With 7th pick in draft, Red Sox have world of possibilities - Boston Globe (subscription) Comments Print AP Frank Thomas (center) has the highest career WAR of any No. 7 pick in the MLB draft from 1965 to 2014. By Alex Speier Globe Staff  June 08, 2015 It is a lofty draft perch, an opportunity that the Red Sox hope they rarely encounter. For just the third time in the last 48 years, the Red Sox … [Read more...]

Catching up with a decade's worth of No. 1 picks - Yahoo Sports The baseball draft doesn't draw the type of obsessive interest from fans that, say, its NFL counterpart does.Perhaps that's because it takes place in the middle of the season, when there are actual games to focus on. Or maybe it's because even the very top picks will need a bit of seasoning in the minors before making an … [Read more...]

Sports shorts: Missouri picks up three football commitments - STLtoday.com The Missouri football team picked up three oral commitments over the weekend. Late Saturday night, Bryce Banks, a defensive back from Rock Bridge High in Columbia, Mo., announced his decision on Twitter. His teammate, Rock Bridge defensive end Tre Williams, committed Friday while attending Mizzou’s team camp in Columbia. … [Read more...]

Weekend ratings predictions: NBA Finals, Belmont Stakes and more - SportingNews.com Ratings predictions for the weekend in sports television, starting with Game 2 of the NBA Finals. NBA Finals, Cavaliers-Warriors Game 2 (8 p.m. ET Sunday, ABC): Game 1 was the highest-rated and most-watched opener since 2001, earning a 10.6 rating and 17.8 million viewers, but ABC has to be disappointed entering … [Read more...]

Weekend ratings predictions: NBA Finals, Belmont Stakes, and more - SportingNews.com Ratings predictions for the weekend in sports television, starting with Game 2 of the NBA Finals. NBA Finals, Cavaliers-Warriors Game 2 (8 p.m. ET Sunday, ABC): Game 1 was the highest-rated and most-watched opener since 2001, earning a 10.6 rating and 17.8 million viewers, but ABC has to be disappointed entering … [Read more...]

FANTASY NASCAR PREVIEW Axalta 400 Top Driver Picks - FOXSports.com This week we pass the halfway point in the run up to the Chase for the Cup as the series will pay a visit to Pocono Raceway for the first of two races at the track this summer. The three-turn oval located in the mountains of Pennsylvania is unlike any other oval track on the circuit. Pocono has been referred to many times over the … [Read more...]

Women's World Cup predictions: US, Germany, Japan are favorites - USA TODAY UP NEXT03 ]]> This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. … [Read more...]