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| Fantasy Football Update |
| 2008-06-07 13:34:00 |
Fox Sports Fantasy Football is now live. That means you can draft fantasy football teams now. Just remember, if you draft them, make sure you play them in September. Nobody likes dead teams. If you just want to practice drafting most sites now offer a "Mock Draft Lobby" where you draft but that's it.Off to the track, lets hit them 'fectas!Whurly.Whurly = Worry + Early...
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| The Belmont Stakes |
| 2008-06-07 12:47:00 |
I'm not a professional handicapper. And as a handicapper my area of expertise is NFL money lines, not the ponies. But it's the sport of kings and it's amazing what a $1 superfecta can win. Big Brown is the prohibitive favorite (2-5, bet $5 to win $2) but he has issues. Think Curt Shilling's bloody sock type of issues. So I'm gonna take a crack at my top 4. I don't ask for much but if I give out the winners and you rake in the dollars, buy a round for the bar. OK?WINDenis of Cork (12-1)PLACEBig Brown (2-5)SHOW Icabad Crane (20-1)4THAnak Nakal (40-1)There you go. Win, eat, drink at be merry. Remember, Big Brown is sponsored by Hooters. I don't know if they have any specials if he wins, but bug your waitress anyway. Girls love difficult guys....
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| Fantasy Sports News |
| 2008-06-05 12:45:00 |
Check out who's open and who's not as of June 5th.FANTASY BASEBALLCBSSports.com (Until 7/17)Yahoo Sports (Until 6/15)FANTASY FOOTBALLNFL.com (LIVE)CBSSports.com (LIVE)FOXSports.com (OFFLINE) (ALERT WHEN AVAILABLE)Yahoo Sports (OFFLINE) (ALERT WHEN AVAILABLE)ESPN.com (OFFLINE) (NO ALERT AVAILABLE)...
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| Joba, Joba, Joba |
| 2008-06-05 11:34:00 |
The latest Joba newsJohnny Damon questions Joba Chamberlain's move out of bullpen (Daily News)Leaky pen with Joba a starter (Newsday)A turning point in Chamberlain's career (NY Times)I guess everybody has to take sides on this huh? Isn't there some way to stretch him out as a long reliever and keep him in the pen but spot start him every 10 days or so? If you can let Chamberlain pitch the 7th and 8th innings (maybe even the 6th on occasion) and turn the ball over Rivera the game is basically over in the 6th inning. But by using Joba for more inning less frequently he should be available to start should the Yankees suffer an injury in the rotation or they really need a spark. Doesn't that make more sense than starting him every 5 days when opponents know he's always going to be on some sort...
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| The NBA Finals Begin. Finally. |
| 2008-06-04 15:17:00 |
Well here we are. Every prognosticator on the planet is dropping his or her dime on who's going to win the NBA Finals. It's pretty easy for me. I always pick the best team to win. Maybe not to cover, but to win in the end. If you look back through the rest of the decade there's probably only one exception to this rule. That would be the Miami Heat beating the Detroit Pistons. But I write that off as Larry Brown's fault. Every team he's ever coached in the NBA has tuned him out after awhile, much more so than other coaches. That's why he's a coaching nomad. Do you really think he lasts longer than 2 years in Charlotte? Maybe 3. Max.Anyhow, the Celtics are the best team. Kobe is the best player. We've heard all about how this is the best defensive team (Celtics) against the best offensive te...
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| It's Monday. If Only I Were Garfield. Or There Was Football Tonight |
| 2008-06-02 08:00:00 |
It's So Monday And You Don't Even Know It Yet (Morning Edition)Here's a great piece by Darren Rovell of CNBC.com about the last shot of Game 5 of the Spurs vs Lakers game. To recap the Lakers were up 5 as the clock expired and Laker Sasha Vujacic hit a "meaningless" 3 as time expired to help the Lakers win by 8? Guess what the spread was? You got it, 8 points at tip-off and it fluctuated to 7.5 at some sportsbooks.It seems that the rumor that Matt Leinart could actually lose his starting job to Kurt Warner are heating up. And why not? Warner tossed 27 TD passes last season. Leinart got hurt and disappointed fantasy owners everywhere who had him as a sleeper tossing 27 TDs.I know a bunch of guys who attended the Best Buy 400 at Dover yesterday. I don't do the NASCAR thing but they left at 5...
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| The People's Champ Is Back? |
| 2008-05-29 19:28:00 |
Let's preface this with the video of the play that makes him relevant.That's right folks, Freddie Mitchell might be back. We've been here before though. With the Kansas City Chiefs and a few AFL teams. Let's be upfront here, I've never been much of a Freddy fan. Although he could celebrate a 4 yard catch on 3rd and 9 better than anybody I've ever seen. He was just a fool with no separation speed and never seemed to really get the offense down. Remember what Bill Belichick thought of him? As a fantasy football owner I hope Freddie makes the Ravens and kills but I somehow doubt it. But in light of all of this, he still has fans and a loyal following in Philly. I just hope he somehow ends up on the Dolphins and Bill Parcells fights him. 5 million unique hits on YouTube, no problem....
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| An Uncapped Year In The NFL |
| 2008-05-29 14:24:00 |
If you have no idea about the current NFL labor situation read this before continuing any further or this will just be nonsense to you. (Courtesy of The Mile High Report)A great primer for this post would be this article written by Michael Lombardi for SI.com. Within the article, Lombardi discusses how NFL teams should prepare for an uncapped year in 2010.Lombardi basically states that due to the new restrictions there will be very few quality free agents available in 2010. Therefore teams should re-sign their own players ASAP and stockpile draft picks. There definitely is a great deal of logic to that approach. In fact, that is most likely the approach that 25-30 of the 32 NFL teams will take.Let's be honest here. It's not like there have been oodles of quality free agents available the p...
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| Fantasy Football 2008 Position Rankings - K |
| 2008-05-23 11:48:00 |
Here we go fantasy football. Over the next few days we will be posting our position rankings for the 2008 Fantasy Football season. Today we'll cover the Kicker position. Thanks to Cesar for being my sounding board.JUNE RANKINGSKSeriously, don't draft a kicker until the last or second-to-last round of your draft. I'll give you a couple of guidelines so just apply them and pick one. You'll probably end up dropping him a week or two into the season when a free-agent kicker starts to separate himself from the crowd. I do this every year and I always end up with a top-5 kicker anyway. Look at Nick Folk for the Cowboys last year. DO NOT carry more...
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| Fantasy Football 2008 Position Rankings - TEAM DEF |
| 2008-05-22 11:15:00 |
Here we go fantasy football. Over the next few days we will be posting our position rankings for the 2008 Fantasy Football season. Today we'll cover the Team Defense position. Thanks to Cesar for being my sounding board.JUNE RANKINGSTEAM DEFSan Diego ChargersMinnesota VikingsPittsburgh SteelersSeattle SeahawksNew England PatriotsTampa Bay BuccaneersIndianapolis ColtsJacksonville JaguarsChicago BearsPhiladelphia EaglesDallas CowboysBaltimore RavensNew York GiantsGreen Bay PackersOakland RaidersJUST MISSEDCarolina PanthersWashington RedskinsTennessee Titans...
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| Fantasy Football 2008 Position Rankings - TE |
| 2008-05-21 10:57:00 |
Here we go fantasy football. Over the next few days we will be posting our position rankings for the 2008 Fantasy Football season. Today we'll cover the TE position. Thanks to Cesar for being my sounding board.JUNE RANKINGSTEAntonio GatesJason WittenKellen Winslow JrDallas ClarkTony GonzalezChris CooleyJeremy ShockeyHeath MillerBen WatsonTodd HeapAlge CrumplerLJ SmithDonald LeeOwen DanielsVernon DavisJUST MISSEDRandy McMichaelZack MillerTony SchefflerDustin KellerGreg Olson...
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| Fantasy Football 2008 Position Rankings - WR |
| 2008-05-19 12:12:00 |
Here we go fantasy football. Over the next few days we will be posting our position rankings for the 2008 Fantasy Football season. Today we'll cover the WR position. Thanks to Cesar for being my sounding board.JUNE RANKINGSWRRandy MossReggie WayneBraylon EdwardsTerrell OwensLarry FitzgeraldPlaxico BurressMarques ColstonSteve Smith (Carolina)Torry HoltWes WelkerAnquan BoldinTJ HoushmandzadehRoy WilliamsBrandon MarshallMarvin HarrisonAndre JohnsonRoddy WhiteJoey GallowayDwayne BoweSantonio HolmesDonald DriverGreg JenningsKevin CurtisHines WardLee EvansBobby EngramCalvin JohnsonJoey PorterBernard BerrianChad JohnsonJUST MISSEDDerrick MasonJeric...
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| Fantasy Football 2008 Position Rankings - RB |
| 2008-05-18 11:01:00 |
Here we go fantasy football. Over the next few days we will be posting our position rankings for the 2008 Fantasy Football season. Today we'll cover the RB position. Thanks to Cesar for being my sounding board.JUNE RANKINGSRBLaDainian TomlinsonBrian WestbrookAdrian Peterson (Minnesota)Steven JacksonJoseph AddaiMarion Barber IIILarry JohnsonWillie ParkerMaurice Jones-DrewWillis McGaheeClinton PortisFrank GoreBrandon JacobsJamal LewisMichael TurnerReggie BushMarshawn LynchLaurence MaroneyThomas JonesRonnie BrownLenDale WhiteChester TaylorFred TaylorErnest GrahamJulius JonesEdgerrin JamesRyan GrantJonathan StewartTravis HenryDarren McFaddenCedr...
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| Fantasy Football 2008 Position Rankings - QB |
| 2008-05-17 11:41:00 |
Here we go fantasy football. Over the next few days we will be posting our position rankings for the 2008 Fantasy Football season. Today we'll cover the QB position. Thanks to Cesar for being my sounding board.JUNE RANKINGSQBTom BradyPeyton ManningTony RomoMatt HasselbeckDrew BreesBen RoethlisbergerDerek AndersonDonovan McNabbCarson PalmerDavid GarrardMarc BulgerEli ManningJay CutlerJason CampbellPhilip RiversJUST MISSED:Jeff GarciaAaron RodgersMatt SchuabJon KitnaJoe Flacco...
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| So They Got D'Antoni. They're Still The Knicks. They Still Have Isiah. |
| 2008-05-15 11:07:00 |
I didn't come right out with this because I wanted to reflect a bit first. I've already stated my opinion on this from the Suns should have kept D'Antoni angle. So know I'm going to look at it from the Knicks end of things. Or at least give it the old college try.The Knicks have 3 basic options right now.The status quo. They trade youth for veterans or take on more contracts. Most likely this involves trading Marbury's huge (approx $20 million) expiring contract for players with multiple years left on their deals. They got D'Antoni to run this circus and they "retool" on the fly trying to take a shot in the always weak East. LeBron and D-Wade are not factors in the Knicks future because in this scenario the Knicks are capped out (and over the luxury tax li...
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| Everything the Patriots Accomplished Since 2000 is Tainted |
| 2008-05-13 11:02:00 |
Now that we've seen some of the SpyGate tapes it's official. The Patriots were cheating. From at least 2000 until last September. Now why would they continue such a practice for so long, even if they thought it was legal? Obviously because they were finding the practice useful. Which means they were gaining some sort of advantage. By doing something against the rules. That is by definition, cheating.The tapes show VERY clear shots of the opposing teams coaches sending in signals. With shots immediately after of the scoreboard to determine the situation in the game. The only reason to do all of this is to be able to know what a defense is going to do based on the situation and the signals from the sideline. If Tom Brady gets that information that's a ridi...
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| Fantasy Baseball - Waiver Wire Wesley Snipes |
| 2008-05-13 08:25:00 |
It's an odd reference but remember, before he was in jail, before he was Blade, before he knew Billy Ho couldn't jump, he was Willie Mays Hayes. The base-stealing machine out of nowhere. We're not primarily concerned with steals, any production is good production. We're going to look at a few guys who either went very late in drafts or were undrafted for the most part. What we want to know is:How good have they really been so far?Will they be the starter all year, barring injury?What is their real value?Who might you be able to get back in a trade for them?Can they really keep this up?Justin Upton - OF - Arizona Diamondbacks - .326 22 R 6 HR 19 RBI 0 SBYeah, I started with an easy one. I absolutely love this kid and expect numbers just like his brother BJ. He'll be a fixture in...
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| NBA Playoff Thoughts |
| 2008-05-12 11:43:00 |
EASTERN CONFERENCE(2) Detroit Pistons vs (3) Orlando MagicPistons lead the series 3-1 (My Pick - Orlando over Detroit in 7 games)How do you really call this one? You had the shot that happened but shouldn't have counted. Chauncey Billups went down and the Pistons won anyway. Detroit flat out won Game 1. This series could go either way still.Jameer Nelson has said something that's usually reserved for Rasheed Wallace.I don't think the Magic have their "point guard of the future" on their current roster.This is Detroit's last deep run with this current group. Maybe they add somebody but I can see a trade coming in the near future. Joe Dumars is always ahead of the curve.Dwight Howard flashes but cannot yet sustain dominance for long stretches. He will eventually though.The Magic need to pay ...
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| Fantasy Football Already? |
| 2008-05-06 21:10:00 |
I haven't gotten to do a fantasy sports post in a hot minute so let us get down. We're going to make some assumptions here.Standard scoring league (as opposed to PPR) (PPR = Points Per Reception)10 teams in a 16 round draftStart 1 QB, 2 RB, 1 RB/WR Flex, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 Team DEFNon-keeper leagueNo IDP's (Individual Defensive Players)When ever I do a Football">fantasy football post these will be the assumptions that I am operating under unless I say otherwise. I should probably do something smart like put these somewhere where they can always be easily seen. If I was smart I'd be a "real" writer and not a blogger right?We're going to get the fantasy football stuff done by June so ever...
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| NHL Stuff. Really. |
| 2008-05-06 12:30:00 |
Some NHL stuff because I've been neglecting hockey for basketball lately.Jaromir Jagr might very well be done as an NHL player. He says he's going to play next year, but unless he takes a huge pay cut, which would shock me. If he will take said pay cut don't be surprised if he lands with one of the teams that are still alive in the playoffs. A return to Pittsburgh for 1 more Cup sounds about right don't it?He's retired more times than Jay-Z or Jordan but I think it's about time to stick a fork in Dominick Hasek. He was one of the greatest goalies of his era, a surefire Hall of Famer and an MVP who personally carried an offensively challenged Buffalo Sabres team for over half of a decade. His mind my be willing but his body is broken down. Helluva a competitor, it wouldn't surprise me if h...
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| NHL Playoffs. Conference Finals. Fight. |
| 2008-05-06 10:04:00 |
We'll get right to the picks son.EASTERN CONFERENCEPittsburgh over Philadelphia (6 Games)I feel like a hater but Pittsburgh is playing so well right now in all facets of the game. Philly has been carried by timely goals and excellent goaltending.The Flyers have to come out fast in Game 1. If they play poorly the Philly fans will begin to turn on them quickly. If the Flyers go down 0-2 expect the sweep. On the flip side, if the Flyers dominate Game 1, the talk amongst Philly fans will only be about whether this is the best team every in history.The Flyers have been involved in 6 one-goal games so far in the playoffs. They are 3-3 in those games.The Flyers have lost the first game of each of their first to series' by ...
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| NBA Playoffs. Round 2. Fight. |
| 2008-05-05 19:51:00 |
We'll make this simple. Embellishment is the cement that holds bloggers together so it's tough to be succinct.EASTERN CONFERENCEOrlando over Detroit (7 Games)Detroit might say that they got "woke up" by Philly, but the Sixers took something out of them and exposed a few flaws.Orlando has the deadly shooters that Philly did notAs unguardable as 'Sheed can be, Dwight Howard is flat out unstoppable when motivatedI just don't see Detroit getting it doneIf you told me Detroit won I wouldn't be surprised but what the hellBoston over Cleveland (5 Games)I like Boston's bench a lot better, especially if Sam-I-Am gets going. Nobody on the Cav's bench really does anything for me.Don't underestimate Kendrick Perkins. He's been playing very well thus far in the playoffs<...
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| Draft Zach Feinstein |
| 2008-05-05 14:00:00 |
Click the post title. Seriously. I've always wanted to declare for the NBA but I was under the impression that it cost money. Like $50 or $100 or something. I never did get around to doing it. But Zach Feinstein did. Just sit back and hope that he gets drafted on accident. Or on purpose but I highly doubt it....
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| Roger Clemens |
| 2008-05-05 12:34:00 |
So Roger Clemens finally made a right move today He apologized for 'making mistakes in his personal life'. Of course he said there were only small amounts of truth mixed in with all sorts of other lies. So he really hasn't made any progress at all has he?I am, was and always will be a Roger Clemens fan. That's Roger Clemens the baseball player. He was a tremendous talent, an exciting pitcher, a good quote and one of the most fierce competitors to every play baseball. That same competitiveness that drove him as a pitcher has destroyed him as a public figure. Let's be up front about something. There are worse things than steroids and adultery. I'm not condoning either but be honest with yourself. Are those things worse than stealing, beating your spouse, drug abuse or DUI? Lying to Congress ...
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| Trajan Langdon Lives |
| 2008-05-05 09:00:00 |
Seriously, doesn't the title say it all? Well you probably did think Trajan Langdon was dead. But maybe because he was the "Alaskan Assassin" you could've thought that he was in jail or something. But he's not. In fact he plays for CSKA Moscow in the Euroleague. And they won the Euroleague finals this year. And Langdon was the Finals MVP. Not to shabby eh? Check out his stats if you like.For those who don't know, Langdon starred at Duke in college. He had a typical Duke career including a traveling violation with seconds left in the national final trailing UConn by a point. He was drafted 11th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1999. He lasted 3 season before heading for Europe. Like I said, a typical Duke career. Imagine if he and Dajuan Wagner had panned out. The Cavaliers would not h...
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