NHL Three Stars: Capitals clinch playoff spot; Karlsson's OT winner No. 1 Star: Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators The Senators had the flare for the dramatic against the Minnesota Wild. With eight seconds to go in the game, Karlsson and Mark Stone setup Mika Zibanejad's tying goal. Then the captain slammed home the winner with 31 seconds remaining. No. 2 Star: Alex Ovechkin, Washington … [Read more...]

Fantasy Freak Show: NCAA tourney sleepers, busts and Cinderellas On today's completely mad episode, Brad Evans and Liz Loza dissect the NCAA tournament field region-by-region. In the South, will Kansas emerge unscathed? What team is its biggest roadblock? Will erratic Maryland get bit by the upset bug? Why is the winner of Wichita St/Vanderbilt dangerous?  Play Tourney Pick'em  |  Fill out … [Read more...]

Yahoo Free NHL Live Stream of the Day: Kings vs. Stars In what could be a preview of the Western Conference Final, the Los Angeles Kings visit the Dallas Stars Tuesday night. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Hockey contest today] The Kings are coming off a convincing 5-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks to remain atop the Pacific Division. Dallas, meanwhile, is looking to use its game in-hand on … [Read more...]

Arnold Palmer will not hit ceremonial Masters tee shot For the first time in 10 years, Arnold Palmer will not hit a ceremonial tee shot to kick off the Masters. Golf World's Tim Rosaforte reported Tuesday morning that the 86-year-old, four-time green jacket winner will not participate alongside Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. Palmer still plans to attend the year's first major and take part … [Read more...]

Jacob Markstrom saves puck barehanded vs. Jets (Video) At the NHL general manager meetings this week, there’s a raging debate about goalie equipment and whether reducing it would increase scoring.  So how many GMs took their notes and tore them into confetti when they saw Vancouver Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom stop a puck with his bare hand on Monday night? Winnipeg Jets defenseman Ben … [Read more...]

Lee McCoy could've made a whole lot of money as a pro at the Valspar University of Georgia senior Lee McCoy capped a great week at the Valspar Championship on Sunday with a solo fourth-place finish at Innisbrook, where his family had a condo, and on the Coppehead Course which he said he had played countless times. On top of finishing three shots out of the sudden-death playoff won by Charl … [Read more...]

Fantasy Baseball 2016: Every team's closer, all in one place Back in the day, it was almost impossible to save 20 games unless you threw 100-plus innings and looked as deadly as this dude. Saves were torture and relievers were terrible beast-people. But today, of course, saves are not so hard-earned, and the closer aesthetic is far less threatening. You can be as gentle as a lamb, toss 65 … [Read more...]

One thing the committee got right: Excluding South Carolina Play Tourney Pick'em  |  Fill out your bracket  |  Print it  |  Celebrity Challenge South Carolina pulled off a seemingly impossible feat for a power-conference team. The Gamecocks' schedule was so tissue-soft that they played only two games all season against RPI top 50 opponents. They won at Texas A&M on Feb. 6 and they lost at … [Read more...]

Five things the committee got wrong in this year's bracket Play Tourney Pick'em  |  Fill out your bracket  |  Print it  |  Celebrity Challenge It's as time-honored a Selection Sunday tradition as filling out a bracket and entering an office pool. As soon as the field of 68 is revealed, the bellyaching begins. The bracket this year's selection committee created offered plenty of reasons to … [Read more...]

LSU opts to skip postseason, likely ending Ben Simmons college days Play Tourney Pick'em  |  Fill out your bracket  |  Print it  |  Celebrity Challenge It's football season again at LSU, or it might as well be, after the basketball program announced Sunday that it would not be participating in any postseason tournaments, likely ending the college career of freshman Ben Simmons.The Tigers … [Read more...]