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Sprint Cup Winner to be Crowned at Homestead

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Sunday’s AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway represented all that is good, great, and bad about NASCAR. From the outset, the race had a feeling of shaking up the points standings. Only four Chasers started in the top-10, and that did not include either Jimmie Johnson or Brad Keselowski. Johnson,… Read more »

Johnson, Chase Head to Phoenix

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Awesome. Amazing. Impressive. These are just a few words that could be used to describe last Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway. Yet, even these strong adjectives probably can’t do the race justice. Martinsville winner and points leader Jimmie Johnson won the pole for Sunday’s event, putting a load of… Read more »

Key Fantasy Football Pickups for Week 10

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Tannehill, Ryan (QB, MIA) - Tannehill threw for 290 yards and a touchdown last week against the Colts. It was a solid performance from him. He has been outstanding at home. Luckily, the Titans have allowed the third most points against quarterbacks making Tannehill a good start in Week 10.… Read more »

Contenders Look to Keep Pace With Johnson

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Has Jimmie Johnson taken control of the championship once again? After Sunday’s race at Martinsville, everyone in the garage is on alert. Johnson took his first victory in the Chase with a relatively dominant effort. His biggest challenge on the day was Denny Hamlin, who was seeking an important win… Read more »

Key Fantasy Football Pickups for Week 9

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Just like other weeks, unexpected performances by non-recognizable players and underperformances from big name players cause excitement and disappointment for owners. Here is the list of players who could help fantasy teams get in better shape. Freeman, Josh (QB, TB) - For three weeks in a row Freeman has thrown… Read more »

Chase Heads to Martinsville for First Short-Track Race

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The race last weekend at the repaved Kansas Speedway was a case-study for championship-caliber effort. In both Saturday’s Nationwide Series event and Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race, former champions in contention this year overcame potentially devastating mistakes. On Saturday, it was Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. all but wrecking himself and Joey… Read more »

Buy/Sell Suggestions for Week 8 in Fantasy Football

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Time to buy-low McFadden, Darren (RB, OAK) - McFadden carried 19 times for 53 yards and caught four passes for 28 yards last week. He hasn’t been as great as people expected so far, but McFadden has a favorable matchup for the rest of the season except for the week… Read more »

Key Fantasy Football Pickups for Week 8

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The football season is almost the half way over along with the fantasy football season. There are still plenty of good replacements out there who might perform better than many of fantasy owners’ starting lineup. Here is the list of players who has potential to make fantasy owners happy. Bye… Read more »

Vettel Takes Driver's Championship Lead

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Sebastian Vettel drove to victory at last Sunday’s Grand Prix of Korea taking the lead in the driver’s championship away from Fernando Alonso. Mark Webber finished second giving Red Bull Racing the top two steps on the podium. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso finished in third place and is four points behind… Read more »

Earnhardt Out, Keselowski Tries to Hold Lead in Kansas

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For the first time in quite a while, the biggest news in NASCAR this week wasn’t the racing itself. Instead, driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. stole the headlines. This is nothing new for the sport’s nine-time defending most popular driver. However, the circumstances around him were very new indeed. Last Friday,… Read more »

Fantasy Football Pickups for Week 7

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More than one-third of the NFL season is over. That means there just 12 games left end up on top in your fantasy league. Fantasy football is just about to get more exciting. There are six teams that have a bye week, so the need of free agent pickup is… Read more »

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