MLB Picks and Pivots – FanDuel Picks April 22 - Fantasy CPR DraftKings MLB Picks For April 22 by Mike Marteny FanDuel Economics: MLB Friday, April 22nd Picks by Matt Rogers Apr 17, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija (29) looks back after allowing a two-run home run to Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Joc Pederson (L) during the fifth … [Read more...]
NHL Three Stars: Penguins get offensive; Blackhawks survive
NHL Three Stars: Penguins get offensive; Blackhawks survive No. 1 Star: Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins Malkin led the way for Pittsburgh with two goals and two assists as the Penguins took control of their series with a 5-0 victory over the New York Rangers. Malkin’s four points tied a playoff career high he set in the 2009 Eastern Conference Final against the Carolina Hurricanes. The … [Read more...]
NFL draft's Day 3 difference-makers – Sports On Earth
NFL draft's Day 3 difference-makers - Sports On Earth By Doug Farrar Last season, among the 32 players selected in the first round of the draft, a grand total of five (Saints linebacker Stephone Anthony, Falcons linebacker Vic Beasley, Redskins guard Brandon Scherff, Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters and Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston) started all 16 games for their teams. Among the … [Read more...]
2016 NFL Rookie Predictions: Corey Coleman – Yahoo Sports (blog)
2016 NFL Rookie Predictions: Corey Coleman - Yahoo Sports (blog) Bench presses counted. Cone drills clocked. And tape reviewed. While NFL scouts have been scribbling in their notebooks for months, fantasy owners are just now examining this year’s incoming class. In order to keep fans of the virtual game fully informed and a step ahead of the competition, the Roto Arcade crew is here to … [Read more...]
Rashford unlikely to make squad – Hodgson
Rashford unlikely to make squad - Hodgson 10:47 PM GMT England manager Roy Hodgson has been "very impressed" by Marcus Rashford but has intimated it is unlikely the Manchester United teenager will go to Euro 2016. The 18-year-old's recent emergence has been astonishing, having gone from a relative unknown at United to become one of the country's most talked about players. Rashford has netted … [Read more...]
Harden’s late winner salvages Game 3 for Rockets vs. off Warriors
Harden's late winner salvages Game 3 for Rockets vs. off Warriors After Monday's Game 2 loss, many wondered what it would possibly take for the ever-disappointing Houston Rockets to beat the Golden State Warriors with or without NBA MVP Stephen Curry. Thursday's Game 3 provided a complicated answer, but an answer nonetheless. It just isn't especially clear if any of the circumstances that … [Read more...]
Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: DeMarre Carroll is back
Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: DeMarre Carroll is back Thursday night brought a Raptors road win in Indy, a Thunder blowout in Dallas and a thrilling Rockets win with Stephen Curry watching from the sidelines. Follow me on Twitter by clicking here! Thunder 131, Mavericks 102 – The Thunder won this one easily and things got chippy, as Raymond Felton had a complaint just about every time he was … [Read more...]
How a possible 29-year-old man played a season of high school hoops
How a possible 29-year-old man played a season of high school hoops One morning last spring, Gregory Dole received a call from a friend with whom he'd played high school basketball in Tanzania nearly two decades ago. Deng D'Awol asked Dole for help finding a school in Canada that would be interested in a 16-year-old basketball phenom he'd discovered in war-weary South Sudan. "Deng told me, … [Read more...]
Arrieta twirls second no-hitter
Arrieta twirls second no-hitter The first no-hitter of 2016 belongs to a guy who has been there before. Cubs ace Jake Arrieta blanked the Reds at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Thursday for the second no-hitter of his career. The final score was 16-0 (box score). Arrieta threw 119 pitches in the masterpiece. He struck out six and walked four. The Reds are in the middle of a massive … [Read more...]
The Walk Off: Jake Arrieta tosses second career no-hitter
The Walk Off: Jake Arrieta tosses second career no-hitter Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about. How's this for team of destiny? The Chicago Cubs entered the season as the overwhelming World Series … [Read more...]