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I’ll take a more conservative approach this week with my FAAB projections. There aren’t too many names that jump off the page, but still some players worth looking at. DOMINATE YOUR LEAGUE: Get the Fantasy Alarm NFL Season Pass! LISTEN TO THE SN FANTASY WEEK 9 PREVIEW PODCAST BELOW Week 9 Fantasy Football FAAB targets: Quarterback Gardner Minshew JAC; FAAB Bid: 10-15%: Minshew just keeps on rolling. The upside is somewhat limited by what he can do with minimal passing opportunities, but Minshew has made the most of it posting 20-plus fantasy points in back-to-back weeks....

The fantastic trio of Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and Antonio Brown are out of commission this week because the Bucs are on bye. Terry McLaurin, DK Metcalf, and Tyler Lockett are also off the board (and Detroit’s WRs, if you care). Last week was pretty tame when it comes to idle WRs, as Marquise Brown was by far the most important receiver out of action. All things considered, finding under-the-radar value will be more important this week....

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The Playbook had a huge night Monday, but it is time to focus on Tuesday’s short slate of games (four). The point guard position is a no-brainer because Russell Westbrook is a must-start whenever Kevin Durant doesn’t play and Reggie Jackson is going to be starting for the Pistons and he’ll destroy his value. The shooting guard position actually has a good amount of talent tonight as Klay Thompson and Monta Ellis both have high ceilings....

Mock Draft Army No. 7: Complete Draft Board This time around I was picking fifth (full team results) but I wanted to go in with a similar mindset to the previous mock with one exception. I wanted to soften up on my stance on closers and see how that played out with the rest of the draft. I wanted to focus on early power, not sweat the middle infield as much, and still hold off on the starting pitching....

NEWSWEEK published national lists based on this formula in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007. In the Washington Post, I have reported the Challenge Index ratings for every public school in the Washington area every year since 1998. I think 1.000 is a modest standard. A school can reach that level if only half of its students take one AP, IB or Cambridge test in their junior year and one in their senior year....

Rotting garbage in the streets of Naples has shown the world how Italy’s public sector fails its citizens. There are other examples. For instance, Italy’s official economic statistics are a mess. The Italian data show that the country’s economy expanded by an average of 0.9 percent in the last seven years, far behind the 2.1 percent for the rest of Western Europe. Even worse, in the age of rampant globalization, Italy barely managed to raise its export volumes at all, while its Western European peers boosted foreign sales by a total of 40 percent....

Muhammad, 31, was identified by New York Police Department (NYPD) officials as the person of interest in the May 8 shooting. He remained at large for four days before being apprehended by law enforcement. “While there is no joy today, there is justice,” NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said at a press conference. Authorities, including members of the U.S. Marshals Service, caught up with Muhammad and his girlfriend just outside of Jacksonville....

First, there are millions of Americans living with life expectancies that are essentially equal to [those in] poor developing countries. Second, the vast majority of disparities can be traced to chronic disease in the working aged adult population. Third, there’s no sign that the disparities are getting smaller. Tobacco, alcohol consumption, obesity, elevated blood pressure, high cholesterol, low fruit and vegetable intake, and physical inactivity. It goes back to those risk factors....

What attracted you to eulogies? Ten years ago, I delivered my dad’s eulogy. I thought it was a very cathartic and connective experience. Kind of like a bridge between the living and the dead. Which is your favorite? Several touched me. Neil Simon on Bob Fosse. Madonna on Versace. Adlai Stevenson’s on Eleanor Roosevelt is a paramount example of how to eulogize. It’s personal, poignant, conversational and it’s got a great opening and a great close....

I felt a certain–I don’t know what to call it–smug satisfaction when all those other writers were bamboozled by JT Leroy. Because I thought, Well, if they’d just read my damn novel … It’s strange in every direction. A lot of people will assume the facts of the movie are the facts of my life, which they are not. I didn’t take off on an adventure to find this kid....

You’re a curator. Why write a book on smiling? I was asked to give a talk at a conference of dentists, and they were interested in the evolving concept of facial beauty, so I gave a talk on teeth and smiling. And before I knew it, it turned into a book. So you’re uniquely qualified to answer this. What’s with the world’s fascination with the Mona Lisa smile? The Mona Lisa, in its kind of mysterious and enigmatic guise, is really a creation of 19th-century French critics who chose to see it in those terms....

Hawkins, 37, has more than size on his side. He’s also got soul, especially the street-smart savvy sort that translates into big bucks. Over the past five years he’s made millions by giving fast food a cultural makeover, tailoring it to African-Ame rican, inner-city life. He got his start back in the early 1990s as a franchisee for the Checkers chain of eateries, for which he boosted profits by doing business as his fellow blacks would like it....

The design process kicked off in January for the ‘The Falcon’s Flight’, a ride developers promise will be the world’s longest, fastest and tallest coaster. The ride will travel across 2.5 miles, gathering speeds of up to 155 mph and feature a vertical cliff dive into a valley 500 feet deep, according to the Qiddiya Investment Company, which has partnered with U.S.-headquartered Six Flags for the build. The three-minute thrill ride is set to use magnetic motor acceleration technology and will feature a “parabolic airtime hill allowing a weightlessness airtime experience”, a press release issued by Qiddiya reads....

Pat Mahomes, a former MLB player of 11 years, was arrested by an off-duty TCU police officer and released Sunday morning, according to police records obtained by the Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas). MORE: CFP outlook: Ready for November? His son played well for the Red Raiders on Saturday, completing 24 of 39 passes 206 yards and two touchdowns to one interception. He also rushed 20 times for 39 yards and the game-winning touchdown in overtime....

The Delta variant, also known as B.1.617.2, is what experts consider a variant of concern. Evidence suggests it could be more transmissible, is harder to neutralize with some antibody treatments, and could affect vaccine efficacy. The U.S. is among the countries where the variant (first detected in India) has spread. On Monday, Israel’s Health Ministry added to fears around the spread of the variant, by saying the effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine against symptomatic COVID was down from 94....

The Owena Whales had led through Sikiru Alimi in the 17th minute, but captain Patrick Ikeokwu equalised eight minutes later, as the first half ended 1-1. Traore Issif appeared to have afforded the hosts a degree of comfort when he steered home a clever header thanks to Wasiu Jimoh’s assist in the 48th minute. 29 minutes to full time Chijioke Alaekwe powered in the third as coach Henry Abiodun’s side failed in their bid to claw back....