By JIMMY D / Fantasy Sports
Nov 17, 2009 - Jones-Drew takes knee, delivers groin shot to fantasy GMs
The reality of the situation was that it was a brilliant and unselfish tactical move.
The fantasy of the situation is that Maurice Jones-Drew potentially killed your football pool or head-to-head league with a selfish and inconsiderate play. Read more.
Oct 27, 2009 - World Series odds and picking the wrong Williams in NFL
It’s the fantasy equivalent of getting slapped on both sides of your face by different women. Read more.
Sept 8, 2009 - Jimmy’s Week 1 NFL and fantasy picks
Setting your fantasy football roster like a pro is not as simple as plucking the highest-profile RB off your list of four players. Read more.
June 23, 2009 - Hedman will headline 2009 NHL entry draft
There is talk that John Tavares is a lock to go No. 1 overall this weekend in the NHL entry draft.
There was also talk that Matt Duchene would leapfrog Tavares and go first. Read more.
May 19, 2009 - Big Papi is big crappi, Sid is the best NHL kid
His nickname is Big Papi, but for Jimmy D’s fantasy baseball team, he was just Big Crappi. Read more.
May 12, 2009 - Steroids create projectile and erectile dysfunction
Steroids are worth the risk.
Listen to professional athletes, Olympians – even some punks Jimmy knew in high school – and you’d think that steroids are just a little, minor-risk boost to help you along your sporting way. Read more.
May 5, 2009 - Stealing helps Jimmy's baseball Gremlins
In life, stealing is bad – very bad.
In fantasy, stealing is good – very good. Read more.
Apr. 28, 2009 - NFL draft recap, plus Jimmy's Kentucky Derby picks
Terry Bradshaw, John Elway, Troy Aikman and Peyton Manning were all taken No. 1 overall. Steve Bartkowski, Jeff George, Tim Couch and Alex Smith were all taken No. 1 overall. Read more.
Apr. 21, 2009 - Cuba Jimmy sleeps through baseball, hockey action
A week lounging on the beach in Cuba can fix you right up, unless the fix you are looking for is a hockey fix. Read more.
Apr. 14, 2009 - Jimmy pegs his first round fantasy NHL playoff picks
The Devils are done, the Flyers will fall to the Pens again and the Rangers will take the Caps to the brink. What does all this mean for your playoff pool? Read more.
Apr. 7, 2009 - Losing sleep over lost baseball sleeper picks
Everyone is juiced about the pending season, the beer is cold, the chicken wings are spicy, then some GM who had your guy targeted decides to pick him ahead of you. Read more.
Mar. 31, 2009 - Fantasy baseball Gremlins have Boston flavor
Jimmy doesn’t like Boston and Boston doesn’t like Jimmy D.
Although you’d never think that looking at the 2009 edition of his fantasy baseball squad. Read more.
Mar. 24, 2009 - Breakout fantasy players flying under the radar
Jason Motte. Kevin Slowey. Max Scherzer. Chris Ray. Jordan Schafer.
Even casual fantasy baseball nerds have heard these names... Read more.
Mar. 17, 2009 - Great Caesar, green beer and Robert Morris Colonials
Willy Shakespeare probably didn’t have college hoops in mind when his soothsayer cautioned ‘Beware the Ides of March’ in Julius Caesar. Read more.
Mar. 10, 2009 - Recchi, Guerin get to work post NHL trade deadline
Neither of the twin towers - Chris Pronger and Jay Bouwmeester – moved and other rumoured deals turned out to be tall tales at the NHL trade deadline, which made TSN's coverage a little lame. Read more.
Mar. 3, 2009 - Mock-buster trade deadline deals in the NHL
The NHL trade deadline has morphed over the past few years into something so big and so all-consuming that it mimics Election Day coverage. Read more.
Feb. 23, 2009 - Tiger returns and more goalies get hurt
Left-handed pitchers get teased for being a bit weird and lefties in general sometimes have personalities to match their unusual southpaw dexterity. Read more.
Feb. 9, 2009 - Truex to form, Martin earns pole in Daytona 500
Ryan Newman, Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson are the last three winners at Daytona, but a new face on a new racing team will take the pole Sunday when the Great American Race rolls on. Read more.
Feb. 2, 2009 - Leino the latest Red Wing gem for fantasy hockey fans
His name is Ville, not Jay, and it's a Hockey Show, not The Tonight Show. But he could be starring in a fantasy hockey episode near you. Read more.
Jan. 28, 2009 - Jimmy uses fantasy knowledge to win Super Bowl props game
The past four Super Bowls went ‘under’ the total. The NFC rep has won the Super Bowl coin toss 14 of the past 16 games. Read more.
Jan. 21, 2009 - Surprise NHL Fantasy All Stars a la Jimmy D
Mike Komisarek will be a surprise starter in the NHL All-Star Game this weekend, but he’s nowhere to be found on Jimmy’s list of NHL Surprise Fantasy All-Stars. Read more.
Jan. 14, 2009 - Filatov fills net, Bourque and Quick excel
OK, so maybe Nikita Filatov is more than just another pretty face.
The Ruskie rookie got Jimmy’s attention again at the World Junior Championships but not because of his skills. Read more.
Jan. 7, 2009 - Stone Mason piling up wins in Columbus
Remember Jimmy’s Remembrance Day column when he advised NHL poolies to scoop up a rookie keeper named Steve Mason? Read more.
Dec. 30, 2008 - Tavares moves ahead of Hedman in NHL draft rankings
You can teach ‘fast,’ you can teach ‘skill,’ but you can’t teach ‘big’.John Tavares has only one of the three, but he has plenty of it as anyone who witnessed his juggling, tappity-tap goal in the World Junior Hockey Championship exhibition schedule will attest. Read more.
Dec. 23, 2008 - Night before Christmas, Jimmy D-style
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE draft day, and all through the pool.
Not a creature was stirring, except one silly fool. Read more.
Dec. 16, 2008 - Yankees do dandy in free agency, a sunny Sundin solution
They say gambling is recession-proof, that people will still want to try their luck at the casino and might even spend more of their scarce dollars in lotto tickets hoping to strike it rich. Read more.
Dec. 9, 2008 - Thomas, Hill, Schaub re-emerge as fantasy weapons
It’s too late for Jimmy D’s Gremlins. Nobody can save them. They died in the regular season and didn’t make the fantasy football playoffs. But it’s not too late to save yourself. Read more.
Dec. 2, 2008 - Tight end trouble dooms Jimmy's fantasy football Gremlins
It has been the biggest fantasy black hole of many for the Jimmyville Gremlins this NFL season – the tight end position. No matter how Jimmy tries or who Jimmy tries, it’s always a disaster at TE. Read more.
Nov. 25, 2008 - Pats return as fantasy football producers behind Cassel
With apologies to Meatloaf (whose 8-track of Bat Out Of Hell is one of Jimmy's favourites), one out of three ain’t bad. Read more
Nov. 18, 2008 - Jimmy screws up his football sit or start process in Week 11
Donovan McNabb does not make the Top 10 in fantasy QB production Sunday, but freshly unretired Daunte Culpepper does. (And so does Tyler Thigpen and Shaun Hill). Read more.
Nov. 11, 2008 - Luongo owners ride shutout streak to fantasy victories
Maybe we should call him Roberto NoGoalo. Or Roberto Shutouto. Read more.
Nov. 4, 2008 - Phillies win series, bring new meaning to fantasy baseball
You expect to be disappointed. You expect only cloud, no matter how much silver lining there seems to be. And you steel yourself for the taunts and ridicule that come, inevitably, with the territory. Read more
Oct. 28, 2008 - Singletary takes over, causes fantasy problems right away
Vernon Davis, you took a selfish penalty and you’re mouthy, go take a shower.
J.T. O’Sullivan, you made a stupid pass and you don’t learn, you’re benched. Read more
Oct. 21, 2008 - High Price to be paid by those ignoring David Price
There has been much more than a Ray of hope for baseball fans in Tampa Bay this season and plenty rays of sunshine for patient baseball fantasy gurus. Remember this is a team that finished last in 2007 and which had never won more than 70 games in a season – ever. Read more.
Oct. 14, 2008 - Kuroda hardly a hero for firing at Victorino
Hockey gets mocked south of the border for its ‘code’ of making sure that misdeeds do not go unpunished. Run the goalie, expect to be jumped. Plow the star player from behind, expect to fight three times for the rest of the game and probably three times the next time you play. Read more.
Oct. 7, 2008 - Brunnstrom selected in keeper league draft
The Fabian Brunnstrom Hype Machine has been idling the past few months.
But for a month or two last spring and summer, the Swedish Elite League forward earned the annual Best Player Outside the NHL tag and every team wanted a shot at him as a free agent. Read more.
Sept. 30, 2008 - Lousy football team and farewell to Paul Newman
You know the percentages, especially if you play Yahoo! and other mainstream fantasy leagues.
You set your lineup and Yahoo! tells you what percentage of other GMs are starting those players. Read more.
Sept. 23, 2008 - Scaring the Dickens out of Jimmy's football roster
The ‘D’ in Jimmy D doesn’t stand for Dickens, but the opening excerpt from Tale of Two Cities seemed depressingly appropriate after Week 3 of the fantasy football season. Read more.
Aug. 19, 2008 - Lastings makes impression on Jimmy roster
Clinical. Dispassionate. Pragmatic. Impartial. Disloyal.
These are the traits that the successful fantasy sports guru must have in abundance. Read more.
Aug. 12, 2008 - Jimmy D loved the Favre un-retirement saga
Everyone is a winner in the Brett Favre saga, so why doesn ’t everyone just shut up and enjoy it? “Favre is a traitor for leaving Green Bay!” we heard one football fan opine? Read more.
Aug. 4, 2008 - Tennis chicks stalk poor Jimmy while Manny goes west
‘Hey baby, wanna fix a match?’
Jimmy was never the king of pickup lines and he didn’t have any time to use any good ones last week as he visited Montreal on business. Read more.
July 30, 2008 - Jimmy goes Latin - caveat emptor at baseball trade deadline
What does fantasy baseball have in common with Latin phraseology?
Plenty. Maybe. Jimmy often admits ‘mea culpa’ (guilty as charged) in making stupid trades and draft picks. Read more.
July 23, 2008 - Baseball trade deadline will be dead-time again in 2008?
Hockey does Deadline Day proud every year. There are always dozens of last-minute deals to keep puckheads in a what-does-it-mean-for-my-roster lather all day long.
Baseball likes to get its deadline deals out of the way ahead of the deadline. Read more.
July 16, 2008 - Jimmy takes on the world in MLB AllStar game contest
So you plan to watch the MLB All-Star Game tonight at Yankee Stadium, but don’t really care who wins and don’t really have any contest options to make it more interesting.
Jimmy D approached the folks at FanJack.com about setting up an All-Star game contest where he could challenge all alleged fantasy baseball wizards out there. Read more.
July 9, 2008 - What is a sill-arie? It's a silly NHL salary a la Jimmy D
Jimmy D was clicking the refresh button on his preferred NHL Free Agency Tracker page last week watching the absurb deals go down. Multimillionaires were being created just about every click of the mouse. Read more.
July 2, 2008 - No-trade clause = no-sense clause for Mapple Leafs
Hell no! We won’t go! Hell no! We won’t go.
Jimmy covered the occasional protest or union sit-in during his journalism days where angry folks refused to be moved along. They wanted to stay, they deserved to stay and damnit, they were gonna stay! Read more.
June 24, 2008 - Pigeon roosts at top of NHL draft contest
This is what happens when you invite someone who covers major junior hockey for a living and who contributes to the Hockey News to play in your hockey contest – he’s got a leg up on you. Read more.
June 17, 2008 - Jimmy aims for top of NHL entry draft contest
A year after Americans went 1-2 in the NHL entry draft, Canadians are expected to go 1-2 Friday in the 2008 edition of the event. And Ontario Hockey League players could go 1-2-3-4-5. Read more.
June 10, 2008 - Fantasy fishing is fantasy sports biggest deal
You have all seen the $10 million Perfect Bracket contest for college basketball each March and the $1 million NFL fantasy games.But you have all learned that winning the big prize in those games requires you to pick all 65 March Madness games perfectly or to pick the top NFL players every week all season. Read more.
June 3, 2008 - Jay Bruce arrives, as do Euro 2008 contest and Belmont game
If you read Jimmy’s column two weeks ago and immediately heeded the advice to grab minor-league phenom Jay Bruce off waivers, you just experienced one of the greatest fantasy baseball debuts in recent years. Read more.
May 27, 2008 - Baseball waiver wire pickups not Werth much
Apologies to everyone who heeded Jimmy’s advice to look at picking Phillie Jayson Werth off waivers last week and to look for a new closer in Cleveland
After a 3-HR, 8-RBI game, dude went 0-for-13, then got hurt and ended up on the DL. Hard to be worth much when you are hurt. Read more.
May 22, 2008 - Fantasy baseball surprises; Pens, Wings in Cup final
The Indians began the year with designs on the AL Central title and with Joe Borowski holding the closer hammer in the bullpen. One case of strained triceps and a failed Rafael Betancourt experiment later, Japanese chucker Masa Kobayashi has emerged as a legitimate fantasy consideration. Read more.
May 15, 2008 - Time for some fine Jimmy whine - Flyers get the shaft
YOU HAVE ALL WATCHED those bad ’70s movies where some poor schmuck stands accused of a crime in some strange little rural town. The cops are corrupt and the judges are worse.It’s frustrating but comical to see how outrageous the one-sided treatment can be. Read more.
May 8, 2008 - Bad calls, great hockey with World Hockey Championships
It was a series that had Hab fans whining over hit goal posts and had Flyer fans whining about biased officiating.
A series that ended surprisingly in five games sure seemed to have plenty of both. Read more.
April 30, 2008 - McFadden, Ryan big names in NFL draft
Just last week, Jimmy was surmising that only two of the first dozen picks would be appealing to fantasy football gurus.And just as most of the mock NFL draft described, RB Darren McFadden and QB Matt Ryan were the ones to be called. Read more.
April 22, 2008 - Dead Ducks doom Jimmy's hockey pool
The few puckheads who predicted there would be dead Ducks after the first round are lucky ducks indeed. Read more.
April 15, 2008 - Jimmy leads the Boys of Dummer
There ’s a fine line between clever and dumb and Jimmy has been on the wrong side of the line in most of his draft picks.Carl Crawford isn’t stealing bases for the Rays because he can’t get on base, as his .208 average proves. A-Rod is stinking. Read more.
April 8, 2008 - Picking NHL playoff upsets Jimmy-style
A month ago, Jimmy sagely predicted Washington would catch fire and surge into the playoffs. It was a bold call even by silly Jimmy standards, but winning seven in a row to end the year (11-1 overall), coupled with a 1-4 finish by Carolina, put the Caps in. Read more.
April 2, 2008 - Jimmy busts his bracket, loses NHL and NBA playoffs
In a one-week playoff, your season’s work is vulnerable to a single injury, a single shutout or single huge game from a player on the other side. And God help you if two or three of your players get the flu or hit a mini-slump for a few days. Read more.
March 25, 2008 - Diamond picks: Jimmy’s 2008 baseball Jackals are born
It’s not really fair.
When Jimmy applies all his fantasy genius to a draft list, the other poolies don’t really have a chance. So he lets the computer do the dirty work and Jimmy picks up the pieces. Read more.
March 18, 2008 - Jimmy tries to make racket in his March Madness bracket
After winning his bracket contest two years running, Jimmy feels amply equipped to advise those college basketball newbies on how to best fill out that game sheet circulating around your office. Read more.
March 11, 2008 - Let’s Go, Peay! Madness approaches in hoops
It ’s one of Jimmy’s favourite chants and one you’ll all get to hear in the first round of the US college basketball championship, which starts next Thursday. “Let’s go, Peay!” Read more.
March 4, 2008 - Price is right to grab Carey off NHL trade deadline waivers
What a difference a day makes.
Last Tuesday morning, neither Carey Price nor Mike Smith were owned in Jimmy ’s admittedly shallow NHL head-to-head league.
By Tuesday afternoon, Jimmy had them both. Read more.
Feb. 28, 2008 - Off base: Miguel Cabrera's move to Motown makes him No. 1
Miguel Cabrera was traded into a terrific situation in Motown. He'll hit in the middle of a torrid Tiger lineup. But is that enough to justify his elevation to No. 1 overall pick status? Some people say yes. Read more. [ FSTA baseball draft ]
Feb. 19, 2008 - Road trip Jimmy catches two NHL games
Jimmy has concluded that watching his NHL fantasy players in action creates a hex on them. This after seeing all his players bomb as Jimmy followed them from Denver to Montreal last week. Read more.
Feb. 12, 2008 - Jimmy attends fantasy sports conference, checks MLB trades
Trades and signings are ramping up as teams jockey for position out of the baseball starting gate. And Jimmy goes to Denver to check up on his fantasy mates and catch a hockey game. Read more.
Feb. 5, 2008 - Burress makes good on Super Bowl prediction
The truth shall set you free.
And when you help create the truth with a last-minute touchdown catch in the Super Bowl, freedom feels pretty damn great. Read more.
Jan. 29, 2008 - Jimmy's NHL first half fantasy awards
Alfy's shorn locks and Lidstrom's mammoth +40 put Swedes in line for the NHL's top awards in 2008 and earn Jimmy's nod as first-half fantasy MVPs. Read more.
Jan. 22, 2008 - High ankles sprains are a real fantasy pain
Between devastating high ankle sprains and embarrassing ass injuries, Jimmy was in pain this week tracking fantasy injuries. Read more.
Jan. 15, 2008 - Sometimes, the wrong team wins
There ’s an old adage in sports betting, which is one part truth and two parts phony justification that the losing pick was really the right pick anyway.
“Sometimes, the wrong team wins.” Read more.
Jan. 8, 2008 - Groundhog Day - Canada wins WJC gold again!
Groundhog Day is a month away, but the first Saturday of the New Year always seems like a repeat of the last, much like the silly Bill Murray flick where he gets stuck repeating the same day over and over again. Read more.
Dec. 31, 2007 - Jimmy rings in fantasy sports New Year with resolutions
Who's sexier - Tom Brady or Jessica Simpson? Who cares. It's time for Jimmy's annual fantasy sports New Years Resolutions and gratuitous links to hot, young, leggy blondes. Read more.
Dec. 24, 2007 - Twas the night before Christmas, Jimmy D-style
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE draft day, and all through the pool.
Not a creature was stirring, except one silly fool. Read more.
Dec. 18, 2007 - Mitchell Report rains more steroid mess on fantasy parades
Roger Clemens was 18-4 in 2004. He struck out 218 in 214 innings. He won the NL Cy Young Award that year with Houston as a 42-year-old and everyone cheered his stamina, longevity and continued excellence.
But there was no cheering in Jimmyville – mighty Jimmy had struck out. Read more.
Dec. 11, 2007 - Church bells, silly anagrams and big Tiger trade
Jimmy is not out there running around trying to save the world.
Hell, he has been known to publicly mock global warming, bird flu epidemics and other looming threats to mankind as we known it (like a Johan Santana trade to Boston, for example). Read more.
Dec. 4, 2007 - Jimmy D salutes daredevil Evel Knievel
He was Captain Marvel meets Elvis Presley with a bit of Muhammad Ali thrown in for flavour.
Human superhero, daredevil, Vegas hang-around, self-promoter, a fighter to the finish. Read more.
Nov. 27, 2007 - Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
Winners win, losers lose. Sounds so obvious, but it's not. It's cultural and when you have a culture of losing like the Arizona Cardinals, never expect anything else. Read more.
Nov. 20, 2007 - Ricky returns, Jimmy tries Riley the goon
When does it make sense to insert Riley Cote, the Flyer winger semi-goon with a single assist in 15 games, in your NHL fantasy lineup for the weekend and ditch Mike Knuble to the waiver wire? Read more.
Nov. 13, 2007 - Jimmy remembers on Remembrance Day
Jimmy is never in a fantasy mood on Remembrance Day, which is all about hard, grim reality.
When he failed to attend a Remembrance Day ceremony this weekend, despite the obvious excuses of kids at rinks for games and practices, he didn’t feel very good about it. Read more.
Nov. 6, 2007 - Heisman moment for Peterson, blond moment for Jimmy
Adrian Peterson had a brilliant week. Jimmy was the complete opposite. The result was a record and adulation for the Minny tailback and ridicule for Jimmy. Read more.
Oct. 30, 2007 - Bi the way, look for dual-eligibility fantasy players
Jimmy doesn't mind if you are are bipolar, bipartisan, bi-racial, bisexual or bilingual.
He would prefer, however, if you are bi-positional.
In fantasy sports, in addition to paying attention to bye weeks, you should be looking for players who qualify at multiple positions on your roster. Read more.
Oct. 23, 2007 - Flyers rebound, Jimmy tries to copy them
Jimmy studies the fast start by his Flyers and the sage words of folkie Bruce Cockburn in an effort to de-rut himself and move ahead. Read more.
Oct. 16, 2007 - Fantasy rabbits chased by NHL hounds
Just 11 goals in five games should be enough to sink your team to the bottom of the standings this early in the NHL season.
Look at the poor Thrashers who have just nine goals in five straight losses. Read more.
Oct. 9, 2007 - Fantasy rabbits chased by NHL hounds
Are you running around chasing
after some NHL kid who scored twice in his first game? Are you a fantasy rabbit hound, running around chasing and barking like crazy? Beware. Your opponents will bait you. Read more.
Oct. 2, 2007 - Jimmy loses his signature glasses and fantasy baseball title
Jimmy was a jumble of emotions after a wacky week. First, he was depressed and frustrated by his late fade in the baseball fantasy league. After leading almost the whole season, he faltered late with poor pitching and injured stolen-base dudes to finish second.
Read more.
Sept. 25, 2007 - Parasites, toadies and gold Sterling – and who is Nyjer?
You don't want friends or colleagues who leech credit and ride your coattails to success. But fantasy hockey is a different story. Bring on all the parasites and hangers-on you can find! Read more.
Sept. 18, 2007 - NFL bets go south after great college day
You win it on Saturday and give it back on Sunday. That is the unfortunate football betting mantra. At least our NFL fantasy picks propped up an otherwise forgettable weekend. Read more.
Sept. 11, 2007 - Jimmy's pitching tanks; fantasy lead nosedives!
If you would have told Jimmy back in April that in early September, with his fantasy baseball season on the line, he would waiving goodbye to Jeremy Bonderman and picking Ubaldo Jimenez, you probably would have gotten laughed out the door. Read more.
Sept. 4, 2007 - No-hitters are for losers; NFL fantasy is for winners
One no-hitter this week and nearly another perfect game. Big whoop. They don't mean much but a one-game blip on the fantasy radar and usually signal that pitcher is about to hit the skids. Read more.
August 28, 2007 - Employing late-season fantasy baseball strategy
Just because you have led your baseball league all year and just because you have a seemingly comfortable lead does not give you the right to relax. Keep the pedal to the metal. As Kenny Rogers crooned, 'there'll be time enough for counting your fantasy wins, when the dealing is done.' Read more.
August 21, 2007 - Deviant Jimmy strays from NFL draft list - bad Jimmy
Shame on Jimmy. Picking at No. 3, he did what almost nobody else would have done this week in his NFL fantasy draft. He showed his true colours while deviating from his trusty draft list. Read more.
August 14, 2007 - Vick goes to the dogs, Sori situation for Cubbies
If only we got as mad about other crimes as we do when puppies are involved. Michael Vick did some bad stuff and he's gonna pay for it. But focus your outrage on something more worthwhile, folks. Read more.
August 7, 2007 - Tennis cheats, Salty commentary and mighty Penner
You'll be sorry, Jimmy warned his fantasy rivals. Jarrod Saltalamacchia should not have been left on the waiver wire for Jimmy to grab. Eat my dust, suckers. Read more.
July 31, 2007 - Baseball's trade deadline is quiet, but Braves make noise
Only in baseball, where they have stats for everything and 9 million players in 428 minor leagues, would they need two trade deadlines. And today is the first one, where teams can swap players unfettered. Read more.
July 24, 2007 - NBA's betting scandal can be eased by regulating gambling
The NBA's mushrooming 'betting' scandal has more to do with human frailty and extortionists who
prey on it than with sports betting. There is no prevention for this, but there is a way to mitigate it and that's through legalizing and regulating sports betting in America. Read more.
July 17, 2007 - Angry emails tee off on Jimmy's NHL solutions
Testy emails from Nashville, Raleigh and Winnipeg after Jimmy's column last week proposing the demise of big-market-non-hockey franchises. And we give out our top NFL fantasy pick for the upcoming season. Read more.
July 10, 2007 - Ice Age returns to Buffalo and Edmonton
The post-lockout era wasn't supposed to be this way. Small markets could compete. Salaries would be sensible. The game could grow sensibly. Wrong, wrong, wrong. But Jimmy has the solution. Read more.
July 3, 2007 - Canada Day fireworks as NHL free agency explodes
So much for sensible contracts. So much for small-market teams being able to afford to keep their star players. Buffalo was gutted and everyone else got a belly full on Day 1 of NHL free agency. Read more.
June 26, 2007 - Real court drama intruded upon fantasy last week
A judge threw out one case that sought to lump sports betting and fantasy sports together, while a panel of other judges were skeptical of MLB's claims that it owns player stats. Read more.
June 19, 2007 - Yankee dipsy doodle dandy could go No. 1 in NHL draft
The big strapping American winger or the small, quick
American center? The decision Saturday at the NHL entry draft in Columbus might not be as cut and dried if Canadian Kyle Turris has a say in it. Read more.
June 12, 2007 - Lefty Gomez and Jimmy D: rather be lucky than good
Lefty Gomez was one of the premier pitchers of his day, leading Yankee staffs of the 1930s to World Series galore. But it was his quick mind and mouth that appeals most to Jimmy, especially when Jimmy flukes out a lead in his fantasy baseball league
. Read more.
June 5, 2007 - Poker similar to fantasy as Jimmy acts like bully
Poker is a game of preparation and skill that attracts fierce competitors to crave winning as much as the prizes. Sounds like a fantasy player. Jimmy adopts a poker bully stance in his fantasy baseball league. Read more.
May 29, 2007 - Bonds bombs, brawny Braun and bust Burrell
Barry Bonds is slumping and everyone is cheering his misfortune. It's time to take full fantasy advantage of this, because Jimmy sees him teeing off for the next week or so. Read more.
May 22, 2007 - Horry incident reveals NBA as coward league?
It's one thing to call baseball players whiners for hitting the DL with hangnails and blisters. Branding the NBA a coward league because some anti-violence rules actually encourage goonery is on Jimmy's plate this week. Read more.
May 15, 2007 - Brew-haha has Milwaukee owners laughing to the bank
Don't look now, but there is trouble brewing for fantasy GMs who ignore those pesky small-market Brewers. Jimmy eyeballs a few waiver wire options in Milwaukee and beyond in his weekly fantasy baseball rant. Read more.
May 8 , 2007 - Clemens return fuels waiver wire action in baseball
Just when you think Roger Clemens
is gone and you never have to worry about scouring a waiver wire for his name or plotting a trade, back he comes. This time, he returns in pinstripes. Read more.
May 1 , 2007 - Jimmy plays Kentucky Derby wagering expert
Barbaro was the winner last year in the Run for the Roses. Jimmy didn't bet on him. This year, he wants to get it right with Circular Quay followed by Street Sense. Read more.
April 24 , 2007 - David Wright has wrong stuff
David Wright sure seemed like Mr. Right. But he went very wrong in April, while Jimmy D was right on the money with his NHL playoff first-round picks. Read more.
April 17 , 2007 - Baseball waiver wire pickups and rain on Jimmy's parade
What happens when you see a $2,000 pricetag on a Mercedes?
You presume it’s too good to be true and there is something fishy lurking beneath the shiny veneer, right? Jimmy had the same reaction seeing his baseball fantasy squad atop his league this week. Read more.
April 10 , 2007 - Jimmy's baseball Jackals ready for action
OK, so the Wild didn’t win the West.
That was Jimmy’s bold call back on the first weekend in October. But Minnesota blazed to a 104-point season and a playoff berth in the tough West. Read more.
April 3 , 2007 - Jimmy's baseball Jackals ready for action
There ’s always next year….
Not a great way to start off Jimmy’s baseball season when he’s already thinking about 2008.
But that’s what happens when you think your online draft is Friday and it already happened – without you – on Wednesday. Read more.
March 27, 2007 - Don't be SOL: Study ADP in MLB draft order
What the heck is average
draft position and why should I pay attention to it for my baseball drafts? Glad you asked. Knowing ADP can prevent you froom making a real, mockable, dum-dum move at the draft table. Read more.
March 20, 2007 - Chicken Jimmy still leading his bracket game
Bock bock bock bock ….
Jimmy heeded some of his own best advice and then chickened out some other the other nuggets of wisdom.
The result was a stellar – but less-than-perfect – first two rounds in his college basketball bracket game. . Read more.
March 13, 2007 - Cancer death gives new meaning to March Madness
There is nothing like the unfair death of a friend to get your blood boiling, especially when the culprit is cancer and its gang of lethal hangarounds. Talk about madness in March. Read more.
March 6, 2007 - Jimmy's Greatest Hits, Jimmy turns 3
Meet Manute Bol, wander the halls of a Vegas casino naked, get attacked by a treadmill. Jimmy is a lot more than fantasy sports advice columns. Read more.
Feb. 27, 2007 - NHL trade deadline rumours with legs
Todd Bertuzzi
will be traded today, but it won't be to Vancouver, ya silly sod! Here is the list of sensible moves you can expect today at the NHL trade deadline. Read more.
Feb. 20, 2007 - Forsberg flipped - Philly does well
Think the Flyers didn't get enough when they peddled wobbly superstar Peter Forsberg to Nashville? Think again. Read more.
Feb. 13, 2007 - Valentine's Day for your fantasy man
What to buy Barry Bonds to sweeten him up a bit? Who deserves a trip to the spa? Who deserves a ring? Jimmy holds your hand while figuring out the Valentine's Day ritual in fantasy sports.
Read more.
Feb. 6 , 2007 - Blooper Bowl not super for poor Jimmy
Things started out poorly and just got worse as Jimmy struggled to a last-place finish in his annual Super Bowl props contest. And who was that bonehead who picked Devin Hester to score the first touchdown at +2,850? Read more.
Jan. 30, 2007 - Jimmy D's Super Bowl prop contest ideas
The Colts are favored, 'heads' on the coin toss is favored and 3,000 other fun and ridiculous things to bet on during Super Bowl XLI. Read more
Jan. 23, 2007 - MLB fantasy lawsuit back in the news
MLB DOES NOT STAND for Mostly Lawsuit Baloney, nor is it mentioned in the dictionary meaning of litigious. But it probably should be. The bosses of the boys of summer have their lawyers chasing the fantasy market again. Read more.
Jan. 16, 2007 - Global warming, global schwarming
Jimmy is always worried about who's hot and who's call, but in a fantasy context. He doesn't buy the global-warming banter and wishes everyone would leave the mild winter alone. Read more.
Jan. 9, 2007 - World junior hockey prospects
Alexei Cherepanov soars to the top of
junior hockey draft lists even before he wins best forward honors at the World Junior Hockey Championships. Keeper poolies, take note. Read more.
Jan. 2, 2007 - New Year's Fantasy resolutions
Bob Clarke and Isiah Thomas pledge to become solid managers and Allen Iverson and Barry Bonds vow to become mature citizens and ambassadors for their respective games. Yeah right. Read more.
Dec. 26/2006 - Bowl season makes for easy college football picks
OK, so college football isn't huge here. Why should that stop you from winning a contest and pocketing some college bowl season cash with Jimmy's help? Read more.
Dec. 19/2006 - Twas the night before Christmas, fantasy sports style
Twas the night before Christmas. Or is that, twas the night before draft day? Whatever, Jimmy waxes poetic on the Christmas classic with a fantasy sports slant. Read more.
Dec. 12/2006 - Baseball winter meetings bring big deals and big cash
So your kid isn't a lefty yet. Make him change! The boys of summer meet for winter meetings and throw around lots of cash to southpaws, whether they can pitch or not. Read more.
Dec. 5/2006 - Fore! Jimmy gets stuck on four-tuitous pool happenings
This week's column, like many Sesame Street episodes, was brought to you by the No. 4. Jimmy has some fun with fantasy stats that came in fours this past week. Read more.
Nov. 27/2006 - New NHL is smart man's game
OK, it's fast and furious. But not all of the old guys are being left in the fantasy hockey dust by their young compatriots. Jimmy shows you who and why. Read more.
Nov. 20/2006 - Hindsight is 20-20, but always painful
Suffer through those old trades. It won't kill you, but might make you cry. Read more.
Nov. 13/2006 - LT means Lotsa Touchdowns in NFL fantasy
LaDainian Tomlinson's handle is LT. After four more gallops across the goal line Sunday, it might as well mean Lotsa Touchdowns. LT and others had mammoth Week 10 fantasy production. Read more.
Nov. 6/2006 - Jimmy gets buzzed for cancer charity
Reality intruded on his fantasy space again, with a co-worker and sister-in-law battling cancer. Jimmy decided to buzz the fuzz on his head to raise a few pennies and some awareness. Read more.
Oct. 30/2006 - No loyalty program in fantasy sports
Loyalty is for losers. You don’t earn fantasy points for sticking with a player through thick and thin like you earn brownie points from the wife. Read more.
Oct. 23/2006 - Jimmy passes out - unique weekly awards, that is
It was a wild week in football and hockey fantasy and Jimmy ackowledges the weirdness with some weekly honours. Read more.
Oct. 16/2006 - Enough about the fantasy studs now firmly on your radar. What about the fantasy duds falling off the radar? Are there good buys to be found among the slow starters? Read more.
Oct. 9/2006 - Jimmy predicts Stanley Cup finalists after less than a week
Buffalo is lethal, despite their ugly new logo. The Wild will run wild in the West. That's right, folks. A Minnesota/Buffalo final is headed our way. Read more.
Oct. 2/2006 - Wait til next year in baseball fantasy + hockey begins
How many of you are uttering or muttering that phrase today in the wake of yet another baseball season? Derrick Turnbow did you in? Maybe you drafted Mark Teixeira in the first round and have been crying since April? Read more.
Sept. 25/2006 - SuperCity keeper league strikes again, Tavares No. 1
John Tavares might go No. 1 overall in the NHL draft, but he has already been plucked at No. 1 in the world's craziest NHL keeper league. Read more.
Sept. 18/2006 - Rick and Dip-stick deal on Long Island
The NHL survives in spite of a cast of characters that has brought often times ridicule and sometimes disrepute to the league. Read more.
Sept. 11/2006 - Jimmy kicks grass in his Week 1 NFL football pool
Thank you Jeff Wilkins. Thank you, Donte Stallworth. You saved Jimmy in a week where his top pick did squat and his QB's head was almost knocked clean off his shoulders. Read more.
Sept. 4/2006 - Jimmy's NFL fantasy head-to-head Jackals are born
We had the No. 5 pick and jumped at NFL fantasy potential. We grabbed Ronnie Brown from Miami, then turned our sites to Brian Westbrook with our second pick. Read more.
August 29/2006 - Dog Days of NFL fantasy mail bags
Jimmy hates the end of summer. If not for the rebirth of NFL and NHL within the next month, Jimmy might not be able to take it. Read more.
August 21/2006 - NFL Fantasy Pool Cheat Sheet
Your first picks must be running backs or you are dead fantasy meat. And don't fall for players who help teams win for real, but lack fantasy pop. Read more.
August 14/2006 - NFL Fantasy Top Picks report
Shaun Alexander, Larry Johnson or LaDainian Tomlinson? You are safe with all three if you luck into a Top 3 pick at your NFL fantasy draft. Read more.
July 31 /2006 - Baseball trade deadline, Pete Rose and Ron Jeremy
With the baseball trade deadline looming, some trades have been harvested and others will die on the vine. Oh, and let's talk about Pete Rose and Ron Jeremy in Las Vegas. Read more.
July 24 /2006 - Jimmy spies LeBron, Melo and Manute in Vegas
Basketball fantasy for sure. Jimmy brushes shoulders with NBA fantasy greats of the past, current and future during his summer trip to Las Vegas. Read more.
July 17 /2006 - Future shock: Jimmy goes local, gets angry with silly lawsuit
First MLB tries to grab the reins of fantasy baseball and force out the little guys. Now some goof wants fantasy declared illegal. It's enough to make Jimmy go hide at the nearest baseball diamond to watch 5-year-olds. Read more.
July 3 /2006 - Bananza: NHL GMs go bananas in free agency orgy
So much for the new NHL with shorter, more sensible contracts. NHL GMs treated the start of free agency like rich kids in a candy store. Read more.
June 26/2006 - Drafty feeling: Jimmy recaps NHL entry draft results
There were not a lot of surprises at the top, but how does the NHL draft day extravaganza affect your fantasy roster, now and in the future? Jimmy breaks it down. Read more.
June 19/2006 - Jimmy empties his June fantasy mailbag
Has reality finally done in Mark Prior as a force in fantasy? How about the Stanley Cup finalists and their NHL free agency problems? Jimmy answers the questions from Jimmy Nation. Read more.
June 12/2006 - Grim reality - Jason Grimsley and steroid scandal grows
Reality intrudes again on your fantasy baseball situation, where steroids arise again in the Jason Grimsley saga. And there were other surprising surprises in fantasy baseball this week. Read more.
June 5/2006 - Young, Uecker and yuck to Albert’s injury
What does an injury to Albert Pujols, the emergence of a stud lefty and legendary announcer/funny man have in common? Not a lot, but Jimmy makes the connection for you. Read more.
March 28/2006 - Breakout players, breakdown players
There will be busted knees, busted egos and busted fantasy rosters in 2006, just like every other year. How to avoid too many of these busts crashing your roster is a tricky chore that has almost as much to do with good luck as good management. Read more.
March 21/2006 - Busted brackets and baseball pitcher injury woes
One of these years, Jimmy is gonna nail the correct No. 12 seed upsets in the first round.
Every year since 1988, a No. 12 has taken out a No. 5 during the Madness. Every year, Jimmy picks at least one, but do you think I can figure it out? Read more.
March 14/2006 - March Madness bracket games
Will it be Duke or UConn? Or can Syracuse continue its recent run of great play? Jimmy helps fill out your bracket and points you to a few great games online. Read more.
March 7/2006 - Fantasy baseball rookie report
Every year, you look for that edge. The rookie who will step into the lineup and reward you with instant fantasy sports gratification. These are the suspects for 2006. Read more. Feb. 28 /2006 - Fantasy sports name game
Great names, Pujols vs. A-Rod and other great debates are settled by JImmy D is his weekly fantasy baseball rant. Read more.
Feb. 21 /2006 - Fantasy hockey goalies
What do Forrest Gump, Gump Worsley, Jose Theodore and Cristobal Huet have in common? It's kind of confusing, you better read for yourself. Read more.
Feb. 7 /2006 - Reality sucks
Reality can crash your fantasy world with some hard-hitting stuff. Jimmy suffered through such a stretch with the death of his brother-in-law Shane. Read the Jimmy D tribute. * Reality alert
Jan. 31/2006 - Fantasy hockey
Pat Quinn must go. But what happens to your fantasy league Leafs after in happens. Read the fantasy hockey article.
* Silliness alert Jan. 24/2006 - Fantasy hockey
Picking your fantasy goalies used to be pretty predictable. But holy moly, what's up with the fantasy goalie situation? Read the fantasy hockey goalies article.
Jan. 17/2006 - NFL fantasy & Election betting
Tom Brady and Deion Branch were great and you still lost your week in fantasy football. Welcome to the playoffs and welcome to a changing tide in Canadian politics as we check in on election betting odds. Read the fantasy football and election betting article.
Jan. 10/2006 - World Junior hockey fantasy-style
Justin Pogge and Marc Staal and other soon-to-be-ready NHL fantasy studs graced Team Canada's World Junior Hockey Championship squad. Jimmy breaks down the fantasy hockey implications, especially for keeper pools. Read the fantasy hockey article.
Jan. 3/2006 - Fantasy football & Rose Bowl betting
The Rose Bowl features some of college football's top talent, but how does it shake down for fantasy football purposes? Jimmy breaks down Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart and Vince Young ahead of the big game. Read the fantasy football and Rose Bowl betting article.
Dec. 27/2005 - Fantasy silliness and bet on the Pope
Jimmy's Christmas mailbag was full of election betting and Pope betting questions. Read the Canadian election betting article. * Silliness alert
Dec. 20/2005 - Holiday fantasy
Twas the night before Christmas and you'll never believe the holiday silliness Jimmy D has cooked up for you. Read the fantasy Santa article. * Silliness alert Dec. 13/2005 - Fantasy baseball trades
Baseball never sleeps, which means you have no rest from your fantasy baseball research. Jimmy D updates you on the winter meetings and fantasy trade reports. Read the fantasy baseball article.
Dec. 6/2005 - Fantasy celebrity status
Jimmy is famous, but knows to lay low when a star of Jon Voight magnitude is in the building. Jimmy discusses his airport brush with Angelina Jolie's dad. Read the gratuitous mentions of Angelina Jolie and Jon Voight movies in this article. * Silliness alert
Nov. 29/2005 - Fantasy football & bird flu explained
Jimmy gets tired of hearing about bird flu, but buys into it after his fantasy football and fantasy hockey injury reports fly in. Read the fantasy football injury update article. * Silliness alert
March 3, 2004 - Introducing Jimmy D, Fantasy Sports Expert
Jimmy introduces himself to the world as the planet's premier fantasy sports guru, a legend, in his own mind at least. Read the Jimmy D fantasy sports introduction column.
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