NFL Draft Recap: NFL Draft: Round 1 Recap Friday, May 01, 2015 For the first time since 1965, the NFL draft was not held in New York City. And for the first time in recent memory, it also lacked any real drama.There were no franchise-altering trades, no poor souls excruciatingly left in the green room to rot and no suspense in the top-two picks. What we did have was a lot of fantasy relevance … [Read more...]
2015 NFL Draft first-round picks and analysis – Boston Globe (subscription)
2015 NFL Draft first-round picks and analysis - Boston Globe (subscription) Comments Print From staff and wire reports April 30, 2015 The NFL Draft runs Thursday through Saturday. Here’s the picks in the first round. 1. Tampa Bay: Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State Analysis: The most NFL-ready quarterback in the draft, although character issues remain. 2. Tennessee: Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon … [Read more...]
Cycling-Road-Tour de Romandie stage 4 results (Reuters)
Cycling-Road-Tour de Romandie stage 4 results (Reuters) May 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from Tour de Romandie (La Neuveville - Fribourg, 169.8 km) on Friday 1. Stefan Kueng (Switzerland / BMC Racing) 4:35:10" 2. Jan Bakelants (Belgium / AG2R) +38" 3. Bert-Jan Lindeman (Netherlands / LottoNL) +39" 4. Tony Martin (Germany / Etixx - Quick-Step) +45" 5. Gianni Meersman (Belgium / Etixx - … [Read more...]
Swiss rookie Kueng rides solo to win Tour of Romandie stage (The Associated Press)
Swiss rookie Kueng rides solo to win Tour of Romandie stage (The Associated Press) Swiss rookie Stefan Kueng rode to an impressive solo victory on a rain-soaked Tour of Romandie fourth stage on Friday. The 21-year-old Kueng, the track world champion in pursuit, went clear with around 25 kilometers (15 miles) left to finish 38 seconds ahead of Jan Bakelants of Belgium. Third-place Bertjan … [Read more...]
Boxing-Boxing boom may help concussion safety battle (Reuters)
Boxing-Boxing boom may help concussion safety battle (Reuters) By Larry Fine May 1 (Reuters) - Boxing is surging as evidenced by the wildly lucrative Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao megafight and return of bouts to network TV, and the revitalization may lead to better protection for fighters in the ring. Dr. Charles Bernick of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in … [Read more...]
El Kabeir in doubt for Kentucky Derby because of sore foot (The Associated Press)
El Kabeir in doubt for Kentucky Derby because of sore foot (The Associated Press) El Kabeir has a sore foot that could knock him out of the Kentucky Derby. The gray colt did not have his usual jog on Friday and Justin Zayat, son of owner Ahmed Zayat, later said on Twitter that ''it looks like he might be getting a foot abscess or a foot bruise'' in his left front foot. Terranova noticed … [Read more...]
Bob Myers wins the Executive of the Year Award, in a semi-surprise
Bob Myers wins the Executive of the Year Award, in a semi-surprise The Executive of the Year award is a strange one to handicap, as sometimes the league’s best executive of a particular year could be the guiding hand on a losing team, and sometimes the best teams in the NBA take in upwards of a half-decade to fully construct. As was the case with 2013-14’s Executive of the Year, San … [Read more...]
The Week Ahead: Week Ahead: Call for Phelps
The Week Ahead: Week Ahead: Call for Phelps Friday, May 01, 2015 When David Phelps stepped in to replace an injured Henderson Alvarez in the Marlins rotation, I was very curious to see how he'd perform. The righty tended to pique my interest during his time in New York, where he averaged 8.0 K/9 over the past three years in a swingman role. He didn't put up great numbers in 17 starts for the … [Read more...]
Fantasy value of 2015 first-rounders – ESPN
Fantasy value of 2015 first-rounders - ESPN Christopher Harris, Fantasy Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Six-time Fantasy Sports Writing Association award winner Author of "The Big Clear," a noir thriller 0 Shares Print It happens that fast. On Thursday night, three months of evaluation and speculation turned into cold, hard facts, and now we know where some of the best … [Read more...]
Daily Fantasy Baseball 2015: Top DFS MLB SP Picks for May 1 – Bleacher Report
Daily Fantasy Baseball 2015: Top DFS MLB SP Picks for May 1 - Bleacher Report Bill Kostroun/Associated Press The Dark Knight of Gotham, aka Matt Harvey, has been on fire all season, and he should be your top choice for a pitcher in DraftKings lineups Friday. Harvey and the surprising New York Mets host the Washington Nationals in what figures to be a pitchers' duel. Opposing Harvey for the … [Read more...]