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Week 14 of the Fantasy Baseball season begins Monday July 6th, 2015. It’s the last week before the All Star Break…..so let’s get started! Week 14 Interleague Matchups Miami Marlins at Boston Red Sox (2 games, Tuesday-Wednesday) Los Angeles Angels at Colorado Rockies (2 games, Tuesday-Wednesday) Arizona Diamondbacks at Texas Rangers (2 games, Tuesday-Wednesday) Washington Nationals at Baltimore Orioles (3 games, Friday-Sunday) Chicago White Sox…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Welcome to the night-game version of the free DFS MLB Playbook for Sunday, July 5, courtesy of Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. Every day, the experts at FantasyAlarm.com, who won the 2015 FanDuel Playboy Championship, will publish their top daily fantasy baseball plays at each position across various DFS sites in the Playbook. It’s a great place to start your MLB DFS research for the day, but there’s much…

As the USA Collegiate National Team and Cuba’s national team prepared to continue a series of “friendly” games Saturday night at Charlotte’s BB&T Ballpark, the Cubans were suddenly without two star players who defected while the teams played in North Carolina. The series began last week at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, with the second and third games played at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham. At…

Listen, we know it’s tough to catch up on everything happening in the baseball world each morning. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Trying to find all of it while on your way to work or sitting at your desk just isn’t easy. It’s OK, though, we’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each…

The city hosting baseball’s All-Star Game this year was the home of a team that played like all-stars back in 1869. The Cincinnati Red Stockings went 57-0 that year as baseball’s first officially professional team. Player-manager Harry Wright’s team added new players before the season, led by his brother, George, who was credited with a .633 batting average and 49 homers. Disbanded because of financial issues after two seasons, the…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester City are set to make a £71m bid for Juventus’s 22-year-old midfielder Paul Pogba. (Mirror)  City will also bid for Wolfsburg’s 24-year-old attacking midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, and return with an improved offer for Liverpool’s 20-year-old forward Raheem Sterling. (Star)  Manchester United have made…

By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer at Silverstone Lewis Hamilton battled through a bad start and late-race rain to win an action-packed British Grand Prix Hamilton had to pass both Williams cars after a bad start and losing a place following a safety car period. But…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.  — The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will play host Sunday at Daytona International Speedway to the third of four restrictor-plate races this season with the Coke Zero 400 — the first in NBC Sports’ 20-race broadcast schedule this season. Here are the particulars (all times are ET): START: Actor-writer-producer David Spade will give the command for drivers to start their engines at 7:55 p.m. ET. The green…

VANCOUVER, B.C. — The twisted brilliance of the four-year World Cup crystallizes a player’s legacy in an instant, ignores the years of dedicated training for a single moment of fast-twitch muscle memory. There’s a reason that, for all his subsequent drug problems and post-career shenanigans, to most, Diego Maradona will forever be the merry little thief who stuck a thumb in mighty England’s eye. Brandi Chastain will always…

For roughly four minutes last Tuesday, I watched doctors huddle around two women lying on the ground, one bleeding and motionless and the other kicking in pain. It wasn’t a crime scene. It was the Women’s World Cup semi-final game at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. U.S. midfielder Morgan Brian and German forward Alexandra Popp smashed noggins while trying to head the ball after a free kick. Then, they both…

Avoiding two multi-car accidents over the final 10 laps, Austin Dillon emerged victorious in the Xfinity Series race Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway. Dillon assumed the lead when the second “big one” collected several challengers on the backstretch with four laps remaining. The carnage began when leader Brian Scott attempted to swerve up the track and stunt the momentum of Elliott Sadler, who was already alongside Scott. …

As the USA Collegiate National Team and Cuba’s national team prepared to continue a series of “friendly” games Saturday night at Charlotte’s BB&T Ballpark, the Cubans were suddenly without two star players who defected while the teams played in North Carolina. The series began last week at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, with the second and third games played at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham. At…

Among the first reasons Phillies part-owner John Middleton provided for the organization’s selection of Andy MacPhail as its next president was his track record. In the eyes of Middleton and partners Jim and Pete Buck, the “ideal candidate” to succeed Pat Gillick after the season would be someone who had won World Series championships. He would have rebuilt several teams and led them to the playoffs….

In a trip through Birmingham’s new Negro Southern League baseball museum, visitors can see how, over many decades, the sport collided with the civil rights movement to create history. “We’re telling the story of black baseball in America through the eyes of Birmingham, Alabama,” said Layton Revel, who is housing his collection at the museum. “It shows the depth and breadth of what the black baseball experience has been, from…

By Sam McPherson It’s July now, and the 2015 Major League Baseball season is half over. Sure, the All-Star Break doesn’t start until July 13, but now is the time to look through your roster to find tradable assets. There are always owners in every league willing to overpay for stats already in the bank, failing to realize that most players won’t sustain their hot starts to the season. This…

VANCOUVER, B.C. — The twisted brilliance of the four-year World Cup crystallizes a player’s legacy in an instant, ignores the years of dedicated training for a single moment of fast-twitch muscle memory. There’s a reason that, for all his subsequent drug problems and post-career shenanigans, to most, Diego Maradona will forever be the merry little thief who stuck a thumb in mighty England’s eye. Brandi Chastain will always…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — For 29 years, the summer race at Daytona International Speedway was a part of the nation’s birthday. The event was always run on Independence Day, no matter what day of the week. The race was in the morning, and the drivers and their families were celebrating on the beach by late afternoon. The tradition that began in 1959 ended in 1988 when the event was moved…

For roughly four minutes last Tuesday, I watched doctors huddle around two women lying on the ground, one bleeding and motionless and the other kicking in pain. It wasn’t a crime scene. It was the Women’s World Cup semi-final game at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. U.S. midfielder Morgan Brian and German forward Alexandra Popp smashed noggins while trying to head the ball after a free kick. Then, they both…

As the USA Collegiate National Team and Cuba’s national team prepared to continue a series of “friendly” games Saturday night at Charlotte’s BB&T Ballpark, the Cubans were suddenly without two star players who defected while the teams played in North Carolina. The series began last week at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, with the second and third games played at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham. At…

Starting pitcher projected Game Scores for July 5 2015 Statistics Past 21 Days GS Team Name T Opp W-L ERA WHIP W-L ERA WHIP 65 Danny Salazar R @Pit 7-3 3.80 1.16 1-1 4.86 1.20 64 Gerrit Cole R Cle 11-3 2.20 1.14 2-1 3.70 1.27 63 Lance Lynn R SD 5-4 2.74 1.27 1-0 0.75 1.08 63 Cole Hamels L @Atl 5-6 3.22 1.15 0-1 3.32 1.16 55 Jordan…