Week 13 NBA Injury Report: Hawk Down
It’s pretty rough when a team’s starter goes down, the backup is already hurt, and the backup’s backup injures his ankle the very next day. At the same time, it gives teams a chance to snag up previously irrelevant players like John Jenkins and Anthony Morrow and chuckle quietly while they put up serious numbers […]
In Defense of Plodders: Part 2
No one wants a volume runner on their fantasy squad. The very notion is an insult to our fake football acumen. The first part of “In Defense of Plodders,” however, showed that the least exciting running backs can have more than a little value when owners shoo them away for high risk, high reward runners. […]
Week 13 Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: The Waiters Game
As we approach the midway point of the season, we see a lot of the rookies and second-year players who were paid no attention around draft time really coming on as legit fantasy producers. Just half a season in the NBA can really develop a teenager into a real threat, let’s take a look at […]
In Defense of Plodders: Part 1
We’re a snobbish bunch sometimes. We roll into our August fantasy football drafts with very firm ideas of who we want, and who we don’t. Our approach is too often rigid, our confidence in evaluations unwavering. The best of us know this approach is misguided, and if a value is there, we take it. Defending […]
2012-2013 NBA’s Worst Shooters Through Week 11
In keeping with tradition, from time to time Sports Jerks Network provides its readers with information on the worst performers in a given league. With 11 weeks in the books, it’s time for a wrap up of the NBA’s worst offensive performers. All players are “qualified”, meaning they’ve played in the minimum number of games […]
2013 World Series Odds: Toronto Blue Jays Up, Cincinnati Reds Down
So much is made of odds. It gives fans a chance to gauge where Vegas is putting their chips, and in turn it provides the public with an idea of how the consensus perceives individual teams. While the silver bullet in gambling is not always to rely on the contenders, it has more to do […]
Fantasy Hockey Head-To-Head Primer And A Look Ahead to Week One
Welcome to the first of my weekly posts for the guys here at Sports Jerks! In these posts, I will be covering what you need to know for the upcoming week in fantasy hockey in reference to Head-To-Head leagues. It seems to me a lot of people are trying fantasy hockey for the first time […]
Washington Nationals 2013 Preview
Just three seasons ago, the Nationals had lost 100+ games in back-to-back years. In fact, they had finished above fourth place just once between 1997 and 2010. Over the last two seasons, the Nats have suddenly found themselves with 178 wins and have the best young team in the league. Washington has become the perfect […]