CBS Sports Picks a Mt. Rushmore for Michigan State Football - The Only Colors Past trumps present for Spartans honorees. It's always fun to talk about who would make the Mt. Rushmore for any given team during the offseason, and CBS Sports has now chosen its own version for the Michigan State Spartans. We're in a historically successful era of MSU football, but the site's Tom Fornelli decided … [Read more...]
2016 MLB draft tracker: Phillies take Mickey Moniak with No. 1 pick – Sports Illustrated
2016 MLB draft tracker: Phillies take Mickey Moniak with No. 1 pick - Sports Illustrated The first round of the 2016 MLB draft has come and gone, and there were plenty of surprises up and down the board, including the Phillies' choice of high school outfielder Mickey Moniak with the No. 1 pick. Revisit each selection of the night with our tracker of every first-round pick, including the … [Read more...]
NBA Mock Draft 2016: Washington's Marquese Chriss soars into top 10 – CBSSports.com
NBA Mock Draft 2016: Washington's Marquese Chriss soars into top 10 - CBSSports.com The more I talk with sources around the NBA, the more I'm convinced that Marquese Chriss - a former borderline top-60 prospect in his high school class who played only one so-so season at Washington before entering this draft - really is going to be selected in the top 10 this month. Yes, he could go third … [Read more...]
MLB Draft's Most Valuable Picks – Sports On Earth
MLB Draft's Most Valuable Picks - Sports On Earth Here's the dirty truth about many of the great Draft day steals in MLB history: They didn't prove their greatness with the clubs that drafted them. Usually, no list of savvy picks is complete without mention of Nolan Ryan (12th round, 1965), Ryne Sandberg (20th round, 1978) or John Smoltz (22nd round, 1985), Hall of Famers all. But any acclaim … [Read more...]
Merson's Euro 2016 predictions: England to open with Russia win – SkySports
Merson's Euro 2016 predictions: England to open with Russia win - SkySports Paul Merson Football Expert & Columnist @PaulMerse Last Updated: 09/06/16 12:13pm England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland kick off their Euro 2016 campaigns in the coming days as thousands of fans from across the continent descend on France for a summer feast of football. Sky … [Read more...]
Mariners draft preview: GM Jerry Dipoto's strategy highlights risk statistics, common sense – The Seattle Times
Mariners draft preview: GM Jerry Dipoto's strategy highlights risk statistics, common sense - The Seattle Times In his first year with the Mariners, general manager Jerry Dipoto will have something that he didn’t in his first two years of his tenure as general manager of the Angels — a first-round draft pick. On Thursday, the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft — a three-day affair — will … [Read more...]
Dodgers look forward to the draft, an important part of their efforts – Los Angeles Times
Dodgers look forward to the draft, an important part of their efforts - Los Angeles Times The perception is that the Dodgers’ draft last year was a disaster. The first pick, Vanderbilt pitcher Walker Buehler, underwent elbow ligament-replacement surgery before throwing a professional pitch. The second pick, Louisville pitcher Kyle Funkhouser, rebuffed the Dodgers and … [Read more...]
Braves: A cautionary tale about drafting No. 3 – MyAJC
Braves: A cautionary tale about drafting No. 3 - MyAJC Mike Kelly.As the Braves finalize their options for the first two rounds of the MLB draft on Thursday night — the scouting department has been encamped in a Turner Field conference room since Sunday — the franchise anticipates a formidable haul. Not only do they possess the No. 3 overall pick, the club’s highest since 1991, but they will pick … [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...]
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...]