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Balance is one of the most important things when building a fantasy basketball team. Drafting scorers, rebounders, and assist men is crucial. However, efficiency can be just as important in 8 or 9-cat leagues. Shot opportunities matter, but poor percentages can drag your team down in the long run. Are

It’s just the first week of October, but already this is shaping up to be one of the most interesting Heisman Trophy race in recent years. You’ve got a two-way player in Travis Hunter, who is averaging 132 snaps per game and having an incredible impact in games as both

The Eagles don’t have a game this week and offensive coordinator Kellen Moore said Tuesday that they have identified one significant change they’d like to make when they return to action against the Browns in Week Six. Moore wants to see the team come out of the locker room with

During the Jets’ Week Three win over the Patriots, an awkward moment occurred when head coach Robert Saleh appeared to try to hug quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Rodgers pushed Saleh in the chest. Rodgers downplayed any notion that it was a sign of any issue with their relationship, but the

So we have arrived again at one of those moments, increasingly common in modern sports, where upon the death of a significant figure in some game or another, the populace of sports fans seeks out a comforting memory to define the fallen hero, only to run headlong into the uncomfortable

SAN DIEGO (AP) Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a towering two-run homer on his first playoff swing in four years and Michael King struck out 12 in his first postseason start as the San Diego Padres beat rookie AJ Smith-Shawver and the Atlanta Braves 4-0 in Game 1 of their NL

NEW YORK — Sabrina Ionescu and her New York teammates downplayed being on the brink of knocking off the Aces. In their mind, they haven’t accomplished anything yet. Ionescu scored 24 points and the Liberty beat Las Vegas 88-84 on Tuesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five

MINNEAPOLIS — Courtney Williams scored 17 points and Alanna Smith had 15 points to help the Minnesota Lynx offset an off night for star Napheesa Collier and beat the Connecticut Sun 77-70 to even the best-of-five WNBA semifinal series at one game apiece on Tuesday. Collier, who scored 80 points

MILWAUKEE — Mark Vientos hit a tiebreaking, two-run single during a five-run outburst in the fifth inning as the indefatigable New York Mets continued their thrilling week by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4 in an NL Wild Card Series opener Tuesday. The Mets didn’t earn a playoff berth until they

Titans defensive end Jeffery Simmons doesn’t plan to miss another game. Simmons was inactive with an elbow injury during Monday night’s win over the Dolphins, but he said he does not expect the issue to continue to sideline him once the Titans return from their bye week. “I feel much

MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens forward Patrik Laine is expected to miss two to three months with a sprained left knee that won’t require surgery. The Canadiens announced the injury update Tuesday after Laine exited early in Saturday’s 2-1 preseason loss to Toronto following a knee-on-knee collision with Maple Leafs forward

49ers left tackle Trent Williams is in his 15th season. He doesn’t know how much longer he will play. “I don’t think I’m going to put an expiration date on it,” Williams told Rich Eisen on the Rich Eisen Show, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. “I think I’m going to

BALTIMORE (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. made the most of his much-anticipated playoff debut, driving in the only run Tuesday to back Cole Ragans’ six sharp innings and help the Kansas City Royals return from a nine-year postseason absence with a 1-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1

HOUSTON (AP) — Tarik Skubal kept up his stellar season with a sensational playoff debut and the Detroit Tigers got to Framber Valdez early in a 3-1 win over the Houston Astros in their AL Wild Card Series opener on Tuesday. The Tigers, swept in the American League Division Series

Ryan Walters’ tenure as Purdue head football coach has not started as intended. Purdue is 5-11 with Walters at the helm, and they have struggled mightily on both sides of the ball. After starting this season 1-3 and having an offense that ranks outside the top 100, Walters decided to

Pondering some tough flex choices for your fantasy lineup? Adam Rank sorts through the running backs, receivers and tight ends to present his top 150 flex options each week for the 2024 fantasy football season, with some useful nuggets of analysis sprinkled in. The ranking is based on a 0.5

Here are the the tee times and groupings for the first round of the Sanderson Farms Championship. This content was brought to you by: NFL

NASCAR will have teams make changes to cars ahead of Sunday’s Cup playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway in an effort to keep the vehicles from going airborne. The modifications comes after Josh Berry got upside down and Michael McDowell’s car went airborne in separate crashes at Daytona in August and

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani already was a superstar with his hitting and pitching accomplishments over six years with the Los Angeles Angels. Yet every October, Ohtani vanished, with the Angels having a losing record and never making the playoffs. Coming up Interstate 5 to the Los Angeles Dodgers seemingly

The Lions didn’t only get Jared Goff when they traded Matthew Stafford. They also got two first-round draft picks from the Rams, and with one of those picks, the Lions traded up in the 2022 NFL draft to select wide receiver Jameson Williams. Goff is very happy with how that

On Monday night, Lions quarterback Jared Goff was perfect in every respect. In one specific respect, Lions coach Dan Campbell was not. Campbell forgot to give Goff a game ball after his 18-for-18 performance, which included two passing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown. “I just gave the game ball to

A NASCAR official said Tuesday that the sanctioning body will examine a rule in the offseason that has sidelined two drivers in recent weeks after wrecks despite pleas to take their cars back to pit road for repairs. NASCAR ruled that Josh Berry was done for the day after a

The Dolphins did not get much of anything going offensively in their 31-12 loss to the Titans on Monday night. Making his first start at quarterback for the club, Tyler Huntley finished 14-of-22 for 96 yards but was also the team’s leading rusher with 40 yards and a touchdown —

It took until the final game of the regular season, but the Atlanta Braves did earn a Wild Card berth with a 3-0 win over the Mets on Monday evening. Their reward? A late-night flight to San Diego for Game 1 of their Best of Three Wild Card series against

Another playoff race, another shake-up of the NBC Sports NASCAR Power Rankings. Christopher Bell is the new No. 1. The top 10 has two new drivers this week, including Kansas winner Ross Chastain. The series heads next to Talladega Superspeedway. NBC’s coverage Sunday begins at 1:30 p.m. ET. NBC Sports

NEW YORK — Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83. Stephanie Wheatley, a spokesperson for Clark County in Nevada, confirmed on behalf of

Well, we’re a month into the season, and just as everyone predicted the Minnesota Vikings are 4-0 and have the highest-scoring team defense in fantasy football. No, really, it’s true. The Vikings haven’t played great defense—especially of late. As a matter of fact, after four weeks, there isn’t a team

The Seahawks have moved the ball, getting to the 50 before punting on fourth-and-3 and getting to the Detroit 34 before DK Metcalf’s fumble. Their third possession was the charm. The Seahawks went 70 yards in 10 plays, with Ken Walker running it in from the 1. It has cut

In most cases of a potentially serious knee injury, an MRI is performed no later than the next day. The results are then announced or leaked. In the case of Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice, an MRI on his injured knee was performed on Monday, per a source with knowledge of

On a key two-point attempt late in the third quarter of Monday’s Seahawks-Lions game, Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf appeared to make the catch and get a knee inbounds in the end zone. And while a pass interference call on Detroit gave Seattle another chance (it failed), the first one should

Maybe they will call it the Detroit Special. Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown took a handoff from quarterback Jared Goff and started right. Goff sneaked out to the left, and St. Brown stopped and threw it back to Goff. Seahawks linebacker Trevis Gibson saw it, but too late to break

The Lions have figured out their red zone woes . . . for this game anyway. They are 3-for-3 in the red zone on Monday Night Football after scoring only five touchdowns in 13 red zone chances in the first three games. The Lions lead the Seahawks 21-7 at halftime.

The Seahawks faced a fourth-and-three at the 50. Dan Campbell would have gone. Analytics said to go. Seattle coach Mike Macdonald chose to punt. The Lions started at their own 7, but it didn’t matter. They went the distance in 12 plays. Detroit entered the night 29th in red zone

UConn landed its first commitment of the 2025 recruiting cycle on Monday, when five-star guard Darius Adams committed to the defending champion Huskies. Adams chose head coach Dan Hurley’s juggernaut over fellow finalists Tennessee and a number of other high-major scholarship offers. Below, Rivals national analyst Rob Cassidy explores what

Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson left Sunday’s game with what the team called a right hip injury. Coach Steve Steichen said Monday he did not think it was a “huge, huge injury” for Richardson. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Richardson has oblique and abdominal strains and is considered day

Seeing wide receiver Mike Evans listed as a non-participant in practice would usually be an alarming development for the Buccaneers, but Monday’s circumstances make it a little less worrisome. The Buccaneers play the Falcons on Thursday, so they only held a walkthrough on Monday and estimated practice participation levels. That

The Dolphins have announced one practice squad elevation for Monday night’s game against the Titans. Miami has elevated receiver Dee Eskridge to the active roster. Eskridge was active for last week’s loss to Seattle. He recorded one catch for 30 yards and one 28-yard kick return while playing eight offensive

The Titans elevated defensive lineman Abdullah Anderson and cornerback Tre Avery from the practice squad for Monday Night Football. The team plays the Dolphins in the early game tonight. Anderson originally signed the Titans on Aug. 16. He was released 11 days later but then re-signed to the practice squad

Linebacker Rashaan Evans is returning to the Falcons. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Evans is signing to the team’s practice squad. Evans spent the 2022 season with the Falcons. Evans entered the league as a 2018 first-round pick of the Titans. He spent four seasons in Tennessee before moving

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have named former catcher Buster Posey their new President of Baseball Operations and fired Farhan Zaidi. Chairman Greg Johnson made the announcement Monday after the Giants finished 80-82 in manager Bob Melvin’s first season — with one more victory than a year

After winning their first two games in impressive fashion, the Saints have dropped their last two by giving up late fourth-quarter leads. Sunday’s 26-24 loss to the division-rival Falcons was plenty disappointing for New Orleans quarterback Derek Carr. “It hurts,” Carr said in his postgame press conference. “You try your

Every year, managers try to get every small advantage that they can. Normally, everyone’s favorite buzz word is “sleeper”. Basically what they’re asking for is a player that nobody else knows about that they can acquire for cheap that will win them their league. Full disclosure, it’s usually next to

It looks like Dolphins running back Raheem Mostert will miss another game. Mostert has been out with a chest injury since the first week of the regular season, but he progressed enough to be listed as questionable to play against the Titans on Monday night. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media

Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce laid into his team after a Week Three loss to the Panthers and said that players made “business decisions” when it came to providing maximum effort on the field. The comments drew a lot of attention and placed a lot of focus on how the

The Falcons are 2-2 after Sunday’s win over the Saints, but they aren’t winning in quite the way anyone expected. Signing Kirk Cousins was supposed to provide a boost to the offense, but the Falcons didn’t score a touchdown on that side of the ball in a 26-24 win fueled

It’s a busy week in the golf world as the PGA Tour resumes its fall schedule in Mississippi while the DP World Tour goes back to St. Andrews and the Korn Ferry Tour wraps its season. Here’s a look at all the golf action this week and how you can

MotoAmerica and Daytona International Speedway announced the extension of the Daytona 200 in a three-year deal that runs through 2028. The 2025 edition of the race will be held March 6-8, 2025, and continues to be part of the speedway’s cavalcade of motorcycle racing that includes Monster Energy Supercross, which

MIAMI — The Miami Marlins have parted ways with Skip Schumaker, ending the 2023 NL Manager of the Year’s two-season stint with the team. The Marlins went 146-178 under Schumaker, who was hired in 2022 as the franchise’s 16th manager. His contract was for two years with a club option

KANSAS CITY, Kans. — Kyle Busch was headed for his first win of the season, which would have given him a victory in a record extending 20th consecutive NASCAR Cup seasons, when he lost control of his car and spun while trying to lap Chase Briscoe with 32 laps left

MONTREAL – Adam Scott gazed at a painfully familiar leaderboard perched just left of the 12th green as a few dozen fans lingered stoically. The U.S. Presidents Cup team was 10 minutes away from clinching its 13th victory in the event and there was nothing the Australian could do about