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ARLINGTON, Texas — In the Dallas Cowboys‘ postgame locker room, Ezekiel Elliott cradled an imaginary trophy midair. The seventh-year pro’s message: He worries not who carries the football each Sunday. He wants to carry something bigger and better. “All I’m worried about is winning, and at the end of the season. I want to be holding up that Lombardi,” Elliott told Yahoo Sports while hoisting his imaginary trophy. “We’ve all got the same goal and that’s for this team to be… Source link

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

Pinterest (PINS) shares soared more than 12% on Tuesday following its quarterly results and support from activist hedge fund Elliott Management for the search-and-discovery platform’s new CEO Bill Ready. “Pinterest occupies a unique position in the advertising and shopping ecosystems, and CEO Bill Ready is the right leader to oversee Pinterest’s next phase of growth,” read a statement by activist investor Elliott Management, the company’s largest shareholder, with a 9% stake. Ready served… Source link

Another day, another training camp practice for the entire league. Some of the biggest questions were answered this week, especially for Seattle Seahawks wideout D.K. Metcalf, who signed a three-year, $72 million deal Thursday. There are few major deals left on the table, though, including San Francisco 49ers receiver Deebo Samuel, Cincinnati Bengals safety Jessie Bates and Los Angeles Chargers safety Derwin James. Another safety, Bills’ Micah Hyde, avoided major injury this week after… Source link

Jerry Jones is still all in on Ezekiel Elliott. While the Cowboys running back is , and Dallas has Tony Pollard at the ready if needed, Jones said Saturday that he wants Elliott to be the “focus” of the team’s run game both in Week 1 and throughout the season. “Zeke’s gotta be our feature, and he is our feature,” the Cowboys owner said, . “We can feature him in a lot of different ways … It’s critical that we make Zeke, because he’s capable of being that, really the focus of… Source link

Both of Clemson’s coordinators are becoming head coaches. Days after defensive coordinator Brent Venables was announced as Oklahoma’s head coach, Virginia announced Friday that it was hiring Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott after Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel reported that the two sides were finalizing a deal. “Coach Elliott is a winner, in every sense of the word,” Virginia athletic director Carla Williams said in a statement. “He is known for his character, humility, work ethic,… Source link

The Guardian After 20 years of insults, Kwame Brown proved revenge is best served flaming hot The former No 1 overall pick in the NBA draft has been ridiculed for years as a bust. This week, in hours of YouTube rants, he set the record straight Kwame Brown talks to Kobe Bryant during his time with the Lakers in 2006. Photograph: Andrew D Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images Before the NFL’s JaMarcus Russell there was the NBA’s Kwame Brown. Like the former Raiders quarterback, Brown was a top draft… Source link

LAS VEGAS — Tim Elliott and Jordan Espinosa once were teammates, and Elliott specifically asked to fight Espinosa on Saturday at UFC 259. As they were grappling on the floor near the end of the second round, a bizarre conversation ensued between them which may explain why Elliott wanted the fight. Elliott, who was in the top position, said to Espinosa, “I heard you choked a girl in 2018. Little woman beater. Little f***ing woman beater.” Espinosa said, “You don’t know the whole… Source link

Nearly 16 months ago, when Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones stepped in front of the CNBC cameras after committing to the richest running back contract in NFL history, he sounded like a man who was selling himself — maybe more than anyone else — on the lavish $90 million deal he was about to sign with Ezekiel Elliott. Jones talked about how Elliott had “worked” and “utilized his skills” to seize his market. He waxed about Elliott’s “big heart” and spun thin logic about how… Source link