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facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Editor’s note: Play one-day fantasy baseball for cash! FanDuel is hosting a $150,000 league for Monday’s MLB games, and first place wins $20,000. Starts tonight at 7:05pm ET. Enter now! Welcome to the free DFS MLB Playbook for Tuesday, June 2, courtesy of Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. Every day, the experts at FantasyAlarm.com will publish their top daily fantasy baseball plays at each position across various DFS sites…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Here are this week’s top fantasy baseball pickups (owned in less than 50 percent of Yahoo! leagues). Check your waiver wire to see who’s available, and check back for updates throughout the week:  Joey Gallo, 3B, Rangers. While most fantasy baseball owners were anticipating the call-up of Carlos Correa, our top-ranked prospect, it was actually Gallo (No. 5) getting the call to help the Rangers replace the…

Sepp Blatter says he will resign as president of football’s governing body Fifa amid a corruption scandal. In announcing his exit, the 79-year-old Swiss has called an extraordinary Fifa congress “as soon as possible” to elect a new president. Blatter was re-elected last week, despite seven top Fifa officials being arrested two days before the vote as part of a US prosecution. But he…

Photo illustration sourced from the July 31, 1976, edition of The Washington Post. (Nick Kirkpatrick/The Washington Post) After Bruce Jenner’s highly publicized transition to Caitlyn Jenner — well-documented on “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” in a Diane Sawyer interview and in a Vanity Fair cover that made her arguably the most famous transgender person in the world — a lesser star of the media universe took to social media to…

When I was asked to write a data-driven “analytical profile” of the U.S. women’s national team (USWNT) before it heads to Canada for the World Cup, I quickly realized something: There wasn’t enough data. I wasn’t that surprised; women’s sports data is severely lacking. Sure, there are goals and assists, but anything beyond basic stats is unlikely to exist for non-World Cup matches. Looking at how a team performed four years ago…

Dozens of Seth Lehman supporters, most of whom were dressed in white to show unity, waited patiently Monday night for their chance to speak in support of the former Cumberland Valley High School head girls’ soccer coach. Former players, current players and future girls’ soccer players helped fill many of the seats, while others stood three rows deep in the back of packed board meeting room at the Cumberland Valley…

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When I was asked to write a data-driven “analytical profile” of the U.S. women’s national team (USWNT) before it heads to Canada for the World Cup, I quickly realized something: There wasn’t enough data. I wasn’t that surprised; women’s sports data is severely lacking. Sure, there are goals and assists, but anything beyond basic stats is unlikely to exist for non-World Cup matches. Looking at how a team performed four years ago…

Twice this weekend at Dover International Speedway drivers involved in on-track skirmishes exited their vehicles and walked across the track before safety crews arrived on scene. The first incident took place during Friday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race when Jennifer Jo Cobb expressed her displeasure with Tyler Reddick, who spun her into the inside wall on the frontstretch. Afterward, Cobb walked up the track and shook her arms at…

BOSTON (WHDH) - We’ve seen the evidence. We don’t need more time. When it comes to the Boston Olympics, I say we should just say “no.” Today, another stake in the heart of the Boston 2024, with the governor predicting the Boston Olympics will be morphing into the Massachusetts Olympics, with venues statewide. Is that great thinking, or desperation? Do we think Paris will respond by staging a French Olympics?…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest The final 10 teams advanced as the 2015 NCAA Baseball Tournament continued Monday, bringing the regional round to a close. After the third and final day of elimination games, LSU (​Baton Rouge), Illinois (Champaign), Louisiana-Lafayette (​Houston), Vanderbilt (Nashville), Florida State (Tallahassee), VCU (Dallas), Texas A&M (College Station), Miami (​Coral Gables), TCU (Fort Worth) and Maryland (Los Angeles) are headed to the Super Regionals. NCAA logo (Getty Images) Missouri State (Springfield), Arkansas (Stillwater), Florida (Gainesville), Cal State…

TALLAHASSEE — Back in April, FSU coach Mike Martin was asked about the progress of some of his true freshmen. There were infielders Taylor Walls and Dylan Busby, as well as pitcher Cobi Johnson. All had their moments, good and bad, but undoubtedly filled critical roles for the Seminoles. Taking inventory of his freshmen starters, Martin finally landed on one that caused him to perk up: Drew Carlton. The soft-spoken…

It’s been a comeback year for the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team. thv11.com 6/1/15

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Chelsea striker Diego Costa, 26, has told friends he wants to leave Chelsea this summer and return to Spain. (Sun – subscription required)  Patrick Vieira has not been told when he will be offered a chance to discuss the head coach role at Newcastle United. The 38-year-old Frenchman,…

Diamondbacks right fielder Mark Trumbo continues to look like an obvious trade candidate, and third baseman Jake Lamb is expected to return from a left foot injury by late next week, seemingly leaving the team little choice but to play Yasmany Tomas in the outfield. General manager Dave Stewart, however, says he is no rush to move Trumbo, whose nine homers are second on the club to Paul Goldschmidt’s 15….

Starting pitcher projected Game Scores for June 2 2015 Statistics Past 21 Days GS Team Name T Opp W-L ERA WHIP W-L ERA WHIP 76 Max Scherzer R Tor 6-3 1.51 0.88 4-0 0.62 0.79 67 Johnny Cueto R @Phi 3-4 3.03 0.96 0-1 3.21 1.29 65 Carlos Carrasco R @KC 6-4 4.24 1.19 2-2 3.77 1.08 63 Zack Greinke R @Col 5-1 1.48 0.87 0-1 1.35 0.90 58 Chris…

Five of the eight national seeds in the NCAA baseball tournament have advanced to super regionals, and the three others were playing winner-take-all regional finals late Monday. National seeds typically are assured of being on their home field for super regionals, but No. 8 Missouri State will have to play Arkansas on the road because of a stadium scheduling conflict. Other matchups: Virginia vs. Maryland or No. 1 UCLA; Louisiana-Lafayette…

When I was asked to write a data-driven “analytical profile” of the U.S. women’s national team (USWNT) before it heads to Canada for the World Cup, I quickly realized something: There wasn’t enough data. I wasn’t that surprised; women’s sports data is severely lacking. Sure, there are goals and assists, but anything beyond basic stats is unlikely to exist for non-World Cup matches. Looking at how a team performed four years ago…