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Fantasy Baseball Prep Week: 2B, Hidden Gems

In a bizarre shift in the MLB, 2B has actually become one of the deepest fantasy positions in the sport. One reason for this is that many...

Mar 11, 20206 min read

Fantasy Baseball Prep Week: 1B, Don't Get Burned... +DH

First base was once a fantasy position that personified both brute force and slugging powerhouses. It was one of the deeper areas in...

Mar 9, 20207 min read

Fantasy Baseball Prep Week: Catchers, "Fear Of Missing Out"

The catcher position is never the most valued pick on draft day, but it's still important to fill the roster spot with someone who can...

Mar 9, 20205 min read

MLB Off-Season Moves: AL Central, Twinning in 2020

With respect to fans from Kansas City, Minnesota, Detroit, Cleveland, and South-side Chicago, the American League Central may be the MLB...

Mar 6, 20207 min read

MLB Off-Season Moves: NL Central, Seeing Red?

The National League Central is one of the newer divisions, although the teams in it are not new franchises, just restructured ones. It...

Mar 2, 20209 min read

NHL Trade Deadline: SELLER Grades

There were a lot less SELLERS than BUYERS this season, but that's generally the nature of the NHL, which is one of the most competitive...

Feb 28, 20208 min read

NHL Trade Deadline: BUYER Grades

With the NHL Trade Deadline passing on Monday, we as fans finally saw if our teams decided to BUY or SELL. In this article, I will be...

Feb 26, 20209 min read

MLB Off-Season Moves: AL West, In the Wake of Sign-Stealing

You would have to literally have your head under a rock to not know that the Houston Astros have been caught cheating via illegal...

Feb 19, 20208 min read

MLB Off-Season Moves: NL East, Arms Races & Star Aces

Let's start this MLB blog series with a bang and head straight to the NL East, which should be the most competitive division in baseball...

Feb 15, 202011 min read

Quarterback Roulette: 2020 Offseason Could See More "Franchise" QB's On the Move than Ever

In many ways, the last couple NFL seasons have begun a transitional changing of the guards at one position in particular... the...

Feb 7, 202014 min read

Super Bowl LIV Breakdown: Chiefs vs 49ers

Miami and the NFL's 54th Super Bowl are almost here. As usual, after about two weeks of discussion and predictions, you have probably...

Feb 1, 202011 min read

1917 is gripping, chilling, daring, heart-pounding, nonstop... the Movie of the Year

In what can only be described as a cinematic masterpiece, 1917 thrusts the viewer into the battlegrounds of war, in its truest sense....

Jan 29, 20208 min read

NHL Mid-Point: The Good, The Bad, & The Surprising

Here we are at the end of the NHL All-Star Weekend in St. Louis, as the playoff race begins to take full shape in hockey's greatest...

Jan 26, 202015 min read

'You' S2: Quinn Family is the Missing Link 'You' Needed (All Spoilers)

I never actually reviewed season one, because I watched it before this blog existed, but I thought the Netflix reboot (starring Penn...

Jan 21, 20208 min read

Jets Talk: NFL's Leading Franchises Prove Le'Veon is Expendable

I want to start by making one thing clear; as a Jets fan, I have gained a certain respect for Le'Veon Bell after watching him play this...

Jan 20, 20205 min read

Grading the 2020 NFL Coaching Hires

Before jumping to conclusions right after each hire, I wanted to let them sink in a bit. There were a total of five vacancies after Black...

Jan 14, 20208 min read

The Mandalorian & Disney+ are signs of what's to come in the "Stream Wars" (mild spoilers)

Season one of Jon Favreau's Mandalorian was a witty and charming Star Wars Django-Batman. For me (an old school S.W. fan), it was...

Jan 10, 20205 min read

TEAM D/ST... Winning 2020 (+Kickers)

When it comes to looking at defenses after the year has ended, the "hindsight is 20/20" list of successful season-long options is much...

Jan 6, 202010 min read

Forecast for SuperBowl LIV

My original prediction this Summer had the New Orleans Saints beating the New England Patriots down in Miami to win Super Bowl LIV. Since...

Jan 4, 20207 min read

2019: Impact Fantasy Tight Ends... A Dying Breed?

For most of us in 2019, the tight end position was a game of Russian roulette every week. There were only a few to rely on this season as...

Jan 2, 20208 min read

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