Heat lock up Herro with 4-year, $130M extensionHeat lock up Herro with 4-year, $130M extension
Tyler Herro, the reigning Sixth Man of the Year, has agreed to a four-year, $130 million extension with the Heat.
Day: October 3, 2022
Suns scorched by Adelaide 36ers in preseason tiltSuns scorched by Adelaide 36ers in preseason tilt
The Phoenix Suns lost their preseason opener to a hot-shooting Adelaide 36ers team from Australia’s National Basketball League 134-124 on Sunday night.
Grizzlies, Adams agree to two-year extensionGrizzlies, Adams agree to two-year extension
Memphis Grizzlies center Steven Adams has agreed on a two-year, $25.2 million contract extension, tying him to the franchise through the 2024-2025 season, his agent, Darren Matsubara of Wasserman, told ESPN on Saturday.
Lakers’ Big 3 rolls out new mantra: ‘You get it, go’Lakers’ Big 3 rolls out new mantra: ‘You get it, go’
With the first week of training camp in the books as LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook near their second season together, their approach to offensive team success has been tweaked to empower each of them to go get theirs.
‘We’ve gotta do something with it:’ Pens’ veterans back and hungry for another Cup‘We’ve gotta do something with it:’ Pens’ veterans back and hungry for another Cup
Sidney Crosby was happy to see Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang return, hoping to make another run with the Penguins’ dynastic core.
DraftKings preview: Shriners Children’s OpenDraftKings preview: Shriners Children’s Open
The PGA TOUR hits its third stop of the fall swing this week and enters Las Vegas, Nevada for the annual Shriners Children’s Open. The tournament will be played at TPC Summerlin, a par-71 venue that plays at 7,255 yards and has been a staple on the PGA TOUR schedule for many years now. The greens this week will be pure bentgrass. Set your DraftKings fantasy golf lineups here: PGA TOUR $300K Pitch + Putt [$100K to 1st] STRATEGY The fall swing presents us with lots of courses that are set up for low scoring, and this week is no different. TPC Summerlin regularly plays as one of the easiest venues on the PGA TOUR and ranked as the third-easiest venue on the PGA TOUR in 2020-21, playing at -2.141 under par for the week. Players are helped at TPC Summerlin by the elevation — the thin air helps the ball travel longer — and it’s a course that doesn’t contain a ton of thick rough or penalty areas. Water is in play on four of the holes, but as long as players aren’t too wild with their drives, they’ll be in decent enough position to take aim at the pins on most greens. The approaches are where the scoring is really done on TPC Summerlin, and it’s no coincidence winners at this event tend to spike in the approach department. Three of the last four winners of this event have gained over 4.0 strokes on approach for the week and been in the top 10 of that statistic for the overall tournament. Greens tend to be much easier to hit at Summerlin, which means proximity stats are something to consider — hitting it close will simply mean your player has to do less to convert those approaches into birdies with the putter. That said, we’ve seen golfers dominate on these greens, and Kevin Na set a single-event record by gaining 14.2 strokes putting at TPC Summerlin in 2019. Na’s performance was somewhat of an anomaly, but this easier setup does make for a more wide-open event, where any player who is hitting the ball at least average will likely post high green-in-regulation percentages and will, therefore, have the potential to challenge if their putter gets hot. GOLFERS TO CONSIDER Cameron Davis ($9,200) Coming off a Presidents Cup where he played in five matches — and played well, grabbing two full wins against a tough American squad — should do wonders for the confidence of a player like Davis. We all know the talent Davis possesses, and his win at the Rocket Mortgage in 2021 cemented the fact this is a player who can take it low enough to win any of these regular season events where the setup demands a high rate of birdies. Davis may have had a bit of a slow start to his fall swing, logging a missed cut at the Fortinet, but he ranks sixth in long-term form in both birdie or better percentage and strokes gained: approach stats for this field. Over the summer, he posted four finishes of T16 or better and has played well in the desert. Overall, he’s 3-for-3 in made cuts at the Shriners and also has a third-place finish at The American Express in January of 2021, which is played in nearby Palm Springs. Rickie Fowler ($7,800) A new season may bring new belief for the five-time PGA TOUR winner, who started 2022-23 strong with a T6 finish at the first fall series event in Napa. Fowler’s top 10 at the Fortinet was his first since October of 2021, but it’s the way he went about achieving the result that should turn some heads. Fowler gained 6.0 strokes ball-striking at the event and was also positive from a strokes-gained perspective on and around the greens. The setup this week should also be a boon for the 33-year-old, who has had some of his best moments playing on TPC setups (winner TPC Scottsdale and TPC Sawgrass) and in the desert. In four career appearances at TPC Summerlin, Fowler is just 2-for-4 in made cuts, but two of those made cuts have yielded top-25 finishes. He’s worth a roster this week in daily fantasy, as his DraftKings price still remains somewhat depressed, and he’s not likely to draw a ton of rostership just yet, given how poor his 2021-22 season was. Joel Dahmen ($7,100) Dahmen had a solid week at the Sanderson Farms, finishing T13 while gaining over 6.0 strokes ball-striking (off the tee and approach) alone. Dahmen is a PGA TOUR veteran with a win under his belt already (2021 Punta Cana), so when we see an uptick in form from him, we should be interested for fantasy purposes. Dahmen had previously missed four of five cuts, but his record at the Shriners has seen him go 4-for-4 in made cuts over his career while also posting two top-25 finishes over the last four years. In short, he’s got a sneaky good track record at this event, and his approach game is trending well after last week, which is a huge part to having success at TPC Summerlin. Set your DraftKings fantasy golf lineups here: PGA TOUR $300K Pitch + Putt [$100K to 1st] Put your knowledge to the test. Sign up for DraftKings and experience the game inside the game. Place your golf bets at DraftKings Sportsbook and bet online by downloading the DraftKings Sportsbook app. All views expressed are my own. I am an employee of DraftKings and am ineligible to play in public DFS or DKSB contests. The contents contained in this article do not constitute a representation that any particular strategy will guarantee success. All customers should use their own skill and judgment in building lineups. 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Sanderson Farms Championship Payouts and Points: Mackenzie Hughes claims $1.422 Million and FedExCup leadSanderson Farms Championship Payouts and Points: Mackenzie Hughes claims $1.422 Million and FedExCup lead
Mackenzie Hughes won the Sanderson Farms Championship in a playoff over Sepp Straka on Sunday at the Country Club of Jackson, collecting $1.422 million in official earnings and picking up 500 FedExCup points to lead the standings for the first time in his career. Canadian Hughes, who was +8000 on BetMGM Sportsbook pre-tournament, claimed his second PGA TOUR win, his first since the 2016 RSM Classic with an eight-foot birdie on the second playoff hole. Austria’s Straka dropped his second playoff in his last four TOUR starts (2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship). He was seeking his second title of the 2022 calendar year (The Honda Classic). He picked up $861,100 for his efforts and 300 FedExCup points to sit equal third on the standings. Hughes leads the FedExCup with 528 points, Max Homa is second with 500 with Straka and Danny Willett tied third at 300 points. Here’s a breakdown of the purse and FedExCup points for the Sanderson Farms Championship:
Takeaways: Raiders finally get a win, and everything we learned from wins by the Cowboys, Bills, Chiefs and EaglesTakeaways: Raiders finally get a win, and everything we learned from wins by the Cowboys, Bills, Chiefs and Eagles
NFL Nation recaps every game and answers the biggest questions from around the league in Week 4.
QB Rodgers: This way of winning not ‘sustainable’QB Rodgers: This way of winning not ‘sustainable’
Despite facing a third-string rookie QB for much of Sunday’s game, the Packers just barely managed a win over the Patriots in overtime, prompting Aaron Rodgers to remark, “This way of winning, I don’t think, is sustainable.”
No he didn’t: Mahomes dazzles with spinning flip TD pass to Edwards-HelaireNo he didn’t: Mahomes dazzles with spinning flip TD pass to Edwards-Helaire
The Kansas City Chiefs QB threw an unusual pass to his running back for a 2-yard touchdown.