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Packers are your best play in eliminator and survivor pools for Week 13

This week’s opponent, the Arizona Cardinals, gives Aaron Rodgers and the Packers a great chance to break their losing skid.




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Offense was supposed to limit the Jazz. Instead, defense is the problem in Utah.

Last year, defense was the calling card of the Jazz. That's not the case this season.




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Week 14 waiver wire tips: Pass-catching back, defense with weak schedule are available

The Ravens' Ty Montgomery figures to take on a larger share of the workload in Baltimore over the remainder of the season.




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NFL playoff projections: Redskins, Vikings are in good position for now

Monday night's game figures to have a big impact on the NFC playoff race.




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Alex Ovechkin is putting Wayne Gretzky’s untouchable goal-scoring record within reach

If the Great Eight tops the 50-goal mark in 2018-19 he becomes only the fourth player in NHL history to have at least two such campaigns after the age of 30. While Gretzky's goal scoring started to slow in his 30s, Ovechkin is still going strong.




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Week 14 NFL betting tips: The Cowboys' potential surges while the Packers’ fades

Meanwhile there's not much value left in division title futures, with the Los Angeles Rams (-15000), New Orleans Saints (-3300) and New England Patriots (-5000) are all huge favorites to win their respective divisions.




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The fantasy football players you need in your lineup for Week 14

There are a number of players with favorable matchups this week, but none as palatable as Cowboys WR Amari Cooper.




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Fantasy Football start/sit tips Week 14: Trust Kirk Cousins over Andrew Luck, Cam Newton

Cousins's next opponent, the Seattle Seahawks, has been kind to fantasy quarterbacks of late, surrendering at least 21 fantasy points in each of the last four contests.




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Titans are your best play in NFL eliminator and survivor pools for Week 14

Thursday night matchups are historically difficult on road teams like Jacksonville. Since 2016, the road team is 17-33 in these games, and that includes a 3-12 record in 2018.




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NFL Week 14 ATS picks: Broncos, Texans will keep their win streaks alive

From 2003 to 2017, underdogs getting seven points or more at home were 94-72-1 overall against the spread and that includes a 43-26-1 ATS record in December and January.




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Week 15 waiver wire tips: Two helpful defenses available for the fantasy football playoffs

The fantasy football regular season has come to an end but that doesn’t make the waiver wire any less important, especially if you have been streaming quarterbacks and defenses to make it this far.




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Latest NFL playoff projections: Seahawks, Vikings can shake things up on Monday Night Football

The two teams in control of the NFC's wild-card slots battle head-to-head, while the rest of the NFL playoff picture got much clearer despite four of the AFC’s top teams losing.




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Harold Baines does not deserve a spot in baseball’s Hall of Fame. Period.

Baines, a six-time all-star, led the league in a batting category just once over a 22-year career. If that' the new bar for the Hall, it's time to talk about Freddy Garcia and Placido Polanco, too. (Note: It should never be time to talk about Freddy Garcia and Placido Polanco.)




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Week 15 NFL betting tips: The Patriots are a terrible Super Bowl bet

The Patriots are coming off a devastating 34-33 loss to the Miami Dolphins yet were lucky to maintain their playoff position as the No. 2 seed in the AFC




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Fantasy Football start/sit tips Week 15: Starting Aaron Rodgers will lead to disappointment

It's never easy benching star players who are in less-than-ideal situations but it is often the right thing to do.




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The fantasy football players you need in your lineup for Week 15




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Falcons are your best play in NFL eliminator and survivor pools for Week 15

Atlanta is on a five-game losing streak but their offense is scoring 2.3 points per drive in 2018, the fifth-highest rate in the NFL. That should be more than enough against Arizona's awful offense.




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NFL Week 15 ATS picks: Don’t trust the 49ers in divisional games

The 49ers are 1-9 straight up in their last 10 divisional games.




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Thanks to much-improved defense, the Thunder appears to be a legitimate threat to the Warriors

Almost everyone who played for the Thunder in 2017-18 and is also getting major minutes this season has improved their individual defensive rating.




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College football playoffs and bowl game ATS picks

Alabama and Clemson appear to be on a collision course ending at the College Football Playoff championship game on Jan. 7 at Levi’s Stadium.




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Week 16 waiver wire tips: Surprisingly solid options to win your fantasy football league

Sleep easy knowing that no matter what next week’s injury report reveals, you will have the players you need to secure a year’s worth of bragging rights.




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Latest NFL playoff projections: Ravens looking good, Redskins need help

The Redskins need two more victories to close out the season, including one against the Eagles in the regular-season finale, just to get their playoff chances to 80 percent.




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The NCAA’s lousy new metric is going to make March Madness even crazier

The NCAA tournament could be more entertaining than usual, if only because seedings may be less accurate than in past years.




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Week 16 NFL betting tips: Chargers and Bears are peaking while Saints and Rams fade

The Chargers have clinched a playoff spot yet they could start the postseason in two very different ways.




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Fantasy Football start/sit tips Week 16: Bench Tom Brady. We know, but just do it.

The Patriots quarterback has been sensational for years, but with everything on the line for your fantasy season in Week 16, he's a liability.




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NFL Week 16 ATS picks: Bears win, Texans put an end to Eagles playoff hopes

It hasn't been a great year for road favorites. Those who enjoyed a three-point advantage or more on the road have gone 21-30-2 against the spread.




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Mortgage rates hover near historic lows as investors assess where economy is headed

The 30-year fixed-rate average moved slightly higher this week, increasing to 3.26 percent.




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This Tudor-style house had to be in Herndon, Va.

HOUSE OF THE WEEK | Former mayor Tom Rust knew what he wanted to build and where he wanted to build it.




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Former Superman and 'FBI Lovebirds’ star Dean Cain explains where he falls politically

Dean Cain is one of the rare Hollywood stars that doesn’t fall into the category of liberal. But don’t call him a conservative either.




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Drag queens, voguing and thongs: First annual Hirshhorn Ball ushers in a new kind of D.C. party

Unlike most D.C. galas where the political powerhouses steal the spotlight, drag queens reigned supreme at this shindig.




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Taylor Swift doubles down on politics in pro-LGBTQ video, ‘You Need to Calm Down’

The pop queen concludes her new music video with a call to sign a petition for the Senate passage of the Equality Act.




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Tiffany Haddish compares Georgia’s abortion law to slavery, says decision to cancel show ‘wasn’t tough at all’

In an emotional interview with TMZ, the comedian said she canceled her show there because of the state's attempt to, in effect, ban abortion.




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Michelle Obama goes low and leads Team USA to victory in celebrity dodgeball match on ‘Late Late Show’

The former first lady and her A-list friends triumphed over late-night host James Corden and his squad.




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John Cusack apologizes for anti-Semitic tweet — after defending why he posted it

In a string of tweets, the actor apologized for retweeting an anti-Semitic meme.




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Kamala Harris wants Trump to watch Ava DuVernay’s Central Park Five documentary

The Democratic presidential candidate criticized the president for saying there were “people on both sides” of the exoneration of the men wrongly accused of raping a jogger.




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Presidential hopefuls swap the campaign trail for the field at Congressional Women’s Softball Game

The Members team ultimately fell 10-4 to the press team, despite valiant efforts from players such as 2020 presidential hopeful and team pitcher Kirsten Gillibrand.




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A ball fit for Cinderella at the Library of Congress as the National Film Registry inducts the classic film

Fans of the Disney animated movie celebrated its addition to the National Film Registry.




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Rihanna has a message for President Trump about immigration

The native of Barbados apparently doesn't like Trump's immigration policies.




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He’s on a boat: Obama hangs out with George Clooney in Italy

The former president is living his best life on Lake Como.




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Kim Kardashian West shares behind-the-scenes peek at her White House visit

The reality TV star is a wizard at keeping the spotlight exactly where she wants it.




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John Lithgow, Annette Bening, Alfre Woodard and more come together for live performance of the Mueller report

Several Hollywood A-listers gave a reading of select parts of the report in New York.




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‘Real Housewives’ stars Ashley and Michael Darby are closing their Virginia restaurant

The couple ran Oz, an Australian-themed eatery in Clarendon.




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Actor Adam Scott and Sen. Mitch McConnell’s social media team are in a Twitter fight

The actor responded unfavorably to a tweet by McConnell's campaign, and the beef didn't stop there.




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SNL’s Kate McKinnon has her Marianne Williamson impression ready to go

The "Saturday Night Live" star debuted a brief impression on "Late Night with Seth Meyers."




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Harry and Meghan make surprise appearance at major league baseball game in London

The new parents showed up at the first official MLB game in Europe on Saturday.




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Sarah Sanders may be joining an exclusive group of ex-Trump aides

The former press secretary is reportedly writing a book about her tenure — adding to a growing list of White House advisers with stories to sell.




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The Scene: D.C. restaurant workers let down their hair and celebrate at the 2019 RAMMY Awards

Washington's service industry professionals left their bars and restaurants on Sunday to celebrate the 37th annual event.




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‘American Idol’ and ‘The Voice’ winners describe what happens after the show — including a gig on ‘A Capitol Fourth’

Laine Hardy and Maelyn Jarmon may have won different shows, but their experiences are very similar.




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Cory Booker and his ‘boo,’ Rosario Dawson, take their relationship on the campaign trail

Low-key no longer: The presidential candidate and his actress girlfriend appeared together at public events over the holiday weekend.




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Michelle Obama talks about her last night at the White House, Democratic presidential candidates in interview

“The transition happens so quickly; it’s like you don’t even get to move your furniture out until the new president takes the oath of office,” Obama told Gayle King in an interview at Essence Festival.