glory? What are this weekend’s best bets as the Packers host the Titans? [Week 16 Fantasy Rankings: QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | FLEX | DST | Kickers] Andy Behrens, Liz Loza, Matt Harmon, Tank Williams,… Source link

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Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy talks white privilege

New Orleans Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy knows fighting social injustice and inequality can lead to some uncomfortable conversations. Van Gundy — who has used to Twitter account to speak out and educate others on racial and social issues — spoke about the difficulty of discussing white privilege with other white people in an interview with Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated. The key, according to Van Gundy, is explaining that just because a white person has privilege doesn’t mean that… Source link

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Ten head coaching hires, none of them Black. Why?

Is college football going to hire any African American coaches this year? Just wondering, because the trend certainly isn’t headed in that direction. Last season, the 120 FBS schools employed 13 Black head coaches. Three were fired and no African Americans have been hired yet this year (10 open positions have been filled by 10 white men). And, yes, we know, “college football” isn’t a singular entity. Individually, each hire can be justified (well, unless you read fan message boards)…. Source link

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Google reportedly asked employees to ‘strike a positive tone’ in research paper

Google has added a layer of scrutiny for research papers on sensitive topics including gender, race, and political ideology. A senior manager also instructed researchers to “strike a positive tone” in a paper this summer. The news was first reported by Reuters. “Advances in technology and the growing complexity of our external environment are increasingly leading to situations where seemingly inoffensive projects raise ethical, reputational, regulatory or legal issues,” the… Source link

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Second top Black female Google employee says she was recently ousted

On Monday night, April Christina Curley, a diversity recruiter at Google, announced on Twitter that she had been fired in September. She started at Google in 2014, helping the company improve its relationships with historically Black colleges and universities. Before taking the job, Curley tweeted that the company had not “hired a single HBCU student into a tech role.” Six years later, Curley tweeted that she had “brought in over 300 Black and Brown students from HBCUs who were hired into… Source link

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Apple Car would take the tech giant to the next level — even if it’s a long shot

Wednesday, December 24, 2020 This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe In the next few years, you could be driving an Apple car Like aliens, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster, the long-fabled Apple (AAPL) Car is once again said to be on its way. According to Reuters, the tech giant is now targeting 2024 to build its own self-driving,… Source link

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