Damian Lillard, Dirk Nowitzki lead list of All-Star snubs Selecting the members of an NBA All-Star team is an inherently flawed process in which fans and coaches must pick 12 participants among a much larger number of deserving players in each conference. Apart from outright confounding votes for starters or legacy picks of legends past their primes, the vast majority of All-Stars every year … [Read more...]
Riley: LeBron never requested Spoelstra be fired
Riley: LeBron never requested Spoelstra be fired 9:29 PM ET Michael WallaceESPN Staff Writer Close ESPN.com NBA reporter Blogs regularly on the Miami Heat 14 years covering the ACC, SEC, NFL and NBA print MIAMI -- If LeBron James ever wanted Erik Spoelstra fired as coach while a member of the Heat, the four-time NBA MVP never expressed that sentiment to team president Pat Riley. … [Read more...]
2016 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball open for you to sign up for the season
2016 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball open for you to sign up for the season The unofficial start of summer is here with the launch of Yahoo Fantasy Baseball for 2016. Everything you love about our game is back with several great new elements. [2016 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball is open for business. Sign up now] If you've never played fantasy baseball before, now is the perfect time to get in the game as … [Read more...]
Ed Carpenter to take sole ownership of IndyCar team (The Associated Press)
Ed Carpenter to take sole ownership of IndyCar team (The Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Ed Carpenter will retake sole ownership of his IndyCar team this season. … [Read more...]
By the Numbers: Identifying Top Scorers: TEs
By the Numbers: Identifying Top Scorers: TEs Whether it be DFS or season long, fantasy football is a decision-making game. We try to use the best processes possible to arrive at weekly lineup decisions, then watch the games to see the results. Although there are sure to be bumps in the road, over the course of time we should see positive results if our decision-making processes are positive.I've … [Read more...]
Hot Stove Digest: The market for Yovani Gallardo just got smaller
Hot Stove Digest: The market for Yovani Gallardo just got smaller Welcome to The Stew's Hot Stove Digest, our daily rundown of MLB news, rumors and gossip for Hot Stove season. Here you'll find a recap of all the day's action and other fun stuff from around the Internet. WHO'S IN? Now that the Houston Astros signed a starting pitcher, the Baltimore Orioles and Colorado Rockies remain the … [Read more...]
Why Simon Mignolet’s new contract shows Liverpool want to sell
Why Simon Mignolet’s new contract shows Liverpool want to sell Simon Mignolet’s new contract is still causing indigestion on social-media. The worry is not only that Liverpool want to keep him, which is hard enough to swallow, but that they want to keep for a long time; his contract now expires in 2021. The thing is, though, Liverpool have actually […] Photo credit: AFP. Simon Mignolet’s new … [Read more...]
StewPod: Who said it, John Rocker or Donald Trump?
StewPod: Who said it, John Rocker or Donald Trump? 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. With the Hot Stove running on low this week, one of the more interesting stories to emerge from baseball circles was ex-MLB bad boy John Rocker endorsing Donald Trump for president. It's hard to find a pair of … [Read more...]
Leicester City are sowing the seeds to be a top 4 contender for years to come
Leicester City are sowing the seeds to be a top 4 contender for years to come Leicester City isn’t simply a short-term phenomena that will disappear next season from the upper reaches of English soccer. When the Thai consortium led by Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha bought the club in 2010, the new ownership outlined a long-term plan to return the club to the Premier League and to eventually […] … [Read more...]
NBA Roundtable: Roundtable: Promising Bigs
NBA Roundtable: Roundtable: Promising Bigs Hey guys, welcome back to the NBA Roundtable! We have recently seen some huge performances from some promising young bigs around the league including Alex Len, Myles Turner, Willie Cauley-Stein, Nikola Jokic and Aaron Gordon, so I asked the Rotoworld hoops crew their thoughts on which guys they are most excited about moving forward. I’ll start us off… … [Read more...]