Title: ‘It means the world:’ Fred VanVleet and James Robinson put Rockford on the map
Date: October 16, 2020
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the connection between Fred VanVleet and James Robinson, a pair of slept-on undrafted success stories from the same city. Read an excerpt!
Title: CFL Shows It’s Serious About Player Safety with Important Rule Changes
Date: September 14, 2017
Original Source: Vice
Synopsis: For my latest at Vice, I wrote about the CFL eliminating all full-contact padded practices during the season and adding an additional bye week in the name of player safety.
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Title: Fantasy Football – Final Full-Season Rankings
Date: September 7, 2012
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: This was hardly an article, but I wanted to post my 2012 full season fantasy football rankings, hoping that a strong track record could help me with finding future writing opportunities in the fantasy realm.
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Title: Intentional Grounding – Grounding Your Fantasy in Sunday’s Realities (Week 1)
Date: September 12, 2011
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: With thanks to my friend Trev for the feature name, I had planned to do a weekly Monday morning fantasy wrap-up for Sunday’s games. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a heavy time commitment on a workday each Monday so, like with every other recurring ‘feature’ piece I created, it fell by the wayside quickly.
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Title: Week 1 NFL Picks and Other Bets
Date: September 10, 2011
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: For Week 1, I laid out my picks against the spread and my justification for each, as well as some non-spread bets and some teaser options.
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Title: Fantasy QB Strategy
Date: September 7, 2011
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: For those fantasy owners lacking confidence in their QB situations, this piece outlined bye-week fill in options, potential caddie QBs, and a few ideal QB-platoon situations out there for owners to exploit.
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Title: Underowned Running Backs
Date: September 6, 2011
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Just ahead of fantasy football season, I outlined some of the lesser owned Running Backs who I felt should have a greater ownership tag.
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Title: Wide Receiver End-Game Strategy
Date: September 2, 2011
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: This article looks at how to draft Wide Receivers late in fantasy drafts, and what attributes to focus on. Specifically, it makes sense to shoot for upside at the end of drafts, because semi-reliable (but only semi-useful) players are a dime-a-dozen on the waiver wire.
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Title: Looking at NFL Division Futures, MVP Futures, and Season-Long Prop Bets
Date: August 29, 2011
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Heading into the NFL season, I put together a few pieces discussing NFL seasonal props and futures. This second piece looks at Divisional Champ odds, MVP Futures, and season-long prop bets.
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Title: Looking at NFL Super Bowl & Conference Championship Futures
Date: August 26, 2011
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Heading into the NFL season, I put together a few pieces discussing NFL seasonal props and futures. This first piece looks at AFC, NFC, and Super Bowl Championship odds.
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