Karl-Anthony Towns Leads Timberwolves To Conference Finals

Minnesota Timberwolves forward/center Karl-Anthony Towns registered his third double-double in four games against Denver on Sunday, leading the team to a 98-90 Game 7 victory. Towns was tied for most points on the team with 23 and grabbed 12 rebounds. He was limited to only 1-for-6 shooting from three-point range but finished 8-for-14 overall from... Read More

Blade Tidwell Promoted To Triple-A

The New York Mets promoted pitching prospect Blade Tidwell to Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday. Tidwell, 22, is the Mets No. 10 prospect and has been having an excellent season for Double-A Binghamton. Over seven games (five starts), the right-hander went 2-4 with an impressive 2.41 ERA, 1.07 WHIP and 44 strikeouts over 37 1/3 innings.... Read More

Thayron Liranzo Hits Two More Homers In High-A

Los Angeles Dodgers catcher prospect Thayron Liranzo went 2-for-5 with a pair of solo homers for High-A Great Lakes on Sunday. He is now hitting .219 with five homers and 14 RBI over the team's first 31 games. Liranzo is the No. 9 prospect in the Dodgers system and has been off to a hot... Read More

Jairo Iriarte Racks Up 13 K's In Double-A

Chicago White Sox pitching prospect Jairo Iriarte suffered his third loss of the season in a strong outing for Double-A Birmingham on Sunday. The 22-year-old fireballer tossed seven frames and allowed four hits, three runs, one walk and recorded a career-high 13 strikeouts. Iriarte was one of the prospects the White Sox received for starting... Read More

Every NFC East Team's Greatest Strength, Weakness in 2024 - NFL Outlook

In 2022, the NFC East was a competitive bloodbath, even though the Eagles managed to run away with the division crown. That was far from the case in 2023, as the Giants and Commanders fell off a cliff and the Cowboys and Eagles lost in the first round. Now, the division is looking to get... Read More

Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash (Week 9): Redraft Rankings

After receiving prospect promotions early and often in the month of April, it's been much quieter on the prospect front here in May outside of the debut of some guy named Paul Skenes. You may have heard of him. He's pretty good. That's usually how it goes with prospect promotions. We'll get a bunch in... Read More

Vinicius Salvador Winless In The UFC

Vinicius Salvador suffered a first-round TKO loss to Adrian Yanez at UFC Vegas 92 on Saturday. Salvador was moving up to bantamweight for the fight after missing weight last time out. In the opening round, Salvador was caught by a right hook as he got dropped and finished with ground strikes. With the loss, Salvador... Read More

Adrian Yanez Returns To Win Column In A Big Way

Adrian Yanez returned to the win column in a big way as he scored a first-round knockout win over Vinicius Salvador at UFC Vegas 92. Yanez entered the bout as the favorite as it was a step down in competition after back-to-back losses to ranked opponents. In the fight, Yanez landed a big right hook... Read More

Ramiz Brahimaj Doesn't Do Much In UFC Vegas 92 Loss

Ramiz Brahimaj suffered a clear-cut decision loss to Themba Gorimo at UFC Vegas 92 on Saturday. Brahimaj was ending his over two-year-long layoff on Saturday and he entered the bout as the underdog. In his return, Brahimaj landed just three significant strikes, while he only threw 20 total strikes. Brahimaj is now 2-3 in the... Read More

Themba Gorimbo Wins Lackluster Decision At UFC Vegas 92

Themba Gorimbo extended his win streak to three as he beat Ramiz Brahimaj by decision at UFC Vegas 92. Gorimbo entered the bout as the favorite as he was on a two-fight winning streak, but the bout didn't see much action. Gorimbo took Brahimaj down five times and controlled him for over 10 minutes to... Read More

Edson Barboza Falls Short At UFC Vegas 92

Edson Barboza suffered a decision loss to Lerone Murphy in the main event of UFC Vegas 92 on Saturday. Barboza entered the bout on a two-fight winning streak but was the underdog. In the fight, Barboza struggled from the get-go as Murphy was the faster and more active striker. The Brazilian also struggled to defend... Read More

Pitchers Advanced Metrics Leaders for Brls/BBE% Statcast Studs and Duds (Week 9)

Welcome to another edition of RotoBaller’s Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds article series for the 2024 season! Each week, I will select one stat, choose a few pitchers with strong metrics and poor metrics, and analyze them to determine how their future performance may change. Last week, I looked at avoiding contact with a swinging... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Players To Watch For The Week Ahead (May 20 - May 26)

Another week has passed and yet again I get to mention Shota Imanaga and  Ranger Suarez were excellent, while Seth Lugo did not want to be outdone so he went out and fanned 10 batters in his last start (now with 22 over his last two). None of these guys wants to blink first. For... Read More

Interlude: Talk with Jamie "The Red Queen" Driver

Brady Grove hosts an interlude episode of "Tap That", and is joined by a special guest, bringing you stories and insight from inside the world of mixed martial arts/combat sports from those who are currently living it. In addition to this podcast, you can catch our team discussing other sports and topics as well. Like... Read More

RIVAL Best Ball Drafts - Strategy and Lineup Picks for this Week (May 20-26)

The 2024 fantasy baseball season is now in full gear and weekly best ball drafts are a great way to get to experience drafts all season long. Fantasy baseball best ball formats are an excellent way to get the real-time experience of drafting without the hassle of in-season management, even from a week-to-week perspective. RIVAL... Read More