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Don’t underestimate the value of a good tight end these days. The top 4 TE’s last year produced a fairly significant point margin over TE’s ranked 7th or lower in scoring. If you can get one of these guys, you have a good opportunity to create weekly matchup problems for your opponents.

Antonio Gates (Chargers) – The perennial top TE barely missed 1000 receiving yards last season and scored 9 TDs.
Jason Witten (Cowboys) – 96 receptions last year. You could easily argue that Witten …

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Dodgers score four in the ninth to tie, sparked by Andruw Jones’ homer, but it’s not good enough.
ST. LOUIS — Over an 11-inning game that included two rain delays and required nearly 4 1/2 hours to complete, the Dodgers ran out of arms.
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Denver wide receiver Brandon Marshall was suspended without pay for three games for violating the league’s Personal Conduct Policy, the NFL announced Tuesday.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Right wing Ryane Clowe agreed to a US.6 million, one-year contract to stay with the San Jose Sharks on Monday.
Clowe was a restricted free agent after scoring eight points in 15 games last season. He missed 67 games afte…
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has ruled that contact between the Minnesota Vikings and Brett Favre during the offseason did not violate league tampering rules.
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Tom Brady (New England Patriots) had a record breaking year in 2007 with 50 TD passing, breaking Peyton Manning‘s single season record. If you had him on your team last year, you probably won a lot of games.
This year Brady is ranked as the top fantasy football quarterback by most experts, and will most likely be taken in the first round of most drafts. But is he worthy of such a high pick? Lets look at last years numbers a bit.
During the first …

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After blowing a five-run lead and eventually reclaiming it on Mark Teixeira’s grand slam, they make three errors in the eighth inning and lose, 14-9, in their final regular-season game at Yankee Stadium.
The Angels will always remember their last regular-season game in Yankee Stadium for all the drama and twists and turns they and New York packed into nine innings, but that …

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The Carolina Panthers have suspended receiver Steve Smith two games for his involvement in a training camp fight with cornerback Ken Lucas.
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In terms of the full Panthers season, the suspension of Steve Smith may end up costing Carolina a playoff berth. Smith is easily the team’s biggest offensive threat and he when he plays (& catches), their chances of winning increase significantly.
Missing two full games will not only hurt Steve’s team and his wallet; fantasy football managers are going to be second guess …

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell hopes to have Brett Favre‘s standoff with the Green Bay Packers resolved by Monday — even if he has to force the issue.
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The Packers continue to lose leverage as more time passes and the pressure mounts to trade Brett Favre.  It’s clear that they are not willing to release him, so trading him is the lone solution, since they are also working to keep him from attending training camp & disrupting the entire team.
Several teams have been rumored as trade …

The US Mens basketball team is set to face Russia in the USA Basketball International Challenge, a precursor to the Olympic games which start on August 10th against the hosting Chinese basketball team. To date, the US team hasn’t really been challenged, nor do I think that Russia will challenge them either. The best player for the Russian team is Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko, but who knows which one (of him) will show up – the malcontent or the great all-around player that he shows in flashes.
There …

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Kansas City rookie left tackle Branden Albert could miss the rest of training camp with what the team is
calling a sprained foot.
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Slugger makes an impact at the box office.
Escorted by six security guards and Hall of Fame manager Tom Lasorda, Manny Ramirez made his way to a podium set up behind home plate at Dodger Stadium on Friday, the dozen or so cameramen around him impeding his movement.
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Manny didn’t drive in any runs in his first appearance as a Dodger, but he was 2-4 w/ 2 singles.  Unfortunately, the team lost to the D-Backs.  Not quite the performance of Jason Bay in Boston, …

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Movements in the world of hockey Friday:
National Hockey League
BOSTON BRUINS-Promoted Scott Bradley to director of player personnel. Named Wayne Smith, director of amateur scouting and John Weisbrod, director of collegiate scouting.
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Agent says he didn’t orchestrate the slugger’s trade from the Boston Red Sox to the Dodgers.
As the Dodgers welcomed Manny Ramirez to town on Friday, agent Scott Boras strongly denied the suggestion he had orchestrated the trade that led Ramirez out of Boston and into free agency this winter.
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What a crock… If he didn’t help instigate the trade, what good is he?  His client is a free agent at the end of the year and is due at least $100 million; that’s …

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Carolina Panthers receiver Steve Smith was sent home from training camp Friday after he punched teammate Ken Lucas during practice, causing the starting cornerback to be
carted off the field holding an ice pack to his left eye.
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