Can you feel it? No, I’m not talking about the oppressive heat wave that’s all over the country, or the excitement over the next Taylor Swift show. I’m talking about the start of the 2023 fantasy football season! Fantasy managers are getting their cheat sheets and rankings together, preparing their list of sleepers and busts (all of which you can find in the SI Fantasy Draft Kit), and getting ready to dominate their drafts.
Part of that preparation is knowing where you’ll be picking in the draft. Of course, if you draw the top spot, you can choose from any player in the league.
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The 911 call made shortly after Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest during a workout at USC on Monday has been released. The audio reveals the urgency by the staff on-hand at the workout as well as the emergency worker on the other end of the phone line.
TMZ obtained and shared the call, which begins with someone at USC’s Galen Center saying “we need an ambulance immediately” before repeating “we need an ambulance here now.”
The 911 operator then instructed the man on site to sit next to James, who lost consciousness for a time, while remaining on the line.
The best NFL teams to bet on come in all shapes and sizes.
There’s underdogs, like the Giants and Lions, who covered at a high clip and exceeded their low expectations and then there’s Super Bowl contenders like the Bengals and 49ers, who were favored for the vast majority of their schedules and covered the spread often.
One common denominator for the five teams with the best records against the spread: They all finished with winning records straight up, and all but one (Detroit) made the postseason.
Let’s head into the weekend with another over bet!
The Reds head to Dodger Stadium Friday night and we are betting on plenty of offense at Chavez Ravine.
Bobby Miller gets the start at home for the Dodgers. Miller has pitched well for Los Angeles this year but has allowed eight earned runs across 16 innings pitched in July. His hard-hit rate and average exit velocity allowed are in the bottom half of the league, and that suggests hitters like Elly De La Cruz could have some success. We’ve certainly seen Cincinnati put on an offensive show before. Miller’s home ERA is 5.
With Colorado set to leave the Pac-12 to join its former conference, the Big 12, there’s plenty of speculation regarding the next shoe to drop in conference realignment.
How vulnerable is the Pac-12 with Colorado on the way out? Are more teams willing to bolt? After all, Colorado is the third team to spurn the conference, joining UCLA and USC who will join the Big 10 beginning in 2024.
Amid the chaos, here are the three best options to join Colorado in the Big 12, which now sits at 13 members.
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With less than a week until the MLB trade deadline, it’s time to analyze some of the most frustrating teams of the season.
After hitting the Mets on Wednesday, it’s time to move on to the Padres.
What’s their deal?
At a glance, San Diego’s issues aren’t necessarily obvious. The Padres’ +51 run differential is third-best in the NL. (Only the Braves and Dodgers have outscored opponents by more.) Both their pitching (109 ERA+) and hitting (105 OPS+) have stayed above average at a team level.
The St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs have long been heated rivals but what happened in the first inning of Thursday night’s game was something they probably have never seen in their intense history – a pitcher getting ejected after throwing at a hitter for such a lame reason.
In case you missed it, Cubs left fielder Ian Happ hit Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras in the head with his bat by accident on his backswing. Contreras had to leave the game after that and got a hug from Happ on his way out.
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England inched closer to the knockout round thanks to this epic goal from James
England inched closer to the knockout round of the Women’s World Cup with their second 1-0 victory of the tournament, this time over Denmark.
That lone goal came courtesy of Lauren James, on an absolutely sublime strike.
England broke through in the early going, with James — who was making her first World Cup Start — scored in the seventh minute.
Before taking off on its traditional summer break, F1 descends into the Ardennes Forest and the idyllic Spa-Francorchamps circuit this weekend for the Belgian Grand Prix.
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Red Bull has fitted his RB19 with a fifth gearbox, exceeding the allotment for the season
Max Verstappen is eying his eighth-straight victory at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. But the Red Bull driver will need to make up some spots in the Grand Prix Sunday to accomplish that feat.
According to multiple outlets, Red Bull has fitted his RB19 with a new gearbox, the fifth of the season. Under Formula 1 rules, teams are allowed four gearboxes over the course of a given season.