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Last Week’s Duds, This Week’s Studs

Last Week’s Duds, This Week’s Studs One thing that is wrong with us as a society is we overreact to everything. Whatever happened moments ago is all we can seem to remember. A player sucks because he dropped a pass, a QB sucks because he threw a pick, another player is dead to you because […]

Constructing A Contrarian Team

Constructing A Contrarian Team Often times the person who takes down a big tournament has guys on his team who are low owned, under the radar guys who have big days. The player could be low owned because he has been an under-performed, had a bad matchup, or is a risky play. Now the key […]

Preseason Week 2. The Little Things

Note: The purpose of this piece is to go deeper than stats and note what I see in each game. Patterns that teams develop and ways to exploit them. I want to see what type of players each team can struggle with and gain an advantage of competition week in and week out. As this […]

Reds’ DeSclafani’s first Rehab Start

On Friday April 29th , I went to Fifth-Third Field to watch the Dayton Dragons take on the Clinton Lumberkings. Although the Dragons lost, I did see Cincinnati Reds’ starter Anthony DeSclafani pitch in a rehab game while recovering from injury. He pitched great over his five innings. DeSclafani, on the Reds disabled list with a strained oblique, […]

Stanley Cup Playoffs: Round 1 Preview

(Credit/NHL.com) The regular season has come to an end and the first round match-ups have been set. This is sure to be an exciting first round with top seeds and wild card teams matching up well. I expect there to be a few ‘upsets’ and low scoring affairs throughout. I would like to start off […]

Comparing NFL Free Agents To Presidential Candidates

(Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Image) If you’re anything like me, in the last week, your free time has been spent speculating where the biggest NFL free agent’s are going to sign and how your preferred Presidential candidate performs in the ongoing debates. So in the spirit of two things that could not be anymore dissimilar, […]

Ben Simmons Could Make History

(Getty Images) Ben Simmons has been the hot name in college basketball all season, however, his team has been far from it. LSU finished the season 19-14 after a 71-38 beat down at the hands of Texas A&M. Simmons finished the season leading LSU in everything…no seriously…everything. The freshman standout led the team in minutes […]

Eagles Welcome New Birds Into The Nest

This week was a very busy one for the Eagles’ front office. The wheeling and dealing resulted in the team getting a wealth of young talent on the free agent market, clearing some salary cap space and gaining better position in next month’s NFL Draft. Whenever a franchise can accomplish all three of those feats […]

Addressing The Phillies’ Outfield Situation

The Hendu Flu isn’t the only thing going around the Phillies’ clubhouse this Spring Training. The Phillies’ outfield has also fell victim to the injury bug. Cody Asche,who has been sidelined with an oblique injury since early March, has no time-table to return while Aaron Altherr will miss 4-6 months after undergoing wrist surgery Wednesday. […]

The Difference Between 13 and 8

What is the difference between 13 and 8? You do not need to be a mathematician to figure it out. The difference between 13 and 8 is 5, however, for the Philadelphia Eagles, it is much more than that. On Wednesday, the Eagles officially announced a deal sending Byron Maxwell, Kiko Alonso and their first […]

Key Match Ups For Final Month Of Season

We are now into the final month of the NHL season. With the exception of the Metropolitan division, all division titles will not be decided until the final week of the season. This will impact first round playoff match-ups and guarantees exciting hockey action to wrap up the season. The wild card spots in the […]

Flyers Pull Within Two Points Of Playoff Spot

After coming off of a 6-0 win over division rival, Columbus Blue Jackets, and playing their final game at home before traveling, you would think the Flyers would have a strong start to this game well… a slow start from the Flyers gifted the Lightning an early first period goal, putting the Flyers down 1-0. […]

Gudas Leads Flyers Past Columbus

(Getty Images) Well that was fun! Wow, that might be the first time I’ve said that non-sarcastically this season. The Flyers were coming in off of brutally disgusting loss to Edmonton and definitely could not let another 2 points slip to another bad team. Fortunately the Flyers were on the right side of a blow […]

Phillies Walk Off Against Atlanta

(Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports) The Phillies took home their second win of Spring Training today, beating the Atlanta Braves 12-11 in an absolute slug-fest. One bright spot for the Philadelphia pitching staff was the work of Jeremy Hellickson. Hellickson gave up one run over two innings of work, striking out five Braves in the […]

Top Five Destinations For Mario Williams

In a move that will not surprise many Buffalo Bills fans, the Bills decided to part ways with Mario Williams today. The Bills cut Williams in large part due to his massive salary (the cut will create about $12M in cap space) but that was not the only reason. The Bills defense, lead by the […]

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