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Eric Cross' Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups: Hitters and Pitchers (Week 17)

Did you have a nice breather over the All-Star break? Well, now it's time to buckle up and strap back in for the second half of the fantasy baseball season. We're now entering the stretch run of the fantasy season, and every waiver wire addition becomes more and more valuable for those of you pushing […]

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Did the Giants give up another walkoff? Coors they did.

A drunken lifeguard. A laptop with no disk space. A millenial regularly buying and consuming avocado toast. The San Francisco Giants bullpen. What do they have in common? They’re not good at saving. That was the case Friday night at Coors Field, where the Colorado Rockies hit two home runs and scored five runs off […]

What José Mourinho’s appointment at Real Madrid means – from a Barcelona POV

José Mourinho will be Real Madrid’s new coach again. After a disappointing season, Los Blancos have turned to a familiar face again – just as they did in earlier seasons, going for Carlo Ancelotti’s and Zinedine Zidane’s second reigns. Florentino Pérez is betting that Mou 2.0 will be a success just as the second go-arounds […]

Xabi Alonso ‘to take a closer look’ at Nicolas Jackson at Chelsea — report

Unlike most of his Chelsea compadres, Nicolas Jackson got to experience life on a winning team this season as Bayern Munich completed their latest league-and-cup double. He may not have featured as much as he might have wished, but he still managed to get into double digits for goals (11) for the fourth successive season, […]

Diamondbacks 6, Mariners 7: Missed Opportunities

Game Summary The Diamondbacks offense gave themselves plenty of scoring opportunities, but they couldn’t capitalize on quite enough to come away victorious in front of a raucous, sellout crowd in Seattle. The Snakes left a whopping 13 men on base and went 3 for 17 with RISP. Brutal. There were plenty of great individual stat […]

Tide Swats Hornets, 21-3

As the 7th overall seed in the NCAA Tournament the Alabama Crimson Tide faced off with Alabama State on Friday night in the Tuscaloosa Regional. Bama dominated the Hornets, taking a 21-3 victory in a rocking Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Oklahoma State lost to South Carolina Upstate in first game of the day. USCU took an 8-5 […]

Fire Fizzle Down Stretch, Fall to Dream

The Portland Fire fell to the Atlanta Dream 86-66 to break a three-game winning streak. A massive fourth quarter from the Dream completely overwhelmed the Fire as they were unable to keep up with the outburst, losing the quarter 27-13. Portland was without Bridget Carleton in the matchup and were led by guard Sarah Ashlee […]

A’s No Match for Yankees in Series-opener Defeat

The Athletics and New York Yankees kicked off a three-game weekend series tonight in Sacramento. The A’s entered the game trying to end a three-game losing streak, while the Yankees sought to make it five-straight wins. The “Bronx Bombers” took the lead before most fans had reached their seats and did not look back, earning […]