Fantasy Hockey Sleepers for Week 12 (Apr 8-14)
Each fantasy season is full of injuries and players that just don’t meet your expectations. Being able to adjust on the fly and find studs on your league’s waiver wire is critical in a short season. Here are five players owned in less than 30% of Yahoo leagues who can help your team: Patric Hornqvist (15%): […]
LeBron James Returns, Heat Likely Not Done Resting
Even without LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Mario Chalmers, the Miami Heat have proven how scary good they can be. At this point in their dynasty, one can never say the San Antonio Spurs are ever at full strength with an aging roster, but even at full strength, the Spurs―seen as the Heat’s only real […]
What Gallinari’s ACL Tear Means For Championship-Hungry Denver
Kevin Ware’s injury has set a new standard for gore in basketball. So it was hardly stomach-turning to see Danilo Gallinari’s left knee bend slightly inward while making an almost uncontested drive to the basket against the Mavericks Thursday night. What was tougher to stomach was the Denver Nuggets’ contender hopes seemingly go out the […]
Fantasy Football: Drew Stanton, QB2 in Hiding
Yes, the name Drew Stanton should be familiar to you by now but he hasn’t really had a proper introduction to the fantasy football community just quite yet. How about we welcome him to the world of fantasy football with open arms, shall we? Oh, you’re not quite ready to do that just yet? Okay, […]
Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for April 5
If you referenced yesterday’s lineup, you’re probably not very happy, unless of course you replaced Mark Buehrle with someone who didn’t absolutely stink. The rest of our lineup did alright, but that’s why you should take these lineups with a grain of salt, and use them to supplement your own strategy. In the end, you’re on the […]
Daily Fantasy Hockey Picks for April 5
If you’re still reading my daily NHL picks after my last lineup—thank you. Many of the picks actually panned out, but two picks relegated us to daily fantasy despair: Joey MacDonald (-1.2 points) and Jarome Iginla (zero points). A common daily fantasy strategy is to anchor your team with a stud goalie. If you have […]
Fantasy Football: Ryan Mathews and the Infinite Sadness
Diving into Ryan Mathews’ 2012 numbers is a terrifying plunge into a deep, dark well of never-ending woe. I try to challenge any of the following: my preconceived notions, infernal groupthink, and firm conclusions based on small sample sizes. This goes for anything – politics, food, hair care – but especially for fantasy football. My […]
Some Minor NHL Trade Deadline Deals Might Have Big Fantasy Impact
In case you haven’t seen them, I have been covering the movement for the NHL trade deadline. While most sites will want to chip in their two cents on “winners” and “losers” in these trades, I am more concerned with the fantasy hockey impact. If you want to read up, here they are: F Ryane […]