After a league-winning run as a fantasy stud to close out his rookie season, a Yahoo! fantasy analyst went with a big bold prediction for Amon-Ra St. Brown in 2022. It’s not breaking news at this point, but Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown had a big final six weeks of his rookie season. With that run, up to and into playoff time, he helped win a lot of fantasy football leagues. It’s easy to expect a downturn from St. Brown, or at minimum a far slower pace than that final six weeks of… Source link
Read More »2022-23 Yahoo Goalie Tiers
TIER 1 – TAKE YOUR PICK The Skinny: The unquestioned top-two goalies in the NHL. Igor Shesterkin, Andrei Vasilevskiy I don’t have a strong preference as to which of these two should be the first netminder off the board. Shesterkin is coming off a season in which he went 36-13-4 with a 2.07 GAA and a .935 save percentage en route to winning the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goaltender. And Vasilevskiy certainly didn’t perform poorly (39-18-5, 2.49 GAA, .916 save percentage). TIER 2 – THE… Source link
Read More »Quick Phrases come to Google’s Nest Hub Max
If you have a Nest Hub Max smart display and you’re tired of saying “Hey Google” 50 times a day, a new feature could cut that number down a bit. Quick Phrases — a feature on the Pixel 6 phones, and which Google announced for the Nest Hub Max last year — are now live. This lets the Nest Hub Max (and only the Max so far) respond to certain commands without the phrase “Hey Google,” making talking to the voice interface a little easier. At launch, Quick Phrases — which you… Source link
Read More »Athletes, sports leagues pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday at 96
Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday. She was 96. The queen, who was coronated in 1953, spent more than 70 years as the head of the British royal family. One of Queen Elizabeth II’s many royal duties as queen was paying tribute to the rich history of England’s sporting culture. A number of athletes and professional sports leagues issued statements and paid tribute to the queen on Twitter following news of her death. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Update your… Source link
Read More »Why Russell Wilson, Deebo Samuel, Ezekiel Elliott are Week 1 bust candidates
Editor’s note: The players listed below are NFL stars who were drafted in virtually every Yahoo Fantasy league. That said, this column is not an endorsement to bench them in Week 1. You’re in control of your roster; every league size and shape is different. What we are trying to explain is that expectations should be lowered this week compared to usual for some of the NFL’s biggest stars. Aside from examining this week’s matchups, this can also serve as a reminder not to overreact if… Source link
Read More »The billionaire who hired Jerome Powell decades ago says he’d probably be happy if you lost your job
In the late 1990s, Jerome Powell got a new job as partner at the Carlyle Group, one of the world’s biggest private equity firms, with a massive $11 billion market cap and even bigger $376 billion of assets under management. Only a few years after Powell left Carlyle, he was nominated to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, where he now serves as chairman. Carlyle was cofounded by David Rubenstein, a billionaire who served in the Jimmy Carter administration and is very active in… Source link
Read More »Bills vs. Rams sit/start tips for Week 1 Thursday night football
Week 1 always gives off conflicting vibes. We’re so sure of our fantasy rosters after the draft we can’t wait for Thursday Night Football to kick off the season. However, I know I’m not the only one staring at my lineup before lock, wondering who to start. It’s the reaping-and-sowing meme personified. But I’m here to help —or at least, give you someone else to blame for a few days. I’ll be spotlighting TNF throughout the year in this weekly column. Specifically, I’ll highlight… Source link
Read More »Google.org Funds UT Austin to Support Computer Science Education
AUSTIN, Texas — Investing in systemic change is vital to successfully diversifying the computer science education and workforce pipeline. In the first large contribution of private funds to support The University of Texas at Austin’s Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance, Google.org is providing grant support to ECEP to build additional capacity to broaden participation across the nation. “This is an investment in the success of future generations,”… Source link
Read More »Renowned strategist Tom Lee says inflation could be ‘falling far faster than expected’ — here’s the 1 left-for-dead sector to bet on if that holds true
Renowned strategist Tom Lee says inflation could be ‘falling far faster than expected’ — here’s the 1 left-for-dead sector to bet on if that holds true According to Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, rampant inflation may not last much longer. “In the past week, we’ve gotten some data that I think really shows inflation could be falling far faster than expected,” the strategist tells CNBC earlier this month. Lee notes the drop in gasoline prices. He also looks at indices that are showing signs… Source link
Read More »‘I’m trying to figure out what it means’
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel isn’t exactly wowed by rival Mark Zuckerberg’s big metaverse vision. In fact, like many pundits and tech fans, he’s not completely sure of its purpose. Asked at Code Conference on Wednesday about the Facebook founder and CEO’s metaverse vision, Spiegel dryly quipped that he was “trying to figure out what it means.” The two companies are going head-to-head when it comes to technological developments and competing for social media users’ attention—but both are… Source link
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