Andy Van Slyke implies Clayton Kershaw wants Yasiel Puig off the Dodgers It's officially rumor season for Major League Baseball. During the couple of weeks that exist between the World Series and the winter meetings, crazy rumblings begin the emerge from all types of sources. The latest gossip comes courtesy of former big leaguer Andy Van Slyke. Van Slyke appeared on St. Louis radio, where … [Read more...]
Debating the AL MVP: Josh Donaldson vs. Mike Trout
Debating the AL MVP: Josh Donaldson vs. Mike Trout It's time for baseball to hand out some MVP awards, which coincides with the annual tradition of debating just how good of a player Mike Trout is. This year, like years before it, features a storyline we know well: Is Mike Trout actually better than the MVP favorite getting lauded for his collection of tradition-friendly stats? The answer … [Read more...]
Week 11 NFL Predictions: Palmer, Cardinals will take care of Dalton, Bengals – FOXSports.com
Week 11 NFL Predictions: Palmer, Cardinals will take care of Dalton, Bengals - FOXSports.com Carson Palmer was in the middle of one of the best games of his professional career, on a nationally televised primetime stage in a hostile road environment, and lighting up what was supposed to be a defense that’d had his number in recent years. There he was, a quarterback who at 35 was silencing critics, … [Read more...]
Ole Miss: Denzel Nkemdiche’s condition improving, not life-threatening
Ole Miss: Denzel Nkemdiche's condition improving, not life-threatening Ole Miss linebacker Denzel Nkemdiche has officially been ruled out for Saturday’s game against LSU and will remain hospitalized. In a statement released Thursday via Ole Miss athletics, Nkemdiche’s parents and Rebels head coach Hugh Freeze said that Nkemdiche’s condition is “not life-threatening.” “Denzel’s condition has … [Read more...]
Thursday's Picks: Rangers will win 10th straight
Thursday's Picks: Rangers will win 10th straight Welcome to the NHL Daily Picks where hockey writers Adam Gretz and Chris Peters make their selections for all of the day's games. New York Rangers vs, Tampa Bay Lightning, 7:30 p.m. ET It's been more than a month — October 15, to be exact — since the New York Rangers lost a hockey game in regulation. That loss came in the fifth game of the … [Read more...]
NFL draft: Making comparisons of top 2016 prospects to current NFL players
NFL draft: Making comparisons of top 2016 prospects to current NFL players Player comparisons are a very common and popular but quite unscientific draft metric. A since-retired scout once told us, “If you can’t compare a player you’re scouting to someone else, you’re not looking hard enough.” That’s fair, but to whom might one compare, say, Cam Newton? Coming out of Auburn he appeared to be … [Read more...]
Bucks’ Jabari Parker (right foot sprain) to return, start against Cavaliers
Bucks' Jabari Parker (right foot sprain) to return, start against Cavaliers When the Milwaukee Bucks take the court at Quicken Loans Arena on Thursday to match up with the Cleveland Cavaliers in their first regular-season appearance on TNT in nearly 13 years, they'll have Jabari Parker both in uniform and in the starting lineup, marking his return from the right mid-foot sprain that briefly … [Read more...]
Report: Ole Miss LB Denzel Nkemdiche in ICU since Monday
Report: Ole Miss LB Denzel Nkemdiche in ICU since Monday Ole Miss senior linebacker Denzel Nkemdiche is currently in the intensive care unit of Baptist Memorial Hospital - North Mississippi where he has been staying since Monday, according to RebelGrove.com. It is unclear why Nkemdiche was in the hospital, but according to the report, he did not check in with teammates on Monday following … [Read more...]
McIlroy trails four players, including Poulter and Kaymer, by 2 at Euro Tour finale
McIlroy trails four players, including Poulter and Kaymer, by 2 at Euro Tour finale Rory McIlroy didn't play his best golf in Thursday's first round of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, but the European Tour's Race to Dubai leader is in position to lock up his third season-long points title in four years. The Ulsterman shot 4-under 68 at the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates to … [Read more...]
Austrian cross-country skier suspended in doping probe (The Associated Press)
Austrian cross-country skier suspended in doping probe (The Associated Press) Austrian cross-country skier Harald Wurm was provisionally suspended Thursday amid a doping investigation, a week before the start of the World Cup season. The Austrian ski federation said the head coach of the cross-country team, Gerald Heigl, temporarily stepped down until Wurm's case is completed. In August, … [Read more...]