Daily Dime: Daniel Murphy, CarGo and assorted Astros We're searching for profit potential in the Friday slate, per the usual protocol. As always, we encourage you to review the MLB weather reports before finalizing lineups. [Yahoo Daily Fantasy Football: Enter our $1 Million Week 3 contest] Daniel Murphy, 2B, at Cin (DeSclafani), $16: Murphy has been a multi-hit machine in recent days, plus … [Read more...]

Nathan Peterman is now Pitt's starting quarterback Add Pitt to the list of teams making a change at quarterback. Panthers head coach Pat Narduzzi said Wednesday on the ACC coaches teleconference that Nathan Peterman will start for the Panthers when ACC play begins on Oct. 3 at Virginia Tech. Chad Voytik started the first two games of the season, but Peterman – a Tennessee transfer – was … [Read more...]

Rape kit tampering charge rocks Patrick Kane sexual assault case The lawyer for woman accusing Patrick Kane of sexual assault laid out incredible evidence tampering charges on Wednesday, after the rape kit administered to the woman was found on the doorstep of her mother’s home, opened and empty. “In my 30 years plus of being both a prosecutor and a defense attorney, I have never seen an … [Read more...]

UMass WR Jalen Williams arrested, says he was mistreated by police UMass WR Jalen Williams said he was mistreated by police after he was arrested Sunday morning. According to WWLP.com, Williams was charged with breaking and entering of a vehicle and larceny under $250. The 22News I-Team obtained the court documents which state that Williams and Ruben Encarnacion were pulled over after an … [Read more...]

Yogi Berra was a puckhead, too Yogi Berra died at age 90 on Tuesday, and the tributes and outpourings of appreciation for his life started immediately after. He was an icon in baseball and in New York sports, and you can say with confidence that there will never be another Yogi Berra, in the sense that no single athlete could combine the observational humor and grumbly charisma of the New … [Read more...]

Jim Furyk withdraws from Tour Championship with lingering wrist injury Jim Furyk has withdrawn from this week's Tour Championship in Atlanta, citing a wrist injury that forced him to withdraw from last week's BMW Championship after just six holes. The 2010 FedEx Cup champion sustained the left wrist contusion during the Deutsche Bank Championship, the second leg of four FedEx Cup playoff … [Read more...]

Bills' Richie Incognito returning to Miami, wants to put past behind him Buffalo Bills offensive guard Richie Incognito has lived up to his last name — and not his reputation — since joining his new team. Now he visits his old team, the Miami Dolphins, the one with which he affected his career almost irreparably with the whole hazing incident with Jonathan Martin that got Incognito suspended … [Read more...]

Thomas Vanek acknowledges what we figured about Thomas Vanek Thomas Vanek has a nightmarish first season with the Minnesota Wild, at least by his standards: 21 goals, 31 assists, a minus-6 in 80 games, followed by the first postseason in which he failed to scored a goal despite playing 10 games. In total, he’s gone 15 playoff games without a goal.  Oh yeah: There was also that off-ice … [Read more...]

Miesha Tate 'very frustrated with the UFC' after Ronda Rousey trilogy fight snub Miesha Tate is fed up with the UFC. After defeating Jessica Eye in July at UFC on FOX, “Cupcake” solidified a title shot against bantamweight kingpin Ronda Rousey. Unfortunately, those were just assurances made by UFC president Dana White, and none of those guarantees were in writing. Shortly after being … [Read more...]

Roy Nelson still skeptical in new era of UFC drug testing Roy Nelson has been a heavyweight fighter in the UFC for half a decade, and in that time, "Big Country" has fought 14 times against former champions and contenders in an era that can only be described as confusing. Nelson debuted as a winner of "The Ultimate Fighter" reality show in 2009. At the time, steroids were rampant and … [Read more...]