The Green Bay Packers lost to the Seattle Seahawks 14-12 after three controversial calls kept the Seahawks alive. The Packers lost a game they deserved to win on the worst call in the history of the NFL . If this pathetic performance by the officials does not convince commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL owners [...]
The NHL Lockout is already responsible for the cancellation of all September preseason games, which serves as little more than a warning that real hockey might soon be lost too. For those that care about the lost opportunity to evaluate prospects, fear not; The AHL will be better than ever this year as most players [...]
“Awful” and “horrible” have been two frequently used adjectives to describe the Toronto Blue Jays’ last two months. They were 9-19 in August, and end play tonight 7-15 in September. That counts as both awful and horrible but, in this two home team border town, where every third car in the big box [...]
The Minnesota Timberwolves appear to have finally completed their quest to add a free agent big man for the league’s minimum salary, with Monday’s reported signing of forward Louis Amundson. He had drawn some interest from the New York Knicks and Charlotte Bobcats as well as a team in Greece, but ultimately decided to stay in the [...]
In week four the Pac 12 began it’s first full slate on inter-conference match-ups and there were several intriguing games involving the conferences five ranked teams. With that said arguably the best game from this past weekend came from the bottom two teams in the Pac 12, Colorado and Washington State. The other games from this past weekend went [...]
It’s not quite Lil’ Romeo or P. Diddy’s son, but the Pac 12 will have another celebrity participate in it’s athletics this year. Following in the foot steps, sort of, of Romeo Miller at USC (basketball) and freshman Justin Combs at UCLA (football), Dion Overstreet Jr. will be walking-on to the Washington Huskies basketball team [...]
TJ Lang and the Green Bay Packers were screwed by the replacement refs on Monday night and the lineman is not happy. In fact, he went to Twitter to express his displeasure. Note that the tweet is edited a bit. Got [redacted] by the refs..Embarrasing. Thanks nfl. TJ, I agree with you whole heartedly. [...]
3. Tennessee Titans Over Detroit Lions Not only did the Titans pull off their first victory of the season with a huge win against the Lions, but these teams combined for 46 points in the fourth quarter–which is a lot of touchdowns. Jake Locker had the best performance of his young career after throwing for [...]
The picture says it all. The New York Jets have lost CB Darrelle Revis for the remainder of the season, after tearing his ACL in his left knee during the third quarter of Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins. There is no question that he is the most important player on not just the Jets secondary, but [...]
The Primera Division, or La Liga, is known as one of the slickest, most entertaining leagues in soccer. Yet even those that cover it locally are forced to point out the league is subject to “Crazy kickoff times, atrocious debts, falling attendance in the stadiums, sabotage at a game that was declared high risk, clubs [...]
Welcome back to the Rant Sports fantasy football big board. The top 50 players in fantasy football have not added that many new faces, but definitely saw a ton of shifts after a wild and crazy week. Eli Manning, Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks all made huge jumps, and C.J. Spiller went from not on [...]
Welcome to the first edition of the Rant Sports Fantasy Football big board. These rankings are mostly based off my own projections and preseason rankings, but some of the week one performances have been taken into account. Enjoy. 1. Ray Rice – The only reason I have Rice above Foster is Foster’s offensive line and [...]
Need somewhere to keep you updated on the Fantasy Football news that comes out every Sunday morning? Well you’ve come to the right place. Each and every weekend, Rant Sports will try our best to keep you updated on every single player that could affect your fantasy football lineup. Obviously there are cases where players [...]
Welcome back to the 2012 Fantasy Football power rankings, where we’ve decided to rank the top five players at every position. If you missed it, check out the first two articles where we ranked the top five quarterbacks and runningbacks for the 2012 season. Here we will rank our projected top five wide receivers. Check [...]
I was asked to participate in the second ever Rant Sports 2012 fantasy football mock draft, in which a handful of writers and managers here at Rant Sports took part in a live mock draft on ESPN. I had the eighth overall pick in a draft of 10, and I hope you’re as impressed with [...]
Every year there are players ranked lower than they should for some reason or another. Whether it is new players on their team at their position that could steal points, injury concerns or off-the-field issues, there are always players you can take in the later rounds. So who are the runningbacks that are worth a [...]
So you’re gearing up for your draft for the 2012 Fantasy Football season, but you cannot decide which strategy works better than others. Well, there is a pretty good reason for that. Because no strategy is better than others. Fantasy Football gurus will all spout the same nonsense: “Get your star running back early! Draft [...]
In the second part of the 2012 Fantasy Football rankings, we will take a look at the top five runningbacks for the upcoming season. For years now, runningback has been considered the most important position to snag in the early rounds. Mostly because there are so few elite options given that only one runningback can [...]
Fantasy Football is all about the numbers, which is why top XX lists ranking players for fantasy purposes always tend to differ slightly from those list just ranking players in the NFL. That said, when it comes to quarterbacks, especially the top five, the list will not differ that much, save for maybe one player. [...]
The NFL season is nearly upon us, and that means it is time for all of us fantasy football gurus to climb out of the basement long enough to have an epic draft party, but not long enough to let the glare from the sunlight gives us migraines. But seriously. No matter which pick you [...]
