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Score Big With These Fantasy Football Tips

December 4, 2014 by

While watching football is top on the list of favorite fall activities, participating in fantasy football leagues is quickly catching up. If you spend hours re-working your fantasy football draft and managing your team, these tips will help you to maximize your chance of success—and maybe even win a bit of money along the way.

  1. Take advantage of online resources. Although some people may get a bit picky about using online cheat sheets, there’s no set rule against doing your research before the draft. Sites like ESPN.com are filled with incredibly beneficial resources to help stack the deck in your favor.
  2. Become familiar with your league’s rules. This tip is especially important for first-time participants, since making a blunder like drafting someone who has already been picked will hold up the rest of the league (and certainly annoy your opponents).
  3. Research injury reports. You make sure to pay attention to which players are doing best this season, but it’s just as important to know who’s limping a bit in practice.
  4. Get risky. Don’t be afraid to take a chance on a so-called “sleeper” player or two as the draft progresses. You’ll likely already have your first choice players by this point, and choosing a risky player could lead to a big payoff in the long run.

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Batter Up: Three Websites for Baseball Enthusiasts

February 20, 2014 by

Baseball is everyone’s favorite all American pastime, no matter if you play baseball yourself or you just enjoy watching your favorite professional team. These informative and entertaining baseball websites will provide you with everything you need to follow your favorite sport while at work or on the go.

MLB
Major League Baseball’s official website features news, video, and stats from every team around the country. Fans can check the schedule of upcoming baseball games, keep up with stats, and research new players, as well as manage fantasy baseball teams — all from this one convenient site.

USA Baseball
This website is the online source for USA Baseball, an amateur league home to some of the most promising young baseball players in the nation. On the site, you’ll find schedules and information about USA Baseball events, photos and videos of recent games, and a detailed history of all of the players and coaches in the league.

Baseball Reference
Baseball Reference is a website created for devoted baseball fans, with detailed statistics and elaborate player information that allows fans to follow along with games from their own home computers. This site also provides trade rumors, payrolls and signings, and info that you won’t find on other sites.

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Get Excited for the Winter Olympics with These Three Websites

January 8, 2014 by

If you wait all year for the excitement of the Winter Olympic Games, these great websites will give you all of the resources you need to get ready Sochi! With full lists of games, teams, and athletes as well as information about how you can get involved with the games, these sites will be your resource for all things Winter Games.

Sochi 2014
The official website for the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russi, Sochi2014 is your online resource for Olympics history, this year’s events, Olympics memorabilia, and even purchasing tickets. This website also features an online fan club full of fun downloads, polls, videos and photos.

NBC Olympics
NBCOlympics.com is the online home of the official network of the 2014 Olympic Games. Here you’ll find the top news stories about athletes and teams, statistics to help you make your early predictions, and high-quality videos from all of your favorite winter Olympic sports.

ESPN
The popular sports website features an entire section devoted to Olympics coverage, with in-depth articles discussing goings-on within each country’s team in the months leading up to the games. The ESPN Olympics site also features high-quality photos, headlines for each country's teams, and thoughtful analysis.

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Discover Basketball History with These Great Sports Books

December 4, 2013 by

Avid basketball fans are lucky to have numerous places to read about their favorite sport online, with sites like ESPN.com and NBA.com offering the latest standings, stats, and news, and a variety of blogs providing thoughtful analyses of great games and hot teams.

Over the years, basketball has occasioned quite a few extraordinary books which capture the history and nuance of the game in ways that even casual fans can can appreciate. Here are three of the best:

The Jordan Rules
Taking its name from a tactic once used to defend Michael Jordan, The Jordan Rules recounts a season Jordan's early career. In the book, author Sam Smith shows how Jordan and his team came together to win their very first championship.

Seven Seconds or Less
Jack McCallum's book chronicles a season spent with a team that changed the course of pro basketball: the 2005-2006 Phoenix Suns. Led by MVP point guard Steve Nash, the Suns played fast and inspired other teams to imitate their high-scoring style.

The Art of A Beautiful Game
Rather than focusing on a single team for a single season, The Art of a Beautiful Game offers a tour through the sport by focusing on specific events common to basketball games — like a dunk, a rebound, or a blocked shot — and on players whose talents help make the sport a joy to watch.

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Lose Weight While Playing Sports

October 9, 2013 by

Want to get fit? Grab a friend and start playing these great sports for burning calories. 

Skiing
An average person can burn around 700 calories for just an hour of cross country skiing. 

Basketball
Women can burn up to 500 calories and men can burn up to 700. 

Soccer
Depending on how much you weigh you can burn 400 to 800 calories. 

Swimming
You'll barely break a sweat burning 400 to 1,000 calories an hour with moderate effort doing laps through the pool. 

Tennis
In addition to a great cardio workout, tennis will also improve your strength and agility. Half an hour burns as much as 300 calories.

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Sports Buzz: Best Quarterbacks of All Time

October 31, 2012 by

If there’s one man that serves as the face of the football team, it’s the quarterback. The locus of every offensive play, it’s his job to get the ball down the field however he can. A legendary quarterback needs to be gifted with not just a powerful arm and agile legs but also a keen strategic mind, able to assess the situation on the field and adapt to it in a fraction of a second. Here are five men who can be considered the best of all time.

Joe Montana
Known as the Golden Great, Montana spent fourteen years with the San Francisco 49ers, leading them to many victories with his cool, collected playstyle. After being traded to Kansas City, he ended his career two years later. Montana started in and won four Super Bowls and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall Of Fame in 2000.

Bart Starr
One of the most famous players to ever wear the uniform of the Green Bay Packers, Bart Starr led that team to NFL dominance throughout the 50s and 60s before retiring in 1971. Two-time Super Bowl champion, two-time Super Bowl MVP, five-time NFL champion – these are just a few of his accolades.

Johnny Unitas
The man known as the Golden Arm, Unitas led the Baltimore Colts to numerous victories during his tenure as quarterback. He set many records during his professional career, but one that remains unbroken was his run of throwing a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games. He also won the NFL’s Man of the Year award in 1970.

Troy Aikman
Starting in 1989, Troy Aikman built the Dallas Cowboys into one of the most powerful forces in the NFL. Aikman’s playstyle was aggressive and high-scoring, winning him six Pro Bowl nominations and taking the team to a trio of Super Bowl victories. Since retirement, he’s gone on to commentate games for Fox.

John Elway
Still considered one of the most prolific passers in NFL history, John Elway recorded the most victories of any starting quarterback in history upon his retirement. He played for the Denver Broncos for the entirety of his pro career, taking the team to six AFC championships and five Super Bowls. 

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