Michael Jordan jersey from final regular-season Bulls game sells for $173K at auction On April 18, 1998, Michael Jordan did what he'd done for most of the previous 14 years — put on a Chicago Bulls uniform, lace up his Nikes, and beat the New York Knicks. [Play Yahoo Daily Fantasy and get a 100% deposit bonus with your first deposit] Jordan scored 44 points in 40 minutes to pace the Bulls to … [Read more...]
Cast your vote for the best catch of Week 11 (Videos)
Cast your vote for the best catch of Week 11 (Videos) Each Monday, we’ll gather the best catches from the weekend (or the midweek games) and bring them here for you to vote on in a poll. There could be only a few nominees, or there could be five or six. It all depends on the weekend. If you have a catch you’d like to nominate, don’t hesitate to hit us up on Twitter (@YahooDrSaturday). The … [Read more...]
Exaggerator is 2-1 favorite for $1M Delta Downs Jackpot (The Associated Press)
Exaggerator is 2-1 favorite for $1M Delta Downs Jackpot (The Associated Press) VINTON, La. (AP) -- Exaggerator is the early 2-1 favorite for the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot this weekend, with 10 2-year-olds entered. … [Read more...]
Marek Vs. Wyshynski Podcast: Patrick Roy, bad NHL coach, edition with Dimitri Filipovic
Marek Vs. Wyshynski Podcast: Patrick Roy, bad NHL coach, edition with Dimitri Filipovic It's a Monday edition of Marek vs. Wyshynski podcast, in which we discussed: - Dimitri Filipovic of the PDOcast and a nomadic life as an analytics hockey writer joins us to talk about the New York Rangers, New Jersey Devils, Minnesota Wild, 3-on-3 overtime and his favorite beer-filled piñata, the … [Read more...]
Saints’ Sean Payton can make Rob Ryan his scapegoat if he wants to
Saints' Sean Payton can make Rob Ryan his scapegoat if he wants to Our Sunday suspicions haven't yet turned into Monday reality. But despite what Sean Payton said about Rob Ryan, there's an endgame for the New Orleans Saints head coach where Ryan isn't in the picture. We wrote after the Saints' 47-14 loss to the Washington Redskins — a team that had not scored that many points in a decade — … [Read more...]
Paul George likes his long jumpers: ‘I’m not a fan of analytics’
Paul George likes his long jumpers: 'I’m not a fan of analytics' Indiana Pacers star Paul George doesn’t care for “analytics,” whatever the heck that means in 2015. He doesn’t want to be bombarded with statistics that dive deeper into the game than your usual box score ticks, and in a lot of ways this is understandable. [Yahoo Fantasy Basketball: Sign up for a league today] George, who oddly … [Read more...]
Rookie of the Year 2015: Sizing up the finalists
Rookie of the Year 2015: Sizing up the finalists Award season is officially upon us! We've already seen Gold Gloves and Silver Sluggers handed out, but Monday begins the major award announcements. It's fitting that the Rookie of the Year award is the first of the Baseball Writer Association of America awards to be announced, considering 2015 was the year of the rookie. A number of top … [Read more...]
‘Rockmount,’ the short-film about Roy Keane’s youth career is a must-see
‘Rockmount,’ the short-film about Roy Keane’s youth career is a must-see Rockmount is a brilliant short film about Roy Keane’s youth career in Ireland and how he starts out on the road to success that led him to Manchester United and his national team. The 11-year-old Roy Keane, played by actor Craig Keane Harrington, started his career at Rockmount, the club […] Rockmount is a brilliant … [Read more...]
Derrick Rose is still experiencing double vision, and he might be for a while
Derrick Rose is still experiencing double vision, and he might be for a while Seven weeks after taking an elbow to the face that resulted in a broken orbital bone around his left eye requiring surgical repair, Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose is shooting 35.9 percent from the field and just 1-for-18 from 3-point range. His vision's still blurry, and it might be for quite a while: … [Read more...]
Debating the AL Rookie of the Year: Carlos Correa vs. Francisco Lindor
Debating the AL Rookie of the Year: Carlos Correa vs. Francisco Lindor The first of Major League Baseball's major postseason awards will be handed out Monday night (6 p.m. ET on MLB Network) and it'll bring the first big baseball debate of the week to an end. The National League's top rookie is pretty much a given: Kris Bryant will win. In the American League, though, you can make quite an … [Read more...]