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Performances from one week of football can be chalked up as an anomaly, but after three weeks, discernable patterns begin to form. As you prepare to add players for Week 4, first figure out which underperforming players on your roster are worth getting rid of. This is our Fantasy Football Week 4 Drop List. 2023 […]

Consistency has been the name of the game this year for the Toronto Blue Jays. While the team has been out of contention for a few months now, Toronto’s modest win rate has been enough to keep the club firmly in the Wild Card race for much of the year. Through games played on September […]

With important questions looming this offseason about the future of the team’s core, the Milwaukee Bucks wasted no time putting pen to paper once NBA free agency started.  Khris Middleton (three years, $102 million), Brook Lopez (two years, $48 million), Jae Crowder (one year, undisclosed), and A.J. Green (multiyear, undisclosed) all signed contracts to stay […]

While the Los Angeles Chargers picked up their first win of the season on Sunday, it did not come without a price. Star receiver Mike Williams will miss the rest of the season after suffering a torn ACL late in the third quarter. Williams has been an effective number-two wideout for the Chargers for many […]

In a season that started with so much promise after a gritty win over the Denver Broncos, the Las Vegas Raiders are now 1-2 and struggling. Sunday night’s winnable home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers felt like a road contest in an Allegiant Stadium packed with black and yellow. The Raiders moved the ball effectively […]

At one point this season, the Texas Rangers had a six-game lead at the top of the American League West. That advantage has evaporated, and the club currently finds itself in a precarious position as it holds onto the final Wild Card spot thanks to a tie-breaker. Three teams are fighting for two Wild Card […]

The Baltimore Ravens Week 3 matchup pits them against another AFC South bottom-feeder the Indianapolis Colts. The Ravens easily dispatched the Houston Texans in Week 1 before securing a tougher win against divisional rivals the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 2 to go to 2-0. This fast start puts Baltimore at the top of the tough AFC North, […]

After a long, arduous season, the Milwaukee Brewers are just a few games away from clinching a playoff spot. It was not always pretty at times, but thanks to a strong pitching staff and the managerial know-how of Craig Counsell, the ball club is also on pace to eclipse the 90-win mark and take home […]

The return of star tight ends Travis Kelce and Mark Andrews marked a strong rebound week for the position in Week 2. After just four tight ends exceeded 10 fantasy football points in PPR leagues in Week 1, 14 tight ends reached that plateau in Week 2. They were led by T.J. Hockenson, who garnered […]

Performances from one week of football can be chalked up as an anomaly. But two weeks of football? That is when patterns begin to form. These patterns are showing that Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow might not be the elite fantasy football asset that he was in previous years and that new Green Bay Packers […]

Performances from one week of football can be chalked up as an anomaly, but after two weeks, patterns begin to form. As you prepare to add players for Week 3, first figure out which underperforming players on your roster are worth getting rid of with our Week 3 Drop List. 2023 Fantasy Football Week 3 […]

The Utah Jazz will enter the 2023-24 NBA season feeling optimistic. The franchise is coming off a surprising season in which it nearly earned a playoff spot despite trading away cornerstones Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert. Forward Lauri Markkanen earned the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award while averaging 25.6 points per game. Meanwhile, Jordan Clarkson […]

After a solid start to the season, Detroit Lions running back David Montgomery is a question mark for the next few weeks following an early exit on Sunday. Montgomery went down early in the fourth quarter of the Lion’s 37-31 overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday with what the team is saying is […]

With important questions looming this off-season about the future of the team’s core, the Milwaukee Bucks wasted no time putting pen to paper once NBA free agency started.  Khris Middleton (three years, $102 million), Brook Lopez (two years, $48 million), Jae Crowder (one year, undisclosed), and A.J. Green (multi-year, undisclosed) all signed contracts to stay […]

The Utah Jazz have to enter the 2023-24 NBA season feeling pretty good about themselves. The franchise is coming off a surprising season in which it nearly earned a playoff spot despite trading away cornerstones Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert. Lauri Markkanen earned the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award while averaging 25.6 points per game, […]

After a modest start to the season, the Milwaukee Brewers have finally found their groove after the MLB All-Star break. Other than a four-day stint at the end of July and the beginning of August, the Brewers have held down the top spot in the National League Central for the last two months. The team’s […]

Star quarterback Aaron Rodgers lasted just four snaps in his New York Jets regular season debut until a snapped Achilles tendon ended his year and the Jets’ Super Bowl dreams. The franchise’s starting quarterback is now Zach Wilson, the former second-overall pick who has been benched more times than New York football fans care to […]

The New York Mets entered the 2023 season as a serious World Series contender. By the trade deadline, the front office had already begun deconstructing the $364 million roster — the most expensive in MLB history. The team traded away ace pitchers Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer but curiously kept superstar slugger Pete Alonso despite […]

Week 1 was a disappointing open to the season for NFL tight ends. With Fantasy Football studs Travis Kelce and Mark Andrews both out due to injury, only four tight ends finished with 10 or more points in PPR leagues — with just one (TJ Hockenson) — rostered in more than 5 percent of leagues […]

It was a strange start to the 2023 season for many of the NFL’s elite quarterbacks. Josh Allen threw three interceptions against the New York Jets on Monday Night Football, while Patrick Mahomes — playing without top target Travis Kelce — was unable to find his rhythm in a surprise opening night defeat at home […]

An embarrassing Week 1 loss to the San Francisco 49ers was made even worse for the Pittsburgh Steelers following news that star wide receiver Diontae Johnson will be out for multiple weeks with a hamstring injury he suffered in the third quarter of Sunday’s game. The team hopes that Johnson can avoid a trip to […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers opened their season on the road as underdogs against a Minnesota Vikings team coming off a 13-win season. The Bucs defense gave up plenty of yards in the air (344 in total for Kirk Cousins) but held firm thanks to three first-half turnovers. The second half was all Baker Mayfield. The […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves franchise has rarely achieved success since its inaugural season in 1989-90. The Timberwolves’ only playoff series wins came in 2003-04 when a team led by Kevin Garnett reached the Western Conference Finals. Much of this underperformance can be attributed to poor selections in the NBA Draft. The Timberwolves have picked top-five in […]

After the city of Milwaukee earned an NBA expansion franchise, the front office quickly got to work on building an NBA champion. The Milwaukee Bucks started off strong in 1969 by choosing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (formerly known as Lew Alcindor) with their very first NBA draft pick. Two years later, the team defeated the Baltimore Bullets […]

Fantasy football is finally back, which means that there are only a few days left to set those lineups before Week 1 of the 2023 NFL season. Today, we will be taking a closer look at the tight end position for the opening week of the season. The tight end position is a top-heavy group, […]

After the Washington Nationals’ improbable World Series victory in 2019, the franchise’s win percentage decreased for three straight years. This year has offered an improvement over each of the last two seasons, yet the depth of the National League East means that the Nats are still floundering in last place. There is reason for optimism […]

Ever since their World Series title in 2015, the Kansas City Royals franchise has gone downhill. The club has not experienced a winning season since then and has seemingly been in a full rebuild for the last half-decade. The Royals have been especially quiet in free agency over the last few years. When the franchise […]

After a slow start, the Houston Astros have slowly clawed away at the Texas Rangers’ lead at the top of the AL West. Houston is currently at a season-best 19 games over .500 and the Astros are tied for the lead at the top of the division for the first time since the season commenced. […]

The Baltimore Orioles surprised many around baseball last season by posting an 83-79 record — a 29-win jump from the season before. This year, the O’s have continued on that upward trajectory. Entering the month of September, Baltimore has already equaled its win total from 2022 and is on a trajectory for its highest win […]

With fantasy football drafts ongoing and the NFL season just around the corner, one of the biggest conversations this time of the year centers around breakout players. Figuring out who will improve off their previous season and end up being a steal in the draft is often the key to winning a fantasy football league. […]

The Green Bays Packers enter a new era of football in northern Wisconsin after the departure of Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Yet in terms of personnel, this team will not look too much different than it did last year. Despite the losses of wide receivers Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb, the Packers return […]

After 18 years with Ben Roethlisberger at quarterback, the Pittsburgh Steelers entered the 2022 NFL season with a genuine QB competition. Veteran Mitchell Trubisky won out, but the team started slowly and entered its bye week with a 2-6 record. Then rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett took over, nearly leading Pittsburgh to a playoff spot. The […]

Few teams in baseball right now are as hot as the Milwaukee Brewers. The team is currently in the midst of a nine-game winning streak, sweeping difficult foes such as the Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, and San Diego Padres during this stretch. This run has helped the club open up a five-game lead at the […]

With fantasy football drafts ongoing and the NFL season just around the corner, one of the biggest conversations this time of the year centers around breakout players. Figuring out who will improve off their previous season and end up being a steal in the draft is often the key to winning a fantasy football league. […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are coming off a productive off-season in which they re-signed franchise cornerstones Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez and, among other moves, also brought in sharp-shooter Malik Beasley on a team-friendly deal. Long-time Bucks fans will know that summers like this are the exception rather than the norm in Milwaukee. For many years, […]

The New Orleans Saints enter the 2023 season as a refreshed team following the acquisition of franchise quarterback Derek Carr from the Las Vegas Raiders. With a number of offensive playmakers, including Alvin Kamara, Jamaal Williams, and Chris Olave, and a strengthened defensive front New Orleans will be playoff contenders in a weak NFC South. […]

Following years of strategic tanking, the Houston Astros had the best farm system in baseball in the early to mid-2010s. A stretch of four World Series appearances (and two victories) in six seasons has depleted the Houston minor league system, as the Astros either called up or traded away their best prospects in pursuit of […]

The SuperSonics are often known for their botched deals: notably giving up Scottie Pippen on draft night and the minimal return the team got in exchange for Ray Allen. But the Sonics franchise also won the NBA Finals in 1979 (while also making the Finals in ’78 and conference finals in ’80) and was the […]

After the All-Star break, the Milwaukee Brewers solidified their spot at the top of the NL Central by sweeping a road series against rivals the Cincinnati Reds and have not looked back since. With a record that is 11 games above .500 plus a three-game lead at the top of the division, the Brewers look […]