Author: Michael

It’s happening, boys and girls. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is bringing back the iconic No. 8 Budweiser for the first time in nearly 20 years. 
That’s right. I said it. And it’s true. It’s been nearly 20 years since Junior last raced in perhaps one of the most recognizable cars in NASCAR history, but that’s about to end. 
Dale made the announcement with a flurry of social media posts yesterday – he’s nothing if not a marketer, you know – and NASCAR Twitter responded as you’d expect.

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Kate Magdziuk shares her Week 8 running back rankings for standard scoring leagues and highlights three flex options with favorable matchups.
Despite the narratives that have circulated about the running back position “not mattering” over the past few seasons, there’s no doubt that they have certainly been the ones to carry our fantasy teams, especially in Week 7. Now, fantasy football managers will have a full pool of RBs to work with this week (outside of injuries), as there are no teams on bye.

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How the Packers’ defense started looking creative and dangerous under Jeff Hafley.
The Packers’ defense gave a statement performance in their Week 7 win over the Houston Texans. Coming into the week, Green Bay had been up and down on that side of the ball, sometimes looking great and sometimes looking like the unit that struggled last year. However, what they did to QB CJ Stroud and the Texans has to be broken down, because they poked holes in all of Houston’s protection plans en route to a 24-22 victory.

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We all know that New York Rangers captain Jacob Trouba isn’t afraid to make a hit if he needs to — and even sometimes when he doesn’t — and he did just that on Tuesday night with a massive check on Montreal Canadiens defenseman Justin Barron.
However, it ignited a debate over whether or not it was a clean check.
The Rangers visited the Canadiens on a full night of NHL hockey with all 32 in action (how wonderful was that, by the way? It was like Christmas and several birthdays rolled into one) and this one was all Rangers.

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