Month: December 2020

Sydney: Glenn Maxwell’s fireworks with the bat and Mitchell Swepson’s brilliant display of leg-spin bowling led Australia to a consolation victory in the final T20I of the series by 12 runs at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).

Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith is without question the best at his position, but can he outshine his quarterback Mac Jones to win the Heisman Trophy? The Heisman Trophy has always been the plaything of running backs and quarterbacks. Those power positions have combined to claim it 89 times, with the passers dominating since 2000 […]

John Collins was one of only two players to average at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, and shoot 40 percent on 3-pointers last year. So why aren’t more people talking about him? Since being drafted 19th overall in the 2017 NBA Draft, John Collins has done two things at an elite level: score and rebound. […]

OG Anunoby is already one of the NBA’s preeminent defenders. Can he become more than that and help the Toronto Raptors stay in the league’s upper tier? As the prevalence of supersized, ball-dominant offensive creators rises, so too does the importance of versatile defenders who can slow them and offensive role players who complement them. […]

Heading into his third season, with heightened expectations for the Phoenix Suns and Chris Paul alongside him, it’s gut-check time for Deandre Ayton. The Phoenix Suns‘ 8-0 run in the NBA bubble gets more and more remarkable with each passing day, not only because it helped make the organization look more attractive to established, talented […]

The “role player” label is too good for Mikal Bridges, who’s on the verge of breaking out into a special two-way player with the Phoenix Suns. The Phoenix Suns are finally relevant again, and all eyes are turning to their foundational stars: Devin Booker, who’s toiled away for years with lackluster teammates, deprived of the […]

By Shah Khalid Khan

DraftKings EuroLeague basketball picks December 8 Our first DraftKings EuroLeague tournament of the week features three games that were rescheduled from COVIDed games earlier in the season. We begin at 12:30pm Eastern with Efes hosting Villeurbanne in Istanbul. A half hour later we head all the way west to Barcelona who takes on a struggling […]

Week 14 is here, meaning it is time for the start and sit options for fantasy football playoffs. We have made it. Fantasy football has been a wild season this year, from the continuous rescheduling of games, missing players due to illness and injury, and also having to deal with typical bye weeks. Now we […]