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Welcome to the “public leaks looking to gain leverage” portion of the negotiation between the NBA players union and the league. Less than a week after NBA team owners talked and decided to push for a Dec. 22 start to the season — putting games on Christmas Day and reportedly generating an extra $500 million in revenue — comes this report that a “substantial faction” of players wants the season to start on Jan. 18, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, reports Chris Haynes at Yahoo Sports.

LeBron James looked every bit the best player in the NBA — still, at age 35 — on his way to winning another championship and Finals MVP. One theory as to why LeBron looked so good this past season was rest: For the first time in 14 years, he had a full offseason to recover (no playoffs) heading into the start of the season, then the coronavirus gave him a forced rest in the middle of it. That kept some older legs fresh. Whether you buy that or not, rest certainly matters to LeBron, which… Source link

It’s Week 7 in the NFL and there’s no better place to prepare for your matchup than with Yahoo’s “Fantasy Football Live” crew. We’ll tackle the tough sit-start questions, place our bets on flex options and fill you in on a pair of last-minute sleepers. Where can managers find fantasy glory in a potentially high-scoring matchup between the Lions and Falcons? What are this weekend’s best bets as the Raiders host Tom Brady and the Bucs? [Week 7 Fantasy Rankings: QBs | RBs | WRs | 

The SEC is delaying the start of its college football season. The conference announced Thursday that it’s implementing a 10-game conference-only schedule for each team similar to the ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12. But unlike those three conferences, the SEC is also moving the start of football season back. The first SEC games will kick off on Sept. 26, three weeks after the original Week 1 start date on Labor Day weekend. The delay means that the SEC Championship Game won’t be played until Dec…. Source link