Category: Fantasy Baseball
Belichick takes issue with notion that Pats fans have gone through “thick and thin”
Patriots coach Bill Belichick was asked after Saturday’s loss to the Titans about fans supporting him “through thick and thin,” and Belichick shot back that there hasn’t been a lot of “thin. Belichick got this question at his postgame press conference: “Pats Nation, your fans, have stuck with you through thick and thin. On social media, they still love you.
Hailie Deegan gets first taste of Daytona in IMSA’s Roar
I never thought I’d race a road course especially at Daytona, that was new for me,” Deegan said. I always thought my first time at Daytona would be in an ARCA car but I’m happy to be here on the road course. Deegan’s ARCA Menards Series season debut at Daytona will follow the Rolex 24 race weekend and comes only weeks after the 18-year-old Californian was formally introduced as a Ford Performance development driver.
‘Near death’ experience gives Osaka new perspective in 2020
Naomi Osaka had what she calls a near-death experience in the off-season. The reigning Australian Open champion will start her season with a first-round match against Maria Sakkari at the Brisbane International, which starts Monday and will share a venue for three days with the ongoing ATP Cup – the new international men’s team competition. Top-ranked Ash Barty is among the other five Grand Slam winners in the draw.
Bills LB Lorenzo Alexander announces retirement after heartbreaking loss to Houston
I don’t want to be a guy that’s just too old’ Now 36 years old, Alexander offered an explanation, via Kim Jones of NFL Network: “I could continue to play on and on and on, but that deters from me being able to be there for my kids,” he said. Obviously, emotionally, spiritually, and then physically, because the more I play, the more injuries that I will succumb to eventually just because of age and wear and tear. And I really want to be able to be an active dad, hanging out with them, playing with them, taking them on trips.
Here’s how much Mario Cristobal made in bonuses this season…
With his extension came incentives, some for in the classroom and others for on the field. Cristobal could have earned as much as $2.175 million in performance incentives each year. Here’s the current running total of incentives he’s received so far, which was compiled by USA Today: $100,000: Eligible for non-CFP bowl game with seven regular-season wins $50,000: Non-CFP bowl game with at least eight regular-season wins $250,000: Eighth regular-season win $250,000: Ninth regular-season win $100,000: Win Pac-12 North Division title $250,000: 10th regular-season win $25,000: Bowl appearance- Rose Bowl These incentives stack, so Cristobal is cashing in on all of those benchmarks.
J.J. Watt after Texans’ win: That’s why you take the risk
J.J. Watt’s sack of Josh Allen in the third quarter ignited the Texans to their largest postseason comeback in team history. The sack was the defensive end’s first since Week Five, three games before he tore a pectoral muscle. “That was a big play in the game because the crowd really helped us in the fourth quarter there,” Texans coach Bill O’Brien said, via NFL.com.
