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it’s hard to say exactly what “sleeper” means in Fantasy sports. It’s one of those hard-to-define, “I know it when I see it” words.  Breakouts: Potential for all ages   Busts: Betts, touted kids top list   Want more for Draft Day? Your “sleeper” may be my breakout, and my “sleeper” may be someone you don’t even want to draft in a deep mixed-league format. I usually come down around…

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas – One down, 55 to go. The Arkansas baseball team had no trouble in its season-opener Friday afternoon at Baum Stadium, dispatching Miami (Ohio), 7-0, in front of a packed house. The game was a nice little change of pace from the last time Arkansas played a competitive game against someone else. The Razorbacks had a 13-game losing streak dating back to last season, one in which they…

If you can just be a competent major-league hitter, Fantasy players will love you in Coors Field. David Dahl looked more than competent in 2016, hitting .315 with a .185 ISO in 63 games as a 22-year-old, numbers that are easy to get excited about. He isn’t a can’t-miss prospect, but Dahl hit .278 with 19 homers in 149 career games at Double-A, numbers that would only get better playing…

It’s almost time for another World Baseball Classic, when countries of the world come together to celebrate baseball and all its greatness and blah, blah, blah. I’m sorry. Forgive my lack of enthusiasm. The WBC has never excited me. I don’t know why. I just don’t care about it at all. If it pumps you up, don’t let my indifference bring you down. But, man, it sure doesn’t do much for me. The WBC…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment MEXICO CITY — In a sports bar tucked between the Roma Sur and Narvarte neighborhoods on a recent weekday night, a dry erase board lists the top three events available on its multiple screens. Save for a very small minority, every patron is there to watch the main event, a World Cup qualifier between Mexico and Panama. Also listed is an NBA…

NASCAR made another significant procedural change for 2017 on Friday, greatly stepping up its concussion protocol procedures for drivers involved in on-track crashes. Last week, NASCAR announced a new partnership with American Medical Response, the nation’s largest emergency medical services provider, who will provide a doctor and a paramedic to work with local teams at each track’s infield care center. Friday, NASCAR said the new concussion protocols will be as…

BUY TICKETS: See the Daytona 500 live! Greg Biffle took to Twitter on Friday to reveal that he has no plans to race full-time in NASCAR in 2017. After a great deal of consideration from all the offers I’ve received, I’ve decided not to participate full time in #NASCAR this season…. — Greg Biffle (@gbiffle) February 17, 2017 If the right opportunity arises I may return to the driver’s seat… —…

There are few things sillier than the way we hype up prospects and then get frustrated when they don’t live up to it. It’s hardly fair or productive. The only silver lining is when other owners overreact to that initial disappointment you can sweep in and find value. That’s where the term “post-hype sleeper” comes into play. Let’s take a look at the list. 1 Sano’s career 41 percent hard-contact…

It’s almost time for another World Baseball Classic, when countries of the world come together to celebrate baseball and all its greatness and blah, blah, blah. I’m sorry. Forgive my lack of enthusiasm. The WBC has never excited me. I don’t know why. I just don’t care about it at all. If it pumps you up, don’t let my indifference bring you down. But, man, it sure doesn’t do much for me. The WBC…

He never topped the ERA charts, but the top of the Billboard charts don’t seem out of reach. Former Cy Young Award winner Barry Zito isn’t dropping his devastating curveball anymore. He keeps himself busy these days with a guitar – and a pretty good singing voice that’s getting him recognized with music industry movers and shakers. Barry ZitoGetty Images Just two years after retiring from baseball, the former Athletics and Giants pitcher recently…

“The Dream is Over, Baby!” With the colorful style he brought to the field in a 12-year big league career that included stops with the Athletics, White Sox, Yankees, Indians and Braves, Nick Swisher officially announced his retirement as a player in an essay on The Players’ Tribune Friday.  Swisher, who spent the 2016 season in the Yankees’ minor league system, kicked off the first-person story with a tale of going all…

It’s a different kind of opening night for Greg Maddux — his first as a college baseball coach. The Hall of Famer and former Cubs great has joined UNLV‘s staff as a volunteer assistant coach and his first game comes Friday night when the Rebels host Omaha. UNLV said Maddux joined Stan Stolte’s staff last fall with the head coach calling him “arguably the smartest player to ever step foot on…

As athletes have made more money frankly, and they are less beholden to any one sponsor, they have felt more freedom to speak their minds just like anyone else. I think LeBron James, frankly, has had a big role in that. Because he had been speaking more on social and political issues when he was with the Miami Heat, people thought, Oh, if LeBron can do it, we can follow…

Google’s Android Wear 2.0 is here, starting with LG Watch Style and Sport Updated watch software transforms Google’s Android Wear, and LG’s newest smartwatches let us try it out. by Scott Stein There are a lot of new features tucked away in Android Wear 2.0, the OS running on the LG Watch Sport. From Android Pay , to Google Assistant, to stand-alone apps on your wrist, Android Wear can do…

There are three key ingredients for a game or pastime to become a sport: playing, competing and viewing. From the first large-scale video game competition in the 1970s to the present day, e-sports have experienced a trajectory similar to offline sports. Indeed, the ability to play and compete are necessary steps in the transformation from game to sport. However, broadcasting and viewing are the crucial components to enable widespread adoption and popularity….

Sports collectibles have skyrocketed in popularity over the past several decades, with sales of such items as game-worn jerseys and autographed rookie cards generating billions of dollars each year. Onion Sports examines the most sought-after and highly valued sports memorabilia in the world. Ebbets Field: It is almost impossible to find an edition of this Brooklyn Dodgers ballpark in perfect condition, as only 250 were ever made. Honus Wagner 1909…

Twenty years ago, at the 1997 NBA All-Star Game, the NBA celebrated its 50 greatest players in history in a ceremony that remains one of the most iconic tributes we’ve seen in sports. The players out on that floor, in those jackets, made for a surreal collection of talent representing past and present.  Now, as we near the 20-year anniversary of that event at this year’s All-Star festivities in New…

RELATED: Stage lengths revealed for 2017 races NASCAR competition officials issued an updated deterrence system Thursday for its three national series, shifting toward an officiating process that penalizes pre-race infractions within a given race weekend. The updated system is months in the making, with the sanctioning body and teams working concurrently on the new procedures.   The move was one of several fundamental changes made to the penalty structure ahead…

China’s smog-choked northern province of Hebei is no stranger to lofty goals. For one thing, it has to shut down two-thirds of its steel factories by 2020. Here comes another: becoming a provincial powerhouse in soccer. Perhaps understandably, it has given itself a few decades to do it. All the latest China news: China Real Time Report The “Hebei Province’s…

Trea Turner will be worth the first-round hype.Matthew Hazlett/Getty Images Trea Turner will be a fantasy superstar Turner is going toward the end of the first round in a lot of leagues, and that’s a lot of faith to put in a player with 100 career games under his belt. He’ll live up to the hype, though. With elite speed, sneaky power and the hit tool to bat over .300,…