Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud. PHOTO USA Today Sports Images Everybody in fantasy football has a draft list. I have two because, let’s face it, with the clock winding down, the heart can overpower the brain. That’s why it’s important to have that second list: Your dream team. A wish list of guys you want…
Sep 18, 2023; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb (24) is taken from the field on a cart after suffering an apparent injury against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the second quarter at Acrisure Stadium. credits: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports The conservative approach to this year’s fantasy football draft would begin with passing…
March 30, 2024; San Jose, California, USA; NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman (left) talks to Houston Dash goalkeeper Jane Campbell (1) after the match against Bay FC at PayPal Park. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports The National Women’s Soccer League and the NWSL Players Association have agreed to a collective bargaining agreement that will eliminate…
Feb 11, 2024; Paradise, Nevada, USA; San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey (23) scores a touchdown against the Kansas City Chiefs in the first half of Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The wait between picks when slotted first or last in a fantasy football draft can…
PHOTO USA Today Sports Images If your goal is to win your Week 1 matchup in fantasy football this season, I got a guy for you: Anthony Richardson. The Colts open at home against the Texans in what could be the shootout of the week. Richardson passed for 223 yards and a touchdown and rushed…
Oregon State’s Travis Bazzana (37) celebrates after hitting the team’s second solo home run during an NCAA college baseball game against Oregon at Goss Stadium on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Corvallis, Ore. When the Cleveland Guardians took Travis Bazzana as the No. 1 pick in Sunday night’s MLB Draft, the Oregon State star had…
The future of basketball strolled into Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Wednesday night decked out in suits by Armani, Versace and Dolce & Gabbana, among others. The towering, baby-faced athletes were dressed in their best for the night of their lives: the N.B.A. draft. Their arrival at the draft was a culmination of years of…
“People want to sit around with the family and watch football,” Roger Goodell, the National Football League commissioner, said Thursday night before the 2024 N.F.L. draft. It is also increasingly the case that people want to sit around, alone or in groups, watching phenomenal athletes and physical specimens doing nothing more physically taxing than sauntering…
L.S.U. may have lost to Iowa in the Elite Eight round of the N.C.A.A. women’s basketball tournament, but even two days afterward their star forward Angel Reese was still making headlines — this time in Vogue. On Wednesday, Ms. Reese, 21, decided to use the glossy to announce she was forgoing her last year of…
Sam Presti is the only NBA executive ever to draft three future MVPs and he did it in three consecutive drafts. It’s a maniacal stroke of luck and an exercise of risk/reward, chance and foresight. By doing so, Presti at the time guaranteed short-term success for the soon-to-be relocated Seattle Sonics into the Oklahoma City…
