The Los Angeles Rams have made Sean McVay the youngest head coach in NFL history. The Rams on Thursday hired McVay, who turns 31 years old on Jan. 24. The Washington Redskins’ offensive coordinator replaces Jeff Fisher, who was fired 13 games into the Rams’ homecoming season in Los Angeles, and interim head coach John Fassel.
With head-coaching vacancies filling, Kyle Shanahan’s options fading
Chargers fans knew for several years that this dreaded day could be coming, that their beloved NFL team might move up the freeway to tap the perceived riches of Los Angeles. Team chairman Dean Spanos, who tried to move to LA a year earlier, announced the move to his employees at a morning meeting at Chargers Park. At the same time, the team posted a letter on its Twitter account, which was rebranded as the Los Angeles Chargers.
Chargers fans knew for several years that this dreaded day could be coming, that their beloved NFL team might move up the freeway to tap the perceived riches of Los Angeles. Team chairman Dean Spanos, who tried to move to LA a year earlier, announced the move to his employees at a morning meeting at Chargers Park. At the same time, the team posted a letter on its Twitter account, which was rebranded as the Los Angeles Chargers.
Justin Thomas shoots 59 at Sony Open
First baseman Lucas Duda and the New York Mets avoided arbitration when they agreed to a $7.25 million, one-year contract, a small raise after an injury-plagued season. Duda, who hit 57 home runs from 2014-15, missed four months last year and was limited to 47 games because of a stress fracture in his lower back. The soft-spoken first baseman, who turns 31 next month, had a $6,725,000 salary last year and can become a free agent after the upcoming season.
Shaka Smart’s tough second season at Texas is taking yet another rough turn. With his team already struggling at 7-9 after starting the season the Top 25, Smart indefinitely suspended leading scorer Tevin Mack on Thursday for an unspecified team rules violation. ”We have a set of standards that we expect people in our program to adhere to,” Smart said.
Shaka Smart’s tough second season at Texas is taking yet another rough turn. With his team already struggling at 7-9 after starting the season the Top 25, Smart indefinitely suspended leading scorer Tevin Mack on Thursday for an unspecified team rules violation. ”We have a set of standards that we expect people in our program to adhere to,” Smart said.
Vale Dori looks to jump to top of older mare division
PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf presented by SERVPRO You have to love the aggressive strategy at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Since all fantasy decisions are relative regarding golfers and gamers, there’s something to be said of the fact that Jordan Spieth opens 2017 on more than half the rosters. Of course, it doesn’t mean that all gamers are starting him in the first round at Waialae, but it does speak to the confidence we have in him despite an 0-for-1 record in the tournament. Yeah, as if even a whiff of poor course history is going to dissuade a majority this early in his career. After being selected by 58.7 percent of the gamers at last week’s SBS Tournament of Champions (where he finished in a three-way tie for third), the 23-year-old paces the field of 144 in Honolulu at 54.4 percent. With planned starts at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Genesis Open lined up on the West Coast Swing alone, those of us who are burning his second start in Segment 2 this week will need to be selective with where to schedule his third and final. Heck, even if you still have all three remaining, you’re going to need to be choosy. This is why the restriction of three starts per golfer per segment is such a great provision. You get to invest in fantasy gold, but to be competitive, you’re also required to mine for more. Of the 32 golfers who competed at Kapalua, 20 made the trip to Oahu. (There were originally 21, but Si Woo Kim withdrew on Wednesday.) Eight of those guys populate the top 10 most-owned at the Sony. Paul Casey (seventh) and the whale for Waialae, Charles Howell III (eighth), round out the board. Credit to the litany of gamers who found conviction with both Jason Dufner (ninth) and Tony Finau (10th) since both were exempt from my opinion in preview material. Defending champion Fabian Gomez is rostered by 6.6 percent of you, good for 22nd overall. The field is as deep as it’s ever been, so we could dive in to to analyze fantasy commitments to dozens of golfers, but one who I mistakenly omitted from my preview material is Jerry Kelly. This is his first PGA TOUR start since turning 50 in November. He’s 15-for-19 at Waialae and sits second in all-time earnings here with a victory (2002) and another eight top 10s, including in each of the last three editions. He 46th in ownership percentage (1.8) this week. NOTE: Rob’s Rating refers to where our Fantasy Insider slotted a golfer in his Power Rankings. Golfers in the Power Rankings and outside the top 10 in most owned PGA TOUR Fantasy One & Done presented by SERVPRO Data on ownership percentages at the Sony Open in Hawaii is currently unavailable. This section will be updated when possible.
