Yahoo Daily Fantasy Hockey: Tuesday's bargains and values By Neil Parker There are 10 games scheduled Tuesday, and marquee matchups include Western Conference bouts between the Blackhawks and Stars, Sharks and Blues and Kings and Wild.In the Eastern Conference, the Lightning host the Red Wings and the Ottawa-Washington game should be a nice matchup from which to target a few Capitals. … [Read more...]
NFL rule changes: All chop blocks illegal, extra-point distance set
NFL rule changes: All chop blocks illegal, extra-point distance set The NFL has passed a few notable rule changes, including expanding the definition of a chop block and setting the extra-point distance permanently, at the owners meetings in Boca Raton, Fla. All chop blocks are illegal now. A chop block, in broad terms, is when two offensive players high-low a defender, with one engaging him … [Read more...]
NBA Fantasy Trends: Stats & Pod: Honed Dipo
NBA Fantasy Trends: Stats & Pod: Honed Dipo Victor Oladipo has fixed his offensive game so much lately that he should be the pitch man Home Depot’s do-it-yourself fixing department. Or the plumbing department because he's piping hot? Or the kitchen deparment because his stat lines have everything but the kitchen sink? Or maybe the lighting department because he's lighting it up so much? OK, I'll … [Read more...]
Dwight Howard on James Harden: ‘I would never hate this man’
Dwight Howard on James Harden: 'I would never hate this man' The Houston Rockets have been in a nasty place all season. The training camp was a mess, former coach Kevin McHale was fired after a 4-7 start, and there have been incessant rumors that star guard James Harden pushed for that firing, wanted center Dwight Howard dealt; and that Howard’s thoughts toward Harden ran along the same … [Read more...]
President Obama seemed to enjoy himself watching the Rays in Cuba
President Obama seemed to enjoy himself watching the Rays in Cuba President Barack Obama is known for being a big baseball fan. The POTUS has thrown out ceremonial first pitches, appeared on sports podcasts and golfed with New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter. [2016 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball is open for business. Sign up now] Because he has more important things to do, it's pretty rare to see … [Read more...]
Phillies minor-league team to wear cheesesteak caps and jerseys
Phillies minor-league team to wear cheesesteak caps and jerseys The cheesesteak, the pride of Philadelphia, a delicious treat that unlike Ryan Howard, you can always count on. For one night this season, the cheesesteak is also becoming a baseball team. [2016 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball is open for business. Sign up now] The Philadelphia Phillies' Triple-A team, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, has … [Read more...]
Barrington hockey picks up big-game experience at state – Chicago Tribune
Barrington hockey picks up big-game experience at state - Chicago Tribune In the end, it was experience that separated the Loyola and Barrington girls hockey teams in the state championship game at the United Center. That was also true at the beginning — something that Loyola coach Conor Sedam, whose team made its third straight trip to the United Center, emphasized to the Ramblers before they … [Read more...]
Durant says elbow OK, to play vs. Rockets
Durant says elbow OK, to play vs. Rockets 1:54 PM ET print OKLAHOMA CITY -- Kevin Durant, after missing practice Monday with a sore right elbow, said he will be available to play for the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday against the Houston Rockets. "I'm fine," Durant said. "I'll be fine." Durant banged his elbow in the fourth quarter Saturday against the Indiana Pacers in Oklahoma … [Read more...]
Stat sheet error hits injured Nugget forward Kenneth Faried below the belt
Stat sheet error hits injured Nugget forward Kenneth Faried below the belt As one of the many millions of people whose eyes were glued to the ABC tilt between the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs, I missed this on Saturday night, but as evidently, power forward Kenneth Faried has a pretty interesting reason for being sidelined for the Denver Nuggets' Saturday matchup with the … [Read more...]
Chris Archer learns you can’t just hand a glove to President Obama
Chris Archer learns you can't just hand a glove to President Obama In the moments before the Tampa Bay Rays would play the Cuban National Team in a historic exhibition game in front of both U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban president Raul Castro, Rays ace Chris Archer learned an important lesson. [2016 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball is open for business. Sign up now] You can't just hand … [Read more...]