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Rams' Matthew Stafford disappointed things didn't work out with DeSean Jackson - CBSSports.com

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The Los Angeles Rams were unable to find a trade partner for veteran wideout DeSean Jackson before the deadline earlier this week, and decided to waive him to allow the speedster the opportunity to search for a new team. While he wasn't a major part of the Rams' offense this season, quarterback Matthew Stafford said he was disappointed it ended this way. "It's disappointing that it didn't work out. I've got a ton of respect for DeSean and how talented he is as a player. I reached out to him afterwards and just said, 'Man, it was fun playing with one of the all-time great deep threats.' Being able to connect with him on a long one against Tampa was cool," Stafford said, via Rams Wire . "It didn't work out for whatever reason and I just know that I trust our front office and our coaching staff to put us in the best position to try to succeed. That's what they're always trying to do is figure out what's best for this

Pete Carroll says Russell Wilson has a 'badly sprained' finger, won't put timetable on quarterback's return - CBSSports.com

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Russell Wilson has never missed a game in his NFL career, even though his streak of 149 consecutive starts may be in jeopardy. Wilson, who left the Seattle Seahawks  26-17 loss to the Los Angeles Rams Thursday night in the fourth quarter, was diagnosed with a "badly sprained" finger, according to head coach Pete Carroll.  Wilson was clearly in pain after banging his throwing hand against Rams All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald on a third-quarter incompletion. The Seahawks quarterback stayed in the game for one more series, only throwing one more pass before exiting the contest.  Carroll said in his postgame press conference there is no timetable for Wilson's return, but the Seahawks quarterback does have 10 days until Seattle's next game. If Wilson starts, it will be his 150th consecutive start for the quarterback -- becoming only the sixth quarterback in NFL history to start that many consecutive games. Craving even more NFL coverage focusing on previe

The Best Black Friday Deals On Travel Gear

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More From Forbes The most exciting shopping event is back again, as it is Thanksgiving week. In addition to finding excellent sales on home electronics and travel deals , you may also find bargains on travel gear. Here are some of the best early Black Friday deals at your fingertips. Adorama If you want a mirrorless camera or other high-end photography gear, Adorama is offering instant rebates as high as $600 on Sony Alpha equipment. You’re also able to find specials on Canon and Nikon cameras. Amazon Early Black Friday Deals The online retail giant offers plenty of early Black Friday travel gear deals. Here are some of the best travel-related discounts: Amazon Devices: Fire tablets have a potential 50% savings, and Echo devices are up to 68% off. Packing Cubes: Up to 30% off travel packing cubes from select brands. Travel bags: Many types of travel bags are up to 40% off. As a result, you can get carry-on , checked bags and garment bags on the cheap, including S

NFL Week 13 odds, picks: Lookahead lines offering value for Eagles-Jets, 49ers-Seahawks - CBSSports.com

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Hopefully you had a wonderful Thanksgiving that was full of food, drink and visits to the pay window. Underdogs went 2-1 on Thursday, so maybe it wasn't an incredibly lucrative day for the public. Then again, I don't know why you would want to bet on Matt Nagy vs. Dan Campbell at all. Either way, it's time to look forward to this Sunday, and if you're smart, beyond this Sunday.   Every Friday, we take a look at the NFL lines a week in advance to determine if we should put money down now in order to get the best bang for our buck. Most of these lines will likely change before we reach Week 13, so we want to go ahead and get our bets in if we see a nice opportunity for an upset, or to jump on a favorite before the line moves even more. Before we jump into some early bets to consider, here are the lookahead lines for Week 13. All NFL odds come courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook.  Week 13 lookahead lines Cowboys at Saints (OFF) Colts (-7) at Texans Giants at Dolphi

Thursday Night Football odds, spread, line: Chargers vs. Chiefs prediction, NFL picks from expert who's 27-14 - CBSSports.com

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Week 15 of the NFL schedule kicks off with a crucial divisional showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday Night Football. The game is a de facto AFC West championship game. With a win on Thursday, the Chiefs (9-4) can build a commanding two-game lead over the Chargers with three games to play. Los Angeles (8-5), which knocked off Kansas City earlier this season, can overtake the Chiefs as the division leader with its second win over Kansas City this year. Kickoff is 8:20 p.m. ET. Kansas City is a three-point favorite in the latest Chargers vs. Chiefs odds from Caesars Sportsbook while the Over-Under for total points scored is 54. Before locking in any Chargers vs. Chiefs picks or NFL predictions, make sure you see what SportsLine's resident Chargers expert, Mike Tierney, has to say . A national sportswriter whose work appears in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Tierney has covered the NFL for decades and reported from seven Sup

A Florida woman is suing Velveeta for $5 million, claiming that her instant macaroni didn't cook fast enough

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A woman claimed in a suit that Velveeta is not the easy, cheesy macaroni it's made to seem. Florida's Amanda Ramirez claimed that Velveeta's advertised 3-and-a-half-minute prep time is a lie. Instead, she said it took her multiple steps to cook, and that the product cost too much money. A Florida woman has filed a class action lawsuit against Kraft Heinz's cheesy instant macaroni product Velveeta, arguing that her macaroni and cheese took too much time and too many steps to prepare. According to the court documents, Amanda Ramirez mounted a class action lawsuit against Velveeta's parent company Kraft Heinz Foods Company, asking for up to $5 million. Central to Ramirez's claims in the lawsuit is that Velveeta did not actually take 3-and-a-half minutes to prepare – and that only the microwaving step took that long. "The statement of 'ready in 31⁄2 minutes' is false and misleading because the Product takes longer than 3-and-a-half minutes to prepare f

WATCH: Tyreek Hill douses himself in beer, challenges Usain Bolt to race during NHL All-Star game interview - CBSSports.com

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Kansas City Chiefs star Tyreek Hill isn't heading to the Super Bowl after last week's AFC Championship loss to the Cincinnati Bengals , but he's still living his best life ahead of Sunday's Pro Bowl in Las Vegas. The speedy receiver challenged Usain Bolt to a race and doused himself with beer at Saturday's NHL All-Star game, also in Vegas this year.  The viral moment occurred during a mid-game interview, as Hill poked at Bolt before admitting "there is one more thing I want to do before I leave this game." Hill proceeded to give himself a "Stone Cold" Steve Austin-style beer shower with what looked to be a pair of Budweiser cans.  Tyreek Hill is having a good time at the NHL All-Star Game in Las Vegas.

Why Ben Simmons and the Nets need each other -- and why he referenced the 2018 playoffs as he was introduced - CBSSports.com

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Here's one of the best moments of Ben Simmons ' NBA career:  It was a much simpler time: April 21, 2018. The Philadelphia 76ers were about a minute away from taking a 3-1 lead in their first-round series against the Miami Heat . Simmons, then a 21-year-old rookie, would finish the game with his first playoff triple-double, after coming close in the three preceding games.  That night, Miami coach Erik Spoelstra could have blasted his team for surrendering that wide-open dunk, or for giving up an open jumper to one of the best shooters in NBA history, JJ Redick , on another crunch-time possession. Instead, Spoelstra praised Philadelphia's offense.  "This team has a lot of different triggers you have to deal with," Spoelstra told reporters . "It's not as if you can just focus on one guy. It's not necessarily just a complete (defensive) breakdown, that's what this team does." Then-Sixers coach Brett Brown had come from San Antonio with

Holiday Gift Guide 2022: The Best Luxury Home Wellness Products Inspired By The World's Best Spas

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More From Forbes If that special someone in your life devotes a lot of time to their wellness, then a next-level home spa device makes the perfect gift. And we aren’t talking Epsom salts or fancy lotions here; these five devices are used at luxury wellness resorts like Palazzo Fiuggi , Fairmont Windsor Park Hotel, and within the Four Seasons chain to help with recovery and stimulate physical rejuvenation to reveal a reenergized self. Blow them away with these next-level items: 1. Hyperice NormaTec 3 Legs These compression leg attachments are for the person in your life who never skips leg day. When you put these on, they use dynamic air compression technology to massagesyour limbs to increase circulation, reduces swelling and help with recovery. NormaTec was originally developed as a medical device then used by athletes to combat soreness and pain. Now they make the perfect gift for someone who takes working out seriously and wants to wake up without any aches the next day. It

'We're F****** Robbing Idiots:’ Eight Financial Influencers Indicted in Massive Pump and Dump Scheme

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If you have ever heard the words “this is not financial advice” or “this is not stock advice” when scrolling through TikTok or YouTube, you can be sure the next several minutes will be devoted to doing exactly that. Now federal law enforcement alleged that several financial influencers followed by hundreds of thousands of would-be traders were using their fans to bet big on stock trades, all the while expecting to cash out before prices tanked. In an unsealed 44-page indictment filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, a grand jury charged eight financial influencers in a large-scale securities fraud conspiracy that racked up over $114 million over a little less than two years. The U.S. Department of Justice alleged these influencers went by handles like “PJ Matlock” AKA Perry Matlock, “DipDeity” AKA Daniel Knight, and “LadeBackk” AKA Stefan Hrvatin. Federal law enforcement said all of these accounts hyped up certain companies by posting false info to their

Nancy Pelosi Dings Donald Trump With Delicious 1-Liner During Meal Interview With CNN

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Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) sat down with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) at a restaurant for a joint interview with CNN’s Jamie Gangel. And when asked by Gangel what a second Trump presidency would mean, Pelosi zinged: “I don’t think that we should talk about him while we’re eating.” Schumer laughed. “Really? Another Trump presidency?” Pelosi continued, before suggesting there’s “a need for an intervention there by his family or somebody.” “I don’t think he’s on the level, no,” she added. Elsewhere in the interview, Schumer talked about how Pelosi dealt with Trump during his presidency. “I tell people Nancy instinctively knew how to handle Trump, because for her first, you know, 35, 40 years of life, she raised five children, and she knew how to deal with children. And that’s what helped her deal with Trump, because he ultimately was a child,” he said. Both Pelosi and Schumer also said they would back President Joe Biden to run for the White House agai

Watch Herschel Walker Support Trump's Border Wall By Explaining How Walls Don't Work

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Republic Senate candidate Herschel Walker shared some confusing remarks while addressing a crowd about Trump’s proposed wall to secure the border with Mexico, Newsweek reports. In a viral video, Walker is shown telling his audience his support of the wall. He also said that walls don’t stop people from getting in. “A wall do work,” he said. “When you got a wall around your house, people don’t … yeah, but they can get in. But, you know what? If they get in, it would be hard to get out because I got a dog that … well, my dog really won’t bite, but he’s pretty bad anyway.” The crowd seemed to agree with Walker’s reasoning. Many laughed as he spoke and appeared to affirm his comments. The clip has been viewed on Twitter by almost a million users. Walker, who Trump endorsed, is running against Democratic Senator  Raphael Warnock  in the Georgia Senate runoff on Dec. 6. According to poll data, the race is extremely close. All eyes are on the runoff, as Republicans are recovering from a lac

MLB lockout: Fact-checking commissioner Rob Manfred's press conference announcing delay of 2022 Opening Day - CBSSports.com

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On Tuesday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced that he was canceling the first two series of the 2022 regular season as the owner-implemented lockout dragged into its fourth month. He did this because the league and the players as represented by their union were not able to agree to a new collective bargaining agreement by the league's somewhat arbitrary deadline.  In announcing his decision, Manfred first read a statement and then fielded a handful of questions from the assembled media. Here's a look: As is typically the case with such matters, Manfred's remarks, whether prepared or extemporaneous, were at times spin, revisionism, and misinformation. So now let's have a look at some that stand out and explain why each is misleading.  Manfred says:  "On the Competitive Balance Tax, we offered a significantly larger first-year increase than in the last two agreements, bearing in mind that the Competitive Balance Tax is the only mechanism in the agreem

Build Belonging: 6 Best Ways To Connect Based On Science

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More From Forbes If you’re like the majority of people, you don’t feel as connected as you’d like—lacking a feeling of belonging or community. But you can rebuild belonging and reconnect with your people. It will take intentional effort, and it’s possible based on a few scientific findings which point to what will matter most. It’s helpful to start with the fact that if you’re feeling alone, you’re not alone. In fact, the craving for connection is arguably at crisis levels with up to 27% of people reporting they don’t have friends and 43% of people saying they lack a sense of connection with co-workers . It’s logical that with the physical distance which was required during the pandemic, emotional distance became widespread in personal relationships as well. And it’s reasonable that working away from colleagues—even with the magic of technology—increases feelings of disconnection. Validating your own experience and that of ot