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The DFS MLB Playbook PRO comes with a full top 10 at each position every day, optimal lineups for each DFS site, deep stats and daily projections, suggested lineup “stacks,” hitting and pitching strategies, a live DFS scoreboard to track your players and much more. So, check out this afternoon’s free DFS plays, check back later for the evening Playbook, and check out FantasyAlarm.com’s premium product when you’re ready to go PRO....

Here is the early edition of the Daily Fantasy Basketball Playbook for February 23rd with our top picks and best values. There will be a more detailed version of the playbook later today at FantasyAlarm.com: Point Guards Shooting Guards Small Forwards Power Forwards Centers MORE DFS: Optimal DK lineup | DFS 101: Bankroll management DRAFTKINGS: NBA $60K Layup - $60,000 in total prizes; first place wins $5,000! - Free contest entry with first deposit using this link!...

Big night in the NBA with nine games on the slate. There are a lot of top-tier players to like tonight, so you’re going to want to save money at the shooting guard and small forward position to spend up on some stud players. There are plenty of story lines tonight with revenge games, players not making the All-Star game (Damian Lillard), and injuries that will open up some DFS value plays in DraftKings....

MORE DFS: Optimal NCAA Sweet 16 Friday Lineup Here is the early edition of The Daily Fantasy Basketball Playbook for Friday, March 27th. Make sure to check FantasyAlarm.com for an updated version before tip-off. Point Guards Shooting Guards Small Forwards Power Forwards Centers DRAFTKINGS: NBA $70K Sharpshooter $70,000 in total prizes; first place wins $5,000! - Free contest entry with first deposit using this link! Mark Kaplan is a fantasy basketball expert for FantasyAlarm....

This split slate stuff is going to kill me, I have a feeling. No, it’s not hurting the bankroll but it’s very tough to stop our research midstream and post these articles two times per day. Nevertheless, we will have yet another split Playbook today as we get six day games this afternoon followed by eight games tonight. At least in the early slate of games we are given Adam Wainwright, Anibal Sanchez, Jordan Zimmermann and Jacob deGrom to choose between while the night time slate looks much harder as far as pitchers are concerned....

I would not have expected you, the hostus interruptus of " Hardball, " to have an appreciation for listening. It was the way Bill Clinton got girls, and he taught it to his wife as a way to get votes. Another one of these rich ironies. My mistake in the old days was drinking with girls and saying how great I was. You write about your failed run for Congress when you were 28....

Myeni, a 29-year-old citizen of South Africa, was shot dead during a struggle with officers after he entered a home in the Nuuanu neighborhood on April 14, prompting a female occupant to call 911. At a news conference on Wednesday, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm shared the findings of a two-month investigation into the fatal shooting of the Black man, reported local TV station KHON2. Alm played police body camera footage showing Myeni punching responding officers, leaving one with facial fractures and a concussion....

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk described the bleak circumstances of residents of the war-battered city in a nationally televised speech, Ukrainska Pravda reported Wednesday. Vereshchuk’s update comes days after Russian forces claimed to have captured Lysychansk, one of Ukraine’s last holdouts in a strategically significant area. Vereshchuk, who also serves as minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, said in her speech that about 10,000 to 12,000 people remain in Lysychansk after most residents fled the city....

According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, 79-year-old Fred Hensley Sr. has been charged with felonious assault and domestic violence after allegedly shooting his adult son, 50-year-old Fred Hensley Jr. The former had become angry because his son had been playing the guitar for too long, the Blue Ash Police Department confirmed in a report on the incident. The weapon allegedly used in the Sunday shooting was a .380 pistol. Hensley Sr....

Nicholas Adam Ecker, 28, was arrested and charged in connection with the fire in Johnson County Court on Monday, according to local media. Authorities are continuing to investigate the fire that started early Sunday morning. It occurred near West 69th Terrace and Larsen Lane in Shawnee at around 1:00 a.m. local time on Sunday. Investigators said the baby was pronounced dead at the scene and there were no other people injured in the fire, according to a Fox 4 report....

In court filings in Manhattan Supreme Court, Michael Rocha claimed Dunaway, 78, called him “a little homosexual boy” and made other rude remarks about his sexuality, and “regularly and relentlessly subjected [Rocha] to abusive demeaning tirades.” Rocha was hired by producers in April to help Dunaway with errands, appointments, taking medication and getting to and from rehearsal. Paid $1,500 per week, he worked out of her East 57th Street apartment, according to Page Six....

The Right Stuff touts itself as “a dating app for the right wing” that helps bring together individuals with “shared values and similar passions.” The app also advertises that users can “view profiles without pronouns” and connects individuals with similar mindsets. Since the app’s launch, hundreds of users have left reviews about their experience, with some complaining that the app is invite-only and others claiming they were contacted by the FBI after answering a prompt about January 6, 2021....

The bill, known as the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act, updates the filing fees that merging companies pay to law enforcement to review their transactions. Defenders of the bill—including chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Representative Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat—argue that increasing the amount paid for large mergers will provide more resources to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to meet an increased workload demand since the growth of large tech companies....

Following the FDA authorization, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel unanimously voted in favor of the booster for people aged over 65 and for residents of long-term care facilities. The panel also recommended the booster for those aged 18 and above who have underlying medical conditions. Pfizer Senior Vice President William Gruber, MD, presented data at Wednesday’s meeting, showing that a third shot of its mRNA vaccine provided a substantial boost in protection against multiple variants....

The treatment, called bebtelovimab, is specifically for anyone over 12 with a mild to moderate case who is at a higher risk of severe illness and does not have access to alternative treatments, the FDA said in a news release. Trials for bebtelovimab showed it to be mostly effective in treating people infected with the coronavirus who meet these conditions, giving health care professionals another tool to use when fighting the disease....

FDA officials are investigating whether the cereal after thousands of people complained on consumer website iwaspoisoned that they had become ill. Newsweek found dozens of consumers had complained about having suffered cases of vomiting, diarrhea and nausea, all symptoms of food poisoning. According to the Associated Press (AP), the FDA said in a Saturday, April 16 statement: “The FDA takes seriously any reports of possible adulteration of a food that may also cause illness or injury....

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning against the use of a selection of hand sanitizers potentially containing methanol, which can “be toxic when absorbed through the skin or ingested and can be life-threatening when ingested,” the FDA noted in a statement this month. The list of hand sanitizers under the warning has been updated recently, with 42 more products added this month from July 8 to 10, including several which have been recommended for recall....

“The court does not consider the merits or wisdom of the decision,” Chief Justice James Allsop and justices James Besanko and David O’Callaghan said, according to the Associated Press. “The task of the court is to rule upon the lawfulness or legality of the decision.” Djokovic had his visa revoked after arriving on January 6 to compete in the Australia Open. Tennis Australia, the nation’s governing body for the sport, was allowing Djokovic to complete due to medical exemption....

“For me, I’m not the smartest guy to choose countries and clubs,” Mourinho said. “I could choose another club in another country where to be champion is easier. Maybe I will go to a country where a kit man can be coach and win the title.” United 14/1 to win PL; City 1/6 Mourinho – even in the first flush of victory – could not resist talking up his own achievements in winning what he perceived to be a good league while talking down those of Guardiola, who could only triumph in Germany, where Bayern perennially dominate the landscape....

While stocks in general were in rally mode Monday and Wednesday following last week’s dramatic fall—the worst since the financial crisis of 2008—shares of the nation’s largest publicly traded theater chains are significant laggards. Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter noted that box office was up 2.3 percent in the first quarter—courtesy of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Bad Boys for Life—but he said he expects that by the end of 2020 it will be down 2....