In the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, Scott Pianowski and Frank Schwab discuss which San Francisco 49ers player they are targeting in Fantasy drafts in 2023, and debate how to draft second and third wide receivers on top offenses next season. Video Transcript [SPORTS SOUND EFFECTS] SCOTT PIANOWSKI: Let me ask you this. Who do you think– and I realized there’s uncertainty at quarterback. So let’s just ignore drafting a quarterback on the 49ers. Just assume they get somebody competent in… Source link
Read More »Hatch Collective to become ‘more of a powerful player’ in maternity space, CEO says
After completing its first growth equity funding round, maternity company Hatch announced it is partnering with Marquee Brands to consolidate several maternity brands under the umbrella of Hatch Collective. The newly formed parent company will operate Hatch along with Marquee’s brands, including Motherhood Maternity, A Pea in the Pod, and Destination Maternity. “What we were doing in the maternity space is the gold standard from a brand level and how, together, we could be more of a powerful… Source link
Read More »Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles reportedly charged with capital murder after shooting basketball player Darius Miles reportedly charged with capital murder after shooting
Former Alabama forward Darius Miles was arrested and reportedly charged with capital murder following a shooting Sunday. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) Former Alabama men’s basketball player Darius Miles was reportedly charged with capital murder after a shooting Sunday. Miles, 21, was one of two suspects reportedly charged in the shooting death. Video of Miles leaving the Tuscaloosa County Jail emerged on Twitter on Sunday. Shortly after that footage was released, Miles’ player page on Alabama’s… Source link
Read More »Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles reportedly charged with capital murder after shooting basketball player Darius Miles reportedly charged with capital murder after shooting
Former Alabama forward Darius Miles was arrested and reportedly charged with capital murder following a shooting Sunday. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) Former Alabama men’s basketball player Darius Miles was reportedly charged with capital murder after a shooting Sunday. Miles, 21, was one of two suspects reportedly charged in the shooting death. Video of Miles leaving the Tuscaloosa County Jail emerged on Twitter on Sunday. Shortly after that footage was released, Miles’ player page on Alabama’s… Source link
Read More »Angel City makes Alyssa Thompson the first HS player taken first overall
Alyssa Thompson is staying in Los Angeles with Angel City, and all it took was some NWSL Draft history to make it happen. With the first overall pick of the 2023 NWSL Draft, Angel City made the Harvard-Westlake forward the first high school athlete to hear her name called first in the league’s 10-year history. Thompson’s selection was widely expected after Angel City acquired the first overall pick from NJ/NY Gotham FC last week in a deal that saw it trade its natural No. 5 pick and a… Source link
Read More »Spotify and Google team up to supercharge the Android 13 media player
You wiill soon be able to use Spotify Connect right from your notifications Las Vegas’s CES 2023 is in full swing, and Google is ready to join the party. In addition to the much delayed Android Auto redesign, the company teamed up with Spotify to make it much easier to move between your audio devices when you listen to music. Spotify Connect will be integrated right in the Android 13 media player. Google announced that in the future, you will be able to… Source link
Read More »Heat place literally every player on injury report after receiving NBA fine ahead of Mexico City game
The Miami Heat are either the most injured team in the NBA or threw a very public dig at the league. The team’s Friday began with the NBA fining it $25,000 for “failing to disclose an accurate game availability status for several players” before its win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. For those who don’t speak league office, the NBA was punishing the Heat for sitting star Jimmy Butler, among others, for what the team called “knee maintenance.” Despite missing Butler, the Heat… Source link
Read More »Emerging Spurs big man Jakob Poeltl could be a key player in this season’s trade market
The NBA’s annual trade window unofficially opens Thursday, when the majority of free agents who signed new contracts this past summer become eligible to be moved. San Antonio Spurs center Jakob Poeltl figures to be an important name leading up to the Feb. 9 trade deadline. Poeltl, 27, will reach unrestricted free agency for the first time in July, and that uncertainty — as with Pacers big man Myles Turner — often leads to trades that precede offseason activity, allowing a team to… Source link
Read More »Christian McCaffrey became the first player since 2005 to run, catch and throw a touchdown in the same game
Christian McCaffrey just did something only four other players have accomplished in modern NFL history. The San Francisco 49ers running back ran, caught and passed for a touchdown against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 8. The last player to do that was running back LaDanian Tomlinson for the then-San Diego Chargers in 2005. New England Patriots wideout David Patten and Chicago Bears Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton also completed the feat. Seven others did it as well, though all were… Source link
Read More »Hacking the draft room: The Athletic’s player rankings versus Yahoo’s ADP
In continuing fantasy draft preparations, we’re seeing how our projections here at The Athletic measure up against other rankings. We already explored some of the gaps between our projections and NHL dot com’s rankings. For a quick refresher, these are the categories we used in the projections: goals, assists, plus/minus, power play points, shots on goal, and hits for skaters; goalies count wins, save percentages, goals-against average, and shutouts. Now, we’ll see how our rankings… Source link
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