First-Round Knockout

Mel Kiper and Todd McShay have plenty of opinions about how Round 1 will play out. Come Draft Day, at least one of them will probably look smart

Fantasy World: The Keeper Rankings

Like life, in keeper leagues there's no such thing as "the offseason." Now, when most citizens of the Fantasy World are enjoying the playoffs from the...

A TON OF VALUE

Know who's never won the NFL's MVP Award? A group of offensive linemen. Know who else? A group of defensive linemen. And—this year especially—that's too bad.

Uneasy Rider

Cedric Benson's numbers prove he's the best back in the draft. So why does he make teams so nervous?

Not His Forte

...Anderson, Rashan Salaam, Anthony Thomas, Curtis Enis, Thomas Jones, and prior to Forte, the too-forgettable Cedric Benson. There has been marginal success, at least if success is measured by stats. But none has...

Fantasy World: Time to Wake Up

Like the great and hideous monster of Lake Loch Ness, the fantasy football sleeper is an enigma lurking beneath the surface of a murky football season...

Dear Flem

In the crazy, topsy-turvy world of the NFL sometimes fans just need someone to talk to. So once a week Mag senior writer David Fleming will exchange e...

Texas Hold 'Em

Thanks to a 22-year-old Longhorn legend named Huston Street, the A's may finally have an unbeatable hand

Fantasy World: Designer Imposters

Last weekend, NFL fans were treated to one of the more rare events in sports. No, not the 49ers' win, as much fun as that was. I'm talking about the B...

We had to know the Bears would try anything to make Cedric Benson a forgotten memory

FANTASY WORLD: SUPER-SUBS

Last week, we once again saw the brute strength of Fantasy World's most unreliable weapon: the super-sub. No, I'm not talking about the new Chicken Pi...

One Step Closer

For the NFL's four remaining super bowl wannabes, the conference title game means a better shot at seasonending glory-or off-season groaning

Real World: Miami

All you "experts" think you know just what it takes to win the big game. Well, not to throw sand in your face, but we've got a few questions that will wreck some very popular theories. Hey, life's a beach. Luckily, we've also got some answers.

FANTASY WORLD: BEATING THE BYE-WEEK BLUES

Last week, I found myself in a bit of a conundrum. One of my teams had the unfortunate occurrence of having most of my elite players unavailable, nurs...

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