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Fantasy hockey preview – Goalie streamers to win your playoff matchup

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comMar 25, 2024, 12:00 PM ET CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. This marks the start of the third to last scoring period of the fantasy hockey campaign. Here in Week 24, you should …

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How 49ers, other NFC powers should fare in division races next season

How 49ers, other NFC powers should fare in division races next season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers made several moves during NFL free agency in order to chase their hopes of another Super Bowl run. The challenge for the organization is keeping the upcoming 2024 NFL Draft in mind while also staying conscious of quarterback Brock …

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NFL teams vote down fourth-and-20 onside kick alternative

NFL teams have once again voted down an alternative to the onside kick. The Eagles’ proposal to allow teams to line up their offense on the field on fourth-and-20, instead of kicking off, was rejected today in a vote at the league meeting. Under the Eagles’ proposal, teams that scored a touchdown or field goal could have followed it by …

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NFL reportedly bans the ‘hip-drop’ tackle over objection from NFLPA

The NFL has banned the “hip-drop” tackle, according to multiple reports on Monday. The league’s competition committee had proposed a rule to penalize the tackle, which league executive Jeff Miller said increases risk of injury by 25 times the rate of a standard tackle. The committee views those tackles as being similar to horse collar tackles that were banned before …

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Mistake-prone Eagles wide receiver signs with Steelers

Mistake-prone Eagles wide receiver signs with Steelers originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Quez Watkins, whose once-promising Eagles career collapsed in a flurry of costly fumbles and drops, has signed with the Steelers, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported Monday morning. Watkins, still only 25, was the Eagles’ 6th-round pick in 2020 and after playing sparingly as a rookie he blossomed in …

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Ryan Poles explains why Bears made hard decision to trade Justin Fields

Ryan Poles explains why Bears made hard decision to trade Justin Fields originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles knew what the right move for the Bears was but that didn’t make the decision to trade quarterback Justin Fields any easier. “Justin, probably one of the harder things I had to do,” Poles told reporters Monday …

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