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The College Football Playoff released its first set of rankings on Tuesday night. No. 1 Alabama led the list, as expected. Here are five takeaways: Schedule matters in college football Amid the inequity and chaos inherent to the 2020 college football season, two factors that will appear to weigh heavily are the quality and the number of opponents. At the top of the rankings, No. 3 Clemson (7-1) being ahead of Ohio State (4-0) is a sign that who teams have faced and how many games they’ve… Source link

The Guardian Steve Dalkowski: the life and mystery of baseball’s flame-throwing what-if Many believe the lefthander was the fastest pitcher to ever take the mound. But his career – and life – went off the rails before he could make an impactSteve Dalkowski, a career minor-leaguer who very well could have been the fastest (and wildest) pitcher in baseball history, died in April at the age of 80 from complications from Covid-19. And yet, partly because of one missing detail, his legend lives… Source link

The Guardian Steve Dalkowski: the life and mystery of baseball’s flame-throwing what-if Many believe the lefthander was the fastest pitcher to ever take the mound. But his career – and life – went off the rails before he could make an impactSteve Dalkowski, a career minor-leaguer who very well could have been the fastest (and wildest) pitcher in baseball history, died in April at the age of 80 from complications from Covid-19. And yet, partly because of one missing detail, his legend lives… Source link

The Telegraph How Diego Maradona’s life spiralled to leave him a hobbling, arthritic shadow of his former self The final moments of Asif Kapadia’s magnificent film Diego Maradona are almost too painful to watch. To a soundtrack of an interview conducted when he was at the peak of his powers in Napoli, when he talks of the football pitch being a refuge, a sanctuary, a place of freedom where he could express himself without fear, we see Maradona in his late fifties attempting to play… Source link

The Guardian Steve Dalkowski: the life and mystery of baseball’s flame-throwing what-if Many believe the lefthander was the fastest pitcher to ever take the mound. But his career – and life – went off the rails before he could make an impactSteve Dalkowski, a career minor-leaguer who very well could have been the fastest (and wildest) pitcher in baseball history, died in April at the age of 80 from complications from Covid-19. And yet, partly because of one missing detail, his legend lives… Source link

It’s time to start talking seriously about the College Football Playoff. The first set of playoff rankings will be revealed on Tuesday night as college football tries to progress through its pandemic-impacted 2020 season. What will they look like? We think they’ll resemble the AP Top 25. At least at the top. After the top five or six, things could get different. The committee typically hasn’t ranked undefeated teams outside of the Power Five conferences too highly to start. So Marshall… Source link

The tight end position has been bad in 2020 fantasy. Noah Fant has been one of the few brighter spots, yet not by much. [Week 11 Fantasy Rankings: QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | FLEX | DST | Kickers] Fant has been a target hog, yet due to the limitations of Drew Lock and the Broncos offense as a whole, there hasn’t been much in the way of huge fantasy outputs for the young man. Fant’s fantasy managers will no doubt hope that changes when Fant takes on the Miami Dolphins in Week 11. Check him and… Source link

Kareem Hunt has performed admirably in Nick Chubb’s stead, delivering acceptable fantasy outputs while showcasing his dual-threat ability. [Week 10 Fantasy Rankings: QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | FLEX | DST | Kickers] With that said, it looks like Chubb is set to return to the field, relegating Hunt back to his 1B role. Fantasy managers, however, shouldn’t be too upset. Even with the reduced ceiling that comes with losing the complete starting workload, Hunt has proven his ability to… Source link

The Telegraph What happened to Jordan Spieth? How golf’s next big thing descended into paralysis by analysis “Go get that,” Jordan Spieth shouted, ordering his caddie, Michael Greller, to pick up the ball that had just dived into the cup from 48 feet. It was a display of such prodigious nerve, or “moxie” as his fellow Texans might call it, that his three-word instruction on Royal Birkdale’s 15th green would soon be emblazoned on his fans’ baseball caps, marking the moment he… Source link

The Telegraph What happened to Jordan Spieth? How golf’s next big thing descended into paralysis by analysis “Go get that,” Jordan Spieth shouted, ordering his caddie, Michael Greller, to pick up the ball that had just dived into the cup from 48 feet. It was a display of such prodigious nerve, or “moxie” as his fellow Texans might call it, that his three-word instruction on Royal Birkdale’s 15th green would soon be emblazoned on his fans’ baseball caps, marking the moment he… Source link