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Green on Friday showed up to practice in street clothes and did not participate, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer — discouraging news for the Bengals, considering he was limited in practice Thursday. He’s officially listed as doubtful for Sunday’s wild-card game. MORE: Playoff predictions | Wild-card picks | Bengals-Colts betting lines, leans Green remains under the NFL’s concussion protocol after taking a hit from Steelers safety Mike Mitchell in Week 17....

That yearly salary puts him No. 13 in the league, tied with Bills defensive end Mario Williams. He’s now in a QB tier with Jay Cutler, Tony Romo, Matt Stafford and Eli Manning (slightly behnd), although he gets much less guaranteed, essentially $25 million over two years. The Bengals used the recent team-friendly, seven-year $127 million contract quarterback Colin Kaepernick got from the 49ers as their basis for pleasing Dalton....

ESPN’s Michele Steele took a video outside Paul Brown Stadium as the Bengals practiced inside with artificial crowd noise blaring through the speakers as they tried to prepare for the hostile environment in Kansas City. Steele said a security guard outside the stadium even apologized for the noise. MORE: Patrick Mahomes told Joe Burrow his Chiefs-Bengals playoff matchup prediction in Week 17 On Wednesday, Burrow said during his press conference that every week in the SEC, each stadium was loud with each packed with tens of thousands of people....

NEWSWEEK: Do the French think too much, as French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde suggested? Bernard-Henri Lévy: I loathe that phrase. I loathe that slip of the tongue that allowed Minister Lagarde to pronounce those words. I loathe anti-intellectualism. I loathe Poujadism [a French version of rabble-rousing right-wing populism]. And we are, here, facing a blatant case of Poujadism and [anti]-intellectualism. So that’s what I think of this business. Is there, in fact, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Lagarde have suggested, a conflict between thought and action?...

Comedian Rogan said on his highly successful podcast that he would “probably” vote for the independent Vermont senator in the Democratic Party’s 2020 race, in which Sanders is a front-running candidate. The Joe Rogan Experience YouTube channel alone has 7.28 million subscribers and the podcast is downloaded tens of millions of times every month. Rogan is a popular but controversial figure. He is outspoken in his views and does not self-censor, and his choice of guest sometimes reflects this no-holds-barred style....

It has been applauded for its ambition, but some experts warn that it may require more than a little tweaking before it can be put into practice. According to a former White House economist, Sanders would have to “very seriously rethink” the plan if he is elected president. “It will be very difficult, but bold and ambitious action against climate change can make it possible and the Green New Deal is about being bold and ambitious,” Philip Gass, Senior Policy Advisor, Energy and Lead, Indonesia, at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, told Newsweek....

With more than 87 percent of precincts reporting in New Hampshire, Sanders lead with 26 percent of the vote to Buttigieg’s 24.4 percent. His win is likely to be within a margin of 4,300, or under 2 percentage points over his moderate 2020 rival. Senator Amy Klobuchar trailed behind in third with 19.8, Senator Elizabeth Warren came in fourth with 9.3 percent and former Vice President Joe Biden followed in fifth with 8....

You may think multitasking is a great way to ruin a classic movie. But Bertelsmann believes otherwise. Next month Europe’s media giant will test just such a state-of-the-art interactive system with a private cable company in Cologne. In a complete about-face from an early foray into pay TV–when its plan to build a pay-per-view broadcast channel with Germany’s Kirch Group was thwarted by European anti-monopoly rules–it has sold all but a 5 percent stake in their joint venture and is now staking its technological future on the Internet....

The full-back has returned to Southampton for further tests on the problem, a decision that has been described by the Football Association as a precautionary measure. Bertrand will miss the matches with Netherlands in Amsterdam on Friday and the visit of Italy to Wembley next Tuesday. Danny Rose and Ashley Young are the players most likely to start on the left of the England defence in Bertrand’s absence. The 28-year-old has been denied the opportunity to earn a 20th cap for his country as a result of picking up an untimely knock....

Debuchy, 32, is surplus to requirements at Emirates Stadium and made just one appearance in all competitions last season, while he still remains behind Hector Bellerin in the right-back pecking order. Arsenal 12/5 to finish top London club Besiktas are on the lookout for a new full-back with Gokhan Gonul ruled out for almost three months through injury and Bursaspor target Andreas Beck out of form. Goal has learned that Debuchy’s representatives are looking for a mutual termination agreement with Arsenal which would see the Frenchman join the Istanbul side for a nominal fee....

The former Best Buy employee, who went viral last December for stopping an alleged thief, has accepted a position as a UFC corporate security guard. Immediately after seeing video of the incident, UFC president Dana White said he wanted Tapasa-Sataraka to work for him. He also claimed on Instagram that the 24-year-old was fired from her job as a result of the altercation with the would-be thief, which is against Best Buy policy....

Regardless of where you choose to save your DFS dollars, let’s take a look at Week 16’s best daily fantasy football value picks at each position on FanDuel and DraftKings with some help from FantasyPros’ stat projections and estimated Cost Per Point (CPP). MORE DAILY FANTASY: FanDuel tournament lineup | Cash game lineup Daily fantasy football QB value picks FanDuel: Teddy Bridgewater, Vikings vs. Giants ($6,600). Bridgewater just dropped five touchdowns on the Bears in Week 15....

With just seven or eight weeks of the fantasy hoops regular season remaining, owners must stay on top of the wire to either maintain their playoff positioning or push further up the standings. It’s easy to feel post-holiday fatigue at this level of the season — it’s the reason many don’t make it through the marathon of fantasy basketball — but your perseverance will be handsomely rewarded if you stay with it and put in the work....

Stacking involves using at least two players from the same team from a favorable-looking matchup. This helps raise the ceiling of a lineup, though it can also lower its floor. Still, stacking is a valuable strategy with multiple entry points. You can stack safe, high-end players in strong offenses that should hypothetically give your lineup a great floor. Conversely, you can opt for contrarian stacks, which raise your ceiling and earn key lineup differentiation that is useful in tournament play....

Every Thursday, I look over all the player and game props on Caesars Sportsbook to find the most interesting and potentially lucrative bets on the prop market. Whether they involve offense, defense, special teams, or general scoring, I always pick out the props that pique the most intrigue and simultaneously yield the most value to bettors. Let’s check out our favorite Week 4 props for every game and make some money in what should be another fun week of NFL action....

Below we’ll look at some of our favorite player prop bets courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook for this MNF contest between the Cowboys and the Buccaneers. Cowboys-Buccaneers Best Prop Bets: Advice, picks, odds for wild-card playoff Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook Tom Brady OVER 275.5 passing yards (-114) Most bettors would lean toward the UNDER in this spot, as the Cowboys’ defense only allowed 200.9 passing yards per game during the regular season (eighth fewest in the NFL)....

He's an IT professional at Marshall University who just submitted the greatest resume in the history of collegiate athletics. The University of North Dakota is looking for a new football coach, and McComas, calling on his wealth of video game experience, drew up a nine-page Power Point presentation explaining how he can make UND a national power. MORE: Top 10 head coaching jobs | SN All-Americans | Road to the Bowls...

Sports betting has only been live in the Buckeye State for a few days, but you can still sign up for a $1,000 first-bet insurance launch offer from BetMGM Ohio. This promo will back your initial cash wager on any NBA or NHL game up to $1,000. New players who register with BetMGM Ohio before the weekend will get to place their first real-money wager on any NBA or NHL game knowing they’ve got a second chance at the ready....