Author: Bhagyashree Soni

It’s nonetheless considerably stunning to listen to simply how far the bar has lowered for anticipated quarterback play with the Patriots during the last 4 years. Bailey Zappe was 13-of-25 for 141 yards after lastly relieving Mac Jones because the Patriots’ beginning quarterback in Sunday’s 6-0 shutout loss to the Chargers. He additionally carried the ball 4 instances for 16 yards however was sacked 5 instances. Among 27 quarterbacks with no less than 27 snaps in Week 13 up to now, Zappe ranked twenty second with a -11.2 completion proportion over expectation and twenty sixth in anticipated factors added (EPA)…

The Patriots’ already dominant protection might be getting yet another increase over the ultimate stretch of the season. Head coach Bill Belichick was requested Monday morning if Pro Bowl outdoors linebacker Matthew Judon might return to follow earlier than the top of the season. Belichick didn’t shoot it down. “We’ll see. That’s a good question,” Belichick stated in a video convention name. “We’ll see. That’s a medical question. So, we’ll see how that plays out. I know he’s working hard. Matt’s been in here, works hard on a daily basis. But again, that’s a medical question that I wouldn’t be…

Popular music-streaming app Spotify will reduce virtually a fifth of its workforce regardless of turning a revenue of €65m (£55.7m), in keeping with its newest figures.The agency’s newest spherical of job cuts will have an effect on round 1,500 folks – which is 17% of its present complete of 9,300 staff. It’s the third spherical of job losses on the streaming agency this yr, with 200 employees let go in June and one other 600 in January.It’s not clear what number of roles can be affected within the UK, however 881 persons are employed by Spotify within the nation, which…

NASHVILLE — The Winter Meetings are formally underway, and over the subsequent few days we should always see a flurry of exercise that may form the sport’s aggressive panorama for years to come back. The Red Sox are anticipated to be energetic gamers and have quite a bit to get carried out, however whereas a blockbuster on the order of signing Shohei Ohtani is unlikely, there’s a lot extra to observe for. Here are 5 Red Sox storylines to observe because the motion heats up in Nashville. Where will Turner land? Justin Turner was arguably Boston’s most beneficial participant final…

Cairo Santos’ game-winning area objective Monday night time was a gimme, a 30-yard tap-in that completed the Chicago Bears’ 12-10 victory in opposition to the Minnesota Vikings. From the precise hash, with a operating clock, Santos set himself up. Snap, maintain, kick. W. Nothing to it. “We all showed character in finishing tonight,” the kicker stated afterward from a jubilant guests locker room at U.S. Bank Stadium. That kick was the Bears’ of completion, the punctuation of a 66-yard closing drive that had its largest second when Justin Fields drilled a clutch 36-yard completion to DJ Moore on third-and-10 to…

MARLBORO – Between the dates of when groups can first begin training, and when common season video games start, there’s a sense in massive elements of the state’s hockey neighborhood that every new season actually begins on the MSHCA Garrett Reagan Summit. Its fifteenth annual version got here on Sunday, with 70 girls and boys hockey groups lacing up in 35 whole scrimmages throughout seven rinks at New England Sports Center, a significant tune-up for a variety of groups getting set for normal season motion as early as Thursday. Hockey is again. “For us, definitely, that’s the way we look…

NASHVILLE — After a distinguished 22-year managerial profession by which he led 4 completely different groups, captured three pennants and gained a World Series title, Jim Leyland has now earned a spot in Cooperstown. Leyland was the only candidate elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Era Committee, which convened on the Winter Meetings in Nashville on Sunday and thought of eight former managers, executives and umpires. Leyland simply cleared the 75% threshold to earn induction, showing on 15 of the 16 ballots solid. A 3-time Manager of the Year choice, Leyland went 1,769-1,728 in his profession…

FOXBORO — After Sunday’s shutout loss to the Chargers, the Patriots turned the primary NFL staff in 85 years to lose three straight video games whereas permitting 10 or fewer factors in every outing. The Pats have reached historic ranges of offensive futility, regardless of a current change at quarterback. Backup Bailey Zappe went 13-of-25 for 141 yards Sunday instead of Mac Jones, whereas the offense went scoreless. Naturally, frustration has simmered within the locker room. Patriots defensive deal with Davon Godchaux gave voice to that frustration in a protracted post-game interview with the Herald. “It’s frustrating. It’s frustrating. I’m…

FOXBORO — Rhamondre Stevenson gimped off the sector with 4:25 left within the first quarter Sunday, anguished by a recent ankle harm that brought on him to fumble and will quickly trigger him to overlook video games. Lucky him. Stevenson missed the remainder of one other depressing loss, one other D-minus offensive efficiency, one other is-this-rock-bottom second for the Patriots. Somehow, we’re nonetheless asking, and so they’re nonetheless sinking. Bailey Zappe, in fact, was no savior. He accomplished 13 passes over 11 scoreless drives within the 6-0 loss, his first begin of the season. Not that Zappe had a lot…

Yuichiro Chino | Moment | Getty ImagesExecutives within the cryptocurrency business known as the beginning of a brand new bull run with a rising variety of voices calling for recent all-time highs for bitcoin in 2024 above $100,000.Bitcoin has rallied greater than 120% this 12 months, with many optimistic concerning the surge persevering with into 2024.”It feels that [2023]was a year to get ready for the bull run that is yet to come. But the sentiment is very hopeful for [2024] and 25,” Pascal Gauthier, CEO of Ledger, advised CNBC final week in an interview.The digital forex’s final file excessive…