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Tom Brady says his relationship with New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels is just fine, contrary to a report stating the two had friction before the quarterback left the Patriots via free agency.

Longtime NFL reporter Gary Myers tweeted on Monday morning that Bradys relationship with McDaniels had been deteriorating, and that he was worn out by Josh after all these years, according to a source. That, he said, played a part in Bradys move to leave the Patriots for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this offseason.

Brady took umbrage with the report, posting a photo of an article citing Myers report to his Instagram story on Monday night and called it nonsense.

19 years together and brothers for life, Brady wrote at the bottom of the photo while tagging McDaniels and adding a heart emoji.

Nearly all of Bradys time in New England was spent working with McDaniels.

McDaniels has spent 16 years on Patriots coach Bill Belichicks staff, and 11 seasons as his offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Only four of Bradys 20 seasons in New England took place without McDaniels one before he joined the staff in 2000, two while he served as the Denver Broncos head coach and one when he was the St. Louis Rams offensive coordinator in 2011.

McDaniels had nothing but good things to say about Brady when he announced he was headed to the Buccaneers in March.

I have so much gratitude for Tom Brady, McDaniels said, via NESN. He has made me a better coach and more importantly a better person. He has always been genuinely kind and caring to me and my family. Yet, at the same time, I have never met anyone as demanding and relentless in his pursuit of improvement, perfection and championships.

His work ethic and drive propelled our offense and our team to perform at the very highest level throughout his career. He represented all of us with class and integrity. We will miss his passion and intensity, his character and wisdom, and his preparation and diligence. I will miss all the meetings, FaceTimes, emails and texts in our pursuit of a good play. He always performed his best in the most critical times under the most significant pressure. I have never coached a tougher player in my career.

Myers stood by his reporting Monday evening.

Based on Bradys response, McDaniels past comments and their lengthy, successful history they won six Super Bowls together theres likely nothing to worry about here whatsoever.

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After nearly a month of silence on former Senate staffer Tara Reades allegations of sexual assault against him, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden appeared on MSNBC on May 1 to publicly deny those claims for the first time. His response found a mixed reaction among the public.

According to the latest Yahoo News/YouGov poll, nearly half of respondents 49 percent were not satisfied with Bidens response to Reades allegations. Only 19 percent said they were very satisfied; the remaining 32 percent were somewhat satisfied.

This split shifts significantly in partisan cross-tabulations. Republicans taking their cue from party leaders who accuse Biden and his supporters of hypocrisy for dismissing Reades account, in contrast to how Democrats treated the assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh overwhelmingly find Bidens response unacceptable. Seventy-six percent of GOP respondents were not satisfied and only 9 percent were very satisfied.

In contrast, most Democrats were at least somewhat satisfied (41 percent) or very satisfied (37 percent) with Bidens explanation. The party rank and file may be waiting for progressive leaders to signal a direction. Many major womens groups have declined or not responded to requests for comment. Major endorsers, including former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have yet to publicly address the allegations.

The parties are split similarly on whether they even believe the allegations in the first place.

Barely any Democrats (12 percent) said they definitely believed that Biden assaulted Reade in 1993. Many more (49 percent) said they did not, and a smaller remainder (40 percent) said they were unsure. A majority of GOP respondents (53 percent) do believe Reade, with just a smattering (9 percent) saying her allegations are not true, and the rest (38 percent) not sure.

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Notably, 62 percent of respondents who said they voted for Donald Trump in 2016 claim they believe Reade. Twenty-five women have accused the president of sexual misconduct, allegations he has denied.

Yet there seems to be little likelihood that, barring further revelations, the charges will stand in Bidens way of becoming the Democratic standard-bearer. Almost a quarter of Democrats, 24 percent, and 29 percent of respondents overall, said they favored denying him the nomination, a not-insignificant fraction but far short of a majority. (Republicans, obviously, might have reason to prefer a weakened Democratic candidate.) A contested convention would be entirely unlikely barring a party insurrection, given Bidens general popularity; it would be nearly impossible at a totally virtual convention.

Allegations of sexual assault havent hit Bidens electability numbers he is still leading Trump in head-to-head surveys 45 percent to 42 percent, though by a slightly lower margin than in late April, when he was leading by 5 points, 47 percent to 42 percent.

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The Yahoo! News survey was conducted by YouGov using a nationally representative sample of 1,573 U.S. adult residents interviewed online between May 5-6, 2020. This sample was weighted according to gender, age, race and education. Respondents were selected from YouGovs opt-in panel to be representative of all U.S residents. The margin of error is approximately 3.1 percent.

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Mike Tyson isnt calling it a comeback quite yet, but he is alluding to a return.

The former heavyweight champion referenced the possibility he could be back in the ring and on Monday shared a boxing montage as part of an advertisement on Instagram that finishes with Im back.

Tyson, who turns 54 on June 30, retired in 2005 and has in recent days been said to be returning to box Evander Holyfield again. The boxers are interested in participating in exhibition bouts for charity.

In a Play Together Apart livestream on Facebook on Thursday, Tyson addressed the possibility he would return to boxing again.

It may not be over yet. Anythings possible. I feel unstoppable now. The gods of war have reawakened me, ignited my ego and want me to go to war again. I feel like Im [young] again.

Tyson was the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title at 20 years, four months and 22 days old. But that was way back in November 1986.

He fought Holyfield twice before, including the infamous 1997 fight in which Tyson was disqualified for twice biting Holyfields ear. Holyfield, the only four-time heavyweight champion, announced his boxing comeback last week at the age of 57. He floated the idea of an exhibition bout with Tyson for charity.

Mike Tyson said he's 'back' after sharing a boxing video montage. (Donald Kravitz/Getty Images)

Tyson shared a short clip of a boxing workout after Holyfields announcement. The full video hit his Instagram page on Monday along with an advertisement for an energy drink.

Tyson told rapper T.I. on Instagram last week he was working out in the ring and getting back in boxing shape.

"Ive been working out, Ive been trying to get in the ring, I think Im going to box some exhibitions and get in shape," Tyson said in an Instagram Live session with rapper T.I.

"I want to go to the gym and get in shape to be able to box three or four-round exhibitions for some charities and stuff.

"I do two hours on cardio, I do the bike and the treadmill for an hour, then I do some light weights, 300, 250 reps.

"Then I start my day with the boxing thing, I go in there and hit the mitts, 30 minutes, 25 minutes, start getting in better condition."

He and his wife, Kiki, are donating to COVID-19 relief causes and came up with a T-shirt to sell as a fundraiser.

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Going through his first Mothers Day since losing his mother to the coronavirus, Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns used the occasion to provide a glimpse into their relationship.

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Towns shared a heartfelt message he received from his mother, Jacqueline Towns, last Christmas on Instagram.

It seemed like I closed my eyes for just a moment and suddenly a man stood where a boy used to be, Jacqueline Towns wrote. I [may] not carry you in my arms anymore but I always carry you in my heart. You are the sweetest present life has ever given me.

Jacqueline Towns died last month after an extended battle with COVID-19 that landed her in a coma. Towns has been open with his familys experience with the virus in order to raise awareness of the threat it poses to the public.

This disease is real. This disease needs not to be taken lightly. Please protect your families, your loved ones, your friends, yourself, Towns said in the Instagram post disclosing his mothers diagnosis.

Jacqueline Towns with Karl-Anthony Towns in 2016. Jacqueline died due to complications from COVID-19 in April. (Photo by Brian Peterson/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

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Moodys Analytics analyzed U.S. metro areas capabilities for a strong recovery post-coronavirus using two primary factors:population density and educational attainment.

The most dynamic recoveries may well bypass traditional powerhouses and take place instead in areas that [werent] poised to lead the way in 2020 before everything changed, wrote Adam Kamins, senior regional economist at Moodys Analytics.

The report examined the top 100 metro areas in the U.S. The metros poised to recover quickly based on the analysis included San Jose, California; Durham, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; Seattle; and Minneapolis.

These cities appear above the best-fit line in the regression analysis below, and lean towards the top left.

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Kamins believed that the twin factors of low population density and educational attainment were going to boost these metro areas.

A key difference between this recovery and the last recovery is the population density, he explained. It's going to have a different effect this time than it did last time.

During the Global Financial Crisis, the first place is out of the recession were big densely populated global cities, he explained. But this time, depending on the duration and the eventual outcome of the COVID-19 outbreak, Kamins believed that big densely populated cities are going to be viewed as inherently risky.

So some of the places that we're really looking at now would be places that have high degrees of educational attainment but are lower density [that] have grown very, very well over the last five or six years in particular, are pretty well positioned coming out of this whenever we do, he said.

A general view of the Duke University Chapel on the Duke University campus on March 4, 2016 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo: Lance King/Getty Images)

Economies built around a major university, such as Durham, North Carolina, and Madison, Wisconsin, could enjoy a surge in growth in the years to come, Kamins wrote in his report.

At the same time, with the coronavirus pandemic putting pressure on colleges finances and with enrollment dropping, could that reliable ingredient to the recovery recipe be in peril?

You could see possibly where we get in a situation four or five years down the road where the pool of available first year workers that have recently graduated colleges is less than usual, Kamins said. But there's just hope at that point you're in a recovery or expansion anyway, and it just creates more labor market tightness, especially at the entry level.

Denver, Salt Lake City, and Washington D.C. were also noted as positioned for a relatively quick recovery.D.C. in particular was an interesting case, Kamins explained: Thats one where I think that was more a function of just as population density being a lot lower than other kind of Northeastern cities.

Two cities that surprised him were Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska.

They're not places that you think of as sort of prestigious economies theyre somewhat isolated in terms of where they are relative to the rest of the U.S., Kamins said. But both of those actually have a pretty strong financial services sector, a fairly well educated population, especially compared to the kind of surrounding regions at lots of opportunity to kind of spread out.

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And especially if the trade war with China recedes from memory under a new administration, the farm sectors in those cities could be poised to benefit well.

The skyline of Des Moines, Iowa, is seen as people prepare to head to their caucuses in February 2020. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

On the flip side, cities facing headwinds on the road to recovery are the names we are most familiar with, Kamins wrote.

For instance, New York Citys greatest asset is a large, skilled workforce that is drawn to the fast-paced and highly interactive nature of life in the Big Apple, he explained. But activities such as riding the subway, dining in crowded restaurants, and attending Broadway shows may be viewed as inherently risky for some time, consistent with the city's status asthe single-most economically exposed metro area or division.

Times Square is seen nearly empty as daily life continues amid the coronavirus outbreak on May 08 2020 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Boston, Miami, Las Vegas, and San Francisco could also see some tough challenges ahead. These cities generally appear below the line and lean towards the bottom right in the map above.

Places like San Francisco, Miami, are very high on the list, Kamins said, adding that tourist hotspots like Las Vegas were also in this group because its economy is almost completely shuttered right now and will be for some time as both leisure travel and business travel dry out.

And while big cities are likely to be able to eventually recover, out-migration may pick up, Kamins added, the generation that is growing up today could remember the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic [and eventually] opt for less densely packed pastures in the decades to come.

Would this sort of financial pressure lead some states or cities to opt for a bankruptcy route? Kamins said that it was too soon to tell, but there were signs to watch.

What we would be looking for would be states where the impact is going to be very severe, he explained.

For instance, a state like Illinois has above average exposure, because Chicago [has] densely populated urban characteristics, Kamins said. And the fiscal situation for that state [will be] extremely problematic.

Aarthi is a writer for Yahoo Finance covering consumer finance and higher education. She can be reached at aarthi@yahoofinance.com. Follow her on Twitter@aarthiswami.

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As many speculated during a lopsided UFC 249 event, new UFC interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje literally broke Tony Fergusons face.

According to UFC president Dana White, Ferguson suffered an orbital fracture during the fight on Saturday.

Such an injury is not shocking given how the fight went for Ferguson, and how his face looked when it was over (slightly NSFW there). Over the course of four and a half rounds, Gaethje delivered blow after blow to Fergusons face.

According to UFC, Gaethje connected on 143 significant strikes against Ferguson, with 100 landing on the head. One of the worst can be seen here:

Referee Herb Dean mercifully ended the fight during a lopsided fifth round, giving Gaethje the TKO victory and a date with lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov once the UFC can set it up amid the coronavirus pandemic.

As for Ferguson, the loss will be a bitter pill to swallow given that he was lined up to face Nurmagomedov for the full belt until the champ ended up stranded in Russia. It was the fifth fight between Nurmagomedov and Ferguson to be called off, and it could be awhile before Ferguson gets a sixth chance.

Ferguson was taken to a medical facility in Jacksonville after the fight, per MMA Fighting, and it might be awhile before he can return to the Octagon.

It was a rough night for Tony Ferguson. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Jerry West isnt just The Logo, isnt only one of the greatest front office minds the game has ever seen, hes also got a Hall of Fame resume as a player that is as good as it gets: 12-time All-NBA, 14-time All-Star, NBA Champion, 1970 scoring champion, five-time All-Defensive team, and hes the only player ever to win Finals MVP on a losing team. West who has a statue outside Staples Center with other Laker legends was an elite athlete who was blindingly quick with the ball, and he carried with him a Jordan/Kobe level of competitiveness.

All of that led SLAM magazine to ask on Twitter how many points a game West would average in todays NBA. LeBron James had Wests back.

West averaged 27 points a game for his career in an era without the three-point shot (which he would have developed, there just wasnt a point back then).

If you want to know more about West, one of the most interesting people ever around the NBA, read Roland Lazenbys Jerry West biography, its simply a fantastic portrait.

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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities reported on Sunday what could be the beginning of a new wave of coronavirus cases in northeast China, with one city in Jilin province being reclassified as high-risk, the top of a three-tier zoning system.

Jilin officials raised the risk level of the city of Shulan to high from medium, having hoisted it to medium from low just the day before after one woman tested positive on May 7.

Eleven new cases in Shulan were confirmed on May 9, all of them members of her family or people who came into contact with her or family members.

Shulan has increased virus-control measures, including a lockdown of residential compounds, a ban on non-essential transportation and school closures, the Jilin government said.

The new cases pushed the overall number of new confirmed cases in mainland China on May 9 to 14, according to the National Health Commission on Sunday, the highest number since April 28.

Among them was the first case for more than a month in the city of Wuhan in central Hubei province where the outbreak was first detected late last year.

While China had officially designated all areas of the country as low-risk last Thursday, the 14 new cases represent a jump from the single case reported for the day before.

Apart from the cluster case in Jilin, Harbin, capital of the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, confirmed one new case.

The 70-year-old patient had been quarantined in a hospital since April 9 and had tested negative seven times before results turned positive on May 9, the Heilongjiang health commission said on Sunday.

Shenyang, capital of neighbouring Liaoning province, also confirmed on Sunday one new case, a 23-year-old who travelled to Shenyang on May 5 from Jilin.

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Equally worrying in China is the unknown number of asymptomatic virus carriers who show no clinical signs of infection such as a fever or a cough.

Asymptomatic carriers are mostly detected through contact tracing or health checks.

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The new Wuhan case, the first reported in the epicentre of China's outbreak since April 3, was previously asymptomatic, according to the Hubei provincial health commission.

The 89-year-old man had not left his residential compound in Dongxihu district since the Lunar New Year in late January. His wife also tested positive, though she showed no symptoms, the Wuhan municipal health commission said.

The residential compound has had 20 confirmed cases, and experts say the new infection was mainly due to previous community infections.

After the case was confirmed, medical officials have carried out nucleic acid tests on residents of the compound and found five asymptomatic infections.

The infections highlight the continued potential for new clusters of infections due to carriers who do not look ill or have a fever.

On Sunday, the risk level of Dongxihu district was raised to medium from low.

The National Health Commission said the number of new asymptomatic cases stood at 20 on May 9, the highest since May 1 and up from 15 a day earlier.

China does not include asymptomatic cases in its official tally of confirmed infections.

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in mainland China reached 82,901 as of May 9, while the total death toll from the virus stood at 4,633, according to the commission.

(Reporting by Judy Hua, Yew Lun Tian and Ryan Woo; Editing by Chris Reese, Kenneth Maxwell and Gareth Jones)

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Congress has passed $3.6 trillion in stimulus spending so far, and it will take a lot more to stabilize an economy reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. But Democrats and Republicans in Congress increasingly have different priorities about what should be in the next round of aid.

Ben Koltun of Beacon Policy Advisers recently joined the Yahoo Finance Electionomics podcast to discuss how a phase 4 or CARES II bill, as its known inside the Beltway, is likely to take shape. Four things to look for:

Lots of aid to states and cities. This is Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosis priority. State and municipal budgets are getting crushed by an unprecedented surge of unemployment claims and a massive dropoff in tax revenue, as businesses shut down and furlough workers. Pelosi wants $1 trillion worth of aid, a figure Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesnt agree with. He favors a sum closer to $150 billion and says no federal aid can be used to help fund pension obligations in states like Illinois that are deeply underwater.

The U.S. has over 1.2 million cases of coronavirus. (Graphic: David Foster/Yahoo Finance)

A liability shield for businesses. This is McConnells priority. He wants a new law that would prevent lawsuits against businesses that reopen but could be the source of coronavirus infections for workers or customers. Pelosi favors workers over business owners and is pushing back against a liability shield.

Both are very likely to be included in the Phase 4 deal, Koltun says. Pelosi wants to think big and McConnell wants to think small and keep it narrow, but once the dam is broken and theyre trading one idea for another, this could certainly add up.

The liability shield is touchy for Democrats because theres already been criticism that earlier stimulus bills helped big businesses too much when they were means to help smaller firms. So a liability shield might be tailored explicitly to help small businesses. It could also be temporary, so it applies only during the reopening phase of the coronavirus crisis. And it might have explicit carve-outs for instances of gross negligence, so businesses cant ignore workers and customer safety under blanket protection from lawsuits.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., adjusts her face mask to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus as she attends a news conference to announce members of the House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

More aid for small businesses. Nearly $700 billion in aid to businesses under the Paycheck Protection Program apparently isnt enough. The second tranche of this money, which Congress passed in late April, could be gone by mid-May, prompting a third round of funding. We're already seeing Republicans like Marco Rubio and John Barrasso saying this will be a high priority, especially if the money is about to run out, Kulton says. Maybe it'll be $300 billion or so. Democrats are suggesting this should become an open-ended automatic stabilizer program that provides money as businesses qualify, with no need for Congress to continually reauthorize it. That may be a stretch for the next bill, however.

More money for coronavirus testing. Congress has already provided $25 billion to help states, cities and health systems scale testing fo the coronavirus, widely viewed as a prerequisite for reopening more businesses. But many public health experts say that remains woefully short. One group of prominent public health experts has called for a $46 billion program of additional testing and contact tracing to identify everybody exposed to the virus. Nobel-winning economist Paul Romer thinks it will take $100 billion.

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As some states in the U.S. begin to reopen parts of their economies, scientists are anticipating a growth in coronavirus cases in those areas over the next few weeks.

The University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Director Christopher Murray told CBS' Margaret Brennan on Sunday that his model, which the White House has favored during the pandemic, anticipates a jump in cases in states where his team noticed a large increase in mobility among the population in recent days.

Dr. Jeffrey Shaman, a professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University who has also created a pandemic model, similarly expects loosening restrictions to lead to an increase in transmission, though he thinks the data won't really show up until later in the month.

Shaman did include some caveats, however, noting that models aren't really making predictions themselves. Instead, they're testing out a range of outcomes. There's really no telling, he said, how exactly rolling back lockdown measures will affect people's actual behavior, so there's a chance the worst case scenario won't come to fruition.

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