FanDuel MLB: Picks and Pivots for June 28 - Fantasy CPR Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Alert: Nats Calling Up Giolito by Brian Tulloch DraftKings MLB picks for June 28 by Mike Marteny May 25, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; A general view during sunset in the firth inning of the game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY … [Read more...]
Rinaldo, Stempniak Trades Leave Bruins Hamstrung In Restricted Free Agency – CBS Local
Rinaldo, Stempniak Trades Leave Bruins Hamstrung In Restricted Free Agency - CBS Local By Matt Dolloff, CBS BostonBOSTON (CBS) — First and foremost, restricted free agency is a rare beast in the National Hockey League. It’s exceedingly uncommon for a team to sign a restricted free agent to an offer sheet that the player would accept, mainly because of the rules regarding draft pick compensation. … [Read more...]
Sources: Hawks trying to get in Durant talks
Sources: Hawks trying to get in Durant talks 12:07 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 The Atlanta Hawks' free-agent priorities are re-signing forward Al Horford and swingman Kent Bazemore, but the Hawks are also trying to wedge their way into the Kevin Durant sweepstakes, … [Read more...]
Full 2016 bowl projections, with LSU the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff – SB Nation
Full 2016 bowl projections, with LSU the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff - SB Nation Chris Graythen/Getty Images Hello. They're gonna do a College Football Playoff again this year, along with a bunch of other bowl games. Let's guess who'll be in each of those games! Below are personal picks, filled out after picking a winner and loser for each game of the whole regular season, as is … [Read more...]
Practice speeds no longer used for qualifying if qualifying washed out
Practice speeds no longer used for qualifying if qualifying washed out NASCAR announced Tuesday that practice speeds will no longer be used to set the starting lineup for a Sprint Cup Series race if qualifying is rained out. Instead, owner points will be used to set the field, meaning it's a boost to teams at the top of the standings. If qualifying was rained out and first practice was held … [Read more...]
WADA suspends Kazakhstan anti-doping lab, 4 days after Rio (Yahoo Sports)
WADA suspends Kazakhstan anti-doping lab, 4 days after Rio (Yahoo Sports) Four days after shutting down work at the Olympic drug test laboratory in Rio de Janeiro, the World Anti-Doping Agency said it has suspended another lab, this time in Kazakhstan. WADA did not say how exactly the Almaty lab failed to pass such an assessment. As well as announcing a suspension for the Rio lab also last … [Read more...]
Indian sprinter Dutee Chand, reinstated, wants Olympic final (Yahoo Sports)
Indian sprinter Dutee Chand, reinstated, wants Olympic final (Yahoo Sports) Dutee Chand made the time just in time. Less than six weeks before the Rio de Janeiro Games, Chand became the first female Indian sprinter in 36 years to qualify for the Olympics. My hard work and that of my coach has paid off,'' a relieved Chand said in Almaty after winning her heat. … [Read more...]
England in the pits after Iceland fiasco at Euro 2016
England in the pits after Iceland fiasco at Euro 2016 Paris (AFP) – England were at one of their lowest points on Tuesday after Iceland’s battlers dumped them out of Euro 2016, coach Roy Hodgson quit, and the abject failure added to the national sense of post-Brexit turmoil. Ragnar Sigurdsson and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson claimed their place in sporting history with the goals on Monday that secured a … [Read more...]
Saints keeping camp in West Virginia following devastating floods
Saints keeping camp in West Virginia following devastating floods If there's any team that can understand the effects of devastating weather, it's the New Orleans Saints. But the franchise that was displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 has no plans of moving its training camp from West Virginia despite the devastating floods the area has been hit with in the past week. Instead, the Saints … [Read more...]
Steven Stamkos and financial case for staying with Lightning
Steven Stamkos and financial case for staying with Lightning When it comes to Steven Stamkos and his free-agent motivations, you hear a lot of things. Like how much he desires to be closer to Ontario, or the weight he gives to winning a Stanley Cup or playing his natural position at center. But in the end, Steven Stamkos is potentially the biggest free agent to ever hit the open market at … [Read more...]