StewPod Interview: Diamondbacks pre and post game host Mike Ferrin The Arizona Diamondbacks are the unofficial winners of the offseason. Ultimately, that means little. Unless they can perform when the games matter, what they accomplished over the past few months will be moot. [2016 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball is open for business. Sign up now] Still, they've managed to garner national attention … [Read more...]
College Basketball Picks: Saturday's Must-See Games – Campus Insiders
College Basketball Picks: Saturday's Must-See Games - Campus Insiders College basketball picks for five must-see games on Saturday, Feb. 13, including Kansas at Oklahoma and Virginia at Duke. Upsets are starting to really mean something when it comes to the rankings and eventual NCAA Tournament seedings, and every game means a little more this time of the year than it did in January or … [Read more...]
NHL Picks: Kings will snap Rangers' winning streak – CBSSports.com
NHL Picks: Kings will snap Rangers' winning streak - CBSSports.com Welcome to the NHL picks where hockey writers Adam Gretz and Chris Peters make their picks for all of the days games. Los Angeles Kings vs. New York Rangers, 7 p.m. ET The New York Rangers enter Friday's game against the Los Angeles Kings with wins in seven of their past nine games, including a four-game winning streak. The … [Read more...]
Cycling-UCI raid Mediterraneenne race, find no hidden motors (Reuters)
Cycling-UCI raid Mediterraneenne race, find no hidden motors (Reuters) Cycling's world governing body carried out unannounced spot checks on around 90 bikes at the La Mediterraneenne stage race on Friday, but found no evidence of mechanical doping. The raids came after a concealed engine was found in a bike ridden by 19-year-old Belgian Femke Van den Driessche at the recent UCI Cyclo-cross … [Read more...]
UCI raid Mediterraneenne race, find no hidden motors (Reuters)
UCI raid Mediterraneenne race, find no hidden motors (Reuters) Cycling's world governing body carried out unannounced spot checks on around 90 bikes at the La Mediterraneenne stage race on Friday, but found no evidence of mechanical doping. The raids came after a concealed engine was found in a bike ridden by 19-year-old Belgian Femke Van den Driessche at the recent UCI Cyclo-cross world … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Day cards to give to the special baseball fan you know
Valentine's Day cards to give to the special baseball fan you know Valentine's Day is just a few days away. So is baseball! In just a few days, teams will report to camps, marking the unofficial start of the season. There's a lot to love right now, especially for that special baseball fan in your life. While you may have already purchased a baseball-themed gift for that person, it doesn't … [Read more...]
Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez thumbs nose at England’s elite
Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez thumbs nose at England’s elite The baton passed from Eden Hazard to Riyad Mahrez in the second minute of Leicester City’s 2-1 victory over Chelsea at the King Power Stadium in December. As Hazard ambled over to close Mahrez down on the Leicester right, the Algerian nonchalantly popped the ball between his legs before advancing […] Photo credit: AFP The baton … [Read more...]
Roundball Stew: Stew: Zach Attack
Roundball Stew: Stew: Zach Attack Last week, Roundball Stew brought you a team-by-team breakdown featuring notes from every squad in the East. This week, with the All-Star break upon us, we dive into some recent trends from the West. Proceeding in alphabetical order, as always…DAL: It’s been a pretty brutal stretch for fantasy owners of Wesley Matthews (last nine games: 8.3 ppg, 34.2 FG), but on a … [Read more...]
Homer History: Alex Gordon ties Game 1 of the 2015 World Series
Homer History: Alex Gordon ties Game 1 of the 2015 World Series In our Homer History series, writers re-tell the stories of memorable home runs from their perspective. In this installment, Yahoo Sports college football and NASCAR writer Nick Bromberg re-lives Alex Gordon's clutch game-tying World Series home run. Ninety feet. The phrase haunted Kansas Citians all throughout the 2014-15 … [Read more...]
Five NHL captains that need to be traded (Video)
Five NHL captains that need to be traded (Video) If Dion Phaneuf can be traded, any captain can be traded! OK, probably not Jonathan Toews. But we digress. With the NHL trade deadline approaching, who are the other players wearing the ‘C’ that should be on the move? Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo Sports' Puck Daddy blog takes a look at five NHL captains who could use a change in scenery, for … [Read more...]