Adams made that clear after his tryout at Washington’s rookie camp last weekend, when he was asked if, after all the attention paid to him as a senior transfer at Oregon and at the February combine, he was surprised everybody passed on him in the draft. MORE: 40 of NFL’s most-hated players | 18 impact rookies in 2016 “I know everybody talks about how short I am and everything like that, so I wasn’t surprised at all,’’ he said....
That Hall of Famer is Ken Griffey Jr. Back in June 1987, 30 years ago last week, the two were linked. Both were star high school outfielders and considered among the top prospects available in the MLB Draft. Seattle and Pittsburgh agreed. The Mariners made Griffey the top overall pick and the Pirates chose Merchant at No. 2. Griffey’s story is well known. He would go on to hit 630 home runs and earn 10 gold gloves in 22 seasons in the majors....
There are only 50 spots in this contest, so join ASAP. Everyone who outscores our experts’ team will win $5 back, plus the invaluable satisfaction of beating us. To sweeten the pot, there’s also a $250 prize pool for the top 12 finishers, including $62.50 for first place. Simple, right? To make it even easier for you, here’s the team we’ve assembled for Sunday.* Can you beat our experts? Good luck!...
What a hobby we’ve chosen, huh? But, good news – you can forget about the fact you wasted a first-round pick on Doug Martin and build a new squad for one of DraftKings’ weekly fantasy football contests. This week’s featured contest offers $1,000,000 in guaranteed prizes, including $100,000 for first place. Entry is just $27, and the contest is capped at 42,000 entries, so sign up now and start working with your virtual $50,000 budget to pick the highest-scoring team possible....
Before we break down our picks, here are the most notable scoring rules for DraftKings contests: Full-point PPR, four-point passing TDs, three-point bonuses for 100 rushing yards, 100 receiving yards, and 300 passing yards. WEEK 14 DFS LINEUPS: FanDuel | Yahoo DraftKings Picks Week 14: NFL DFS lineup for GPP tournaments Sunday main slate, $50,000 budget QB Joe Burrow, Bengals vs. 49ers ($6,000). Keep tabs on Burrow’s pinky finger throughout the week, but the fact that he finished Sunday with a respectable 22....
Before we break down all of our picks, here are the most notable scoring rules for DraftKings contests: Full-point PPR, four-point passing TDs, three-point bonuses for 100 rushing yards, 100 receiving yards, and 300 passing yards. WEEK 16 DFS LINEUPS: FanDuel DraftKings Picks Week 16: NFL DFS lineup for GPP tournaments Sunday main slate, $50,000 budget QB Geno Smith, Seahawks @ Chiefs ($5,800). Smith struggled last week against San Francisco, but a bounce-back performance is in order against Kansas City’s 21st-ranked pass defense....
Daily fantasy sports sites normally bring in between 10 and 20 percent of a contest’s entry fees as a “rake,” paying out the rest to the contestants as winnings. Instead, DraftKings will be donating a day’s rake to an as-of-yet unannounced charity. At this time, it is unclear whether the NBA and WNBA will be returning to action Friday or Saturday. The ballpark estimate for the donation, according to Darren Rovell, is around $500,000....
Playing both starting pitchers forces us to avoid the highest priced hitters from both teams, but that’s not the end of the world. All four of Michael Brantley, Carlos Correa, Yuli Gurriel and Adam Eaton have been some of the game’s better hitters at various points of their careers. Gurriel and Correa both hit in the bottom half of Houston’s order, but that’s fine – it will still work as a mini stack....
The incident was one of at least three in 24 hours that featured Sinema being filmed during confrontations with activists. On Sunday, she was confronted and followed into a bathroom by activists who demanded that she support President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act. She was also confronted by multiple people who followed her at Ronald Reagan National Airport after she landed on Monday. Footage of the senator’s confrontation on board the airplane was shared to Twitter by the Arizona Dream Act Coalition....
Two top contenders wrecked late, spoiling their chances to win. One driver had to run part of the race with vice grips as a gearshift. And, afterward, there were two driver confrontations — one on pit road and one in the garage, where they should. All in all, it was an exciting and drama-filled day at Michigan. The winners and losers from Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400: Winners Jeff Gordon — Gordon appears to have everything he needs to win a fifth championship....
Alonso’s horrifying crash ended his race early and left spectators amazed that he survived. MORE: NASCAR Sprint Cup’s Auto Club 400 After striking the left-rear tire of Esteban Gutierrez car going into turn three, Alonso’s McLaren crashed off a wall and flipped several times before coming to a rest upside down in the barriers. There wasn’t much left of the car. Alonso, of Spain, walked away unharmed and was cleared by medical staff....
A man with 177 Premier League goals, three titles, four FA Cups, two League Cups, a Champions League and Europa League triumph to his name was fortunate enough to play alongside some of the world’s top talent. Chelsea 14/1 outsiders for title Lampard also earned 106 caps for England, as he formed part of the so-called ‘Golden Generation’ for the Three Lions. He represented his country in an era of David Beckham, Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney and Co, but the 39-year-old has preferred to focus on the domestic scene when piecing together a top five of the best players he played with for Planet Football....
Drugmakers Johnson & Johnson and Purdue Pharma, along with distributors McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health, have all agreed to reimburse states, counties and the federal government for dishonest marketing and failure to regulate the deadly painkillers, which have taken hundreds of thousands of U.S. lives. Reimbursement is one thing, but admission of guilt is another. In nearly a dozen cases reviewed by Newsweek, all the drug companies have clauses in their opioid-related settlements over the years that allow them to avoid saying they did anything wrong....
The report was published by the New York-based investigative website The City using data from the Department of Corrections. According to the report, between April 2020 and May 2021, when guests were not allowed in jails due to COVID-19 restrictions, authorities in the department’s city jails seized contraband drugs over 2,600 times. That number is more than double the amount of drugs confiscated during the same period of time from 2018 to 2019 when visitors were allowed....
Five-star small forward Jalen Johnson announced Thursday on his Twitter account he had committed to the Blue Devils. He’s the fourth-ranked prospect in his class and top player at his position, according to 247Sports. “Ever since the day I picked up a basketball, I have dreamt of playing this game at the highest level possible,” Johnson said in his announcement video. “Through all the blood, sweat and tears I’ve put into this game, the many obstacles I have overcame, many did not expect me to be in the position I’m in today....
Keith was given a match penalty for intent to injure and is automatically suspended pending the NHL’s review of the incident, which occurred with 9:27 left in the first period. As Coyle and Keith were competing for a loose puck, Keith fell to the ice and from his back swung his stick upward, hitting Coyle and drawing blood. MORE: The best active NHL player by jersey number | The link between NHL concussions and fights...
The two federal inmates, Cory Johnson and Dustin Higgs, were scheduled to be executed on Thursday and Friday, respectively, at the Justice Department execution chamber inside the Federal Correction Complex in Indiana. The U.S. judge’s order delays the execution of both convicted murderers until at least March 16 in a move intended to allow them to recover from COVID-19 infections. The two men have argued that lung damage caused by COVID-19 could heighten their suffering during lethal injection....
That’s what Dustin Johnson accomplished at the 2020 Masters. His 72-hole score of 268 (20-under par) is the lowest such score in the history of a tournament that’s been played 84 times. It broke a mark previously held by Tiger Woods (1997) and Jordan Spieth (2015). In October, it wasn’t even obvious whether Johnson would be able to play at Augusta National Golf Club in the rescheduled Masters. Johnson tested positive for COVID-19 while preparing for a tournament in Las Vegas, and he had to isolate in his hotel room there for more than a week....
It’s great because no one is right, and no one is necessarily wrong. But there’s one big part of the whole ordeal that no one seems to be discussing. Well, no one except Zach Britton. MORE: Five dumbest unwritten rules, ranked “Dustin, him telling Manny (Machado), ‘Hey, that (pitch) didn’t come from me’ may be even more frustrating,” Britton told BaltimoreBaseball.com. “Because he’s the leader of that clubhouse and if he can’t control his own teammates, then there’s a bigger issue over there....
Haskins, though, was on the field at the start of the fourth quarter and completed one more touchdown drive before exiting. He finished 22-of-30 passing for 315 yards and five TDs, the highest totals ever at Ohio State for a first-time starter, in a storm-delayed 77-31 OSU victory at Ohio Stadium. What does Haskins remember most from his debut? BENDER: Ohio State’s leaders — the players — shine without Meyer...
