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Biden said during a virtual meeting with front-line health care workers that he was “optimistic” but that his team “should be further along.” “One of the problems that we’re having now is the failure of the administration to recognize—the law says that the General Services Administration has a person who recognizes who the winner is, and then they have to have access to all the data and information that the government possesses to be prepared,” Biden said....

Randle, 23, was the team’s starting running back at the beginning of the season, carrying the ball 76 times for 315 yards and four touchdowns as departed DeMarco Murray’s replacement. Randle started six games before being sidelined last week because of an off-field incident. MORE: NFL midseason report | DIAMOND: Cowboys are simply dysfunctional | NFL trade rumors Randle was involved in an incident in February in Wichita, Kansas that is believe to have precipitated this move....

Boatright, a second-year player from Illinois, collided with offensive lineman Tyron Smith during a pass rush drill about halfway through practice, according to the team website. Boatright lay motionless on the field for about 10 minutes before he was placed onto a stretcher and driven in an ambulance to a local hospital. MORE: Top 10 Dallas Cowboys of all time | Randle may force Cowboys’ hand at RB “We really don’t know all the details now,” Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones told reporters immediately after practice....

Rookie Dak Prescott turned in another masterful performance Sunday as the Dallas Cowboys picked apart the Cincinnati Bengals with surgical precision. MORE: The key to ending the Browns’ QB misery Prescott threw for 227 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score to lead the Cowboys to a 28-14 victory at AT&T Stadium. The Cowboys’ other standout rookie, running back Ezekiel Elliott, also had a big game with 134 rushing yards and two touchdowns on just 15 carries....

Saquon Barkley and the defense have fueled the Giants with quarterback Daniel Jones still struggling in the new offense of Brian Daboll and Mike Kafka. Rush has provided a spark without Prescott, making do with replacement weapons stepping up. LIVE: Follow Cowboys vs. Giants on ‘Monday Night Football' Will the Giants stay hot and perfect? Or will the Cowboys continue to overachieve with their own running game and defense? Here’s a betting breakdown and prediction for the Week 3 “MNF” game:...

South Africa was the first country to report the Omicron variant to the WHO, but a Dutch health agency confirmed that the variant was already present in the Netherlands a week earlier. According to the WHO, Omicron contains multiple mutations that could increase transmissibility and risk of reinfection. Mutations are natural occurrences in many viruses, not just COVID-19. While the effectiveness of the existing vaccines against the Omicron variant is still being studied, no variant has been strong enough to render the vaccines totally ineffective....

With suggestions like “wear a face covering” and “no kissing” before sex, she found them something of a turn off. “I can’t hook up without seeing the person’s face and kissing them,” she says. “Who is even going to follow these?” The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene first posted sex guidelines when COVID-19 cases began rising back in early March. The original rules discouraged sex with new people....

Experts warned the virus would continue to mutate as long as it was able to spread and that eradicating COVID-19 at this point is no longer possible, according to the WHO. A subvariant of Omicron, a highly infectious variant, is already taking hold in some countries, but the WHO doesn’t believe it’s the latest mutation the world sees. “There will always be variants,” Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme, said on Wednesday....

As India prepares for the largest vaccination drive, of which the dry run has been initiated in most of the states, here are some of the most most common concerns answered. Who will get COVID19 vaccination first? Union Health Minister Dr Harshvardhan said that the government will give priority to atleast 1 crore healthcare workers as well as 2 crore frontline workers once the vaccinations begin. AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria has added that the government has identified priority groups who will be vaccinated based on risk factors....

Dallas cleared the 1.5-point spread over the Vikings with room to spare, throttling the Vikings 40-3 at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday. Across the board, Dallas was the far superior team. The Cowboys had more than 2.5 times the number of total yards. They had possession for nearly two-thirds of the game. The game ended with both backup quarterbacks in. The contest was so lopsided that CBS stations across the country switched to the Bengals-Steelers telecast....

Dallas is sitting on 10 total draft selections as they try to rebound from a 9-7 season that kept them short of a return to the NFC playoffs. Although they are not too desperate at any one position, the Cowboys need to keep getting a jump on the eventual changes tied to age and expiring contracts. We take a deep dive into what Jerry Jones and Dallas will and should be thinking come NFL Draft weekend....

Quinn was already dealing with a broken hand, which he suffered in practice earlier this week. The injury required surgery, but he was expected to be fully healthy for week one. The 29-year-old is set to enter his first season with the Cowboys after the team acquired him in a trade with the Dolphins in March. He has recorded 69 sacks in 111 career games with the St Louis and Los Angeles Rams and Miami Dolphins....

After a botched coaching decision from Mike McCarthy followed by an Andy Dalton interception, Wayne Gallman’s apparent lost fumble appeared a borderline miracle for Dallas. But the official who signaled for a Cowboys recovery was quickly overruled by his colleagues, and a subsequent challenge affirmed the decision to keep the ball with New York. The Giants were then able to run out the remainder of the clock to secure a 23-19 victory that eliminated the Cowboys from playoff contention....

The Cowboys won the season’s first of two meetings in Week 1 in Dallas easily, 35-17. Since then, the Giants have made a starting quarterback change from long-time nemesis Eli Manning to rookie first-round pick Daniel Jones. The Cowboys had a bit of a hiccup in losses to the Packers, Saints and Jets and haven’t been as good on the road. Here’s everything to know about betting on Cowboys vs....

The Line: New Orleans -3 (-120), Total: 48 Line movement: While the game was off most Las Vegas oddsboards for much of the week due to Brees’ uncertain status, CG Technology opened New Orleans -4 on Monday with a total of 46.5. Saints -3.5 was posted at multiple shops on Friday, with some movement toward Dallas, to -3 (-120), since then. Check our odds page for updated NFL lines from Las Vegas ....

The 6-2, 170-pound sophomore didn’t dress for Saturday’s morning session, and a source told Sporting News that it because he was experiencing concussion symptoms after being kneed in the head diving for a loose ball on Friday afternoon. This is the second time Barber has suffered a concussion after diving for a loose ball. He was sidelined last October when he collided heads with fellow Wolfpack guard T.J. Warren....

Jamaica has two wins from three CPL games so far. They won their first CPL game against St Lucia Kings by a huge margin. However, they lost their game to the Barbados Royals. In the reverse CPL fixture, they beat the Royals comfortably by six wickets to register their third CPL win. Chasing a target of 152, they got past the line easily in the 18th over. Kennar Lewis top-scored with 89, while Shamarh Brooks took them to victory with an unbeaten 26-ball 47....