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Derek Carr (@ Eagles) and Lamar Jackson (vs. Vikings) are back in action after byes, but we sacrifice Tom Brady. Taylor Heinicke, Jared Goff, and Geno Smith are off the table, too, though only owners in two-QB/superflex leagues will likely notice they’re missing. Even more important in two-QB/superflex (and possibly single-QB) leagues is the potential return of Tyrod Taylor (hamstring) off the IR. He has a highly favorable matchup against Miami, putting him squarely in the streamer conversation....

Because most leagues are in the playoffs, you might not think sleepers and streamers matter that much, but tell that to the owners who have been piecing their TE spot together since Kyle Pitts and Zach Ertz got injured. Even if you have a decent starter, it never hurts to check for a better available option. When it’s “win-and-go-home” season, you don’t want to settle. Is it safe to use Darren Waller (hamstring) and Dallas Goedert (shoulder) if they come off the IR this week?...

So, don’t blame us if you make the wrong start/sit lineup decisions because a guy couldn’t get tucked in before midnight. We’re working with second-hand medical information, and unfortunately, that doesn’t include “bed times.” Make sure to track the inactive/active lists before setting your season-long and daily fantasy football lineups. MORE: Week 13 fantasy football rankings:Quarterbacks | Running backs | Wide receivers | Tight ends | Defenses | Kickers...

T.Y. Hilton, Brandon Marshall, Austin Seferian-Jenkins, DeSean Jackson, Ronnie Hillman, and Sammy Watkins are just some of the players forcing fantasy owners to delay their final start/sit lineup decisions (and potentially run to the waiver wire for last-minute sleepers). The good news – most are playing. The bad news – well, obviously, some aren’t playing. Here are the latest injury updates, but make sure to check the inactive/active lists before setting your season-long and daily fantasy football lineups....

The DFS MLB Playbook PRO comes with comments on the top plays, a full top 10 at each position every day, optimal lineups for each DFS site, deep stats and daily projections, hitting and pitching strategies, a live DFS scoreboard to track your players and much more. So check out today’s top DFS picks below, and check out FantasyAlarm.com’s premium product when you’re ready to go PRO. READ MORE: SN Fantasy | SP rankings | Daily lineup splits...

Here is the early edition of The Daily Fantasy Basketball Playbook for Wednesday, April 8th. Make sure to check FantasyAlarm.com for an updated version before tip-off. Point Guards Shooting Guards Small Forwards Power Forwards Centers FantasyAlarm.com is a proud partner of Sporting News. For more NBA Fantasy tools, visit FantasyAlarm.com

The Playbook keeps on trucking with six games on the slate for Tuesday night. John Wall (assuming he plays) and LeBron James are the top two plays tonight with Pau Gasol a close third. There are plenty of quality value plays across the board that will allow you to get at least two stud players in your DraftKings lineups. TRY NBA DRAFTKINGS: Free entry to $50K contest with first deposit!...

If I hadn’t witnessed this past week for myself, I wouldn’t even believe it to be quite honest with you. The Playbook model says to fade Clayton Kershaw and he gets shelled against the Diamondbacks. It says to avoid Jordan Zimmermann against the Red Sox and he lasts just 2.1 innings. Then our formulas rate random starters like Daniel Norris and Shane Greene over Carlos Carrasco coming off of a 10-strikeout game and he gets knocked out of the game by a line drive in the first inning....

President Bill Clinton and dozens of other heads of state are expected to attend King Hussein’s burial, where they will praise him as a great peacemaker. He will be remembered as a force for moderation in a region of extremes, and his passing will be seen as an omen of more chaos. Attempting to provide reassurances, Hussein’s successor, Crown Prince Abdullah, 37, met with reporters from NEWSWEEK and other publications last week and declared, ““I am an extension of His Majesty’s outlook and His Majesty’s beliefs....

In a statement released on Thursday morning, AFC has now decided that the ban handed out to Farizal for his violent conduct in the aftermath of his red-card sending off during the match against Ceres-Negros FC will be include a suspended four-months. This means that Farizal who was earlier banned from 9 June 2017 until 9 June 2018 will now have that shortened. Farizal is allowed to resume playing from 9 February 2018 onwards....

Fighting in his home of Philadelphia, at Temple University’s Liacouras Center on Friday night, Farmer made sure that his clean punching and slick boxing style propelled him to victory to retain his IBF junior lightweight crown, as judges awarded him the unanimous decision by the scores of 117-110 and 117-111 twice. MORE: Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year Afterward, Farmer proceeded to call out WBA titleholder Gervonta Davis for a unification bout, although Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn didn’t publicly call out “Tank” with a $5 million offer in tow as he alluded to earlier in the week....

Fast-forward four years, and Parihar and his partner are now growing the world’s most expensive mango variety. Parihar was reportedly in search of hybrid coconut seeds when he bought the mango sapling from a fellow traveler for $33. “I did not know what the mango breed was, but I named it Damini after my mother and planted it,” he told Vice. “I grew it [the sapling] like an ordinary mango plant, but a few months later, saw that it had developed a beautiful red [color]....

Celebrity clothing lines aren’t a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the lower end of the market, and restricted to a few past-their-prime TV actresses like Jaclyn Smith and Jane Seymour. Today they’re started by A-list stars and share floor space at Barneys New York and Harvey Nichols with heavyweight labels like Chanel, Prada and Dior. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with iconic personal style....

To some extent, I guess it’s inevitable. I love the way Slate is now a fixture in the journalistic landscape. For the first few years it had to be referred to as “Slate, Microsoft’s experimental online magazine that some people read on their computer via the Internet … " Now it’s: “Slate reported yesterday … " Well, I married my boss (Microsoft executive Patty Stonesifer, now CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), so the question comes up....

Called to the scene at around 9:40 p.m., Houston police officers determined the father to be dead at the scene from his injuries. The son, whose age has not been released to the public, was still alive and was taken to a nearby hospital. The pair had been washing their pickup truck when two men in ski masks ambushed and robbed them at gunpoint, police told local outlet ABC 13 News....

Tucson police were called to the school Thursday after getting “a report of a fight brewing,” said Officer Roman Acosta, a spokesman for the police department. At least one person carried cable ties as the group threatened to make a citizen’s arrest of the principal, Vail Unified School District Superintendent John Carruth said. The man school officials identified as the father of the student told to quarantine was arrested with a trespassing citation....

Eduardo Uzueta, 28, had been driving near the city’s Sunridge Park with his girlfriend and their young children when he was shot on December 8. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he died of his injuries. Isaiah Joshua Nash, 19, was arrested by Phoenix police on Friday, December 16, and has since been charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of armed robbery. There have been 26 fatal shootings in Phoenix since the start of November, according to the Gun Violence Archive....

The Englishman contemplated skipping this year’s Masters all together with his wife Nicole due to give birth April 10. But their son — Zachariah James — arrived early, allowing Willett to play. He went on to capitalize on a Jordan Spieth collapse to win the Masters by three shots after firing a five-under 67 in his final round. MORE: Masters winners since 2000 | 5 things to know about Danny Willett...

During a Tuesday Senate hearing, Rand questioned Fauci on an earlier statement he made, in which the doctor testified that the National Institute of Health (NIH), which Fauci oversees, never funded gain-of-function research. Gain-of-function research involves altering organisms or diseases as a way to increase transmissibility in order for scientists to better predict infectious diseases and develop vaccines. “On May 11, you stated that the NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and yet, gain-of-function research was done entirely to the Wuhan Institute by Dr....

The respected physician spoke out this week as president Trump resumed White House briefings about the impact of the novel coronavirus, which has now infected more than 3.9 million people in the U.S. and been linked to over 142,000 U.S. deaths. States including Florida, Texas, Arizona and California have noted surging case numbers in recent days, with hospitalizations rising and health systems strained. Dr. Fauci, who has led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984, made his own stance known this week in multiple media appearances: the situation is serious, but can still be contained with some simple steps....