Ridley is being taken by most managers in the second round as a top-four wide receiver, matching his scoring finish in half-point PPR leagues from 2020. Pitts, after posting a monster final season at Florida (43 catches for 770 yards, 12 TDs), is getting selected on average in the fifth round, anywhere from fourth through sixth among tight ends. Can you trust that both Ridley and Pitts will deliver great return on investments in their respective draft ranges?...

The Orioles announced the news after Wieters went 2 for 5 as the designated hitter in Tuesday night's 5-3 win over Tampa Bay. Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said Wieters will fly to Pensacola, Florida from the Tampa area Wednesday for the exam and will rejoin the team for the game Wednesday night with the Rays. "He's been getting it treated for a while," Showalter said. "We just want to make sure we know what we're dealing with....

That QB was the Lions’ Matthew Stafford, who was at a bar watching the game, and he showed Rodgers how it’s done. MORE: Rodgers hated how Game of Thrones ended Just in case you haven’t seen it, here’s the video of the Packers quarterback attempting to chug his beer after getting challenged by his teammate, offensive lineman David Bakhtiari. The offseason is fun.

The lyrics explore the topic of modest dressing, with West urging his two daughters to cover up more in order to avoid unwanted attention. West, a singer-songwriter who has released five albums and won an American Music Award in 2013, appears in the music video along with his daughters and wife. In “Modest Is Hottest,” he tells the girls: “The boys are coming round ‘cause you’re beautiful and it’s all your mother’s fault....

At 20-years-old, Maycee Barber (6-0) competes in her second official UFC bout on Saturday night, when she takes on JJ Aldrich in a women’s flyweight bout on the main card at UFC Nashville. “I have a countdown on my phone to become a world champion — it’s just about two years and nine months,” Barber tells Sporting News. “That’s the deadline to become a champion. I don’t see it taking two years and nine months....

Whenever I watched the show and tried to play along, I was the kind of person who always got everything wrong. The kind of knowledge you need for the show, like 16th-century French philosophy, is not where I excel. The truth is, I never thought that I would have the opportunity to take the path I am now on. Earlier this year, my 15-year-old son told me that he had seen people online saying that I should guest host Jeopardy!...

More than 10,000 people, predominantly from Haiti, have recently crossed the Rio Grande river and are camping out under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas. The size of the camp has grown tremendously over the past few days, overwhelming border officials and local communities. Mayorkas visited the bridge on Monday, calling the situation “heartbreaking” and “distinct” from the other large movements of migrants the administration has experienced. “We are very concerned the Haitians who are taking this irregular migration path are receiving false information that the border is open or that temporary protected status is available,” Mayorkas told reporters at a press conference....

On Friday, the CEO of Southwest Airlines, Gary Kelly, tested positive for the virus just two days after attending a Senate hearing to testify about the pandemic payroll support received by airlines. Kelly, who is also the head of the nation’s largest flight attendants union, was not wearing a mask during the meeting, keeping in line with other unmasked individuals in the room. He was also seen coughing multiple times during the hearing....

Those are some of the many questions we have about the reports circulating Tuesday about a proposed boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor. MORE: McGregor continues to tease Mayweather bout with boxing video Will Mayweather vs. McGregor fight finally happen, or nah? Irish tabloid The Sun claimed Mayweather and McGregor have finally reached a multi-million dollar deal, but we’ve heard that lie before. Yahoo Sports’ Chris Mannix quickly tweeted that there’s “no truth” to that report....

Arsenal target Corchia confirms Premier League interest It has been reported in the Spanish press that the 18-year-old Monaco striker has agreed to move to Real Madrid in the summer after a spectacular breakout campaign in Ligue 1. The France international, though, has affirmed that he is concentrated on his task at Stade Louis II. “We’ve got a common objective and I really want to win a title with the club that brought me through,” he said....

Tuchel was appointed to replace the outgoing Unai Emery on Monday, having been out of work since leaving Borussia Dortmund in May 2017. Emery led PSG to a domestic treble this season but fell in the Champions League last 16 to Real Madrid and did not have his two-year contract extended at Parc des Princes. Mbappe believes Tuchel is well suited to his new job and is looking forward to getting started under the German....

The 18-year-old is regarded as one of the most promising talents in Europe following his fine performances this term, with the forward netting 15 times in 29 appearances in all competitions. Xabi Alonso announces retirement His impressive displays have earned him rave reviews and Glik has little doubt the gifted youngster will become a major star if he manages to remain grounded. “Mbappe deserves everything that is happening to him,” Glik said at a news conference....

Thabo Mbeki is an honest man who is passionately committed to the development of Africa. It would be a tragedy if his critics succeeded in destroying his presidency. AIDS is indeed a human disaster, but it is not southern Africa’s only problem. In the real world, government policies always involve trade-offs. As president, Mbeki has the task of assessing the overall strategic impact of conflicting demands on the government’s limited resources....

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker made the announcement at a press conference on Wednesday, August 3, inside the Orange Line’s Wellington Station. He said the alternative to a lengthy shutdown of the entire line was years of night and weekend work, which would result in widespread disruption. “None of this stuff that’s happened is acceptable, and that’s part of the reason why we’re going the distance we’re going to here,” the governor said....

Potentially more problematic: the firm was paid $348,000 in 2002 to represent Burma’s military junta, which had been strongly condemned by the State Department for its human-rights record and remains in power today. Justice Department lobbying records show DCI pushed to “begin a dialogue of political reconciliation” with the regime. It also led a PR campaign to burnish the junta’s image, drafting releases praising Burma’s efforts to curb the drug trade and denouncing “falsehoods” by the Bush administration that the regime engaged in rape and other abuses....

“The great thing about our supply chain team, our suppliers, is globally we have not had a single supply chain break. Food, packaging, other materials – we haven’t had a single supply chain break throughout this crisis in all 40,000 of our restaurants. That said, the U.S. situation around meat, actually a North American situation, is concerning,” Chris Kempczinski, the president and CEO for McDonald’s, said in an appearance on CNBC’s Squawk On The Street....

Sherry Head had ordered a caramel macchiato at the drive-thru of the restaurant in Dothan in December 2020, according to the the lawsuit, filed on Monday in Houston County Circuit Court. But instead, she received a cup that contained chemicals, WTVY reported. “I took a sip, and immediately my mouth and throat went numb, then started burning,” Head said in a statement released through her attorneys. “Now I have permanent scarring in my throat and may need corrective surgery....

But last week some said McGwire was close to foul territory. An alert reporter noticed a bottle of the muscle-building supplement androstenedione in McGwire’s locker. The stuff is supposed to raise testosterone levels, just like banned steroids. Was Big Mac cheating his way into the record books? McGwire readily admitted that he’s been using androstenedione for the last year. A committed weight lifter with a Paul Bunyan build (he’s 6 feet 5), he denied that he was cheating....

Another major awaits next week. McIlroy can’t wait to get there. Two weeks after his wire-to-wire win at Royal Liverpool, McIlroy took his game from the links of Britain to the parkland of America and made the game look just as easy. With another powerful performance, he wiped out a three-shot deficit to Sergio Garcia in three holes, closed with a 4-under 66 and returned to No. 1 in the world with a two-shot victory in the Bridgestone Invitational....

The midfielder made his Premier League debut last season and has clocked up 17 appearances this term, including a start away to Sevilla in the Champions League’s round of 16. Mourinho has not always been known for promoting young talent during his time in charge of Porto, Chelsea, Inter and Real Madrid. But McTominay knows he owes his rise to prominence to the Portuguese boss. “Obviously, there are numerous different factors that have contributed in terms of my development but the main one is Jose Mourinho,” the 21-year-old told United’s club magazine....