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We’ve picked our Super Bowl winners and who will win NFL MVP.  There’s a lot more to the NFL season than the major winners.  Which coach will be fired first? Which rookie coach will be the best, and which will be the worst? Will a team have to forfeit a game due to COVID-19?  Here’s Yahoo Sports NFL writers’ picks for some of the superlatives this season, like the biggest disappointment and surprise. Bears coach Matt Nagy enters the season on the hot seat. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)

Los Angeles Chargers dual-threat running back Austin Ekeler is partnering with Yahoo Sports this … [+] season. (Photo by Nick Tre. Smith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Austin Ekeler became a household name—especially to fantasy football enthusiasts—during the 2019 NFL season as Los Angeles Chargers starting running back Melvin Gordon continued his holdout in the hopes of securing a new contract. Even after Gordon made his season debut in… Source link

Yahoo Daily Fantasy Football is live for the season. Yahoo Daily Fantasy Football is now live and we are making some big changes to the platform. To celebrate the launch of the football season, we are giving every Yahoo user an opportunity to claim $10 in contest entry credit* issued as Yahoo Sports Rewards Points. Click here to claim your credit. We are also excited to announce that our multi-entry Yahoo Daily Fantasy contests, which are among our largest prized contests, will now be… Source link

(Reuters) – Grocery chain Aldi said on Monday it is hiring more than 20,000 new workers and raising its wages in the United States as it gets ready for the busy holiday season at a time when retailers and restaurants are scrambling to find workers. The U.S. arm of the German discount supermarket group said it has increased its average national starting wages for store and warehouse workers to $15 and $19 per hour, respectively. Aldi will host a hiring week in September to fill an array of… Source link

Bronny James made his return Friday night for Sierra Canyon in front of his father and Drake. (Krysten Peek/Yahoo Sports) CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James didn’t make the second round of the NBA playoffs for the first time in 14 seasons after the Phoenix Suns eliminated the defending champions in six games last week. The Los Angeles Clippers are still in the playoffs (and playing at home tomorrow night) but it was the CIF Southern Sectional Finals between Sierra… Source link

Mike Krzyzewski’s legendary coaching career is nearing its end. Duke announced Wednesday evening that its longtime men’s basketball coach will retire following the 2021-22 season, confirming an earlier report from Stadium’s Jeff Goodman. The school also confirmed that former Duke player and associate head coach Jon Scheyer will succeed Krzyzewski after his retirement. “My family and I view today as a celebration,” Krzyzewski said in a statement. “Our time at both West Point and Duke has… Source link

The Milwaukee Bucks didn’t have a warm-up act, no time to build confidence against a lower-seeded piñata, walking right into the fire against the team that exposed them last summer. And instead of cowering or falling to old habits, the Bucks made the Miami Heat go “poof” in quick fashion, perhaps the first step in changing the narrative — or at the very least, returning the favor in exposing Miami’s roster flaws, creating questions for the future. The first team to sweep its… Source link

The Week Tucker Carlson casually maligns David Frum, who responds by deconstructing his former friend’s ‘cowardly’ act Fox News star Tucker Carlson is having a moment — or, rather, another moment in a Zelig-like career full of them. Lately, he has been torching a select group of conservatives, and David Frum was added to that list Tuesday. Carlson’s ostensible target Tuesday night was the Central Intelligence Agency’s curious new ad featuring an “intersectional” Latina millennial officer…. Source link

With the NFL draft nearly here, football is on everyone’s mind. To join in on the fun, we’re happy to announce Yahoo Fantasy Football is open for the 2021 NFL season! So, if you’ve been dreaming of building that juggernaut, championship-winning team since the final whistle blew on last season, the wait is over. You can create or join a fantasy football league today and start mock drafting now. What’s new this fantasy football season -NFL schedule change to be supported in-game: With the NFL… Source link

Bloomberg Biden Sanctions Russia, Restricts Buying New Debt After Hacking (Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden ordered fresh sanctions on Russia, including restrictions on buying new sovereign debt, in response to allegations that Moscow was behind a hack on SolarWinds Corp. and interfered with last year’s U.S. election.The new measures sanction 32 entities and individuals, including government and intelligence officials, and six Russian companies that provide support to the Russian… Source link