Saints' Lance Moore out vs. 49ers
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01/13/2012 - San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New Orleans Saints wide receiver Lance Moore has been ruled out for Saturday's NFC Divisional Round matchup against the 49ers.
Moore (hamstring) also missed last week's Wild Card win over the Detroit Lions. He has caught 52 passes for 627 yards and eight touchdowns in 14 games this season.
Tight end John Gilmore (toe) has also been ruled out for Saturday, while linebacker Jonathan Casillas (knee) is listed as questionable.
Safety Roman Harper (ankle), linebacker Jonathan Vilma (knee) and wide receiver Robert Meachem (knee) were all listed as probable.
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners have reportedly agreed to a swap of young players on Friday. Several media outlets are reporting that the Yankees will receive right-handed pitchers Michael Pineda a
<< Kershaw among 142 who file for arbitration
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Reigning National League Cy Young Award winner
Clayton Kershaw is headed for salary arbitration.
The Dodgers left-hander and two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum of
the Giants headlined a list of
<< Cubs agree to terms with Kerry Wood
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Cubs and pitcher Kerry Wood agreed
to terms on a one-year contract with a club option for 2013 on Friday.
The 34-year-old right-hander made 55 relief appearances for Chicago last
season, pit
<< Louisville's Kuric sprains ankle, will sit
Louisville, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Kuric, who leads No. 14 Louisville in
scoring this season, will miss Saturday's game against DePaul because of an
ankle sprain.
Head coach Rick Pitino said Friday that Kuric was injured on the firs
<< Braves reach agreement with OF Prado
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Braves on Friday agreed to a
one-year contract with outfielder Martin Prado for the 2012 season, avoiding
salary arbitration.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Prado playe
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Toarlyn Fitzpatrick converted a go-ahead three- point play in the final minute, and the South Florida Bulls held on to beat No. 24 Seton Hall, 56-55, thanks to Jordan Theodore's missed free throw. The Bulls
Yankees deal for Pineda, sign Kuroda >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Yankees have reportedly made two moves for a
pair of right-handed starters.
The Yankees acquired 22-year-old Michael Pineda from the Seattle Mariners in a
four-player deal and signed 36-year-old Hiroki Kuro
Sixers continue to roll in rout of Wizards >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jodie Meeks made six three-pointers and
scored 26, and the Philadelphia 76ers moved to 5-0 at home for the first time
in nine seasons Friday with a 120-89 victory over the Washington Wizards.
It was t
Hansbrough pushes Pacers past Raptors >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tyler Hansbrough's offensive rebound and
ensuing free throws with 14.8 seconds left put Indiana on top for good as the
Pacers took a 95-90 comeback victory over the Toronto Raptors.
Hansbrough finished
Brouwer's hat trick sends Caps past reeling Lightning >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Troy Brouwer notched his first hat trick as
Washington downed Tampa Bay, 4-3, at Verizon Center.
Alex Ovechkin had the other goal while Dennis Wideman and Brooks Laich each
added two assists for the C
FOOTBALL TRASH TALK
NFL Football Trash TalkTrash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their supplements to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this wont be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit. And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. The plug-necked yahoos on your team, you can say, will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesnt focus only on your opponents team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Wheres your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, I'll try to type slower for you next time. Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, dont just conclude by saying your opponent is a twerp who drafts like my grandmother. Say that your opponent is a sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars. By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.