Every year around this time, a handful of players emerge and wind up being key contributors in the fantasy football playoffs. It might be a little too early to say if any of those players will come from the top Week 13 fantasy waiver wire pickups and free agent adds, but there are certainly a… Read More »
This was the injury-filled week we didn’t even know we were waiting for. As such, there are no shortage of legimate options for the top Week 13 fantasy waiver wire pickups and free agent adds. With up to 12 — yes, 12 — potentially “high-volume” RBs available in over 50 percent of leagues (Chuba Hubbard, Sony Michel,… Read More »
The Heisman Trophy race enters the final week, and the race remains open for the leading contenders. The award will be given out on Dec. 11, with Alabama quarterback Bryce Young the favorite heading into Saturday’s matchup against top-ranked Georgia in the SEC championship game. Young led a last-minute comeback in Alabama’s four-overtime victory against… Read More »
You are a Power 5 athletic director. You are tasked with hiring a new football coach. You presumably want this coach to last more than 11 games (looking at you, Washington State) or 13 games (looking at you, Washington). Four Power 5 jobs are currently open, and a few more may follow. Six have already been… Read More »
By the time news dropped that Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly will take over at LSU, the current Fighting Irish coaching staff and players were left in the dark. The news may have been shocking to fans, but it was reportedly even more shocking to the people who worked with and played for Kelly. The… Read More »
The 2021 calendar year didn’t present voters for the men’s Ballon d’Or with many can’t miss candidates, but there was one staring them right in the face. And it wasn’t Lionel Messi. No one will ever dispute that Messi is still one of the best players in the world and one of the all-time greats, but his seventh… Read More »
We may not know who will win the 2021 Ballon d’Or awards, but what’s certain is that there will be plenty of raging debate after the winners are named in a gala held Monday in Paris. The speculation is that Lionel Messi will win the award for best men’s player in the world, though Robert Lewandowski is… Read More »
The Washington Football Team signed Ryan Fitzpatrick to be its new starting quarterback during the 2021 NFL offseason. Washington was hoping the 39-year-old veteran would help stabilize its quarterback room, which had been in flux for many years. However, Fitzpatrick’s reign as starter lasted less than one half of Washington’s Week 1 game against the… Read More »
Newly crowned unified lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. revealed he intentionally baited Teofimo Lopez into an emotional fight on his way to a thrilling world title win. Australia’s Kambosos pulled off a stunning split decision victory over the heavily favored Lopez in New York on Saturday. Lopez flew out of the blocks in the opening… Read More »
When Ralf Rangnick eventually gets his hands on this Manchester United side, they will be in a better place than they were a week ago. Michael Carrick has overseen two positive results, and though the football has been uninspiring at times, there is no doubt that morale will have improved at Old Trafford. There has… Read More »