Author: Michael

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The rivalry between Mercedes and Red Bull shows no sign of slowing down
Max Verstappen set a new standard in Formula 1 at the Italian Grand Prix with his tenth straight victory. That result put the Red Bull driver atop the record books, and drew praise from around the sporting world.
However, Red Bull’s biggest rivals on the track were rather muted in their reaction, in particular Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff.

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Donovan McNabb watches Jalen Hurts, studying the Eagles’ quarterback and his sense of history; specifically, a lineage as rich and important as any that has ever existed in the NFL. When Hurts posits that the evolution of the quarterback position—and the Black quarterback’s place within it—can be explained by a series of Eagles signal-callers, McNabb nods and smiles.
Hurts is right—and yet, he may not fully grasp just how right. The Eagles, according to one analysis, at readjack.wordpress.com, have started Black quarterbacks in NFL games more than any other team.

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It’s time to start setting your DFS lineups for Week 2!
Sunday’s slate is a little shorter with two games on Monday Night Football. That means no Nick Chubb or Chris Olave. The Eagles and Vikings will also have already played, but there are still plenty of great players in favorable matchups to target.
I expect all of the players who made this list to return value for their respective salaries–whatever that price-point may be. We will be back Friday with contrarian and “bargain” plays, so check back for those players and darts on Friday.

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Nationals right-handed pitcher Jackson Rutledge will never forget his MLB debut, and it won’t be because of the seven runs he gave up in just over three innings of work, but rather because of what his catcher did to him in the fourth inning. 
This was something we have never seen before, and thankfully Rutledge was able to stay in the game after it happened. In case you missed it, the 6’8” pitcher tried to duck out of the way of rookie catcher Drew Millas’s throw to second base but the ball struck him in the head and flew all the way out to shallow right field.

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If the idea of a Tom Brady comeback wasn’t intriguing enough after Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers’s injury, there was the reported interest from Colin Kaepernick. But if neither of those two rumblings did the trick for New York fans, we can now add another new name to the list of head-turning options mentioned.
Ben Roethlisberger.
Following the news that Rodgers’s injury suffered on his first drive as the team’s quarterback is a season-ending torn Achilles, it’s been an endless cycle of buzz and rumors.

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Well, that was interesting.
The NFL Week 1 schedule went according to almost nobody’s plan, with the Bengals, Bills and Chiefs all losing. Meanwhile, Aaron Rodgers’s Jets won their opener but lost him for the season with a torn Achilles tendon.
In the NFC, we saw a pair of Pro Bowlers get off to a bad start, as Geno Smith struggled against the Rams while Kirk Cousins notched three turnovers in a loss to the Buccaneers.
But how much were they and others impacted in our NFL quarterback rankings? There was significant movement on some fronts, while others largely stayed put.

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Alfa Romeo confirmed their driver lineup for 2024, retaining both Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas
The number of available Formula 1 driver spots for the 2024 lineup is now down to three.
Alfa Romeo confirmed on Thursday that they are retaining their current lineup for the 2024 season. While Valtteri Bottas was already under contract through the 2024 campaign, there was growing debate about the future of his teammate, Zhou Guanyu.

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