Join the Yahoo Fantasy Tourney Pick’Em Best Bracket contest for a chance at $25K! Let’s be honest: It’s virtually impossible to create a completely perfect tourney bracket. You’d pretty much have to be a fortune teller to do so. Luckily for you, our contest doesn’t ask for perfection — just the very best! The Yahoo Fantasy Best Bracket contest is completely free to play and is available on the Yahoo Fantasy Sports site via desktop, mobile web and the Yahoo Fantasy App — where you… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Cup Fantasy Golf Picks This Week for the 2022 Players Championship
Looking for a way to learn Fantasy Golf without jumping in with both feet? We have a perfect solution for you. Yahoo and Yahoo Fantasy are offering a $15,000 freeroll called the PGA “Yahoo Cup.” This contest awards a winner for weekly events and one winner at the end of the season who has the most cumulative points. It will go for 39 weeks, with the lowest nine weeks of scoring being dropped from your total score. Each week also features a $150-to-first contest, making every round matter… Source link
Read More »In The Know by Yahoo Honors: Kaya Marriott
NBA.com Game Recap: Nuggets 138, Pelicans 130 Led by Nikola Jokics 46 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, three steals and four blocks, the Nuggets defeated the Pelicans, 138-130, in overtime. This is Jokics 17th triple-double of the season and 74th of his career. Aaron Gordon added 28 points and eight rebounds for the Nuggets in the victory, while Brandon Ingram (38 points, five rebounds, nine assists) and CJ McCollum (24 points, five rebounds, nine assists) combined for 62 points for the… Source link
Read More »In The Know by Yahoo Honors: Cami Téllez
Founder and CEO of Parade Age: 24 Hometown: Princeton, New Jersey Cami Téllez is the founder and CEO of Parade — a community-first underwear brand that’s writing a new underwear story. Parade makes Creative Basics, expressive and sustainable skin-contact clothes that celebrate who you are today. Since its launch in 2020, Parade has sold more than 3 million pairs of underwear, built a team of 60 diverse individuals and raised more than $40 million from investors such as Stripes, Maveron,… Source link
Read More »In The Know by Yahoo Honors: Whitney Shanahan
Credit: Whitney Shanahan Founder of Pr❤️Choice with Heart Age: 36 Hometown: San Diego Whitney Shanahan is a mom and activist who founded Pr❤️Choice With Heart, a grassroots group that helps organize local pro-abortion-rights rallies. Shanahan first began advocating for the cause when she was questioned about whether she was responsible for causing her own potential miscarriage during an emergency room visit. After that traumatic experience, Shanahan did some research and realized she was… Source link
Read More »In The Know by Yahoo Honors: Mya Pol
Disability advocate, student Age: 21 Hometown: Wareham, Mass. Mya Pol is leading the charge on educating TikTok and Instagram users about the spectrum of disability and the lack of accessibility available in the world today. The college student covers everything in her videos — from explaining why calling someone “disabled” isn’t “bad,” breaking down the daily costs of someone who is disabled, how higher education can be ableist and, arguably most importantly, sharing moments of… Source link
Read More »Yahoo ‘Brazen’ In Ripping Off Droplets’ Web IP, Jury Told
By Bonnie Eslinger (March 8, 2022, 10:15 PM EST) — Yahoo Inc. has been “brazen” in its unlicensed use of Droplets Inc.’s patented technology for quickly updating web pages while tech giants such as Facebook and Amazon eventually agreed to pay license fees, the startup’s lawyer said Tuesday during opening statements in a California federal court patent infringement trial. Kicking off the proceedings, Droplets’ lawyer Courtland Reichman of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP told… Source link
Read More »Yahoo DFS Basketball: Sunday Picks
Sundays are always tricky with the way they’re laid out, and we have another strange slate here. Eight games in total, with five making up the main card starting at 7 p.m. ET. The one nuisance could be the matchups, with three of the five looking like potential blowouts. Having that makes things challenging, but we’ll do our best to break it down for you. Guards Ja Morant, MEM at HOU ($46) We had Morant in this section on Saturday, and we’re going right back to the well in an even tastier… Source link
Read More »Yahoo DFS Hockey: Sunday Picks
It’s a surprisingly robust slate of evening games in the NHL on Sunday night with five on the schedule. Here are a handful of players to target, and to avoid, for your daily fantasy hockey lineups. Good luck! GOALIE Robin Lehner, VGK vs. OTT ($33): Lehner hasn’t had the best season, but this is about the matchup. The Senators rank 26th in goals per game and are on the road for the second leg of a back-to-back. At the very least, I expect Lehner to pick up the win. GOALIE TO AVOID Igor… Source link
Read More »Russian ruble is crashing: Yahoo U
For more business and finance explainers, check out our Yahoo U page. Economic sanctions on Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine have sent the Russian ruble for a tailspin. Following several measures from Western countries to isolate Russia’s economy, the ruble lost over 30% of its value against the U.S. dollar. A devaluing currency makes sense, given sanctions on Russia’s largest banks and the severance of other firms from the international banking system known as… Source link
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