11:21 AM ET Todd ZolaFantasy Close Writing on fantasy baseball game theory and player analysis since 1997 Winner of the 2013 Fantasy Sports Writer’s Association Best Baseball Article Sometimes, crime does pay. In fact, some are expecting it to pay even more in 2023. The “unlawful act” in question, of course, is stealing bases, a …
Monthly Archives: February 2023
What Carlos Correa learned from a wild offseason with the Giants, Mets and Twins
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Carlos Correa had been feeling great — really, he felt spectacular. At the end of a long season, he had been working out without issues, even playing tennis with his sister, as he waited to see how his free agency played out. And so he is the first to acknowledge: The …
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Meet Iseolupo Adepitan, the man scouring Nigeria for the next generation of NBA and NFL talent
Flourish Sports Group co-founder Iseolupo Adepitan is one of the key men, along with New York Giants legend Osi Umenyiora, responsible for producing a new wave of basketball and American football talent in Nigeria. His football programme, which works with Umenyiora, saw seven players convert from hoops to gridiron and make it to the NFL …
Daron Payne first to be tagged
8:03 AM ET NFL NationESPN Before NFL free agency begins, teams are allowed to apply franchise tags to players beginning Feb. 21 through March 7 to give them a sense of what they need to do before the league year starts on March 15. The franchise tag is a designation that teams can apply to …
32 players who need a fresh start on a new team
We’re quickly approaching the NFL‘s version of Silly Season, as the free agency negotiating period will start March 13 in the lead-up to the start of the league year on March 15. Many players will be getting paid by their current teams, while others will be on the move. Our goal here was to pick …
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How a disputed $55M loan now plays into federal probe of Commanders
DANIEL SNYDER’S FINAL breakup from his longtime minority partners in Washington’s NFL franchise began with a footnote in an April 2020 financial report. The note revealed a $55 million credit line the team had taken out 16 months earlier without the knowledge and required approval of Snyder’s minority partners — the three billionaires who owned …
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Fantasy baseball – Eric Karabell’s weekend recap
Fantasy baseball managers love the prospects and St. Louis Cardinals slugger Jordan Walker is one of the better ones in the sport. Walker is only 20 years old and has yet to play at the Triple-A level, but his long home run in Sunday’s Spring Training game — a definitive, three-run blast in the first …
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15 future fantasy football stars to watch
A new Super Bowl champion may have been crowned two weeks ago, but the NFL is a 365-day proposition. Fans of the game begin looking ahead to “next season” well before the confetti is dropped and the Lombardi is hoisted. Between blockbuster trades, free agency and an infusion of rookie talent, the glory of the …
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MLB spring training 2023 – What to watch in games on ESPN
Let’s watch some baseball! ESPN kicks off MLB spring training with telecasts of four games over four consecutive days, beginning with Monday’s New York Mets–St. Louis Cardinals contest from Jupiter, Florida. Just to get that blood flowing, let’s check in with a little preview of all four games. Monday: Mets at Cardinals (1 p.m. ET) …
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NBA insider takeaways – What matters most from a stacked weekend slate
This weekend featured five high-stakes NBA showdowns on ESPN and ABC. The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers faced off in a huge Eastern Conference tilt Saturday night in a game that came down to a last-second 3-pointer by Jayson Tatum — and a three-quarters-court Hail Mary by Joel Embiid that would have sent the game …
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