The injury Yan Gomes suffered is every dude's worst nightmare Baseball fans will be forever divided on issues such as bat flips, bean balls and the DH, but if there's one thing that can unite us, it's this: It's never good to see a player taking a baseball to his body's most sensitive region. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] Unfortunately, it's become baseball's most painful … [Read more...]
10 Big Sports Predictions for the Second Half of 2016 – Bleacher Report
10 Big Sports Predictions for the Second Half of 2016 - Bleacher Report John Raoux/Associated PressAre you willing to take a shot on Blake Bortles winning NFL MVP this year? 2016 has already been a fascinating and historic year for sports. Leicester City shocked the Premier League and the footballing world. Peyton Manning played his last National Football League game and won the Super Bowl. … [Read more...]
Jabrill Peppers’ high school to play at Michigan Stadium
Jabrill Peppers' high school to play at Michigan Stadium Whatever your feelings toward Michigan and coach Jim Harbaugh are, you have to appreciate the Wolverines' ingenuity. Michigan will play host to New Jersey high school Paramus Catholic in September. Paramus Catholic, the alma mater of Michigan defensive back Jabrill Peppers, will play at Michigan Stadium on September 2. Michigan opens … [Read more...]
Where to find Brazil vs. Haiti Copa America game on TV
Where to find Brazil vs. Haiti Copa America game on TV If you’re trying to find out how you can watch Brazil vs. Haiti in the Copa America Centenario, you’ve come to the right place. All eyes turn to the Citrus Bowl in Orlando on Wednesday, June 8 as Brazil needs to get a win to inch towards advancing to the quarter-finals of Copa America against a very proud Haiti team who will be hoping for a … [Read more...]
Cavs rule Love out with concussion for Game 3
Cavs rule Love out with concussion for Game 3 1:37 PM ET Marc SteinESPN Senior Writer Close • Senior NBA writer for ESPN.com• Began covering the NBA in 1993-94• Also covered soccer, tennis and the Olympics CLEVELAND -- Despite his efforts to convince team officials that he's well enough to play, Cavaliers forward Kevin Love has been informed that he is not medically cleared to participate in … [Read more...]
Three Things to Watch: Golden State vs. Cleveland Game 3
Three Things to Watch: Golden State vs. Cleveland Game 3 Beating the Golden State Warriors four times in seven playoff attempts is tough as it is, no team has been able to do it since the early spring of 2014, a span that has included seven series’ in the time since. Beating them four times in five games is especially tough, as the Warriors have followed up all but one of their 14 (!) losses … [Read more...]
Finding the Fits: Saints have big plans for rookie wideout Michael Thomas – CBSSports.com
Finding the Fits: Saints have big plans for rookie wideout Michael Thomas - CBSSports.com (This is part of a series -- Finding the Fits -- in which NFLDraftScout.com will review the more intriguing picks made during the 2016 NFL Draft. The goal is to identify one relatively unheralded player per team who appears to be a good schematic fit and, therefore, more likely to be a surprise contributor … [Read more...]
Muhammad Ali wasn’t always ‘The Greatest’ at sponsorships (The Associated Press)
Muhammad Ali wasn't always 'The Greatest' at sponsorships (The Associated Press) Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest athletes of all time, but he didn't cash in during his prime the way you'd expect today. Product endorsements deals for the boxer were scarce, and in fact his most notable commercial during his earlier years was for a roach trap . Ali was a genius at self-promotion, and his … [Read more...]
The Worksheet: Winning, Losing and Plays
The Worksheet: Winning, Losing and Plays Since it’s a fertile time of the offseason for seasonal projections to start trickling in, I wanted to look backwards on 2015 for a moment while using it as guide to start your preparation for creating your own projections or just as a loose group of notes. The first place I always start when creating projections is diving into the number of plays a team … [Read more...]
The Numbers Game: A Decade in Perspective
The Numbers Game: A Decade in Perspective Who were the best fantasy players of the past decade? Which year was Kevin Durant's most productive, from a fantasy standpoint? These questions and more are the focus of today's Numbers Game, which aggregates every player's fantasy values for every regular season from 2006-2016. Not included are players who averaged fewer than 20 minutes or appeared in … [Read more...]