Denny Hamlin Could Contend At Phoenix

Don't be surprised if Denny Hamlin ends up being a contender in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday afternoon. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver has been one of the strongest on the short, flat tracks this season--he has the third-best average running position at Phoenix and similar tracks--and the No. […]

NCAA Basketball Preview: Big Ten

Wild new conference realignment. Teams have to TRAVEL … wonder when they’ll invent a faster way to do that. Adding Oregon, UCLA, Washington, and USC brings the total to 18 teams in the Big Ten, tied for the largest in the nation. Normally, I would write these types of articles in reverse order to grab […]

Josh Berry Wrecks In Qualifying, Will Start 39th In Phoenix Finale

Many drivers had problems making their race car stick in turn one during qualifying on Saturday at Phoenix Raceway, but the one who had the most problems was Josh Berry, who ended up spinning out and slightly hitting the wall in his No. 4 Ford. Because of that, Berry will start from back in 39th-place […]

Martin Truex Jr. Wins The Pole For Phoenix Finale

Martin Truex Jr. will lead the field to the green in his final full-time Cup Series start as the Joe Gibbs Racing driver edged championship contender Joey Logano by 0.01 seconds in qualifying on Saturday to grab his second straight pole position. As far as Phoenix Raceway goes, the flat track in the desert has […]

Is Deebo Samuel Injured or Playing In Week 10? Should I Start Jauan Jennings For Fantasy Football?

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel Sr. (ribs, oblique) is dealing with injuries to his ribs and his oblique muscles, and his status is uncertain for Week 10. He's one of the best receivers in the NFL for fantasy football purposes but deals with plenty of injuries every season. Having Samuel in fantasy leagues […]

Chris Buescher Struggling At Phoenix This Weekend

One driver who has been surprisingly slow this weekend at Phoenix Raceway has been Chris Buescher. The RFK Racing driver currently has back-to-back top-five finishes in the desert, but it looks as though that streak may come to an end, as the Buescher was just 24th-fastest in practice on Friday and wound up qualifying 24th […]

Harrison Burton Has Surprisingly Shown Speed This Weekend

Last week at Martinsville, one of the pleasant surprises in qualifying was Harrison Burton, as the Wood Brothers Racing driver qualified in sixth place at the half-mile short track. Ultimately, Burton wound up finishing 36th after engine issues, but it was nice to see him earn his best starting spot of the season, and it […]

Is Drake London Injured or Playing In Week 10? Should I Start Ray-Ray McCloud III For Fantasy Football?

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Drake London (hip) has emerged as one of the best wide receivers to have on fantasy football rosters this season. He's in the midst of a breakout fueled by the team's signing of quarterback Kirk Cousins, who's been a clear and immediate upgrade from former QB Desmond Ridder. London has now […]

Is Tyreek Hill Hurt or Healthy? Injury Update for Fantasy Football Week 10 (2024)

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill (wrist) has been a nightmare for fantasy managers this season, but it's not been entirely because of injury. At least nothing is listed in the official injury reports this week. He just hasn't been his old self and, so far, has made only one huge play reminiscent of his […]

Zane Smith Has Some Upside At Phoenix

Zane Smith will close out his first full-time season in the NASCAR Cup Series when he rolls off the starting grid from 28th place in Sunday's championship race at Phoenix Raceway. The last time he raced here, Smith had a relatively uneventful race and walked away with a 29th-place finish after posting an average running […]

Is Amari Cooper Injured or Playing In Week 10? Should I Start Khalil Shakir For Fantasy Football?

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Amari Cooper (wrist) missed last week's game with a wrist injury, and it's unclear whether he will play in Week 10. The former Cleveland Brown had an explosive debut with his new team after being traded -- he caught four of five passes for 66 yards and a touchdown in Week […]

Ryan Preece Should Move Up At Phoenix

Ryan Preece will start from 33rd place when the NASCAR Cup Series championship race goes green this weekend, and while the Stewart-Haas Racing driver isn't going to compete for the win or anything, there's a good chance that he will be able to improve his position during the event at Phoenix, which should pay dividends […]

Is Christian McCaffrey Injured or Healthy? Is Christian McCaffrey Starting for Fantasy Football Week 10 of 2024?

San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey (Achilles, calf) is likely itching to get back on the field. His fantasy managers, meanwhile, are living a nightmare that they hope ends soon. His inexplicable offseason injury was shocking to many and has shaken up nearly every fantasy league in existence. He still hasn't played a down […]

Is Brian Thomas Jr. Injured or Playing In Week 10? Should I Start Parker Washington For Fantasy Football?

Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. (chest) picked up a chest injury in Week 8 of NFL action, near the end of his game against the Green Bay Packers. He's in the midst of a stellar rookie season, leading all freshman wideouts in receiving yards, having racked up 595. He trails his former LSU […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Is Nothing Special At Phoenix

Don't expect much from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the championship finale at Phoenix Raceway this weekend. The JTG Daugherty Racing has just one top-20 finish in the five Next Gen races at this track, and that was a 19th-place run in the spring race of last season. This weekend, Stenhouse was 27th-fastest in practice on […]

Daniel Suarez Once Again Far Off Ross Chastain's Pace At Phoenix

Even though Daniel Suarez made the playoffs and Ross Chastain did not, Suarez has been shockingly slow at times this season and his speed percentile of 39.06 is a massive 27 points off of Chastain's 66.29. This trend continued in Phoenix qualifying yesterday after Suarez qualified 34th while Chastain (who won last year's race) was […]

John Hunter Nemechek Consistently Mediocre At Phoenix

John Hunter Nemechek has been very consistent in his previous races at Phoenix Raceway. Unfortunately, this is an example of how consistency isn't always a good thing. In his four previous NASCAR Cup Series starts at Phoenix, Nemechek has finished between 25th and 27th in all of them and has been nowhere near competitive. His […]

Michael McDowell Matches Worst Qualifying Run Of 2024 At His Home Track

Although he finished the 2024 season as the NASCAR Cup Series pole leader, Michael McDowell's qualifying run in his last race for Front Row Motorsports was quite the opposite as his 35th-place qualifying run matches his worst of the season from the spring Martinsville race. The poor qualifying run is rather puzzling, as McDowell's last […]

Jimmie Johnson Faster Than Usual In Qualifying

Jimmie Johnson is arguably the second-greatest Phoenix driver of all time behind only Kevin Harvick, but all four of his wins came at the height of his championship power run in 2007-2009 and he has not raced there since the 2020 season finale, his last race as a full-time driver where he did manage his […]

Daniel Hemric May Overachieve At Phoenix To Help Land 2025 Offer

Daniel Hemric delivered his all-time career highlight when he won the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship at Phoenix and scored his only national series win in so doing, but in the NASCAR Cup Series, he hasn't been so hot. Although he has earned two top twenty finishes, he has never finished better than 17th for […]

Justin Haley Earns Best Starting Position At Phoenix

Justin Haley qualified 13th for Sunday's race at Phoenix, beating both of his Spire Motorsports teammates Carson Hocevar and Zane Smith. Although Haley has finished all seven of his previous races at Phoenix, he has only finished better than 24th once, when he finished 17th in the March 2022 event. It is possible that his […]

Noah Gragson Closes Out Stewart-Haas Racing Career With Average Qualifying Run

Noah Gragson qualified 21st for Stewart-Haas Racing's last ever race at Phoenix on Sunday. He was actually pretty fast there in the spring event as he started seventh, finished 12th, matched his best average running position of the season, and had his fifth-best driver rating. Nonetheless, it seems like he's gone through the motions somewhat […]

Todd Gilliland Lacks Speed This Weekend

Todd Gilliland qualified a lackluster 32nd in a race where his outgoing Front Row Motorsports teammate Michael McDowell qualified an even worse 35th. Gilliland had speed in the March event at Phoenix, where he led the only 14 laps for a non-Toyota driver after long-pitting, although he faded to 17th at the end. Besides that […]

Austin Dillon Sometimes Fast On Short Tracks, But Not At Phoenix

Austin Dillon's only good runs seem to happen at shorter ovals these days, such as his sixth-place finish at Gateway, his win at Richmond, and last week's seventh-place finish at Martinsville, although he was stripped of 50 points in that race for following Chevrolet's manufacturer orders to stay behind William Byron to help him advance […]

Phoenix Is Kyle Busch's Last Chance To Extend Winning-Season Streak

Sunday's race at Phoenix marks Kyle Busch's last chance to extend his record streak of 19 consecutive winning seasons in the NASCAR Cup Series to 20. However, the odds of him doing that seem astronomically remote given that he starts 25th, and the Richard Childress Racing cars have not seemed to have winning speed on […]

Jeb Burton Returns To Cup Series With Dangerously Slow Team AmeriVet

Jeb Burton surprisingly makes his return to NASCAR Cup Series action with Team AmeriVet, which has not started a race since Ty Dillon drove for them in the Coca-Cola 600. Burton's No. 50 team failed inspection four times, was not allowed to set a qualifying time, and will have to serve a stop-and-go penalty under […]

Alex Bowman Has Rarely Shined At Phoenix Since His 2016 Breakout

Alex Bowman first attracted significant attention in the NASCAR Cup Series at Phoenix in 2016 when he won the pole and led 194 laps en route to a sixth-place finish. That race now stands out as an extremely bizarre outlier in his career as not only does that remain his highest laps led count, he […]

Jonnu Smith A Sneaky Streaming Option For Week 10

Miami Dolphins tight end Jonnu Smith enters Week 10 coming off a five-reception, 46-yard performance against the Buffalo Bills. The 29-year-old has maintained a decent target share despite all of the pieces in the Miami offense. This week, he gets a matchup against a Los Angeles Rams defense that gives up the sixth-most fantasy points […]

Trevor Lawrence Won't Play On Sunday

According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (shoulder) won't play in Sunday's contest against the Minnesota Vikings. Most had already expected this would be the case. However, the next question is if the signal-caller will be able to return in Week 11 against the Lions. But considering Lawrence has struggled during the […]

Deebo Samuel Sr. Anticipated To Suit Up In Week 10

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel Sr. (rib, oblique) is expected to suit up for Sunday's matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The wideout was limited in practice throughout the week. However, it appears Samuel is in line to play, which is more great news for the 49ers, a team that is also expected […]