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Tony Romo's lung appears to be OK, but is he worth starting this week?

NFL The good news for Cowboys fans and fantasy owners alike is that it appears Tony Romo's lung has healed, increasing his chances of playing Monday night against the Redskins. This, however, does not ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Dallas Cowboys, Fantasy Football, Tony Romo

Which 0-2 NFL Teams Still Have A Chance At Making The Playoffs

NFL By RALPH VACCHIANO There is always time for a miracle, but miracles don’t happen often. That’s why, for seven NFL teams, they’re really already facing a must-win game this week. It�...

Beanie Wells Misses Practice With Hamstring Issue; Is He Startable? (Updated)

Fantasy Update: Cardinals coach Ken Whisenthnt said on Friday that Beanie Wells will be a gametime decision this Sunday against the Seahawks. This is not good news, as Beanie was expected to be fine after ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, News, Arizona Cardinals, Beanie Wells, Chester Taylor, Chris Wells, Fantasy Football, LaRod Stephens-Howling

Cedric Benson Suspended Three Games, Here's Four Guys To Get Your Fantasy Team Through

Fantasy Cedric Benson is a moron. At least that's how his fantasy football owners feel about him right now. Benson, who served five days in jail during training camp for two misdemeanor assault convictions...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, News, Beanie Wells, Bernard Scott, Cedric Benson, Cincinnati Bengals, Fantasy Football, LaRod Stephens-Howling, Marion Barber, Roy Helu, waiver wire pickups

Arian Foster and Beanie Wells are Both Game Time Decisions This Sunday

Fantasy "Game time decision" may be the worst three words fantasy football owners can hear. But that's exactly what owners of Arian Foster and Beanie Wells have to deal with this week. Both players...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, News, Arian Foster, Arizona Cardinals, Beanie Wells, Ben Tate, Chester Taylor, Houston Texans

Ndamukong Suh is the New Lawrence Taylor

News Ndamukong Suh is pretty good at football (in case you haven't noticed). And his reputation as a brutal defensive lineman is reminiscent of the Giants' Lawrence Taylor. Suh has been fined a few ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, Detroit Lions, Lawrence Taylor, Ndamukong Suh

Manny Wants To Continue Being Manny; Requests Reinstatement

News Manny Ramirez wants to play again. And who's surprised? The man who abruptly walked away from the game earlier this season after he was busted for a second time with PEDs has had second thoughts. ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, Manny Ramirez

Michael Vick Practices Today, Plans on Playing Sunday

News Michael Vick participated fully in the Eagles Thursday practice session, making it pretty clear that he plans on playing this Sunday. The oft-injured quarterback had to have been cleared by the...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, Michael Vick

Braylon Edwards Manages to Make 49ers Offense Worse

News Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Candlestick Park, the San Francisco 49ers offense actually found a way to get worse. Rivaling only the Chiefs as one of the most lackluster offen...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, Alex Smith, Braylon Edwards, Frank Gore, San Francisco 49ers, Vernon Davis

NFL Uses Jamaal Charles' Injury to Get More Fantasy Football Users

Overtime Is it me or is does something about this ad feel wrong? Should the NFL use Jamaal Charles' season-ending knee injury to get more people to sign up for their fantasy leagues? I'm thinking n...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime, Jamaal Charles

Darren Sproles Is Not Getting Enough Fantasy Love

News Darren Sproles has been putting on a show for PPR fantasy football teams the first two weeks of the season, but no one seems to be taking notice. Sure, the New Orleans Saints' all-purpose playe...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, Darren Sproles, Fantasy Football, New Orleans Saints

Jerome Simpson Really Enjoys Smoking Weed

News Jerome Simpson apparently really loves smoking weed. Or maybe he's a pot dealer on the side. It's really hard to tell with Bengals players these days. Cincinnati police intercepted a package th...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, Anthony Collins, Cincinnati Bengals, Jerome Simpson

Clemson's Hottest Fan: Tanya

Overtime We'd like to paw this Tiger ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime, Clemson Tigers, Hottest Fans

If Fantasy Football Advice Was Honest

Overtime It’s only Week 3 of the fantasy football season and there have already been a ton of huge injuries and potential busts. Yet every Sunday morning when you check in before kickoff, all you get from...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime, Aaron Hernandez, Arian Foster, Chris Johnson, Fantasy Football, Jamaal Charles, Marshawn Lynch, Michael Vick, Peyton Hillis, Peyton Manning

All My Children Ends And Antonio Cromartie Relates (Video)

News The long-running soap opera "All My Children" came to an end after 40 years of being on the air. Which reminded us of this classic video of the New York Jets Antonio Cromartie trying to rememb...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, All My Children, Antonio Cromartie

Why Ryan Fitzpatrick is a Fantasy Football Must Play This Weekend

Fantasy Ryan Fitzpatrick is a fantasy star. Who would've expected to read that after two weeks of football? (Not me. And if you say you did, you're either a liar, or the biggest Buffalo Bills homer in the ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, News, Aaron Rodgers, Buffalo Bills, Drew Brees, Fantasy football rankings, New England Patriots, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Tom Brady

Conference Realignment: A History Lesson

College Football This article on college football realignment originally appeared in our 1998 college football annual. As the college football landscape continues to go through realignment and the whispers of super...

Predicting The MLB Wild Card Race

MLB --By Josh Kipnis With October right around the corner, who are the most feared teams in the MLB? Surprising to most, the Yankees and the Phillies aren’t at the top of my list. In fact, the tw...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, Albert Pujols, BJ Upton, Evan Longoria, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays

David Nelson and Denarius Moore Are Worthy Waiver Wire Pickups

Fantasy David Nelson and Denarius Moore are the two guys you probably haven't heard much about in fantasy football...until this week. The Buffalo Bills and Oakland Raiders wide receivers made fantasy f...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, News, Buffalo Bills, Darrell Revis, Darrius Heyward-Bey, David Nelson, Denarius Moore, Fantasy Football, Fantasy football rankings, Jacoby Ford, Oakland Raiders, waiver wire

Tony Romo Has A Punctured Lung; He'd Be Stupid to Play Monday Night

News Tony Romo is a man. We know that now. There's no discussion about his toughness or his ability to lead the Dallas Cowboys locker room after it was revealed that he had a punctured lung and two frac...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, Dallas Cowboys, Jon Kitna, Tony Romo

The Onion's Brendan Laroux Story Is The Greatest Sports Movie Ever (Video)

News Brendan Laroux (The Onion Movie) from tolep on Vimeo. I'm pretty sure the Onion's Brendan Laroux Story, a movie about a no-legged and no-handed hockey player in a wheelchair is going to to...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, Brendan Laroux

Mike Tyson Breaks Steve-O's Nose at Charlie Sheen Roast (Video)

News Iron Mike's still got it! During the end of an exceptionally brutal Charlie Sheen roast on Comedy Central last night, Steve-O, the Jackass star known for stapling his nuts to his leg, thought ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, Charlie Sheen Roast, Mike Tyson, Steve-O

Dexter McCluster or Ben Tate: Who Will Win More Fantasy Football Leagues?

Fantasy With the season-ending injury to Jamaal Charles and the nagging hamstring injury to Arian Foster, two names have emerged as the "you have to go get" players from your fantasy football waiver wire: ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, News, Arian Foster, Ben Tate, Dexter McCluster, Fantasy Football, Fantasy football rankings, Houston Texans, Jamaal Charles, Kansas City Chiefs

Surfer Wipeout Photo Gallery

Overtime Surfing: It's not as easy as it looks ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime

Mariano Rivera is Saves Leader and One of Greatest Pitchers Ever

MLB by Mark Ross With save no. 602 on Monday, Mariano Rivera became major league baseball's career saves leader and further cemented his legacy as not only the game's greatest closer of all-time, b...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees

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