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Panthers’ Russell Okung Becomes First NFL Player to Be Paid in Bitcoin

TipRanks These 2 Penny Stocks Are Poised to Go Boom, Say Analysts Wall Street has mixed feelings about penny stocks. These tickers changing hands for less than $5 per share either draw investors in with their high return potential or send them running for the hills, but why?When we say high return potential, we aren’t exaggerating. The bargain price points allow investors to snap up more shares than possible when investing in other more well-known names. What’s more, even what feels like… Source link

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Booger McFarland chides ‘African-American’ NFL players

After a turbulent year in the “Monday Night Football” booth, Booger McFarland has been honing his chops on the ESPN analyst desk during the 2020 NFL season. Amid a roundtable discussion about Dwayne Haskins on “Monday Night Countdown,” McFarland delivered a take that, well — let’s just say it will garner some attention. The Washington Football team released Haskins on Monday, a shocking decision considering it used a first-round draft pick on the Ohio State quarterback just last… Source link

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The Yahoo Fantasy Football crew picks their MVPs for 2020 NFL season

Sometimes the most memorable, the most popular, and even the most valuable players in fantasy football aren’t just the players who score the most at their position or on the season as a whole. That title could go to the players who set themselves apart from the pack, or who shocked analysts and fantasy managers alike, or who delivered a huge outing when we needed it most. And with Week 16 in the rearview mirror, the Yahoo Fantasy team makes their picks for 2020 Fantasy MVP! Andy went with Source link

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Could Trevor Lawrence change how NFL handles London?

With little fanfare across the NFL — but unmistakable joy inside the domestic fan base of the Jacksonville Jaguars — the contract tying London to its most familiar American football franchise ended in October. For all intents and purposes, the Jaguars’ obligation to London expired. Unless you are somewhere inside the orbit of the Jacksonville franchise or spend your time studying the NFL’s unrelenting drumbeat of business operations, you probably didn’t notice. But there’s a reason… Source link

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NFL fines Ravens $250,000 for COVID-19 outbreak, but won’t strip draft pick, per report

The Baltimore Ravens are reportedly being punished for their recent COVID-19 outbreak, but not as harshly as other teams. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the NFL is fining the Ravens $250,000 for their late November COVID-19 outbreak, but they are not being stripped of a draft pick. The Ravens are the fifth team to be disciplined for protocol violations and team outbreaks, and it’s the smallest punishment. The New England Patriots and Tennessee Titans were fined $350,000, while… Source link

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NFL plans to expand regular season to 17 games in 2021, per report

The 16-game season will reportedly soon be a thing of the past. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero, the NFL is planning to expand the regular season from 16 games to 17 games in 2021. Yahoo Sports’ Charles Robinson reported earlier this month that the NFL had cleared a significant hurdle in moving toward a 17-game schedule by finalizing a formula to determine where that 17th game would come from. The league was reportedly considering cutting the preseason by a game… Source link

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NFL Week 16 rankings for running backs

CBC For Canada’s Chuba Hubbard, college football’s Cheez-It Bowl not worth price of admission This is a column by Morgan Campbell, who writes opinion for CBC Sports. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. If you were an elite NCAA football player with an NFL future, what would you risk to play in the Cheez-It Bowl? If you had just finished a regular season hampered by ankle injuries, would you rush back into the lineup to headline one of nearly two dozen… Source link

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NFL Week 16 rankings for running backs

Is there any running back on a hotter streak than the one David Montgomery is on right now? [Week 16 Fantasy Rankings: QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | FLEX | DST | Kickers] After wallowing in the pits of mediocrity for much of the season, Montgomery returned from his bye week and turned it on. It’s not hyperbole to say that Montgomery has performed like a fantasy league-winner the past few weeks, and now he’ll get to help deliver trophies to fantasy managers who stuck by him for so long. Check out… Source link

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NFL needs diversity at quarterbacks coaching ranks too

Quarterback play largely dictates NFL games. As such, teams are looking for people who can build and sustain a positive culture, especially at that position. That’s why there has been such a recent rush to hire offensive coordinators and assistants for head coaching jobs. Since 2016, 32 men have been hired as head coaches. Of those 32, 24 were offensive coordinators at some point in their careers. And of those 24, 19 were once quarterbacks coaches. The NFL’s failure to successfully… Source link

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NFL week 15 rankings for Defense

Aaron Donald and the Rams could have a lot to smile about in Week 15. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP) We saw the Los Angeles Rams defense in top form in Week 14, as they completely dismantled the Patriots en route to a 24-3 win. [Week 15 Fantasy Rankings: QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | FLEX | DST | Kickers] If the Rams could do that to a Bill Belichick-coached team, imagine what they’re going to do in Week 15 to a Jets team already preparing themselves for the No. 1 pick in the… Source link

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