The fantasy playoffs are here, with Week 14 serving as the first round in many leagues. No matter your format, though, we’re at the point where every fantasy matchup can put you closer to a title or end your season.
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Joe Flacco and the Ravens are 7-point underdogs at New England on Monday. Baltimore has won and covered four of its past five games.
Oakland and Alameda County leaders will vote Tuesday on a financial and development plan to build a $1.3 billion football stadium at the Coliseum site to keep the Raiders from moving to Las Vegas.
UNLV officially announced the additions of DeAndre Smith as running backs coach and David Lockwood as cornerbacks coach Friday.
UNR linebacker Mike Crawford was a one-man wrecking crew when he took MVP honors at the Las Vegas Bowl in 1996. Crawford’s 14 tackles, three sacks and a game-clinching interception helped the Wolf Pack fight off Ball State in the fifth Las Vegas Bowl.
Major Applewhite has been hired to replace Tom Herman as coach at Houston.
Tyreek Hill had touchdowns receiving and on a punt return, Kansas City’s defense made life miserable for Oakland quarterback Derek Carr, and the Chiefs beat the Raiders 21-13 on a frigid Thursday night to take control of the AFC West.
Week 14 of the NFL regular season kicks off with the Oakland Raiders visiting AFC West opponent the Kansas City Chiefs tonight for Thursday Night Football.
Houston will hire Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin to replace Tom Herman as the school’s football coach, USA Today reports.
Nevada has settled on Arizona State assistant coach Jay Norvell as its new head coach, according to ESPN.
The most intriguing pre-Christmas matchup is in the Las Vegas Bowl, which pits Houston against San Diego State on Dec. 17. The Cougars lost their coach. The Aztecs have running back Donnel Pumphrey.
The home team in the Seattle-Green Bay series has won four in a row. The Seahawks are favored by 2½ to 3 points at Lambeau Field on Sunday.
Utah State’s Anthony Calvillo torched Ball State with 286 passing yards and three touchdowns and was named MVP of the second ever Las Vegas Bowl in 1993.
Derek Carr is a hot quarterback for the Raiders, who are 3-point underdogs at Kansas City in a road-oriented AFC West rivalry.
Wyoming scored a touchdown with 57 seconds left to complete a comeback against UCLA in the 2004 Las Vegas Bowl. It was Wyoming’s first bowl victory in 38 years.