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The Playbook, Inning 4: Building the perfect cheat sheet

Let’s begin with advice that would’ve made my ninth-grade English teacher, Miss Kadish, cringe: On this metaphorical “final exam” that is fantasy baseball’s draft day, cheat! Extending the metaphor, if draft day carries a similarly hefty weight in determining your team’s seasonal outcome as exam day does to your course’s final grade, why wouldn’t you […]

To stay or to go

Matt Barkley, the preseason Heisman Trophy favorite and quite possibly the face of college football this year, often just wants a place to hide. When he’s not dissecting another Pac-12 defense as USC’s soon-to-be fourth-year starting quarterback, Barkley sticks on a hat and sunglasses and tries to blend in around Los Angeles. The more he […]

QBs always have the answers

With 25 in one setting, not to mention the coaches and college counselors, enough hot air circulated through the Elite 11 finals last week to raise a few balloons. RecruitingNation polled each of the high school quarterbacks on a few items related to recruiting and college football. The best answers: Kevin Olsen (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Hills), […]

Memphis All-Nike Camp team

Note: Selections are based upon feedback from NFTC position coaches as well as past and projected on-field performance. Athletes are in the Class of 2013 unless otherwise noted. TOP PERFORMER LB Frank Herron, 6-4, 234, Central (Memphis, Tenn.) Herron was simply the most dominant player in attendance. He picked up the DL MVP award followed […]

Former Arkansas QB Cole Kelley transferring to SE Louisiana

Because Southeastern Louisiana is an FCS program, he will be eligible immediately. The school is in Hammond, Louisiana, about 100 miles from his hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana. Kelley said on social media he is excited to be “going back home.” Kelley had a 3-3 record in six starts the past two years. Last season, he […]

The Fantastic Four

Cornerback Noel Ellis, receiver Paul Harris, linebacker Marcus Robinson and tailback Altee Tenpenny secured invites to the annual event held in Oregon in July thanks to their performance at Friday’s Nike Football Training Camp in Memphis. It’s a return trip for Tenpenny that many wondered was even possible. The tailback from North Little Rock (Ark.) […]

NFL cuts tracker 2023: Live roster updates for all 32 teams

More Teams. More Games. Stephen A. Smith breaks down why the Cowboys trading for Christian Kirksey. There have also been multiple trades this week — including the deal that sent quarterback Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys for a fourth-round pick in the 2024 draft. In trading Lance, San Francisco admitted it made a colossal […]

Source: Packers TE Tyler Davis tears ACL in preseason opener

Davis made two receptions for nine yards against the Cincinnati Bengals, the first one for a 5-yard score in the second quarter. The injury reportedly occurred on his second reception, when Davis got up limping. He was carted to the locker room after trainers looked at the knee. NFL Network was first to report the […]

Fantasy baseball: Traded Sean Murphy, William Contreras both 2023 top-10 catchers

Monday’s trade was a whopper, involving a pair of 2022’s top names at the position. Sean Murphy, who had the fourth-most fantasy points (295) among catchers and ranked eighth at the position on our Player Rater, was the biggest name in the three-team deal between the Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers and Oakland Athletics. But William […]