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Detroit Lions: The NFL's Team of Destiny
News -by Rob Doster Last week in this space, I bragged about how the Buffalo Bills had posted consecutive comebacks of 18 points or more. Well, the Detroit Lions make the Bills look like frontrunne...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL, News, Aaron Rodgers, Calvin Johnson, Cam Newton, Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Matthew Stafford, Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles, Tony Romo, Wes Welker

Fantasy Football Rankings: Week 4
News We rank enough players at each position to appease everyone from those in 8-team leagues to 16-team leagues, those that can start two QBs, two TEs, three RBs and four WRs. We cut out the rest, beca...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy, News

Fantasy Football Start & Sit: Week 4
News 2011 NFL Week 4 Fantasy Football Start & Sit These are our suggestions, but of course as always: You are responsible for setting your own lineup. 2011 NFL Week 4 Fantasy Football Rankin...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy, News

Illinois LB Jonathan Brown Delivers A Low Blow Against Northwestern
News Saturday's game between Northwestern and Illinois was one of the best in the Big Ten.  Illinois linebacker Jonathan Brown's dirty play in the first half? Not so good. Brown decide...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Northwestern Wildcats

Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings: Week 4
News We rank enough players at each position to appease everyone from those in 8-team leagues to 16-team leagues, those that can start two QBs, two TEs, three RBs and four WRs. We cut out the rest, beca...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy, News

Fantasy Football Defense/Special Teams Rankings: Week 4
News We rank enough players at each position to appease everyone from those in 8-team leagues to 16-team leagues, those that can start two QBs, two TEs, three RBs and four WRs. We cut out the rest, beca...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy, News

Fantasy Football Kicker Rankings: Week 4
News We rank enough players at each position to appease everyone from those in 8-team leagues to 16-team leagues, those that can start two QBs, two TEs, three RBs and four WRs. We cut out the rest, beca...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy, News

Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings: Week 4
News We rank enough players at each position to appease everyone from those in 8-team leagues to 16-team leagues, those that can start two QBs, two TEs, three RBs and four WRs. We cut out the rest, beca...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy, News

Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings: Week 4
News We rank enough players at each position to appease everyone from those in 8-team leagues to 16-team leagues, those that can start two QBs, two TEs, three RBs and four WRs. We cut out the rest, beca...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy, News

Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings: Week 4
News We rank enough players at each position to appease everyone from those in 8-team leagues to 16-team leagues, those that can start two QBs, two TEs, three RBs and four WRs. We cut out the rest, beca...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy, News

Dover International Speedway
News by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Race: AAA 400 Location: Dover, Del. TV: ESPN (2:00 p.m. EST) May Winner: Ryan Newman Specs: 1-mile oval; Banking/Turns: 24°; Banking/Straightaways...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Dover, NASCAR, Sprint Cup

Florida's Sharrif Floyd Gets a Bad Deal From the NCAA
News by Josh Kipnis Time and time again, evidence has indicated that college athletics are a corrupt system.  Coaches are constantly violating the NCAA’s recruiting rules, and players are acc...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, Sharrif Floyd, Florida Gators

Rays and Cardinals Down To Last Chance for Wild-Card Spot
News by Josh Kipnis “Triple” is not the most common word in baseball.  Any hitter will tell you that a triple is the hardest stat to check off the list.  And for a defensive player, a ...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays

Washington Redskins a great fantasy defense to play in Week 4
News Ask Athlon Fantasy Football for Week 4 If you have any fantasy football questions for Ask Athlon, send them my way @AthlonCorby on Twitter or via email to corby.yarbrough@athlonsports.com W...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy, News, Ben Tate, Bernard Scott, Cedric Benson, Daniel Thomas, David Nelson, Joseph Addai, Kansas City Chiefs, Knowshon Moreno, Mark Ingram, Mike Tolbert, Minnesota Vikings, Nate Washington, Reggie Wayne, Ryan Grant, St. Louis Rams, Washington Redskins

Antonio Gates (Foot) Might Sit Out Weeks 3-5; Could That Be Good for Fantasy Owners?

News Antonio Gates is having a bad season. He started 2011 off with a fantasy bang. He recorded 8 receptions for 73 yards against the Vikings in the first game of the season. He didn't find the end zone...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, Antonio Gates, Beanie Wells, Hakeem Nicks, San Diego Chargers

St. Louis Rams Rules Parody Is Better Than The Original (Video)
News St. Louis "Ram Rules" Round Two from JoeSportsFan.com on Vimeo. A few weeks ago, the St. Louis Rams came out with one of those cheesy, produced videos that was called "Rams Rules" where a ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, Rams Rules, St. Louis Rams

Conference Matters: Big Ten vs. SEC
News The Beauty of the Beast by Sam Bernstein There are two football games that stand above the others this weekend; Nebraska at Wisconsin, and Alabama at Florida. Both feature Top 25 teams. Bot...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, Big Ten, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Wisconsin Badgers

Red Sox Will Miss Playoffs
News by Charlie Miller I think the Red Sox are done. It’s over, Red Sox Nation. On Sept. 1 there seemed to be no doubt that both the Red Sox and Yankees were in the playoffs. The only question was...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: News, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays

Cardinal Nation Will Miss Postseason Party
News by Charlie Miller While the Atlanta Braves haven’t been losing in quite the same fashion as the Red Sox, there are clear signs that this team is wearing down. Relievers Eric O’Flaherty, Jon...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: News, Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals

Frank Gore Expected To Play; Add Kendall Hunter Anyway
News Frank Gore is going to get hurt. That's a certainty up there with death and taxes. And in the 49ers Week 3 game against the Bengals (which was a horrible game to watch, by the way), Frank made that...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, Frank Gore, Kendall Hunter, San Francisco 49ers

A Young Utah Utes Fan Really Hates BYU (Video)
News This little Utah Utes fan really doesn't like the BYU Cougars. As you can see in this video, he starts bawling and crying when his dad plays a trick on him and tells him he didn't buy him a Ut...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime, News, BYU Cougars, Utah Utes

Adam Dunn And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Season
News Adam Dunn used to be a good baseball player. He was one of those guys that you penciled in for 35-40 homers every year. Sure, eh struck out a few times, and sure, you'd never mistake his batting av...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, Adam Dunn, Ozzie Guillen, Chicago White Sox

Ozzie Guillen Walks Away From White Sox; A Look Back At Some of His Best Tweets
News It is a sad day for White Sox fans. Their controversial, but always entertaining manager, Ozzie Guillen, and the Sox have ended their relationship. Ozzie was looking for a contract extension, b...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, News, Adam Dunn, Alex Rios, Ozzie Guillen, Chicago White Sox, Florida Marlins

Fantasy Football: Waiver Wire Week 4
News Some of the players listed in Athlon Sports' NFL Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Week 4 may be one-week adds, some may be season-long adds and some are listed just for you to keep an eye on to stash o...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy, News, Colt McCoy, Daniel Thomas, David Nelson, Dexter McCluster, Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football waiver wire, Jason Avant, Kendall Hunter, Lance Moore, Matt Hasselbeck, Nate Washington, Sidney Rice, Steve Smith, Titus Young, Torrey Smith, Victor Cruz, Vince Young, waiver wire, Willis McGahee

Fantasy Football: Week 3 Start & Sit Recap
News Here's a recap of how Athlon Sports Week 3 Start or Sit suggestions worked out. This is how I work out fantasy football scoring in my mind: I want to average 16 points from my QBs, RBs, WRs and...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy, News

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