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World Series Primer
MLB Why the Giants believe they can win…. Pitching, pitching and pitching. Then there’s that little matter of clutch hitting up and down the lineup. Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain and Jonathan Sanc...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Brad Stevens, Butler Basketball Coach
College Basketball Brad Stevens orchestrated one of the most compelling NCAA Tournament runs in college basketball history last spring — just 10 years after quitting the business world to accept a volunteer coachi...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: College Basketball

Rangers' Bats vs. Giants' Arms
MLB As has been the case all season and throughout the playoffs, we expect outstanding pitching in the World Series. The Giants feature four starters (Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Jonathan Sanchez and Madison...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Unexpected Heroes
MLB Going into the season, most baseball experts expected the Yankees and Phillies in the World Series. Coming out of the season, most experts still expected the powers from New York and Philadelphia to f...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Stock Market Report
Fantasy We are all usually skeptical about trying something new. Trying a new restaurant or entrée, relying on a new co-worker for a project, or checking out a new band or album push us too far outside our c...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: Fantasy

Sports Lite
News Eat you hearts out, couch commandos. I’m typing this column while Jenn Sterger whispers sweet nothings in my ear. … That NFL P.R. machine never misses a beat. Take Sunday’s Bronc...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: News

For Real, or Get Real
Fantasy Week 7 gave us some screwy results on the NFL landscape, including lots of numbers that will send folks dashing to the waiver wire in the coming days. But who among Sunday’s big performers are r...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: Fantasy

Cam Newton, QB Auburn
College Football The multitalented signal-caller led the Auburn Tigers to a hard-fought win over LSU, giving Auburn the inside track to the SEC West title, an a No. 1 ranking. Newton threw for just 86 yards, but ran 2...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: College Football

Broncos Surprises
Fantasy The Denver Broncos were fantasy poison this summer. No one wanted Kyle Orton or any of his common receivers, other than perhaps Eddie Royal. The Broncos wouldn’t hold up – no way – w...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: Fantasy

Trivia Time
MLB 1. Two franchises in the National League — Atlanta and Arizona have collected the Cy Young award four consecutive seasons. But only one franchise in the AL has won as many as three consecutive a...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Week 7 Predictions - Beyond the Obvious
Fantasy If this isn't your favorite weekly blog series by now, I don't know what would be. I continue to drop knowledge to help strong teams win their your matchups, and teams that are fighting for pl...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: Fantasy

Sports Lite
News Let there be Sports Lite. … Now this is getting downright ridiculous. First, the NFL bans its players from helmet-to-helmet hits on wide receivers. Now the league says players can’t hit ...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: News

Weekly Matchups
Fantasy By Mike Beacom FootballDiehards.com Hard to believe but Kansas City’s rookie tight end Tony Moeaki has more catches than veteran wide receiver Dwayne Bowe (18 to 15). If there is a silver li...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: Fantasy

Athlon Interview: Roy Williams
College Basketball Roy Williams warned us. Told us before last season his Tar Heels weren’t top-five material. Probably didn’t deserve the top 10, either. But did we listen? Nope. It’s hard to pay clos...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: College Basketball

Will Spurrier win SEC East in the Swamp
College Football What is it about No. 1 teams in college football not being able to play on the road? Alabama ventured to South Carolina and lost. Then on Saturday, top-ranked Ohio State visited Wisconsin and the Badg...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: College Football

Lee still dominating Yanks
MLB Cliff Lee is firmly cemented among the best postseason pitchers ever. He is 7-0 in his eight starts with a 1.26 ERA. His latest gem Monday night confirmed that he is better than the Yankees. He proved...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Waiver Wire
Fantasy By Matt Schauf RapidDraft.com Every week folks grab the Keiland Williamses and LeGarrette Blounts of the fantasy world off the waiver wire in hopes that they luck into some gem of a bye-week cover...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: Fantasy

Where we went right; where we were wrong
Fantasy In a week full of 80-plus-yard TD plays and nasty hits on pass catchers that likely resulted in some serious concussions (and saw guys like DeSean Jackson get knocked out in the first quarter), quite ...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: Fantasy

2011 Free Agency
MLB  2011 Difference-makers2011 Potential Front-LinersOther 2011 NotablesFree in 2012CVictor MartinezJohn BuckRod BarajasRyan Doumit*  Gerald LairdRamon HernandezYadier Molina*  M...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Cody Ross, San Francisco Giants
MLB In August, Ross was merely playing out the season in Florida in front of (generously) 10,000 fans every night. But after a call from the Giants — presumably to keep the rival Padres from getting...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Tale of two bullpens
MLB How can the Texas Rangers recover from such a devastating loss? In the span of five hitters, the Texas bullpen allowed two walks and three singles, which were converted to five runs, blowing a clutch ...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

2010 ALCS Preview
MLB ALCS New York Yankees vs. Texas Rangers Game 1 – Fri. – 8:00 – at Texas C.C. Sabathia vs. C.J. Wilson Game 2 – Sat. – 4:00 – at Texas Phil Hughes v. Colby ...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

2010 NLCS Preview
MLB NLCS San Francisco Giants vs. Philadelphia Phillies Game 1 – Sat. – 7:30 – at Philadelphia Tim Lincecum v. Roy Halladay Game 2 – Sun. – 8:00 – at Philadelph...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Rust Factor?
Fantasy This week, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will rejoin his Steelers teammates on the field; by the end of the month, Vincent Jackson will be back in the lineup for San Diego. Both players are ...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: Fantasy

Sports Lite
News “I am the way, the truth and the Sports Lite.’’ Not to, you know, brag or anything, but how many other columns out there got some love in the Bible? …The latest on the Brett F...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: News

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