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Yahoo DFS Picks Week 4: NFL DFS lineup advice for daily fantasy football GPP tournaments

Last week was an unusual one for daily fantasy football, but that’s in the rearview mirror. Time to look toward and build the best Week 4 Yahoo DFS tournament lineups. Because of the boom-or-bust nature that often accompanies at least a few GPP picks, we have a play at wide receiver that might shock you, but hey, no risk it, no biscuit. Christian McCaffrey’s hamstring injury on Thursday night set the tone for a painful Week 3 that saw several more players lost… Source link

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Yahoo DFS Picks Week 3: NFL DFS lineup advice for daily fantasy football GPP tournaments

It’s on to Week 3, where football fans and daily fantasy football players will be treated to fresh storylines and some tasty matchups. Our Week 3 Yahoo DFS picks include a quarterback making his first start paired with his top wide receiver, an expensive running back, and some bargains at WR who are poised to pay off. One thing we won’t be treated to is access to Christian McCaffrey. The Panthers play the Texans on Thursday night, so he’s off the main slate…. Source link

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Yahoo DFS Picks Week 2: NFL DFS lineup advice for daily fantasy football GPP tournaments

Week 1 is in the books, and whether the first dose of action was kind or cruel to you in daily fantasy football, it’s time to regroup and eye the Week 2 NFL DFS slate. There’s still enough perceived value available to entice us to invest in some big-ticket players in our Yahoo DFS tournament lineup. Speaking of which, we’re relying on a wild card – or two, depending on your perspective — in this lineup, but we like the assumption of risk in relation to the… Source link

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Yahoo DFS Picks Week 1: NFL DFS lineup advice for daily fantasy football GPP tournaments

Consider your daily fantasy football advice needs taken care of this week with our weekly lineup picks. Our Week 1 Yahoo DFS tournament lineup should get us off to a good start, as we’re loading up at RB and mining for value with our WRs. You might scoff at our trio of reasonably priced wide receivers, but while this unit lacks a “sexy” household name, each is positioned to be heavily utilized in his team’s respective offense — perhaps even function as the WR1 this week…. Source link

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Oral Roberts pulls NCAA tournament’s first upset

Not even 90 seconds into his team’s matchup against Big Ten powerhouse Ohio State, college basketball’s leading scorer demonstrated he wasn’t intimidated by the NCAA tournament stage. Max Abmas came around a screen 30 feet from the rim, brazenly pulled up and sank a 3-pointer with both feet inside the mid-court logo. That shot was emblematic of everything that followed in Oral Roberts’ stunning 75-72 overtime upset of the second-seeded Buckeyes. Not once did the 15th-seeded Golden… Source link

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Men’s, women’s NCAA tournaments offer unequal training equipment

Performance coaches from at least three women’s college basketball teams called out the NCAA this week for the unequal access it has provided to weight rooms and equipment during March Madness. Men’s teams have access to a full weight room at their NCAA tournament in Indiana. Women’s teams, on the other hand, don’t have access to a weight room of any kind until the Sweet 16, multiple coaches said. In the meantime, coaches said, their accommodations are meager. Women’s basketball “only has… Source link

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Should teams play in their conference tournaments?

ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp involved in personnel, free agency meetings Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp is taking a hands-on approach to rebuilding the team’s roster. Chris Spielman, who joined the Lions’ front office in December, said this morning on 97.1 The Ticket that Hamp is involved in the Lions’ meetings as they discuss improving their personnel. “[Hamp] has been involved by being in all these [more] Source link

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