Fantasy Roundtable: Roundtable: Is Shoelace the Answer? Jesse Pantuosco (@JessePantuosco): It’s nice when the Roundtable writes itself. The injury bug claimed several high-profile victims in Week 14 including Andy Dalton, Tyler Eifert, Jonathan Stewart, T.J. Yeldon, LeGarrette Blount and Thomas Rawls. Most fantasy owners took to the waiver wire to remedy the situation. Denard Robinson, Tim … [Read more...]
Financial Modeling wins Big A’s Queens County Stakes (The Associated Press)
Financial Modeling wins Big A's Queens County Stakes (The Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) -- Financial Modeling dominated the $100,000 Queens County Stakes, beating Tommy Macho by 4 1/2 lengths Saturday at Aqueduct. … [Read more...]
Air bag helps Olympic ski champion Mayer avoid major injury (The Associated Press)
Air bag helps Olympic ski champion Mayer avoid major injury (The Associated Press) Before he landed on his right side, the air bag vest under his race suit inflated and softened his landing. ''A crash can never be something favorable,'' International Ski Federation (FIS) technical expert Gunter Hujara said. After medical attention on the slope, Mayer was airlifted to a hospital in Bolzano. … [Read more...]
Alpine Skiing-World Cup Val Gardena men’s downhill results (Reuters)
Alpine Skiing-World Cup Val Gardena men's downhill results (Reuters) Dec 19 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the World Cup Val Gardena Men's Downhill on Saturday 1. Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway) 1:54.80 2. Guillermo Fayed (France) 1:55.23 3. Kjetil Jansrud (Norway) 1:55.26 4. Peter Fill (Italy) 1:55.52 5. Erik Guay (Canada) 1:55.70 6. Bryce Bennett (U.S.) 1:55.84 7. Vincent Kriechmayr … [Read more...]
NBA Expert Picks/Best Bets: Weary Bulls a longshot against the Knicks – CBSSports.com
NBA Expert Picks/Best Bets: Weary Bulls a longshot against the Knicks - CBSSports.com Our CBSSports.com NBA Expert Picks for Saturday, December 19, 2015 from Ananth Pandian, Zach Harper and James Herbert. First we'll share our best bets, then below, we'll measure ourselves against one another by picking three common games. For SportsLine picks, click here. For more CBS Sports Expert Picks, click … [Read more...]
Suspended Florida QB Will Grier will transfer
Suspended Florida QB Will Grier will transfer Will Grier is leaving the Florida program. After multiple reports surfaced with the news of the redshirt freshman quarterback’s departure, the Gators confirmed the news. In a release, Florida said Grier informed the program of his decision to transfer "late this week." “Will came to me about exploring his options to transfer,” head coach Jim … [Read more...]
Greg Cosell’s Look Ahead: The Packers new-look running offense
Greg Cosell's Look Ahead: The Packers new-look running offense Over the last four or five weeks, the Green Bay Packers’ passing game has been uneven and inconsistent. Coach Mike McCarthy took over the play-calling last week, and I think he was looking for a way to stabilize his offense. So he turned to the run game. The Packers’ offense looked a lot different last week against the Dallas … [Read more...]
Butler’s 3 comes up just short, Pistons outlast Bulls in 4OT epic
Butler's 3 comes up just short, Pistons outlast Bulls in 4OT epic The Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls made an exhausting bit of NBA history on Friday, playing deep into the night at United Center. A 68-minute affair that included 291 total points, 244 combined shots, 90 free-throw attempts, 51 3-pointers hoisted, 16 ties, 16 lead changes and a last-gasp offensive blitz by both sides in the … [Read more...]
Kyrie Irving says he’ll make season debut vs. 76ers on Sunday
Kyrie Irving says he'll make season debut vs. 76ers on Sunday Kyrie Irving told us earlier this week that, when he was ready to return to the lineup, he'd let us know himself. Evidently, the Cleveland Cavaliers point guard's a man of his word: I'm back.— Kyrie Irving (@KyrieIrving) December 19, 2015 [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] The All-Star point … [Read more...]
Heated Draymond Green, OJ Mayo face off after Warriors beat Bucks
Heated Draymond Green, OJ Mayo face off after Warriors beat Bucks The Golden State Warriors made sure everybody knew that they didn't appreciate the way the Milwaukee Bucks celebrated knocking off the Warriors last Saturday and snapping the defending champs' historic 24-game season-opening winning streak. They made sure everybody knew they'd be seeking vengeance when the Bucks visited Oracle … [Read more...]