Swinney had faced pressure from Clemson students, South Carolina politicians and LGBT groups in recent days for the planned appearance. GLAAD.org, an LGBT-supported media monitoring website, says the Palmetto Family Council is an “anti-LGBT” organization. MORE: Four words for Clemson in 2015 | Where does Dabo rank? | Bowl projections Here is Swinney’s statement from Clemson University in an e-mail to Sporting News: “I was recently selected by the Palmetto Family Council, an organization with which I have no association, as their ‘South Carolina Family Champion of 2015’ and was invited to receive this recognition at an event sponsored by the group on June 2....

In fact, he’d be at the top of the Crimson Tide’s short list, SN’s Matt Hayes wrote last month. MORE: Top 10 Alabama players of all time | Top 10 Clemson Tigers of all time “You don’t ever say never," the Swinney told CBSSports.com. “You don’t ever know what the circumstances would be at any given time. First of all, Alabama may never, ever call me and I would never have a problem with that....

It’s often said that “honesty is the best policy.” In practice though, that idea couldn’t be further from the truth for most with a study from the University of Massachusetts estimating 60 percent of people lie at least once in an average 10-minute conversation. For many, an aversion to telling the truth often comes amid concerns over the potential consequences. However, research from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business suggests that, by and large, people can probably afford to be more honest than they realize....

The original poster (OP), u/Dadofaforeverboy, shared his story to the r/AmITheA**hole Reddit forum, earning 5,700 upvotes and 1,100 comments for his post, “AITA for throwing a gender reveal party for my son instead in the same week as my sister’s baby shower?” He says that his son, 19, came out as transgender three years ago, and just completed his transition. He told his father that since coming out, he’d wanted to have a gender reveal party....

Karl Towns Sr. and Tee Morant, the fathers of Karl-Anthony Towns and Ja Morant, have provided plenty of courtside entertainment. During Tuesday night’s Game 2, the dads were right back at it with NBA TV sideline reporter Chris Haynes. Karl Towns Sr. joked about Grizzlies fans leaving early after holding a big lead before Tee Morant playfully reminded him of the Grizzlies’ popular playoff catchphrase: “We ain’t duckin’ no smoke....

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There are plenty of pitching options to choose from today. We will once again go for the cheaper pitchers, as it’s been tough to trust any hurlers lately, even the expensive ones. Offense seems to rule the day of late, so it is best to save some money on your pitching selections when possible. MORE: Hitter, SP picks | 2016 Fantasy Football Draft Guide With nine southpaws going, today’s a good day to use guys who crush lefthanded pitching....

We have a loaded slate tonight, complete with some high strikeout pitching options to choose from (Scherzer, deGrom, Archer and Wood among them). We also have Coors Field featuring two lineups that can put up some runs (Cardinals and Rockies). There will be some interesting game theory for sure, let’s go ahead look at who I think are the safe bets for fantasy production. Before we get started, just a reminder that RotoQL’s fantasy baseball packages have all the key fantasy stats in one easy-to-use platform, and our DFS tools – specifically, our RotoQL MLB Lineup Optimizer – should be your first stop when building lineups for any given day....

The different sites all have a weird array of “main” slates for us to choose from. DraftKings Main is a15-Game All-Day slate that starts at 1:05 pm ET; FanDuel Main is a 7-Game Afternoon slate that starts at 4:05 pm ET (don’t ask me why they did this… it makes no sense); FantasyAces Main: 15-Game All-Day slate that starts at 1:05 pm ET. MORE: Fantasy Football Draft Guide | Fantasy football cheat sheet...

Despite the short slate (especially if you remove the Pirates’ and Rockies’ early-afternoon game and Game 1 of the Indians-White Sox doubleheader), there are a lot of talented pitching options tonight. Of course, no one is as talented as Clayton Kershaw, but if you decide to fade him, there are viable alternatives at much better prices. MORE FANTASY: Prospect rankings | Waiver wire | Play FanDuel With that in mind, let’s take a look at today’s full starting pitcher rankings and picks....

Interesting mix of options Sunday. There are several aces, values and even risks in the top third of the rankings, followed by a quagmire of crap, so choose wisely. If you’re looking for a “sure thing,” just pay up for Jake Arrieta and move on. MORE FANTASY: Prospect rankings | Waiver wire Let’s take a look at today’s full starting pitcher rankings and picks. As usual, we’ll also have daily fantasy baseball hitter picks and the DFS Playbook from Fantasy Alarm to help you find the best values on FanDuel and DraftKings....

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READ MORE: Today’s SP rankings | Hitter matchups to exploit | Fantasy football cheat sheet The DFS MLB Playbook PRO comes with a full top 10 at each position every day, optimal lineups for each DFS site, deep stats and daily projections, suggested lineup “stacks,” hitting and pitching strategies, a live DFS scoreboard to track your players and much more. Check out today’s free DFS plays below, and check out FantasyAlarm....

READ MORE: Today’s SP rankings | Hitter matchups to exploit | More DFS content The DFS MLB Playbook PRO comes with a full top 10 at each position every day, optimal lineups for each DFS site, deep stats and daily projections, suggested lineup “stacks,” hitting and pitching strategies, a live DFS scoreboard to track your players and much more. Check out tonight’s free DFS plays below, and check out FantasyAlarm....

The Nets-Magic and Wolves-Blazers are my top two games to target tonight, with the Bulls-76ers not too far behind. I’ll be a little more cautious with the Wizards and Celtics while looking for some contrarian options with the Pacers and Knicks. Please remember it’s best to play GPPs at this point in the year. Good luck! Follow our Player Alarms for injury/rest-related news during the day and closer to tip-off, and check back for updates to the Playbook on Fantasy Alarm....

Westbrook has not had the greatest success vs the Grizzlies who are one the best defenses in the league, while Harden is coming off 40-plus-point triple-doubles in his last two games. If you are paying up for one, it should be Harden. It doesn’t look like there is much value in play at this point, but that should change as the day goes on and we get a better idea of who’s in and who’s out tonight....

As usual, the experts at FantasyAlarm.com will publish their top daily fantasy basketball picks at each position across various DFS sites in the Playbook (free preview below). Playbook PRO members get even more daily fantasy basketball advice, along with detailed analysis and strategies, suggested team “stacks” and optimal daily fantasy lineups. Also, PRO members get access to all the DFS Playbooks and tools for every sport, including NFL, college football and NHL, with one subscription....