NFL Week 9 Yahoo fantasy football game-by-game recap

Dalton Del Don recaps all the Sunday action in the Week 9 fantasy football slate. Click on any and all games you’d like to check out below, and remember to follow Dalton on Twitter @daltondeldon! In a battle between two aging QBs who keep passing each other in the record books, Drew Brees had four TDs without a pick while Tom Brady finished with zero touchdowns and three interceptions. Brees connected with nine different receivers in the first quarter alone while putting on a clinic on… Source link

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Tarik Cohen’s tweet perfectly captured Bears’ frustrations. Could Chicago turn back to Mitchell Trubisky?

Midway through Chicago’s 24-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, injured Bears running back Tarik Cohen decided to say the quiet part out loud, for the whole world to hear. “We can’t get s- – – going,” Cohen tweeted. “F – – -.” It was in the second half, and the Bears were being shut out at the time, trailing by 17. Cohen’s tweet proceeded to rack up 214 comments, 318 retweets and 3,700 likes at the time of this column, with more than a few Bears fans, many of whom were… Source link

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Lakers to target Serge Ibaka in free agency

The Lakers will be handing out rings and hoisting a banner at Staples Center on Dec. 22, but don’t expect them just to run it back and expect to win again. They have their own free agents to deal with — Rajon Rondo, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Dwight Howard, Anthony Davis (although he will re-sign and stay in LA) — and they want to make some additions as well. Serge Ibaka might be one of those, reports Sean Deveney of Heavy.com. “From a personnel standpoint, he is exactly the kind of… Source link

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By keeping her teaching job, Jill Biden will make first-lady history

After the Bidens move into the White House in January, Dr. Jill Biden will continue to teach English at North Virginia Community College, becoming the first presidential spouse to keep their day job and commute to work, The New York Times reports. “Dr. Biden is focused on building her team and developing her priorities focused on education, military families and veterans, and cancer,” her spokesman, Michael LaRosa, told the Times. She has worked at North Virginia Community College for a… Source link

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Megyn Kelly Battles For Trump And Supporters In Online Tweetstorm

Former news anchor Megyn Kelly is doubling down on President Donald Trump and his backers, continuing her unlikely reconciliation with a man who once had her on his enemies list. Kelly is taking on all comers on Twitter, including some celebrities, regarding the election fallout. She’s mostly defending Trump’s supporters, who she claims have been demonized by the left. Although the Kelly tone toward President Trump softened over the years, with Kelly a big supporter of Trump’s recent… Source link

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Stock futures open higher after Biden victory

Stock futures opened higher Sunday evening as traders took in President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, ending a days-long nail-biter over which candidate would prevail in winning the White House. Contracts on the Dow jumped more than 100 points, or about 0.5%, as the overnight session kicked off, setting the index up to extend its sharp gains from last week. Stocks had rallied in the run-up to Biden’s win, which was called by the Associated Press on Saturday…. Source link

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Chase Elliott wins 2020 Cup Series title

Chase Elliott is a NASCAR Cup Series champion. Elliott had the best car throughout Sunday’s title race at Phoenix Raceway and easily cruised to his first Cup Series title over Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin. Elliott, 24, passed Logano for the race win and the championship with 42 laps to go and set sail as the three drivers he was racing for the title couldn’t come close to mounting a challenge. Elliott led 153 laps, the most of any driver. The championship is Elliott’s… Source link

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Early Week 10 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups

We’ll follow up with Andy Behrens’ full version of pickups on Monday, but first up, some early options to consider ahead of Week 10 waiver claims. Drew Lock, QB, Denver Broncos (20% rostered) We touted Drew Lock as a top quarterback streamer for Week 9, and even though the Broncos lost, Lock did not disappoint on the fantasy front. Lock threw for over 300 yards and two touchdowns against Atlanta, but he also added seven rushes for 47 yards and a touchdown on the ground! While Lock isn’t… Source link

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Becker still preparing to make business park home for Google

BECKER — With state bonding funds secured, Becker is another step closer to what it hopes will be a bustling business park. Legislators agreed on a bonding bill in October, and the $1.9 billion spending package included $20.5 million for the Becker business park. Becker is hoping to be home to a new Google Data Center, and this state funding is considered a key to redevelopment efforts tied to the incremental planned closure of Sherco, an Xcel coal-powered generating plant set to be… Source link

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Bombshell revelations about Trump’s Covid response

A former White House staffer who quit her role as part of Donald Trump’s coronavirus taskforce has lambasted the president’s “horrifying” response to the pandemic. Olivia Troye, former Homeland Security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, has revealed how she became disillusioned over Trump’s continuous downplaying of the virus despite repeated warnings of its severity by the US’s top medical experts. Following Trump’s impromptu public appearance at a church nearby the White… Source link

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