September 30, 2009 | By Ross Everett In Blogging | by Ross EverettAfter some tense moments during a ‘communication breakdown’, both Lamar Odom and the Los Angeles Lakers got what they really wanted all along. The Lakers retained the services of their valuable sixth man, and Odom will return to the team after an intense recruiting pitch from the Miami Heat.Terms of the deal werent immediately released, but both player and team appeared relieved that things had worked out. In early July,
The bye weeks begin and with this comes the need for fantasy owners to pick up a defense if their only defense is on bye. My advice here is to make sure you play the weekly defensive matchup but be careful. In some leagues there are waiver deadlines and you don’t want to be caught with a subpar defense because you focused on week-to-week matchups. Make sure you survey some of the defenses and don’t hesitate to keep one of them if you see fantasy potential with them. Entering Week 4 with the
I don’t know if my berating of Frank Gore in yesterday’s post properly alluded to the Fantasy Football running back quandary that is stifling me at the present… Put it to you like this: I just picked up Maurice Morris and Jerome Harrison, and they’re both in my starting line-up for Sunday. That’s after I was unable to pick up Ladell Betts off the waiver wire. And in the interest of full disclosure, to make room on the roster, I dropped Zach Miller to pick up Maurice (who I opt
September 30, 2009 | By Ross Everett In Blogging | by Ross EverettIn one of the highlight matches of the DREAM/K-1 Fields Dynamite! New Years Eve megacard, Japanese submission machine Shinya Aoki used a heel hook to submit a top notch opponent in Eddie Alverez at 1:32 of the first round. With the victory, Aoki sets up a rematch against reigning DREAM lightweight champion Joachim Hellboy Hansen.When the Aoki/Alverez fight was first announced, there was some speculation that Aoki had chos