Day: February 21, 2017

Expert Picks: The Honda ClassicExpert Picks: The Honda Classic

How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf driven by AVIS. Each lineup consists of four starters and two bench players that can be rotated after each round. The first fantasy golf game to utilize live ShotLink data, PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf driven by AVIS allows you to see scores update live during competition. To learn more or sign up click here. MORE FANTASY: Power Rankings | Rob Bolton’s full-membership fantasy rankings | Play One & Done CDW, an official partner of the PGA TOUR, offers its weekly fantasy selection. Here’s this week’s “Data-Driven Decision.” The computer selected driving accuracy, scrambling and strokes gained: approach as the three most important statistics this week. After calculating this season’s ranks in those categories of every player in the field, the computer made the following prediction for this week’s winner. THINK YOU’RE BETTER THAN OUR EXPERTS? The PGA TOUR Experts league is once again open to the public. You can play our free fantasy game and see how you measure up against our experts below. Joining the league is simple. Just click here to sign up or log in. Once you create your team, click the Leagues tab and search for “PGA TOUR Experts.” After that? Pick your players and start talking smack.

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AP Source: Maple Leafs place unhappy Brooks Laich on waivers (Sports Betting News)AP Source: Maple Leafs place unhappy Brooks Laich on waivers (Sports Betting News)

Toronto Maple Leaf's' Brooks Laich during an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Thursday April 7, 2016 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)

A person with direct knowledge of the move tells Sports Betting News that the Toronto Maple Leafs placed Brooks Laich on waivers, two days after the veteran center questioned where he fit in the team’s plans. Laich, however, has spent this season in the minors since being demoted in October. On Monday, The Athletic online publication quoted Laich as saying he would prefer the opportunity to pursue winning a Stanley Cup championship with another team if the Maple Leafs don’t consider him part of their plans this season.

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Steelers’ Joey Porter to plead guilty to fracas citations (Sports Betting News)Steelers’ Joey Porter to plead guilty to fracas citations (Sports Betting News)

FILE-- This file photo from Jan. 13, 2017 shows Pittsburgh Steelers linebackers coach Joey Porter during NFL football practice in Pittsburgh. The director of the Pittsburgh Police Citizens Review Board says video of the arrest of Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter on Jan. 8, 2017, supports an officer's version of the events, including that Porter grabbed the officer's wrists, rendering him defenseless. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter plans to plead guilty to a disorderly conduct citation stemming from a dispute with a bar bouncer and a police officer last month. Porter’s defense attorney, Robert Del Greco, tells Sports Betting News that Porter will plead guilty in City Court on Tuesday afternoon. Porter was originally charged with aggravated assault and other more serious charges for allegedly grabbing the officer’s wrists outside a South Side bar after a bouncer denied him entrance on Jan. 8.

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