WHAT WE’RE READING The articles you’ll want to save and share with your friends 1. Spencer Hall offers his eulogy for the BCS on SB Nation. [READ MORE] 2. Pro Football Focus reveals its All-Pro team for 2013. Perhaps a surprise: No Calvin Johnson. [READ MORE] 3. Knicks guard J.R. Smith hooking Snoop Pearson of "The Wire" with tickets to watch Carmelo Anthony is definitely the best sports-entertainment crossover of the day....
As a new feature on Sundays, we'll showcase five of our favorite features stories from the week that you might have missed. These are the stories that make you tweet "tl;dr" on a Wednesday. But it's Sunday! So sit back and enjoy some of the best sports writing from the last week. WHAT WE’RE READING The five articles you’ll want to save and share with your friends 1. Stan Van Gundy shares his idea for fixing tanking in the NBA....
To offset our pitcher going in Coors Field, we’re building our offense around an Astros stack, which has been as bankable as anything this year. We’re also taking advantage of some mediocre pitchers with potentially lower-owned offensive players. MORE DFS: MLB Playbook | Lineup Builder | Strategy Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: Monday, July 17 These picks are for FanDuel GPP contests. German Marquez, P, COL vs. SD ($6,200) We’re going to the cheap route on the mound tonight in hopes of hitting it big with a potentially low-owned, high-upside arm going to work at Coors Field....
Saturday’s full MLB schedule starts at 1:05 p.m. ET with the Rays-Yankees. There are five more afternoon games, including two more that start during the 1 o’clock hour, so be ready to set your lineups early. Good luck in all your daily fantasy baseball contests! READ MORE: Fantasy football cheat sheet | Daily hitter splits | DFS Playbook (late) Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Rankings Editor’s note: The Sporting News Football Championship is coming!...
The Spanish coach arrived in Mexico City in November 2016, taking charge of Cruz Azul in the 2017 Clausura. That tournament saw La Maquina finish in 11th with 21 points, extending their long postseason drought. This year, the team got off to a long undefeated start and edged into the Liguilla for the first time since the 2014 Clausura. Drawn with crosstown rival Club America, Cruz Azul played to a scoreless draw in both legs of the quarterfinal and was eliminated because of America’s better regular-season finish....
Behind the scenes, bipartisan negotiations stretched for weeks before the text of the legislation was released last Sunday evening. In the days since, members, lobbyists and other stakeholders have been poring over the details, while senators also propose amendments that ultimately could change the final version of the package. Brian Riedl, an analyst at the Manhattan Institute, told Newsweek that there haven’t been a lot of major bombshells, but some surprises as to what made it into an infrastructure package....
For Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, May was the cruelest month. Prices plunged after a series of tweets from Tesla CEO Elon Musk and increased scrutiny from governments worldwide. Prices have recovered from the lows, but investors remain cautious. Genesis Volatility Newsletter said “puts” outnumber “calls” in the option market, creating an “interesting opportunity” for gutsy investors willing to buy the dip in Bitcoin’s price. A “put” option gives the holder the right to sell while a “call” secures the right – but not the obligation—to buy at a future date....
Crytek Studios CEO, Cevat Yerli, spoke to Kotaku about developing Crysis 2 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 alongside the PC version and he explained that because the console gamer is more critical of his/her products, the developer was convinced it needed to create gameplay that is more streamlined and accessible. When asked about the possible “dumbing down” of the game in order to make it work on consoles, Yerli had this to say:...
8:00 AM – Engineers United v Decathlon FC The opening game of the weekend has two evenly matched teams going up against each other in Engineers United and Decathlon FC. Both teams won last week and will be looking to build momentum. Engineers seemed to enjoy playing on the ‘big pitch’ and we expect them to cover the full area while Decathlon will look to play out from midfield. We expect this to be a high-scoring game....
Marvel’s Avengers was marred with its live-service elements and repetitive mission structure, but there was a good game underneath. Crystal Dynamics was able to tell a pretty good single-player superhero story following a broken team of superheroes. The core gameplay was also pretty fun in spite of the repetitiveness. The studio has continued this with a couple of post-launch expansions that have further built upon the exciting storyline and have introduced even more heroes that just feel right....
Invincible is Image Comics’ standout superhero epic, focusing on the development of Mark Grayson as the titular character. Protecting Earth while managing his teenage responsibilities take up much of the first few volumes, but as the story unfolds it becomes clear that he is destined for far more than college deadlines and dead end jobs. Robot, Atom Eve, Oliver, and Omni Man are at the heart of the tale, and while all have sufficient time to shine, Mark is at the center of it all....
The 26-year-old has fallen down the pecking order at Liverpool since being suspended by UEFA last April for failing a drugs test, although the case was dropped after his lawyers argued that a fat-burner he used was not on the banned list. Several Premier League clubs had reportedly shown interest in the player over the last six months but were put off by Liverpool’s 20 million pounds ($25.16 million) valuation....
The prison was the target of a report published Monday featuring the opinions of a group of experts appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council, which President Joe Biden’s administration has re-engaged with as of last February. The voices featured were unanimous in their censure of the facility and seeking its closure. “Despite forceful, repeated and unequivocal condemnation of the operation of this horrific detention and prison complex with its associated trial processes, the United States continues to detain persons many of whom have never been charged with any crime,” the experts said....
“Death Certificate” has been denounced by civil-rights groups, including L.A.’s Urban League, the Guardian Angels and Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In an unprecedented editorial, Billboard magazine urged stores to “strongly protest the sentiments expressed on that album,” which is currently No. 3 in the country. It is also front-page news in the Korean-American community, where many fear it adds fuel to an already raging fire. Last March a Korean merchant in Los Angeles fatally shot a teenage black girl in the back of the head after a dispute over a bottle of juice....
The ban effectively outlaws chewing tobacco in team dugouts. It’s well known that many players chew the substance in large quantities, so some of the Cubs’ users were not pleased with the new rule. MORE: 11 most-hated players this century | Yasiel Puig won’t be suspended for bar incident “We’re grown men,” new Cubs pitcher John Lackey said. “People in the stands can have a beer but we can’t do what we want?...
“The coach said I was fat and that the fat guy has to play catcher,” Amaya said Thursday on one of the back fields at the Cubs’ spring training complex. “Since that day, I loved catcher.” Amaya, who turns 20 on Saturday, signed with the Cubs in 2015 and has a bright future. He’s not fat anymore but an athletic 6-foot-1, 185 pounds and still growing. “I think he has certain intangibles that you look for behind the plate,” said Alex Suarez, the Cubs’ director of international pro scouting and player development....
Mark Cueto broke Steve Hanley’s Premiership try-scoring record as Sale battled back to beat Exeter 21-16 at the Salford City Stadium on Friday. Exeter looked well in control after a try from Watisoni Votu and eight points from Gareth Steenson eased the visitors into a 13-5 half-time lead. Dan Braid gave the Sharks hope when he went over before Steenson extended the advantage early in the second half. But England international Cueto, 33, inspired a dramatic Sale revival as he touched down for his 76th domestic score before Rob Miller kicked a penalty....
RELATED: Cult Of The Lamb: Pro Tips For Combat Being a cult leader and a supernatural being, the Lamb has magical powers known as Curses that can also be used to damage their enemies, and there are also several conventional weapons at the hero’s disposal. There are no “magical” weapons in the game since one of the quirks of the rogue-like design is that every run is slightly different, so weapons are granted temporary powers and abilities that can be changed later....
