NHL Picks: Wild will end skid against Canucks in Torchetti's debut - CBSSports.com ?Welcome to the NHL Daily Picks where hockey writers Adam Gretz and Chris Peters make their selections for all of the day's games. Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver Canucks, 10 p.m. ET To say the Minnesota Wild are going through a rough stretch at the moment would be a pretty massive understatement. With only one … [Read more...]
How Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts’ golf cart ended up underwater
How Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts' golf cart ended up underwater MLB players officially go back to work this week, which means the likelihood of spring-training hijinks will be skyrocketing. So that sort of explains how Mookie Betts, the promising young Boston Red Sox outfielder, ended a round of golf Sunday with his golf cart underwater. [2016 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball is open for business. … [Read more...]
Starting five of fantasy hoops underachievers at All-Star break
Starting five of fantasy hoops underachievers at All-Star break With the All-Star break providing a respite from the action, it’s a perfect time to reflect on the players who caused you to scramble on the waiver wire for reinforcements during the first half of the regular season. Though a couple of the guys highlighted here are worth hanging onto, the majority have gone from starting … [Read more...]
Video: 5 storylines to watch at Daytona
Video: 5 storylines to watch at Daytona Daytona week has arrived. The Daytona 500 is a week away on Feb. 21 and to get you ready for the first points race of the season, Yahoo Sports' Jay Busbee brings you five things to watch at Daytona. Front row qualifying for the 500 is decided Sunday afternoon while the rest of the field will be assembled via the Duels qualifying races on Thursday, … [Read more...]
Watch Jeff Lerg deliver save of the year candidate in ECHL (Video)
Watch Jeff Lerg deliver save of the year candidate in ECHL (Video) Hockey earned the number one play of the night Sunday on SportsCenter thanks to Toledo Walleye goaltender Jeff Lerg. During a 3-2 shootout win over the Fort Wayne Komets, Lerg made 37 stops, including this save of the year stop in overtime that Garrett Meurs will be seeing in his dreams for a while. Via BCSN Sports: Change … [Read more...]
Report: TMZ paid $100,000 for Ray Rice videos
Report: TMZ paid $100,000 for Ray Rice videos The price for the videos that ended a career and rattled the NFL to its core: $100,000. That's how much TMZ paid for the two security camera videos of Ray Rice attacking his then-fiance Janay Palmer in an Atlantic City casino in February 2014. The videos, released separately, provoked outrage and put the NFL on the defensive in a way it had never … [Read more...]
Strike Zone: 2016 Breakdowns: Catchers
Strike Zone: 2016 Breakdowns: Catchers We’re kicking off year 18 of the Strike Zone with the catcher breakdowns this week. As usual, I’ll be going position-by-position this spring, highlighting players I see as underrated and overrated, as judged from early draft results. These columns are designed to complement the Rotoworld Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide, which is now available for purchase. … [Read more...]
Link: Josh Thomson's Section 1 tournament predictions – USA TODAY High School Sports
Link: Josh Thomson's Section 1 tournament predictions - USA TODAY High School Sports For more than a decade, we’ve published our primers on the Section 1 boys and girls basketball tournaments. They give your our outlook and offer our insights into what you can expect over the best two weeks on the local high school sports calendar. The boys primer ran in Monday’s Journal News and was … [Read more...]
Marshall gets custom championship belts as performance incentives
Marshall gets custom championship belts as performance incentives Marshall football has come up with a creative way to reward strong performances — championship wrestling belts. A group of program supporters have worked behind the scenes during the past year to help create championship belts that resemble the same ones used in WWE. And what they came up with was four belts, each weighing … [Read more...]
Manchester United leading race to sign Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Manchester United leading race to sign Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Manchester United are front runners in the race to sign Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The English club are reportedly ready to sign the player this summer for £70 million from the Bundesliga side. Last week, United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward told share holders that the club has cash … [Read more...]