The Sportsballers

Eric got his first outright win among the hosts since Week 6 (all three tied in Week 7) and his first outright win over both the hosts and the fans this season! He moves into second on the season. Congrats to  Sean Kennedy  and  Andrew Perez , who tied for the fan contest victory in Week 12.  James Dailey  remains the season-long fan leader with 79 points, but  Andrew  is trailing closely with 77 points and  Sean  has 76.  Sean Dunn  is the only other fan who has entered since Week 7, and he now has 63 points (he missed Weeks 6 and 10).   You can compete against us, too! Email us at  thesportsballers@gmail.com  or DM us on  Facebook  or  Twitter  with your email address  and we’ll enter you in our fan contest. You’ll receive a ballot every week after our Wednesday live show so you can submit your picks against the same spread as us before the Thursday night game. Play against us week-by-week o...

The final inter-divisional games of the season are in the books, and we are ready for the division round robin that will conclude the 2022 regular season and determine this year’s playoff field. Four managers have set themselves apart, but six other managers remain in the hunt and no playoff spots have been locked up, though all three divisions could be clinched this coming week.   This was just the fifth week of the season to enter the Top 50 all-time leaderboard of league-wide scoring. Our 12 managers combined for 1,351.01 points, ranking 46th among our league’s 137 regular season weeks.   We could have had an even better week, but as a league we were putrid as coaches, succeeding on just five of 13 coaching risks and costing ourselves a net 35.15 points. That drops our total success rate to .507 on the season and brings our net coaching points to -54.73 points.   We now have four managers each with playoff odds over 75 percent. Sean Kennedy, Cory Puffett, and Brandon S...