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The Confederations Cup, the warm-up tournament to the 2018 finals, has passed largely without any incidents of racism or discrimination among rival sets of fans despite high levels of concern prior to the tournament. Six charged over Hillsborough disaster Smertin, who is in charge of combating such behaviour in Russian football in the build-up to the World Cup, believes this year’s tournament has shown the host cities of St Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan and Sochi to be “warm” and “welcoming” to visitors....

Microsoft’s Findings Of Our Email Habits The Microsoft study was presented on Calcalist Tech. The report shows that emails take up 28 percent of employees’ time, including reading and replying to them. It’s worth noting that this already-considerable chunk of time doesn’t include any other social media programs, such as Teams and Slack. This means we spend a considerable chunk of work time on correspondence. Dr. Tomer Simon, the National Technology Officer at Microsoft Israel, said this on the matter:...

I hate the phrase “cancel culture,” and I think I’m on record about that. But what I hate about the phrase, in practice, is that it emphasizes the cancelation and not the cultural bit. Cancel culture is the prevailing social milieu that we operate in… as a result of a number of different factors, perhaps primarily the proliferation of new kinds of technologies that allow us to quickly share different things and come together and coalesce as groups....

A key factor in the matchup will be the ability of the two lightweights when on their backs. They both possess a high level of grappling and wrestling capable of winning a fight. Charles Oliveira’s Iranian wrestling coach Alireza Noei recently spoke to Brazilian outlet PVT and seemed optimistic about his charge’s chances. Noei has been training ‘do Bronx’ for four years and has overseen the former champion’s progress with respect to his wrestling....

“They knew we were there, just put it that way,” Bowyer said. So obviously Bowyer had a little bit — or a lot — of fun. MORE: Bowyer moving on from cheating scandal | Bowyer apologizes to Busch | Richmond picks Bowyer got married last weekend in the Bahamas during the Sprint Cup off weekend. He and his bride, Lorra Podsiadlo, invited only close friends and family. But when you go to the Bahamas during a NASCAR off weekend, you can’t help but run into other NASCAR folks....

Bowling Green at Toledo (-7.5), 8 p.m. ET, ESPN2 These teams will find motivation from different sources on Wednesday night. Toledo (6-4 SU, 3-7 ATS) has a shot to represent the West division in the MAC title game but needs a win here against their in-state rival to keep those chances alive. Bowling Green (7-3 SU, 4-6 ATS) has already booked its ticket to the conference championship game but has lost to the Falcons four straight years....

The show begins with a typical Addams family scenario. Wednesday Addams, ably portrayed by rising scream queen Jenna Ortega, takes some strikingly violent revenge for her little brother Pugsly after he is bullied by some high school jocks. The wrinkle presented in this first sequence is that Wednesday is beginning to experience psychic visions. After being expelled for her actions (involving two bags of piranhas and a swimming pool), Wednesday is enrolled at Nevermore Academy by her parents Gomez (Luis Guzman) and Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones)....

title: “Week 12 Fantasy Defense Rankings” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-29” author: “Adam Delsignore”

Nonsense, the counter-argument was going to be, there aren’t that many quarterbacks or offenses (or both) capable of piling up numbers like that. For goodness sake, Blake Bortles is facing Josh Allen this week, and one team is pondering a choice between Ryan Fitzpatrick and Jameis Winston. Then came a better look at the Week 12 games. There’s Tom Brady, and Ben Roethlisberger, and Philip Rivers, and Andrew Luck, and Aaron Rodgers, and Kirk Cousins, and Russell Wilson, and Cam Newton, and Deshaun Watson....

The options at the top aren’t changing much at this point in the offseason, though as we saw last week, even top guys like Andrew Luck and Drew Brees can flop. If your normal starter is facing a tough matchup, like Russell Wilson (vs. Vikings) or Carson Wentz (@ Cowboys) is this week, it may be good to target a streamer. Unless we’re talking about Patrick Mahomes II, nobody should be considered “untouchable”....

One of the biggest stories of Week 14 will be the potential return of Christian McCaffrey. Since Week 2, McCaffrey has played just one game while battling a high-ankle sprain and a shoulder injury, and his fantasy owners are hoping to get him back before the first week of the playoffs. It seems like he’ll be ready to play, and if he does, he’ll be a staple of the top five of our PPR rankings moving forward....

The most obvious sleeper candidates are the direct replacements for these players, at least the obvious ones in favorable matchups. Breshad Perriman and maybe Justin Watson (@ Lions), Allen Hurns and maybe Isaiah Ford (@ Giants), Dede Westbrook and Chris Conley (@ Raiders), Zach Pascal and Marcus Johnson (@ Saints) all qualify. WEEK 15 NON-PPR RANKINGS: Quarterback | Running back | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker All of those players are risky, but plenty of more-established WR3s are just as worrisome....

But before we break down top Week 15 value plays, please note that the picks and analysis below are provided by the industry-leading DFS experts at RotoQL Find out why 100,000 DFS players trust RotoQL to build lineups. Optimize, find value plays, and increase your chances of cashing today! WEEK 15 DFS LINEUPS:FD Cash | FD GPP | DK Cash | DK GPP | Y! Cash | Y! GPP...

It’s worth noting that any of our selections could bust this week, but so could bona fide studs. We’re taking some chances here, as we don’t want to say anyone too obvious. A list of easy choices wouldn’t do anyone any good. You aren’t going to start the guys below over consistent, proven producers, but you’re probably not searching for fantasy sleepers if your lineup is set. We know a small percentage of fantasy owners are still alive in the playoff race at this point, but our list can also help you find sleepers for DFS tournaments who should have low price tags....

A late goal from Croatia’s Ivan Perisic on Tuesday condemned the reigning European champions to second place in Group D and a clash with Italy in the Round-of-16. “I think we have time to analyse what that means against Italy. I think it wasn’t the path we wanted to take,” Del Bosque was quoted as saying by goal.com after the loss. “We looked like we had controlled the game against Croatia but football’s brought us to the situation and we will try to recuperate as good as possible and be in the best possible condition on Monday,” the 2010 World Cup-winning coach reflected....

(Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, pending sentencing): baked fish. (Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minn.): choice of grilled cheese sandwich or beans over rice. (Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wis.): baked cod. (California State Prison in Corcoran): Salisbury steak. Berkowitz (various New York state prisons): macaroni and cheese. (Federal Prison Camp, Pleasanton, Calif.): egg foo yong.

A run of three defeats in four Premier League matches has seen Guardiola’s side slip from first to third in the Premier League table, severely damaging their chances of retaining the title they won with a record 100 points in May. City follow up Sunday’s visit to Southampton with a home match against leaders Liverpool on Thursday, before struggling Championship side Rotherham United visit in the FA Cup three days after that....