Month: October 2019

Melving Gordon’s return figures to cause the most Week 5 fantasy start ’em, sit ’em decisions, but we’re at the point in the season, be it because of injuries, breakouts/busts, or bye weeks, where virtually every fantasy football owner has some tough lineup calls. Fortunately, SN NFL writer Vinnie Iyer is here to help with expert advice on who to start and who to sit for season-long leagues and NFL DFS contests. A few notes…

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Barcelona re-established their five-point advantage at the top of LaLiga with a 2-0 derby win against an impressive Girona side Jordi Alba helped Barcelona to extend Girona’s run without a win in all competitions to 10 matches but insists their Catalan neighbours are one of the toughest opponents in LaLiga. Nelson Semedo’s first goal in Spain’s top flight gave Barca a swift start as they sought to restore a five-point lead over Atletico Madrid at the…

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The previous week of the 2019 NFL season finally gave us that familiar feeling of not knowing what we thought we knew from the three weeks prior. There were multiple major upsets with some strong favorites falling flat. There were some supposed bad teams that looked more than respectable. To rebound with our picks against the spread in Week 5, there’s a greater challenge ahead with the NFL being made up of only a few dominant teams, a…

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The early-season fantasy QB rankings have seen their fair share of upheaval due to injuries to Drew Brees, Ben Roethlisberger, Cam Newton, and Nick Foles and the benching of Eli Manning. Heading into Week 5, there’s potential for even more shake-up, as Josh Allen and Mitchell Trubisky are dealing with injuries and Case Keenum was benched for Dwayne Haskins. Haskins could be a deep-league sleeper in good matchups (which he doesn’t have in Week 5), but…

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Nationals outfielder Juan Soto started celebrating even before was tagged out between second and third to end the eighth inning. He knew he had supplied a potential knockout blow in an eventual 4-3 NL wild-card win over the Brewers on Tuesday. He couldn’t contain his enthusiasm. Soto’s would-be game-tying single turned into a go-ahead hit when Brewers right fielder Trent Grisham let the ball roll past him. A shutdown ninth inning from Washington right-hander Daniel Hudson ensured Soto’s heroics didn’t go…

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OAKLAND, Calif. — About 54,000 people showed up here Wednesday night to watch the A’s in their first home playoff contest since 2013, more than double the team’s average regular-season attendance. Fans in costumes danced high up among the typically tarp-covered Mount Davis seats, and time-stained concrete surfaces around the Coliseum were contrasted by neon rally towels waving in the air. Even the optimists among the rows of green- and gold-clad supporters, though, should not have been…

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The Scottish Cup match has been rescheduled for January 30 after freezing conditions caused an unplayable pitch Rangers will go to Central Park, Cowdenbeath for a second time on Wednesday in an attempt to get their Scottish Cup fourth-round tie played. Since the original fixture was frozen off, Steven Gerrard’s men have lost at home to Kilmarnock but bounced back on Sunday by winning 3-1 away to Livingston. Meanwhile, their opponents have fallen behind Stirling…

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The former Tottenham boss believes a coach who has had to get creative while dealing with untimely absences is happy to work with what he has got Mauricio Pochettino does not want to bring any fresh faces into his Tottenham squad despite a lack of movement in recent transfer windows, claims Harry Redknapp. The Argentine was the only Premier League boss not to welcome any new arrivals during the summer of 2018. He has admitted…

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Brewers right fielder Trent Grisham doesn’t think the pressure got to him on his error in the eighth inning of the National League wild-card clash that allowed the game-winning run to score. “I don’t think it got to me at all,” Grisham told reporters after the 4-3 loss to the Nationals. “I think I just ended up making an error. “It’s not my first, it’s not going to be my last, it just happened that…

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The 2019 American League wild-card game features two teams not many expected to be in October, with the A’s hosting the Rays in a battle of franchises that are historically the posterchildren for making the most out of their rosters and payrolls. Oakland rode a surging core of position players and an eminently serviceable pitching staff to 97 wins. Shortstop Marcus Semien had by far the best year of his career at age 28, combining with…

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