Only the Nationals and Cubs play during the afternoon today, so we will ignore that game for our DFS Playbook. That leaves a hefty, 14-game slate for our enjoyment tonight. MORE: Prospect rankings | NFL rookie rankings | Play FanDuel! Daily fantasy baseball picks There are two games with possible weather conditions. I love the Yankees tonight and am going to begin the day under the idea that the game will be played (40-percent chance of rain)....

Blake Griffin is expected to play tonight against the Lakers, but he could be on a minutes restriction. That’s not ideal for DFS contests. Fortunately, there are plenty more great options for your FanDuel lineups, starting with the highest priced guys, James Harden and LeBron James. If you’re looking to save money for these guys, punt at center and look for value at a SF spot. MORE DAILY FANTASY: Optimal NBA Lineup | MLB DFS Playbook | Play FanDuel NBA!...

Cheap RB’s like Thomas Rawls, Spencer Ware and Buck Allen were the chalk plays and allowed for expensive WR’s – a popular strategy that led to possibly the heaviest lineup overlap in 50/50 and head-to-head contests this season. MORE DFS: FanDuel tournament lineup | Cash-game lineup | Week 13 values What are the best daily fantasy football contests to enter on FanDuel? In hindsight, the strategy last week was to play more tournaments than cash games....

I want to thank all of you who have been following along all year, I hope this article helped opened your eyes to the spots most exploitable for fantasy points. If you’d like to continue the conversation throughout the year, follow me @MLoveDFS, and I’ll be happy to answer any playoff or offseason DFS questions you have! Also be sure to bookmark the Sporting News Fantasy DFS page to stay up to date on all your DFS needs....

The video sees numerous hosts accuse the Democrats of being “sore losers” and of having a “problem conceding defeat,” in stark contrast to how they have reacted to President Donald Trump’s behavior over the past few days after he lost the election to President-elect Joe Biden. The video features White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Fox host Laura Ingraham, former speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, and Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro, among others....

For today’s starting pitcher rankings, bullpen news and weather report, check out First Pitch! READ MORE: SN Fantasy | DFS Playbook (day games) | DFS Strategy (night games) SPLITS TO KNOW - Don’t shy away from Adrian Gonzalez. He’s 15-for-43 (.349) with three homers and four doubles against Jorge De La Rosa and gets the benefit of Coors Field. Anthony Rizzo is 10-for-21 (.476) with three extra-base hits against Kyle Lohse....

The question now is whether the seventh-year quarterback can shake off what has been a letdown season statistically and lead Dallas to a victory over Tom Brady and the Buccaneers in Tampa on Monday night. Prescott has a 1-3 career playoff record, with the win coming in the wild-card round of the 2019 playoffs against the Seahawks. MORE: Cowboys vs. Buccaneers odds, prediction, betting trends for NFL wild-card playoff game...

Speaking on a Dale Earnhardt Jr. podcast earlier this week, Craven delved into his own personal history with concussions. While driving for Hendrick Motorsports in the late 1990s, he was involved in a series of crashes and then, in 1998, he was diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome and missed three months of racing. MORE: How Earnhardt Jr. can still make Chase | Junior made right call Craven recently wrote about his experiences for ESPN, for whom he is now a commentator, after it was announced that Earnhardt would miss last Sunday’s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway while suffering from concussion-like symptoms....

For crew chief Steve Letarte, not having Earnhardt at the track meant so much more than just not having him in the car those weekends. MORE: Earnhardt made right call | Craven: Junior needs time to heal So as Earnhardt prepares to miss at least the next two races this season — he didn’t drive at New Hampshire last weekend as well — with concussion-like symptoms, Letarte understands what Junior and his team face....

Joseph Chang, the chief medical officer at Parkland Hospital, described the decision as “gut-wrenching” during a Thursday interview with MSNBC. “I had to make the decision two weeks ago to transfer pregnant patients away from Parkland Hospital,” Chang said. “To have to make that decision is gut-wrenching.” Parkland Hospital is one of the largest in the country, with more than 1 million patient visits reported on average every year. Its website said it averages in excess of 10,000 newborn deliveries every year, with 10,893 newborn nursery discharges recorded in 2020....

But on Tuesday night, Busby’s world began to come unraveled. She got into a quarrel with the man she intermittently shared the apartment with. “You don’t love me anymore … you’re cheating,” she shouted, according to neighbors, as slammed doors reverberated through the complex. The next morning, around 6 a.m., her father came to take Busby and the boys to a friend’s house. He was gassing up his old yellow Cadillac at a Shell station on a crowded commercial strip, near a Wal-Mart and a car dealership, when Busby got out of the car....

On Tuesday, the Trail Blazers’ star point guard celebrated his 24th birthday with a grandiose cake. The cake was made by Marilyn DeVault, the owner of Piece of Cake Bakery in Portland, Oregon. The cake is shaped like his adidas Crazy Quick 2 shoe and is surrounded by 60 chocolate cupcakes adorned with Trail Blazers-colored frosting. Conclusion: Birthdays are more fun when you are a famous athlete.

Worse for Lillard and his Trail Blazers teammates, the no-call kept them from tying the Jazz in the final seconds of regulation. Utah held on to win 117-114. Lillard attempted a layup around Jazz center Rudy Gobert, who blocked the shot after it came off the backboard. That should have been called goaltending, but the crew didn’t see it, and it couldn’t review the play. (A review can only be triggered when goaltending is called on the floor....

USA Basketball announced Wednesday that the Trail Blazers guard has been added to the roster of finalists for the U.S. men’s national team that will compete at the Rio Olympics. The official 12-member roster will be announced later this year, possibly in June. MORE: Predicting Team USA’s Rio roster | Lillard is the king of snubs “I recently received a call from Damian, and during our conversation he expressed his desire to be considered for the U....

Appearing on Fox Sports 1’s “America’s Pregame,” White said the UFC knew of the positive test for the cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine. MORE: Astonishing UFC photos | UFC chooses business over safety | UFC 182 Good, Bad & Ugly Fans have been wondering why the UFC didn’t pull Jones from his fight against Daniel Cormier at Saturday’s UFC 182. White said the company never considered yanking Jones. “What happened was, so they do these tests leading up to a fight, these random drug tests, and he tested positive,” White said....

It wasn’t just go-go dancing after all. Rusu and six other Romanian and Moldovan women claim that once they got to Cambodia, their boss detained them in a hotel and tried to force them to sleep with his customers. Last week, acting on a tip from the United Nations office in Phnom Penh, Cambodian military police raided the hotel, and detained the boss, who was a co-owner of the hotel, and his deputy manager....

The Brazilian full-back was a much sought-after talent following a productive stint at Sevilla, with Europe’s top clubs clamouring for his signature. Liverpool were among those in the mix and came agonisingly close to pulling off a transfer coup, but were left empty-handed and, two years later, Alves joined Barcelona where he spent eight trophy-laden seasons. “I pretty much had an agreement with Liverpool,” the bucaneering defender told FourFourTwo....