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With Tua out, Jacoby Brissett will lead the Dolphins in Week 3. (Image: Palm Beach Post)

NFL DFS Week 3 Value Plays: Is Jacoby Brissett Worth the Risk?

It didn’t take long before injuries began claiming star NFL players, as several notables went down last week. Their absences will give backups (and lower-salaried DFS players) a chance to start and accumulate some fantasy points in Week 3. That could be especially helpful to us at the quarterback position […]

Santa Barbara and jockey Ryan Moore scored a decisive victory at last  months' Grade 1 Beverly D Stakes. The 3-year-old filly was euthanized after complications from a fractured pelvis set in. (Image: Coady Photography)

Two-Time Grade 1 Winner Santa Barbara Euthanized After Pelvis Fracture

Two days after she was ruled out of the Breeders’ Cup, standout Irish filly Santa Barbara was euthanized on Thursday after complications set in from a fractured pelvis. Trainer Aidan O’Brien alluded to “a setback” when announcing that his star 3-year-old would skip the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf. […]

Essential Quality won the Aug. 28 Travers Stakes for his fifth victory in six 2021 races. That race serves as his prep for the Nov. 6 Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar. (Image: Susie Raisher/NYRA)

Essential Quality, Knicks Go Take Two Roads to Breeders’ Cup Classic

Those of you wanting to see Essential Quality run again must wait until the Nov. 6 Breeders’ Cup Classic. Want to see Knicks Go? Trainer Brad Cox is a bit more accommodating. He’ll turn the 5-year-old loose in the Oct. 2 Lukas Classic at Churchill Downs. Cox told the Daily […]

Team Europe has tried to win over the United States crowd ahead of the Ryder Cup by wearing cheeseheads in honor of the Green Bay Packers. (Image: Michael Madrid/USA Today Sports)

Americans Favored to Win Back Ryder Cup from Europe at Whistling Straits

Europe has dominated the Ryder Cup in recent years, winning four of the past five competitions, and seven of nine since 2002. Now, however, the United States appears poised to win back the most prestigious team trophy in golf this weekend at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin. The Americans have been […]

Cristiano Ronaldo tops the highest earners' rankings in world football, according to Forbes. (Image: skysports.com)

Cristiano Ronaldo Overtakes Messi as Highest-Paid Football Player

Ronaldo is expected to earn $125 million before tax in the 2021-22 season, $15 million more than Messi, according to Forbes. Ronaldo and Messi both changed clubs this summer, with the Portuguese striker returning to Manchester United and Messi choosing to join Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint Germain. Ronaldo will […]

Mississippi State quarterback Will Rogers looks to continue his strong start to the 2021 season against LSU this week. (Image: HailState)

Target Mississippi State, Texas Tech in College Football DFS

Week 4 of the college football season is upon us and features plenty of exciting and, likely, high-scoring matchups. For DFS purposes, games such as LSU-Mississippi State and Texas-Texas Tech stand out. Consider rostering some of the players from these games and others: Quarterbacks Will Rogers, Mississippi State ($7,800 on […]

Rookie quarterback Justin Field evades a tackler from the Cincinnati Bengals last weekend, but he gts his first taste as a starting QB in Week 3. (Image: Danielle Noonan/Getty)

Updated List of NFL Week 3 Starting Quarterbacks and Backup QBs

We’re two games into the NFL season and several starting quarterbacks are out due to injuries. We’ve compiled an updated list of starters and backup QBs for you, with Justin Fields, Davis Mills, Jacob Eason, and Jacoby Brissett named a starting quarterback in Week 3. Let’s run down the injured […]

Jacksonville Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence surveys the field against the Denver Broncos in Week 2. (Image: Stephen B. Morton/AP)

Home Dog Alert: Texans, Lions, Jaguars, Vikings, Rams in Week 3

Week 3 of the NFL season has only five home dogs, including the Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings, Los Angeles Rams, and the Houston Texans hosting the undefeated Carolina Panthers on Thursday Night Football. The Rams host the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Bucs in OG’s Game of the […]

James Rodriguez left Everton after just one season. (Image: Twitter/brfootball)

James Rodriguez Joins Al-Rayyan in Qatar

Colombian superstar James Rodriguez, a former Real Madrid and Bayern Munich player, left Everton to join Qatari side Al-Rayyan. Rodriguez wasn’t part of Rafael Benitez’s plans at Goodison Park. He traveled to Qatar at the weekend to undergo medicals, then put pen to paper on his new contract until 2024. […]

Life Is Good returns to action in Saturday's Grade 2 Kelso Stakes at Belmont Park. He'll return with Irad Ortiz Jr. in the irons instead of usual pilot Mike Smith, seen here.. (Image: Benoit Photo)

Life Is Good Looms Large Over Small Kelso Field

Coming out of a layoff into a Grade 1 proved a minor annoyance for Life Is Good. Now, the 3-year-old standout will face another hurdle when he takes on older horses for the first time in Saturday’s Grade 2 Kelso at Belmont Park. When we last saw Life Is Good […]

After Monomoy Girl sold for a record $9.5 million last November, she went back to training for her 6-year-old campaign. She was retired after fracturing a small bone in her leg during a routine gallop. (Image: Fasig-Tipton)

Two-Time Champion Monomoy Girl Retired After Sesamoid Fracture

Monomoy Girl, one of the dominant fillies of the 21st century, was retired from racing Wednesday after she suffered a fracture during a routine Tuesday gallop. Trainer Brad Cox said the 6-year-old mare and seven-time Grade 1 winner went out for a gallop at Churchill Downs on Tuesday morning. When […]

Shohei Ohtani (left) still leads the AL MVP odds, though Vladimir Guerrero (right) has made up ground in the final weeks of the season. (Image: Daniel Shirey/Getty)

AL MVP Odds: Can Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Track Down Shohei Ohtani?

2021 has been the year of Shohei Ohtani. The two-way star has accomplished things on the mound and at the plate that no player has approached since Babe Ruth more than 100 years ago. Yet there’s still at least a touch of drama in the AL MVP race as Vladimir […]

Justin Fields from the Chicago Bears subbing in for injured Andy Dalton against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 2. (Image: Getty)

Rookie Justin Fields Earns First Start for Da Bears, Andy Dalton Out

With quarterback Andy Dalton nursing a sore knee, Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy is turning to rookie Justin Fields to start in Week 3 against the Cleveland Browns. Dalton dinged his left knee against the Cincinnati Bengals and exited the game in the second quarter. Fields played the final […]

Tampa Bay Bucs WR Antonio Brown stiff arms a defender from the Dallas Cowboys in Week 1. (Image: Julio Aguilar/Getty)

AB Down, Tampa Bay Bucs Place Antonio Brown on COVID-19 List

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a COVID-19 outbreak on their hands, which they’re trying to mitigate. Meanwhile, wide receiver Antonio Brown is the latest member of the Super Bowl Champion Bucs to get placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Brown is the third player on the Bucs to test positive for […]

Miami Dolphins backup quarterback Jacoby Brissett is pressured by the Buffalo Bills in Week 2. (Image: Getty)

Tua Tagovailoa Out with Fractured Ribs, Jacoby Brissett to Start Week 3

Backup quarterback Jacoby Brissett will start for the Miami Dolphins in Week 3 against the Las Vegas Raiders. After further testing, the Dolphins discovered starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has fractured ribs, which originated from an injury during Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills. The Dolphins indicated that Tagovailoa had bruised […]

Ben Simmons from the Philadelphia 76ers drives the lane against Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors, but team owner Joe Lacob dismissed any Simmons trade rumors. (Image: Getty)

Ben Simmons to Skip Training Camp, 76ers Still Slow to Trade Him

The Ben Simmons trade drama with the Philadelphia 76ers continues, with Simmons indicating he’ll miss training camp in an effort to force a trade. Meanwhile, the 76ers have been unable to find a trade that serves them well because if they could have dumped Simmons, they would have done so […]