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Thankfully, the Fantasy Pros’ Mock Draft Simulator exists, and with it you can practice our draft strategy against expert rankings in mere minutes. 2021 FANTASY BASEBALL RANKINGS:Catcher | First | Second | Third | Short | Outfield | Starter | Reliever | Top 300 Fully customizable to your league’s settings, the Fantasy Pros Mock Draft Simulator allows you to set the draft type (snake, auction, keeper, etc.), the number of roster spots and teams, player eligibility requirements, and scoring rules....

The last two winners of the trophy—LSU’s Joe Burrow in 2019 and Alabama’s DeVonta Smith in 2020—began pulling away from the pack at this point in their respective seasons. This year, a group of four offensive players have slowly pulled away from the rest of the field. Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud has taken over the lead with betting odds at +150, just ahead of Alabama quarterback Bryce Young at +200, according to the Fanduel....

Let’s be very clear about one thing before we dig into this, though: In standard 1-2-4-8-16-32 scoring, the optimal strategy, particularly in smaller pools, is usually to pick the better team. Taking too many big swings on upset picks can be the kiss of death for your bracket. However, if you are in a pool that gives an upset bonus or where you get points based on a team’s seed, you should be hunting for upset value to take advantage of those points....

Most importantly though, 2020 marked the biggest transition in the series’ 15 year history with Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Not only did it introduce a brand new cast of characters including the new protagonist Ichiban Kasuga, but it also shifted the series’ entire genre from third-person action to turn-based RPG, inspired by the likes of Dragon Quest and Persona. Better yet, Like a Dragon has seen huge western success, coming away with many awards....

It’s a class highlighted by Red Sox legend David Ortiz, one of the game’s greatest designated hitters. Ortiz achieved first-ballot status, becoming the first player to earn the honor since Jim Thome in 2018. Ortiz was the only player on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot to earn induction this year, further illuminating the polarizing nature of some of Ortiz’s contemporaries. What the class doesn’t have in contemporary stars, it makes up for in historical figures who played a role in spreading the game’s tentacles globally....

Below, we’ll break down the series odds and see if the betting markets allow for an opportunity to make worthwhile wagers. MORE CWS: Full schedule College World Series 2022 Championship Odds: Before the tournament Odds courtesy of Sports Interaction Ole Miss +650 (implied probability 13. 33 percent) Oklahoma +700 (implied probability 12. 50 percent) In terms of their championship odds, Ole Miss and Oklahoma were priced in the bottom half of the eight teams entering Omaha....

While missing out on the squad is definitely not a good feeling, it is worse for players to be picked and then lose out on their berth due to injury. As of now, players like France’s Paul Pogba and Uruguay’s Ronald Araujo have suffered injuries and their participation at the World Cup is in serious danger. The pain of missing out due to injury arguably gets worse if your nation goes on to win the World Cup....

The Winter Showcase gives the G League’s bright young stars an opportunity to put their talent on display in front of countless NBA front-office members and scouts who all flock to Las Vegas to watch the in-season tournament. If you missed any of the G League Winter Showcase, The Sporting News has you covered with a round-up of the meaning of the tournament, how much the winners receive in prize money and the best players who showed out in front of NBA brass....

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar is no different with the sportswear giant coming up with another product that fans all around the world will want to get their hands on. The Sporting News analyses the match ball for the upcoming tournament and delves into the history of the process. What is the name of the World Cup 2022 ball? The ball for the 2022 World Cup is named Al Rihla - which means ’the journey’ in Arabic....

However, the 2023 Palisade, which goes on sale later this year, does continue with the same 3.8-liter V8 making 291 horsepower and 262 pound-feet of torque. Front-wheel drive is standard, all-wheel drive is still optional. Starting with the design, the Palisade was updated with a new lighting signature with vertically connected LEDs around a redesigned grille. The bumpers are new in both front and back and even the skid plate gets a new design....

The poll released Thursday by Canadian polling firm Leger surveyed over 1,000 registered U.S. voters who listed the candidates as their top choices for GOP and Democratic nominations. Neither of the current candidates, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, were listed as choices. Cuomo was the top 2024 choice for Democrats, gaining the support of 21 percent, with Biden’s 2020 running mate Senator Kamala Harris being the runner up at 19 percent....

FICTION The Plot By Jean Hanff Korelitz | May | Celadon Books | $28 The author behind suspense novel You Should Have Known turned-HBO-series The Undoing outdoes herself in this literary-centric thrill ride. When Jacob Finch Bonner finds himself floundering after his moderately successful first novel, he turns to teaching a B-list MFA program where he encounters a haughty student who is working on a book with a revolutionary plot. So when the student turns up dead, what’s to stop Jacob from passing it off as his own?...

You can watch the entire interview below or read it in full here. For context, Richard was clearing up a rumor I’d asked him about - surrounding how many times he and Raven have won the Hardcore title: Richards then went on to say those reigns don’t matter too much, due to how WWE is treating their newest title: I probed a bit further, asking what the problem was with the 24/7 Championship....

Bill Staib, the CEO and co-founder of CollegeRaptor.com, the company responsible for collecting the data, calls the first-year retention rate a “fantastic indicator” of how well a college meets students’ academic, social, and financial needs. He told Newsweek: “Because colleges with the best retention rates usually also have high graduation rates, excellent academic programs, generous financial aid, and a vibrant campus life, College Raptor’s recommendation engine heavily weights retention rate to help students discover a personalized list of great colleges their family can afford....

Watch ChangeUp, a new MLB live whip-around show on DAZN One thing that seems different this year is the amount of multi-position-eligible players. It’s not unusual for a chunk of 1Bs to also be eligible in the OF or even at 3B, but this year five of our top 15 are eligible at 2B. If you draft these players, it seems more likely you’ll wind up playing them at second base, but that extra versatility gives them more overall value....

Usually, sleeper wide receivers fall into one of two categories: The unproven and the over-the-hill. The unproven players on this list gives us reasons to believe, whether that’s a new quarterback or offensive system, a new team, or simply a bigger role. On the flip side, the over-the-hill players might be on the decline – but not as much as everyone thinks. If you get a consistent veteran late in the draft, you give yourself a safe plug-and-play WR3....

The volatile Australian seemed to have lost his way in the last year or so, plummeting his world ranking to the seventies. But he seems to have rediscovered his mojo at the Mexican Open this year. After a facile win against Andreas Seppi, he made a remarkable recovery against the top seed Rafael Nadal against all odds to win his second round match, in the process saving as many as three match points....

After a cagey opening half-hour in Istanbul, Olivier Giroud opened the scoring for Chelsea against the run of play when he latched on to a pass from the left and beat the Liverpool keeper Adrian from an acute angle. Minutes earlier the Frenchman had spurned a similar opportunity when he drilled his effort wide of the far post. Liverpool sought an immediate response but it was Chelsea who had the ball in the net again when Christian Pulisic broke down the left flank off a counter-attack, cut inside a defender and put the ball past the Liverpool custodian....

According to an Ipsos Global Advisor poll released on Tuesday, 78 percent of respondents in Japan believe the Olympics should not go ahead. Across the 28 countries surveyed by the poll, an average of 57 percent of respondents believes the Games should not be held this year. The U.S. is one of seven countries in which more people—52 percent—think the Olympics should go ahead as planned. In March 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo 2020 organizers postponed the Games by 12 months because of the COVID pandemic....