Report: Utah Jazz fans no spell good SB Nation is a fantastic site, as you I’m sure well know, and it houses one of the few (if not the only) sports site comment sections I actually read. The collective seemed like as good a place as any for Grammarly to dig into the comment section annals of its 30 NBA blogs to crosscheck the contributions and determine which team featured the fans with the … [Read more...]
StewPod: Super duper early World Series picks for 2016
StewPod: Super duper early World Series picks for 2016 This is The StewPod, our baseball podcast with a dash of pop culture. If you dig the show, please subscribe and review us on iTunes. Is it too early pick to pick the World Series winner for 2016? Yes, entirely so. But it's still a fun thing to talk about, so on this week's podcast, Mike and Chris are discussing the fallout from this … [Read more...]
A new era: The Phillies are finally going to embrace sabermetrics
A new era: The Phillies are finally going to embrace sabermetrics It is officially a new era for the Philadelphia Phillies. After years of resistance, the Phillies are going to embrace sabermetrics. The team has created an analytics system, aptly named PHIL, which will ... well, we'll let Matt Breen of the Philadelphia Inquirer explain. General manager Matt Klentak said he is currently … [Read more...]
Week 10 college football picks: LSU at Alabama, Navy at Memphis, more – Sports Illustrated
Week 10 college football picks: LSU at Alabama, Navy at Memphis, more - Sports Illustrated It's November, which means we’re getting closer to the end of the regular season. It also means were getting closer to the second edition of the College Football Playoff. The first playoff rankings were released this week, and before you know it selection committee chair Jeff Long will be explaining why … [Read more...]
Thigh injury will sideline Diafra Sakho for West Ham’s Everton clash
Thigh injury will sideline Diafra Sakho for West Ham’s Everton clash West Ham striker Diafra Sakho has been ruled out of Saturday’s home game against Everton through injury. Manager Slaven Bilic revealed the Senegal international has suffered a rupture in his thigh, which also forced him to miss last weekend’s 2-0 defeat at Watford. However, Bilic expects Sakho, who has scored five […] West … [Read more...]
Matt Kenseth’s suspension upheld on final appeal
Matt Kenseth's suspension upheld on final appeal As of now, Matt Kenseth is still suspended for two races. [UPDATE: And he's officially out for both.] Kenseth's appeal of his two-race suspension was heard Thursday morning by a three-person NASCAR appeals panel. The panel upheld the suspension. Kenseth will make a final appeal at 1 p.m. ET. Kenseth was suspended for two races for … [Read more...]
Serena Williams, Simone Biles battle for USOC honors (Reuters)
Serena Williams, Simone Biles battle for USOC honors (Reuters) (Reuters) - Serena Williams, Simone Biles and Ted Ligety were among the finalists for United States Olympic Committee (USOC) male and female athletes of year honors announced on Thursday. Competition will be particularly tight for Team USA female Olympic athlete of the year with Williams, only the second woman to win four … [Read more...]
Shutdown Corner’s midseason National Football League All-Pro team
Shutdown Corner's midseason National Football League All-Pro team The New England Patriots offense was represented with a couple of unanimous picks on Shutdown Corner's midseason All-Pro team, and their kicker made it too. The Denver Broncos top-ranked defense wasn't represented at all. Three Carolina Panthers defensive players made the team, however. With the season roughly at the midway … [Read more...]
The undefeated Toronto Raptors have picked up the pieces
The undefeated Toronto Raptors have picked up the pieces Sadly, the Toronto Raptors threatened to enter 2015-16 as one of the NBA’s great “meh”-teams. After yet another somewhat embarrassing first round ouster, it was posited by some that coach Dwane Casey was playing on borrowed time, and that the team’s core was too impish in some areas and far too overanxious in others. [Follow Dunks … [Read more...]
The Breakdown: Breakdown: Wednesday Action
The Breakdown: Breakdown: Wednesday Action Here are some breakdowns of last night’s action. Enjoy. Click here to follow me on Twitter. ORLANDO I thought the Magic lost two days ago and incorrectly wrote that in yesterday's Dose because it feels like their 1-4 record is 1-10. They’ve played very well in losses and you just hope from their perspective that they don’t slip and have things … [Read more...]