Behind The Bets
Chad MillmanNewsflash: Understanding risk is what separates everyday squares from the big-money wiseguys who live off their gambling wits. Now, here's a piece o...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 11, 2008Fantasy World: Beat the Bye
Rick Paulas(Author's Note: I'm writing this column in a rage after DeAngelo Williams ruined my playoff chances with that cute 36-yard scamper to close out the Mo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 10, 2008Fantasy World: Time to Wake Up
Rick PaulasLike 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2008THE MAG.COM PRESENTS: ALL WORLD POWER RANKINGS
Ted BauerWHEN IT COMES TO THE BEST BACKUP QB IN THE NFL, WE'RE 'CHARGING' AHEAD WITH BILLY VOLEK Jim Sorgi turns 28 today. One cool thing about Sorgi: he has...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2008The Power of the 'Stache
Rick PaulasUnless he takes a Favre-like mulligan, this year will be the last on the sidelines for coach Mike Holmgren, at least with the Seahawks. While he may h...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2008Behind the Bets: Public Trading
Chad Millman[Ed's Note: Chad Millman is a Senior Deputy Editor at ESPN The Magazine, and once wrote a book called The Odds. His column takes a close look at the c...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2008Fantasy World: Battle of the Matts
Rick PaulasIt's been a big year for Matts: The historic presidential election put reporters Matt Taibbi and Matthew Yglesias in the realm of political powerhouse...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2008Fantasy World: Designer Imposters
Rick PaulasLast 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2008Hope They're Ready
Alan Grant...of us can finally exhale because the collective playing field is at long last truly level? Kansas City Chiefs President and general manager Carl Peterson has a record that suggests the seeds for a level...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2008Hitting the Wall?
Rick PaulasA lot of boys perhaps officially became men last week: rookies Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco both led their teams to impressive wins, youngsters Matt Forte...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2008Fantasy World: NFL Parlay!
Rick Paulas...say that you can only pick a player once. Go! My picks: Week 10: LaDainian Tomlinson vs. Chiefs While he's been disappointing so far—rushing for only about 69 yards a game&mdash...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2008The Second-Year Surge
Chris Sprow[Ed's note: If you want to see a list of some guys in college now who could become the next Woodley, click here.] What is it about the second year? N...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 30, 2008Fantasy World: Detroit Lions, M.D.
Rick PaulasThe Detroit Lions are the Robitussin of the Fantasy World: The cure for all your ills. Bleeding? Rub a little Lions on it. Is a running back not perfo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2008Auction Block: All Dressed Up
Eric AngevineThe connection between big-time sports and Halloween is difficult to pin down. Even in the wild-card era, baseball's World Series is typically over be...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2008FANTASY WORLD: SUPER-SUBS
Rick PaulasLast 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 2008TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "kansas city chiefs" make the list?