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During my long ride back from KC last night, ESPN radio had Tim Kurkjian on discussing the upcoming playoffs.
In my view, Tim’s one of the few bright minds left at ESPN, so I was disappointed in his response when they asked him the cliché “Can anyone beat the Phillies” question, and he basically gave the cliché answer of “I don’t think so.”
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Here are my updated fantasy football ratings for 2011. Assuming you are in a 10-14 team league, and you must start 2 RBs, 2 WRs, and at least 1 flex position, you need to know exactly who is valuable and how their value stacks up in relation to everyone else.
The top ten is always easy. After that, it gets a little messy.
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Some leagues are starting their playoffs this week. Others are moving into the second round. Regardless, the stakes are increasing, as is the need for many to find one more candidate for addition or subtraction that could mean the difference between winning and losing.
Here are some players whose stocks are up, and others whose are down, as you plan your playoff lineups.
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So it’s officially September. That means our favorite month of the year, October, is on its way and will be here soon.
Unlike any other sport, baseball is the one where failing 7 out of 10 times can make you a Hall of Fame caliber player. This is why it is so important to recognize who’s hot, who’s not, and catch guys when it benefits you the most. And as always, that’s what we are going to point out to you in this week’s hitting planner.
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Over many years of playing fantasy football, I have realized a few things:
And I’m okay with these things. In fact, if I can’t get one of the top three guys most years, I would prefer to have the backend of the draft and bookend my picks. This does a few things: it makes my decision a little easier by allowing me to grab two guys I want, and it allows me to see how the draft is unfolding and know when I need to start jumping on players I want.
This year you have AP, Foster, Jamaal Charles, CJ2K and Ray Rice as the guys I look at as super elite running backs. In PPR formats, I would put McCoy there as well. If you aren’t going to get one of those guys, what do you do?
First off, you have to have a plan and know your players.
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When Super Bowl XLVI arrives in Indianapolis come February 2012, it will be 19 years since one of the most iconic moments in the history of America’s most popular sporting event: Michael Jackson’s epic 1993 halftime show.
Unfortunately, the eternal King of Pop is no longer with us (he would have turned 53 just a few days ago on August 29th), and he thus he will never be able to follow in the footsteps of Bruce Springsteen, The Who, John Mellencamp, and others who have taken to the Super Bowl stage as older musicians, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t weave the musical brilliance of Michael Jackson into a post about the National Football League.
So enjoy this homage to my favorite musician of all time, Michael Jackson, as we kick off our coverage of the 2011 NFL season. Here are all 32 Week One starting QBs in the NFL…as Michael Jackson songs.
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In the latest fantasy football podcast I take reader questions from Twitter (@FantasyMSF) and r/FantasyFootball on a variety of topics. I also discuss why guys like Brandon Marshall, Anquan Boldin, Danny Amendola, Beanie Wells, Michael Bush, and Mike Tolbert are underrated and could play huge roles on your team this year.
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As I continue through my 25 Non-BCS teams to watch, the next stop is smack dab in the Midwest at a school that has become the measuring stick for “mid-major” success in recent years.
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@SportsByBrooks just tweeted the image below out, calling it “Very cool!” I think it’s even better than that, with more fun Easter eggs packed into it than you can even imagine.
It’s the cover image on the Cleveland Plain-Dealer’s college football preview issue, done by Chris Morris, and it is all kinds of awesome.
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On Wednesday, Texas A&M made it official that they intend to leave the Big 12 and join another conference. This decision to follow in the footsteps of Nebraska and Colorado just might be the move that ends the Big 12 conference once and for all. (Though not all agree.)
The Big 12 has stated that it wants to expand, but it remains unclear which teams they are going to pursue. In a little over 16 months this once proud conference has lost its elite status and now has become a giant mess struggling to hang on.
Here is a timeline of events that caused the Big 12 conference to be in its current state of possible dissolution. [Read more...]
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I love Gael Monfils, but count me as unimpressed with this behind-the-back trick shot from his second-round U.S. Open match against Juan Carlos Ferrero yesterday.
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Since Texas A&M announced its intention to leave the Big XII Conference, the conventional wisdom is that the conference will not survive much longer.
(For a complete timeline of the events that led to the Big XII’s current state, click here.)
Colorado and Nebraska left last year; and rumors that the SEC will go after Missouri or that the Oklahoma schools will bolt for the Pac 12/14 never seem to go away. Both the Big Ten and Pac 12 have long coveted Texas, and the Big East has suggested that it would welcome the four schools from the former Big XII North.
But is the Big XII really as doomed as everyone seems to think it is?
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In the first episode of The Bottoms Line College Basketball Podcast, I am joined by Rob Dauster of Ballin’ Is a Habit to talk about a wide spectrum of college basketball topics as hoops fans everywhere look forward to the 2011-2012 season.
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As September begins, fantasy baseball leagues around the country and entering their playoffs or engaging in the final weekly battle to make the postseason. Here are some names to pay attention to as the stakes raise with championships on the line.
