Week 7 Fantasy Basketball Stock Market: Low Miles
As a basketball fan, you grimace at the words “out indefinitely with a torn elbow ligament.” As a fantasy day trader, you can’t help but light up a little bit as you hit the search bar in your fantasy league to find the previously no-name bench rider who has stumbled into a starting job. Plenty […]
Three Ways to Avoid Thursday Night Fantasy Football Disaster
Thursday Night Football could be an exercise in pain tolerance for fantasy owners. How much patience can you exercise? How many near misses can you handle? Thursday night fantasy debacles, as I’ve discussed again and again in this space, leave a 72-hour hangover, leaving our heads swimming in fake football regret. The numbers stare back […]
Shin-Soo Choo Headlines 9-Player Trade, Goes to Cincinnati
One of the popular outfielders on the trade market this offseason not named Justin Upton has been Shin-Soo Choo. The five-tool star has spent most of his career with the Cleveland Indians, but, as a Scott Boras client, he is all but certain to test free agency when his contract expires after the 2013 season. […]
We Need To Talk About Joique Bell
The Detroit Lions’ primary running back is owned in just a tenth of ESPN fantasy leagues. But, you stammer with spittle on your lips and outrage in your heart, Mikel Leshoure is owned in 98 percent of ESPN fake football leagues. You just ran to your waiver wire and checked – he’s not there. Revise your […]
Kevin Youkilis Signs with Yankees, Breaks Hearts Across New England
The New York Yankees have now found their replacement for the injured Alex Rodriguez and it’s sure to make Boston Red Sox fans cringe. Kevin Youkilis has decided to accept the Yankees’ one-year, $12-million offer to head to the Bronx. New York issued him the contract last week, but Youkilis had been weighing other options, including […]
San Francisco Giants 2013 Preview
Having completed one of the more unlikely World Series runs in 2012 powered by even more unlikely names, the world champs are largely sitting out this off-season and staying pat with the team that got them there. The only moves they’ve made have been re-signings and the only rumors they’ve been involved in is the […]
NBA Week 7 Injury Report: Not So Harden
Plenty of stars are looking at good news and bad news in this week’s injury report. Just seven weeks into the season, expect to see these injury reports crowd up even more as these guys pile ailments on top of others. Also, Steve Nash returns for a record third injury update – on the same […]
Week 7 NBA Waiver Wire: Ring The Belinelli
It’s always a head-scratcher when a season-long bench player gets a starting job and exceeds all expectations. Remember Jeremy Lin? Why was that guy on the bench this whole time while some bum was playing serious minutes? Well, it’s a long season and eventually those things work themselves out. Luckily this week, we take a […]