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Jose Reyes to start 2010 on DL
Adam Rubin, of the New York Daily News, reports New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes (thyroid) will open the 2010 season on the disabled list because of elevated thyroid levels. Reyes’ agent, Peter Greenberg, and general manager Omar ...
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Baseball
Jose Reyes
New York Mets
Miguel Tejada
Alex Cora
K-BAL: So you’re telling me there’s a chance
In past years, KFFL has played host to just one expert league – the K-BAD, or KFFL’s Fantasy Baseball Analysis Draft for those that prefer the non-Britney Spears’ ex-husband-inspired nickname (whew, that’s a mouthful). ...
Fantasy Baseball: Brandon Phillips or Dustin Pedroia?
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Close ADP race for Pedroia and ...
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Baseball
Dustin Pedroia
Brandon Phillips
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Red Sox
Josh Cribbs, Antrel Rolle and Anquan Boldin: a quick and dirty fantasy breakdown!
Free agency is rolling along pretty well and it’s exciting. I see many positives for fantasy owners with some of the signings. I’m on a semi-working vacation at the moment, but I’ll continue to contribute to my blog with my ...
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Football
Anquan Boldin
Antrel Rolle
Joshua Cribbs
Baltimore Ravens
Cleveland Browns
Arizona Cardinals
Fantasy Football Alert: Thomas Jones signs with KC
Adam Schefter, of ESPN, reports the Kansas City Chiefs have signed unrestricted free-agent running back Thomas Jones (Jets) to a two-year deal worth $5 million.
Jones is coming off the best statistical season of his career, leading ...
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Football
Thomas Jones
Kansas City Chiefs
New York Jets
Shonn Greene
Jamaal Charles
Fantasy Soccer Review: Finding your center … midfielder
With five largely uneventful matches down and three left to play in Gameweek 29, we are near the end of the silence before the Fantasy EPL storm. Between March 13th and 24th there are 26 league matches in the Premiership. Eleven are in Gameweek ...
Fantasy Golf – World Golf Championships: CA Championship
There are two guarantees when MLB players start spring training and the PGA Tour heads to Doral for the WGC-CA Championship. First, spring is right around the corner (take that Punxsutawney Phil). Second, you won’t find an empty golf ...
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Soccer
Michael Bradley
Dustin Pedroia
Fantasy Baseball Alert: Minnesota Twins RP Joe Nathan has torn ligament in elbow
The Minneapolis Star Tribune’s Joe Christensen reports Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan (elbow) has been diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. He will decide whether to have Tommy John surgery within two ...
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Baseball
Minnesota Twins
Joe Nathan
Matt Guerrier
Pat Neshek
Jose Mijares
Jon Rauch
Fantasy Baseball: Jason Heyward vs. Stephen Strasburg
Stephen Strasburg is slated for his Grapefruit League debut Tuesday, but the spring momentum of another youngster has quelled the hype surrounding the collegiate stud.
Jason Heyward ’s batting practice shows drew comparisons to Hank Aaron ...
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Baseball
Stephen Strasburg
Atlanta Braves
Washington Nationals
Free agency’s opening weekend
The firestorm of the first weekend of NFL free agency is behind us, so let’s examine the aftermath. Did your favorite team better their chances? Which teams wasted money? The best signing? How about the worst?
Newsmakers
Julius ...
Fantasy Baseball: Miguel Cabrera or Ryan Howard?
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Miggy or Howard?
Which do you ...
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Baseball
Ryan Howard
Miguel Cabrera
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Phillies
Chester Taylor, Antonio Cromartie and Julius Peppers with a fantasy breakdown!
I’m on a semi-working vacation. The truth is when you love your job, you never really get away from work regardless of where you go. I’m going to take a break from my 2009 All-Fantasy team breakdown to give my two cents on some ...
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Football
Julius Peppers
Antonio Cromartie
Chester Taylor
New York Jets
Chicago Bears
Anquan Boldin traded to Ravens
Anquan Boldin won’t be able to say the Arizona Cardinals aren’t paying him enough anymore.
The Baltimore Ravens sent 2010 third- and fourth-round draft choices to Arizona for Boldin and a 2010 fifth-rounder before quickly ...
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Football
Anquan Boldin
Baltimore Ravens
Doug Free
Fantasy Soccer Preview: Fantasy Transfers Continue
Welcome to the dreaded Gameweek 29. For the second week in a row, fantasy teams are desperate to fill their starting 11. It features multiple matches from clubs at the top of the table against ones in the lower tier. It doesn’t feature ...
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Soccer
Wes Brown
Gary Neville
Alex Ferguson
Michael Carrick
Paul Scholes
Ji-Sung Park
Bloomberg Challenge: Draft and play vs. fantasy baseball experts!
You guys are missing out on this sleeper. … Why did you rank him that high? … You don’t know what you’re talking about.
Tired of using forums and comments sections to remind us experts that our brains can’t ...
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Soccer
Steve Gardner
Fantasy Baseball: Riffing on Carlos Santana
Those who read me know I like to draft catchers late after building up elsewhere.
This handful of loyal browsers also knows, however, that I usually avoid chasing hyped youngsters.
In our KFFL Fantasy Baseball Analysis Draft – the ...
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Baseball
Johan Santana
Bengie Molina
Cleveland Indians
Lou Piniella
Mike Redmond
2010 NFL Free Agent TEs
Daniels likely staying put in Houston...
Typically, the free-agent market is an exciting time for NFL and fantasy football fans alike. This year, however, it appears there will be a lot less to be giddy about.
I previously blogged about ...
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Football
Doug Free
Antonio Daniels
Bo Scaife
Alge Crumpler
Earl Watson
Michael Owen
Fantasy Baseball: Zack Greinke or Felix Hernandez?
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Can Greinke conquer a King?
Need ...
NFL Scouting Combine – Part III
The final day of the 2010 NFL Scouting Combine showcased the defensive backs, and several players stood out. Monday gave us the linebackers, which is a very deep position in this year’s draft class.
Notable performances
Jamar Chaney ...
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Football
Chris Cook
JaMarcus Russell
Donald Brown
Gilbert Arenas
Javier Vazquez
Earl Watson
Fantasy Golf: 2010 Honda Classic Preview
It seems just like yesterday that the fantasy golf community was gearing up for the first event of the year in Hawaii at the SBS Championship. As the northern regions of the country plowed out from blizzards, the southwestern United States ...
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Baseball
Ernie Grunfeld
Sergio García
Jimmy Rollins
Rickie Weeks
Fantasy Soccer Review: Building a Defensive Attack
Hours after Sunday’s Arsenal-Stoke match, the video clip or images of Gunners’ midfielder Aaron Ramsey’s broken leg appeared on nearly every sports news site or blog that focuses on the EPL. For those that haven’t seen ...
Fantasy Baseball: Jimmy Rollins or Jose Reyes?
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Reyes: healthy enough to defeat ...
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Baseball
Jimmy Rollins
Jose Reyes
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Mets
Draft Grapevine: NFL Scouting Combine – Part II
The 2010 NFL Scouting Combine offered an enjoyable weekend of football for thirsty fans, even though no game was actually played. Today I’m going to give you a brief overview of what you may have missed this weekend before doing a more ...
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Football
Ryan Mathews
Jason Brown
Jerry Owens
LeSean McCoy
Jake Long
Brandon Marshall
Friday Night Fish Fights: Josh Johnson vs. Ricky Nolasco, Florida Marlins
This bout is scheduled for one fall.
In this corner … standing 6-foot-7, weighing in … at two hundred thirty pounds, aaaand boasting a 15-5 record, a 3.23 ERA and 191 knockouts in 33 barnyard brawls, the reigning ace of the ...
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Baseball
Ricky Nolasco
Florida Marlins
Josh Johnson
Fantasy Soccer Preview: The Substitutes
Fans of Aston Villa and Manchester United are pleased with their appearances in the Carling Cup this weekend. However, I cannot say the same for fantasy owners. Villa has some of the most sought-after defenders in the English Premier League. ...
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Soccer
Wayne Rooney
Patrice Evra
Richard Dunne
James Milner
Tyrone Mears
David Nugent
Draft Grapevine: NFL Scouting Combine – Part I
Welcome back to another year of KFFL.com ’s NFL Draft Grapevine series. To kick off this season, the 2010 NFL Scouting Combine is the focus of this week’s piece. Join us for combine coverage throughout the weekend, and check back ...
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Football
LeSean McCoy
Jason Campbell
LaDainian Tomlinson
Mike Bell
Sam Young
Jimmy Rollins
2010 NFL Free Agent WRs
Can Edwards catch a big contract?
Football is here. Again.
The NFL Draft is on the horizon, as the NFL Combine kicked off yesterday. Before we make it to that time of the year, we must first deal with the upcoming free-agent market.
In ...
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Football
Doug Free
Brandon Marshall
Vincent Jackson
Terrell Owens
Miles Austin
Braylon Edwards
2009 All-Fantasy Team, Tight Ends, non-PPR
Tight ends in non-PPR leagues is where we are at for those who have been following. For those that have not, you can find my other blogs at:
2010 All-Fantasy Team: WRs, non-PPR
2009 All-Fantasy Team: WRs, PPR
2009 All-Fantasy Team: ...
2010 NFL Free Agent RBs
Some big names on the free-agent market...
I previously talked about the not-so-sexy group of free-agent quarterbacks to be. I wish I could jump up and down over the running back class, which is better in comparison to quarterbacks, but there ...
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Football
Doug Free
LaDainian Tomlinson
Jerome Harrison
Brian Westbrook
Jamal Lewis
Chester Taylor
What’s next for one of the NFL’s all-time greats?
OK, I’ll be the first to admit my man-love for LaDainian Tomlinson entering the 2009 fantasy football season bit me in the tail in a lot of leagues. There were many justifiable reasons to like LT as a buy-low draft pick last summer, ...
Fantasy baseball: Ryan Braun or Matt Kemp?
It’s time to start building your core for your fantasy baseball team. Two outfielders are calling your name.
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Baseball
Ryan Braun
Matt Kemp
Los Angeles Dodgers
Milwaukee Brewers
2010 NFL Free Agent QBs
Not much QB help on the market...
Every time I turn around, I’m hearing NFL Draft chatter, talk about the pending free-agent market and seeing some big-name players being given a pink slip. Didn’t the NFL season just come to an ...
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Football
Doug Free
Chad Pennington
Kyle Orton
Daunte Culpepper
Jason Campbell
Kellen Clemens
2009 All-Fantasy Team: PPR Tight Ends
Tight end is a fun group because I view this position as an X-factor, regardless of league format. It’s the position that can become a major component on your way to a fantasy championship if you select the right one. This position ...
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Football
Brent Celek
Kellen Winslow
Dallas Clark
Antonio Gates
Vernon Davis
Jason Witten
Fantasy baseball: Who’s No. 3?
You have the No. 3 overall pick in a fantasy baseball draft. Albert Pujols and Hanley Ramirez are taken with the first two.
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Tim’s FSTA pitching: Risk mismanagement?
Recently I touched on the pitching gambles I took in the FSTA Experts’ Draft . Here’s why I grabbed Homer Bailey , Brad Penny and Mat Latos in consecutive picks.
Short answer : Trying to catch lightning in a bottle ...
Fantasy Soccer Review – Gold Medal goal scorers
One of the biggest subplots in the 2009-10 Premiership season is the ongoing battle among the top English strikers for a spot on the England World Cup side. Obviously, Wayne Rooney’s job is secure. However, there are a handful of forwards ...
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Soccer
Wayne Rooney
Didier Drogba
Carlos Tevez
Darren Bent
Jermain Defoe
Bobby Zamora
Something’s a little Dexter Fowler with Carlos Gonzalez, Colorado Rockies
I dig Carlos Gonzalez .
In fantasy baseball drafts, I don’t dig Carlos Gonzalez as much.
I’d dig him if it didn’t cost me a 10th- or 11th-round pick to nab him.
Right now, in a mixed league against the average Foe ...
2009 All-Fantasy Team: Wide Receivers, non-PPR
Let’s get right to it with the 2009 All-Fantasy Wide Receivers, non-points-per-reception leagues (non-PPR). For those that may have not seen my previous blogs on the best fantasy players of 2009, you can find them here:
2009 ...
Fantasy Soccer Preview: Mind Games
Gameweek 27 starts with Aston Villa and Arsenal primed for big runs to finish the season.
In sports, one of the hardest things to do is get out of a losing streak. The team might not be that bad, but when a losing streak gets to five to 10 ...
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Soccer
Richard Dunne
James Collins
James Milner
Stiliyan Petrov
Ashley Young
Gabriel Agbonlahor
What is Donte’ Stallworth’s fantasy upside?
At age 29, Baltimore Ravens WR Donte’ Stallworth is well past breakout age. For all his flash, his statistical substance has but once surpassed 60 catches and 800 yards. He is also a health risk, having played 14 or more games in only three ...
Sometimes the numbers do lie, or at least deceive!
Fantasy NASCAR owners are aware of how much of an impact the track has on the driver’s performance each week, and most of the time statistical history is the best thing to go by.
If you’re looking through past performances at ...
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NASCAR
David Ragan
Matt Kenseth
Clint Bowyer
Kevin Harvick
Jeff Burton
NoMaas V. Brian Cashman Interview
Oh no, we didn’t. Yes, we did. NoMaas. Ca$hMoney. Together.
NoMaas’ Sensei John Kreese sits down with Yankees’ General Manager Brian Cashman for an exclusive 1-on-1 conversation about…well, EVERYTHING.
SJK: Since you ...
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Baseball
Brian Cashman
New York Yankees
2009 All-Fantasy Team: PPR Wide Receivers
I forgot how time-consuming number crunching can be when you try to analyze the data and make an opinion piece with numbers as a guide and not as an end-all. This makes the final decisions much more difficult; it can be so subjective, the ...
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Football
Randy Moss
Larry Fitzgerald
Miles Austin
Andre Johnson
Wes Welker
Brandon Marshall
What we learned from the Daytona 500
I am in three fantasy NASCAR leagues this year, so I felt compelled to watch the Super Bowl of NASCAR , the Daytona 500, this past Sunday. Daytona provides plenty of intrigue and action as the first Sprint Cup race of the season.
After watching, ...
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NASCAR
Jamie McMurray
Dale Earnhardt
Greg Biffle
Jimmie Johnson
Jeff Gordon
Tony Stewart
Doors opening for this Angel to close
Early Saturday morning I finally watched The Doors for the first time. Not only is it now my favorite Oliver Stone movie, it’s climbing my music epics list.
The Doors were famous for their hauntingly exploratory lyrics and keyboards. ...
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Baseball
Los Angeles Angels
Kevin Jepsen
Anaheim Ducks
Brian Fuentes
Fernando Rodney
Fantasy baseball: FSTA Draft recap
The Hallmark and Hershey Bowl, sponsored by 1-800-Flowers and presented by Motel 6, is fast approaching, but what do all 14 of my faithful readers love more than anything? That’s right, fantasy baseball drafts!
We recently completed via ...
2009 All-Fantasy Team: non-PPR RBs
After giving it some thought, I felt it I should present a non-points per reception (non-PPR) running back team, as well. Let’s review the current run down.
Quarterbacks
First Team: Aaron Rodgers
Second Team: Philip Rivers ...
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Football
Adrian Peterson
Maurice Jones-Drew
Ricky Williams
Ray Rice
Steven Jackson
Ryan Grant
Fantasy baseball: winter leagues names you don’t snow
Did you miss it? The Caribbean Series wrapped up over the weekend. Tim Heaney and I touched on some of the more notable numbers from the winter leagues in the Dominican, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.
Click a circuit – Junior ...
Evaluating 2009: great season, great Super Bowl
I for one am happy the New Orleans Saints won their first ever Super Bowl. I’m also happy for the city of New Orleans, as this is the morale builder than can help the city turn the corner. New city government and being Super Bowl ...
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Football
New Orleans Saints
San Diego Chargers
Drew Brees
Sean Payton
Indianapolis Colts
Brett Favre
Ten things I learned from Super Bowl XLIV
How about the New Orleans Saints ? A great game was played by both squads, and it really came down to a few key plays, as it should have.
I learned 10 important things, in no particular order, from this year’s Super Bowl.
1) ...
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