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NBA Slam Dunk Contest: Mac McClung defeats Jaylen Brown to go back-to-back

NBA Slam Dunk Contest: Mac McClung defeats Jaylen Brown to go back-to-back

The best dunker the NBA can find is still a G Leaguer. Osceola Magic guard Mac McClung delivered another set of wild dunks to defeat the Boston Celtics‘ Jaylen Brown in the final of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday night. McClung becomes the fifth back-to-back dunk contest winner in NBA history, joining Michael Jordan, Jason Richardson, Nate Robinson and Zach LaVine. The night wasn’t as exciting as his breakout performance last season, but he was still the standout in a field that… Source link

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NBA All-Star Weekend: Stephen Curry wins unprecedented 3-point contest against Sabrina Ionescu

NBA All-Star Weekend: Stephen Curry wins unprecedented 3-point contest against Sabrina Ionescu

Stephen Curry and Sabrina Ionescu might have signed up for a win-win situation when they agreed to go head-to-head in an unprecedented 3-point shootout, but someone had to lose. Curry made sure he came out with the victory on All-Star Saturday night, scoring 29 points. Ionescu, 26, didn’t want to shoot from the women’s 3-point line of 20 feet, 6 inches. Instead, she leveled the playing field and shot from the NBA line of 23 feet, 9 inches. Naturally, she did shoot a WNBA ball. Fans were… Source link

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Fake online contest makes Yahoo! most phished brand of Q4 2022

Fake online contest makes Yahoo! most phished brand of Q4 2022

Veteran web company Yahoo! has emerged as the most imitated brand in phishing attacks over the last three months of 2022, according to Check Point’s quarterly Brand phishing report, which highlights the organisations most frequently exploited by cyber criminals when trying to steal personal or credit card data. Check Point’s research unit says it observed a 23% spike in illegitimate use of Yahoo!’s branding, accounting for 23% of all noted attempts. This appears to have been the… Source link

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NFL rules Bills-Bengals a ‘no contest’ and AFC title game may be at neutral site as owners prepare to vote on ‘inequities’

NFL rules Bills-Bengals a ‘no contest’ and AFC title game may be at neutral site as owners prepare to vote on ‘inequities’

The NFL announced Thursday night that it has canceled the remainder of the Monday Night Football game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals and will designate the game as a “no contest,” leaving the two franchises with only 16 games in the 2022 schedule. That decision — which comes on the heels of a postponement following the cardiac arrest and subsequent hospitalization of Bills safety Damar Hamlin during Monday’s game — will be followed by a special league meeting on… Source link

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Dallas Cowboys lead Week 15 contest picks

Dallas Cowboys lead Week 15 contest picks

I’m in a NFL contest submitting five ATS picks each week. My last 3-2 week came back in Week 8 and it’s been a challenge since. Fortunately, the Week 15 slate offers more than a few enticing options giving me some confidence for a major bounce back. The lines are set spreads released each Wednesday and selections are submitted Friday night. Here are my five ATS contest picks for Week 15 in the NFL: Lions pick ’em at Jets On paper, the Lions look like a mixed bag of good and bad when not… Source link

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Lineup picks for the Sunday Baller contest

Lineup picks for the Sunday Baller contest

The NFL Week 3 main slate begins Sunday at 1:00 p.m. EDT and features 13 games. Bye weeks have yet to begin, but the Thursday Night Football (Steelers-Browns), Sunday Night Football (49ers-Broncos) and Monday Night Football (Cowboys-Giants) participants are excluded from this slate. Yahoo will be running plenty of NFL DFS contests for Week 3, but the biggest is the Sunday Baller, which pays out a guaranteed prize pool of $300,000 to the top 4,722 finishers, including $50,000 to the winner…. Source link

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Lineup picks for the Sunday Baller contest

Lineup picks for the Sunday Baller contest

The NFL Week 2 main slate begins Sunday at 1:00 p.m. EDT and features 12 games. The entire league will be in action this week, but the Thursday Night Football (Chargers-Chiefs), Sunday Night Football (Bears-Packers) and Monday Night Football (Titans-Bills, Vikings-Eagles) participants are excluded from this slate. Yahoo will be running plenty of NFL DFS contests for Week 2, but the biggest is the Sunday Baller, which pays out a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000 to the top 5,306 finishers,… Source link

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