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Like a starting pitcher in baseball or quarterback in football, the spotlight is always on the goaltender in hockey. He needs to come up with key saves at the right time, and his focus needs to be razor-sharp for the entire game. DOMINATE YOUR DRAFT: Fantasy Alarm’s 2017 Draft Guide Like those other two pressure-cooker positions in sports, the goaltending position is also extremely volatile. One minute you can be a steady veteran keeper with a long-term contract, and the next some hotshot rookie comes up to the big league, registers a shutout and promptly snatches the No....

In addition to the “luck factor” that advanced statheads love to talk about, you also have the injury factor. No pitcher is safe, and an “injury risk” with depressed value can just as easily have a healthy, breakout season as a “safe pitcher” can experience his first DL stint. This year, we have a few new variables – a rookie pitcher who’s also planning to be a semi-regular hitter (Shohei Ohtani); a new humidor in one of the most hitter-friendly parks in the league (Chase Field in Arizona)– that are sure to make things even more complicated....

The league awards are set up for the regular season. We vote on what happens from late October through mid-April. As the NBA does things now, the winners of the awards are not announced until an awards show at the end of June. That means there’s a two-month gap in which the most crucial games of the NBA year are played, and they hold zero impact in how we pick the top players and coaches in each category....

As you move along this list of WR tiers, be aware of when you’ll likely have to start drafting these players. Having target rounds for your WR1/2/3/FLEX helps you with your entire roster. These tiers do some of that work for you, helping to see the differences each step along the way. DOMINATE YOUR DRAFT: Ultimate 2019 Fantasy Cheat Sheet LISTEN TO THE SN FANTASY WR PREVIEW PODCAST BELOW...

Our friends at Fantasy Pros have provided their projected dollar values for each position, and while we know that some players will go for considerably more or less than listed below, these projections can still serve as a guide for each player’s value. Studying these values is a good way to plan how you want to build your team. If you tier off the players at each position you want to target, you can put together rough budget and auction strategy....

Regardless of whether Daniel Jones, Cam Akers, Allen Lazard, and the rest of these players care, they’ve made our 2020 All-Sleeper Team. Maybe we should give them T-shirts. Now all that’s left is for them to deliver on our belief in them. DOMINATE YOUR DRAFT: Ultimate 2020 cheat sheet The players below, for whatever the reason, are being drafted later than we think they should be. They’re all draftable players with the potential to start for fantasy teams, yet they’re far from being treated as such....

There was no change in the top two spots of the draft, where the Jacksonville Jaguars had already secured the first overall pick and with it, presumably, Clemson star quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Meanwhile, the New York Jets arrived into the season finale already guaranteed to pick second in the 2021 draft, although ESPN reported on Sunday that the franchise was expected to make a “big trade this offseason.” While there’s no indication of what the trade will consist of, the Jets will not be short of offers should they opt to trade their second overall pick to the highest bidder....

This new generation LX needs to be more than just a fancier take on the Land Cruiser, a model that has exited the U.S. It needs to move the needle for more than just Toyota and Lexus loyalists, and goshdarnit, it tries really hard. The new LX sits in virtually the same footprint as the old, but its interior dimensions have gotten worse for occupants. All versions of the SUV have less legroom for every passenger, no matter if it’s the two- or three-row version....

Rivian isn’t just the first automaker with a production electric truck to make its way into owner hands. It’s also the first of the budding electric vehicle companies to achieve a production model leaving Canoo, Lucid, Fisker and others squarely in the rearview mirror. The R1T full-size pickup is a unique-looking take with traditional truck proportions. Despite having a skateboard housing electric battery cells underneath, the model doesn’t shy away from the norms that make pickups so beloved in America....

The 2022 Corolla Cross is underpinned by the same platform as the current generation Toyota Prius and Corolla, and Lexus UX. Its dimensions are slightly larger than the Toyota C-HR and it is smaller than the Toyota RAV4, Highlander, Sequoia, and Land Cruiser. Up front, Toyota has given the model a black grille that is flanked by LED headlights and black body accents. There’s an integrated rear spoiler and either 17- or 18-inch wheels, depending on trim level....

TikTok trends generally involve fun dance routines or funny filters, but every now and then a dangerous challenge or trend will emerge. From users swerving their cars as they follow instructions from “Cha Cha Slide” to purposely overdosing on medication in the hopes of experiencing a high, some of the trends that have circulated on the app are not only dangerous but potentially deadly. Below is a list of 21 of the most dangerous TikTok trends to go viral on the social media platform in recent years that people should avoid and parents should be aware of....

Several months ago, 23-year-old Chloe Girardier, a caregiver from Harrogate in the U.K., developed a chesty cough which didn’t go away. She said she was initially denied an in-person appointment with a doctor, and that the correct diagnosis was only reached several months later, and only because she pushed for an X-ray. “I had no lumps or any other noticeable signs apart from the continuous cough,” she told Caters News Agency....

It was a long shot, but both Babakar and her mother, who now live in London, U.K., had never forgotten the generosity of a kind man they had met in the 1990s while living at a refugee camp near Zwolle in the Netherlands. This man had given a then five-year-old Babakar at least one gift that would stay with her for the rest of her life. “He ran this warehouse where asylum seekers and refugees would go to get supplies....

Reuters reported on Wednesday that as many as 240,000 oil-related jobs could be lost nationwide in 2020, citing an analysis by Rystad Energy. The price of oil has plummeted while demand has dropped dramatically, with thousands of flights canceled and billions of people worldwide living under stay-at-home orders. “As soon as the virus hit and oil prices dropped, they sent everybody [the workers] home,” Joel Rodriguez, chief administrator of La Salle County, home of Texas’s second most productive oilfield, told Reuters....

The number of Afghans living in near-famine conditions has risen to 8.7 million, up by 3 million from earlier this year, the U.N.’s World Food Program reported Monday. “It’s a catastrophe,” WFP Executive Director David Beasley said during a weekend visit to Afghanistan. The famine-like conditions are sending increasing cases of malnutrition to the Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital. And, like that facility, many health centers around the country have restricted service or shut down because of a lack of international funding....

A diverse, bipartisan coalition came together to advocate for the First Step Act—considered one of the most transformative reforms to the federal prison system in more than a decade. At #cut50, we fought alongside formerly incarcerated leaders who joined us on Capitol Hill to share their personal experiences with the prison system because we know that the people closest to the problem are also closest to the solution, but furthest from resources and power....

Months of protests followed the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Brown, who was Black, by a white police officer in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson in August 2014. Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Brown, was not charged with a crime but resigned in November. The protests drew media attention from around the world, including Al Jazeera America. Al Jazeera journalists, correspondent Ash-har Quraishi, producer Marla Cichowski and photojournalist Sam Winslade, had been preparing to make a live broadcast on the protests when the St....

A press statement shared on Saturday said the U.S. Capitol Police (USCOP) had carried out a number of investigations into conduct during the breach by supporters of former President Donald Trump. Following complaints, the OPR Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) launched 38 internal investigations. The OPR said it was able to identify officers involved in 26 of the cases. It added several complaints did not have enough information to identify an officer....

If you suspect that you may have loose-fill asbestos fiber, do not try to clean it up. Call an asbestos professional immediately. Loose-fill asbestos fiber can be a pale white color, or it could be a darker, dirty color, depending on how old or how dirty it is. Look in your attic for loose-fill asbestos. It is very easy to overspray asbestos coating, so there may also be some splashback in the area around your roof from when the coating was installed....