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Andre Ethier, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers (14.4 Percent Owned) Adam Lind, 1B, Milwaukee Brewers (48.2 Percent Owned) Jonathon Niese, SP, New York Mets (17.9 Percent Owned) Dan Haren, SP, Miami Marlins (19.6 Percent Owned) Mike Foltynewicz, SP/RP, Atlanta Braves (1.4 Percent Owned) Yangervis Solarte, 2B/3B, San Diego Padres (16.2 Percent Owned) David Phelps, SP/RP, Miami Marlins (1.9 Percent Owned) Josh Collmenter, SP, Arizona Diamondbacks (3.6 Percent Owned) Kyle Gibson, SP,…

Jameis Winston may love playing both football and baseball, but his contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will force the 21-year-old to focus solely on the former. That makes sense, considering the Buccaneers just used the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 NFL draft on the quarterback. Back in February, Winston—who was a closer on the Florida State baseball team—told Peter King of The MMQB that he hadn’t…

Mississippi State baseball was penalized by the SEC for organizing a charitable event.(Photo: Bill Simmonds) Tags Southeastern Conference STARKVILLE — The Southeastern Conference docked Mississippi State baseball two fall practices for organizing a charitable event in October 2014. It was one of 16 secondary violations the school reported to the league and the NCAA during the 2014-2015 academic year the Clarion-Ledger learned through an open records request on Monday. Mississippi…

A U.S. squad with one Olympian topped a more experienced Russian team 4-2 in group play at the World Hockey Championship in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on Monday. Trevor Lewis, Torey Krug, Mark Arcobello and Brock Nelson scored for the Americans, the first three coming on Russian veteran goalie Sergey Bobrovsky. Lewis, Krug and Arcobello are playing at a senior World Championship for the first time. Anton Belov and Sergey Plotnikov potted Russia’s tallies on AHL goalie Jack Campbell. The U.S. team…

It’s deja vu all over again in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s emotionally charged victory in Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway made it eight different winners in the first 10 races of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Last year, there were eight different winners in the first 10 races of the season. In 2013, there were eight different winners in the first 10 races…

Auburn is playing its best ball of the season at the right time and Alabama is slipping at the wrong time. The Tigers are coming off a road series win at South Carolina and have won three straight SEC series. At 32-17 overall, 12-12 in the SEC, Auburn would be seeded seventh if the SEC Tournament began today and almost assuredly a No. 2 seed in an NCAA Regional. Alabama got…

Jameis Winston may love playing both football and baseball, but his contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will force the 21-year-old to focus solely on the former. That makes sense, considering the Buccaneers just used the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 NFL draft on the quarterback. Back in February, Winston—who was a closer on the Florida State baseball team—told Peter King of The MMQB that he hadn’t…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Before you pull the trigger on that fantasy baseball trade, check out our rankings by position for the rest of the 2015 MLB season. These are our latest fantasy catcher rankings for standard, 5×5 leagues based on recent performance, projected performance, playing time, injury history and other intangibles that could affect a player’s value throughout the season. We’ll update these rankings at the beginning of every…

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Over the weekend, I learned that Fox Sports was doing away with its “Fox Sports Girls” program. It started as a tip on Friday; on Saturday, a spokesperson for FSN confirmed it with a statement that read: FOX Sports is constantly evaluating our marketing programs in an effort to keep them fresh and provide the most engaging experience for our viewers.  As a result, we have decided to end the…

<![CDATA[]]> CLEVELAND, Ohio – Rep. Jim Jordan said he would like Congress to examine the growing pressure colleges face to fund non-revenue sports in the wake of Cleveland State’s aborted attempt to eliminate wrestling. “Maybe it’s worthwhile to have some hearings on the subject so people understand what’s at stake, because all of sudden you wake up in Northeast Ohio one day and you read in The Plain Dealer that Cleveland…

Jameis Winston‘s time as a multi-sport athlete will come to an end due to contractual decree. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers wrote a clause into the No. 1 overall pick’s contract prohibiting him from playing professional baseball during the duration of his deal, per NFL Media’s Jeff Darlington. The MMQB’s Peter King first reported the news. Winston famously played both football and baseball (pitcher) during his time at Florida State….

Oregon State’s Travis Eckert. MORE: Chat Transcript | Weekly Podcast LSU remained No. 1 in the D1Baseball Top 25 rankings for the third straight week after winning a road series at Mississippi State. The Tigers remain tied with Texas A&M atop the SEC West, a game behind Vanderbilt in the league’s overall standings. LSU’s three-week reign at No. 1 in the rankings is the longest since Vandy opened the season with…

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AP The Buccaneers went ahead and took one potential distraction out of the way, signing top pick Jameis Winston to his rookie contract before the rest of the draft was over. And in doing so, they eliminated another potential distraction. According to Peter King of Sports Illustrated, the contract contains a clause prohibiting Winston from playing professional baseball during the length of the deal. While that should be an easy call, Winston…

In a day with a lot of high-priced talent for both hitters and pitchers, it’s important to find value across the board as well. Daily fantasy baseball competitors will remain in good shape drafting guys like Felix Hernandez, Clayton Kershaw, Paul Goldschmidt and Mike Trout, but here is a look at cheaper options who could give you some value on May 4.   Pitchers Dallas Keuchel, Houston Astros ($8,000) Lenny…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, 24, is set to sign a new two-year contract worth about £20m. (Sun – subscription required)  United are ready to send winger Adnan Januzaj, 20, on a year-long loan in their bid to land PSV Eindhoven’s 21-year-old winger Memphis Depay. (Talksport) …

In case you missed it, Saturday night’s fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao was dumb and bad. What was billed as The Fight of the Century was little more than a glorified sparring session, as a supposedly injured Pacquiao circled around a lightly jabbing Mayweather who did just enough to win. Many people spent 100 bucks to watch not much, which is too bad, because there were so many…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Find today’s fantasy baseball sleepers with First Pitch! You can use our starting pitcher rankings and batter vs. pitcher stats to set your season-long lineup or create a winning lineup in daily fantasy baseball contests, too.   Here’s a look at key stat splits, pitcher rankings, saves sleepers and weather warnings. Today’s action gets underway at  7:05 p.m. ET in Washington with the Marlins-Nationals. Carlos Martinez (Getty Images) READ MORE: Sporting…