April, 2013 - XN Sports

Fantasy Football Average Draft Positions Sure to Rise: Wide Receivers

Spotting wide receivers with artificially depressed average draft positions (ADP) is a little easier than pinpointing quarterbacks and running backs who will see an ADP uptick because, for better or worse, there’s only a certain kind of fantasy owner participating in mock drafts today. Call them obsessive, call them degenerate, call them any manner of […]

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2013 NBA Playoffs Daily Recap (4/29)

NBA / By Anson Whaley

NBA Playoff action from Sunday saw the elimination of the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks, but that wasn’t it. The Boston Celtics fought off elimination and the Golden State Warriors continued piling up points. Here’s your daily recap of the 2013 NBA Playoffs. Spurs sweep Lakers with Game 4 win When the Lakers beat

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MLB Week 5: A Look Ahead at Key Storylines and Matchups

MLB / By Tony Consiglio

It’s hard to believe we’re already a month into the Major League Baseball season. Now that May is staring us in the face, we’re beginning to see how the league is shaping up—and the next week could give us a further understanding of the hierarchy of things. Divisional Matchups – This next week will bring

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Post NFL Draft Tiered QB Rankings for 2-QB Leagues

1 Comment / 2-QB Fantasy Football, NFL / By Salvatore Stefanile

Three days, 254 picks later, and the 2013 NFL Draft is finally over. Questions have been answered and quarterbacks have been chosen. As 2-QB fantasy league fanatics we obsessed over which quarterback would be drafted first. Would it be Geno Smith to the Jaguars, Raiders or Browns within the first six picks? Or would it

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2013 MLB Power Rankings – Week 5

MLB / By Tomas Laverty

The impossible has happened and the Braves have been bumped from their top spot in the 2013 MLB Power Rankings. For various reasons, their pitching has taken a turn for the worse over the past week. The unavoidable ascension of the Red Sox as baseball’s top team has occurred, Arizona and Colorado continue to dominate the NL West,

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2013 NBA Playoffs Daily Recap (4/28)

NBA / By Anson Whaley

The NBA playoffs continued on Saturday with four games, including a triple overtime thriller in Chicago. Here’s a recap of the day’s action. Bulls prevail in 3OT game over Nets, 142-134 In the best game of the postseason thus far, Chicago held on for a 142-134 win against Brooklyn in a triple overtime game. If

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2013 NBA Playoffs Daily Recap (4/27)

NBA / By Anson Whaley

The 2013 NBA Playoffs continued on Friday night. While the Golden State Warriors continued their quest of an upset, the Lakers and Celtics are on the verge of being swept. San Antonio defeats Los Angeles, 120-89 In the most anticipated matchup of the night, the San Antonio Spurs beat the Lakers to take a 3-0

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MLB: Ringing in the Strikeout Era

MLB / By Tomas Laverty

If good pitching isn’t your brand of baseball, then these times aren’t for you, and there’s more bad news; it’s only getting worse. Friday night’s trio of pitching gems by Kyle Kendrick, Anibal Sanchez and Jordan Zimmerman is just another example of how pitching has taken center stage in the past decade. It’s increasingly common

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April 2013