Congratulations to the Golden State Warriors as their dream season continues. There’s an entire week off before they face the Cleveland LeBrons for the championship. Yes, this is a basketball site. However, with hoops contests at DraftKings over for this season, the fantasy corner is switching to baseball. [Read more…]
There’s a huge Game Five tonight in the Western Conference Finals, as the Warriors try to wrap up the series at home and the Rockets try to send it back to Houston. [Read more…]
What a Game Seven this afternoon! The Clippers blew it in the fourth quarter on Friday but still have a chance to take the series if they play all 48 minutes. The Rockets’ comeback was amazing and if momentum exists, it’s all theirs. [Read more…]
Jackie Robinson, most recently immortalized in last year’s baseball film, 42, is a sports icon—in large part due to the significant contribution he made to all sports in being the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball during racial segregation (prior to the Civil Rights Movement). Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball when he started for the Brooklyn Dodgers 67 years ago on this very day, April 15, 1947. 10 years ago, in 2004, Major League Baseball decided to commemorate Robinson’s
Major League Baseball announced the newest members of its Hall of Fame—Atlanta Braves pitchers, Greg Maddox and Tom Glavine, and Chicago White Sox slugger Frank Thomas—on Wednesday. And, with that announcement, came the revelation from popular website Deadspin that ESPN2’s Highly Questionable star Dan Le Batard had turned his HoF vote over to their followers. The idea of a journalist giving his vote to the people is striking enough as it is, yet Deadspin used the term “buy,” as in they bought
The longest suspension ever levied by the NBA league office to a single player was 86 total games—73 regular season and 13 playoff games. The penalty paid by then Indiana Pacers small forward Ron Artest (now known as Metta World Peace) for his involvement in the worst in-arena brawl to occur in basketball history. That suspension pales in comparison to penalty issued to New York Yankees’ third basemen Alex Rodriguez on Monday. As Charlotte Bobcats guard Gerald Henderson noted, it is quite a
The sports industry can be very lucrative. Many people make a very good living working in professional sports, not the least of which are the agents that represent the athletes that fans often idolize. Agents, generally, have one primary goal in representing different athletes. As Jerry Maguire once screamed on behalf of his client Rod Tidwell, “Show me the money!” That considered, it’s no wonder why Jay-Z will most likely choose to give up his less than one-percent ownership of the Brooklyn
Featuring picks and comments by Rob Dudek Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet daily baseball leagues That was a long, strange walk down DraftStreet on Thursday night. The three most obvious pitching choices all performed below expectations, so point scoring was way down across the board. [Read more…]