Anyone can suggest adds and drops for the NBA fantasy fans out there, but few make those suggestions from the gut. Don’t know what fantasy advice from the gut is like? Keep reading. Don’t want to know what it’s like? Well then nevermind the gut thing …
SportScape ranks 10 of the Internet’s most widely-read Power rankings. They’re charted 1 through 10, according to – what else – their power.
It’s Tuesday and in one week the 2009-10 NBA season will officially begin. Many of us are already gathering notes together for our basketball fantasy drafts. You can hardly control your excitement, right? Well, Sidelines can’t control its excitement. So in the five weeks leading up to the season tip-off, we’re thumbing through our old fantasy notebooks, cringing at our past selections and revisiting our top 10 fantasy picks from each of the seasons that introduced us to a new decade. This week: the new millennium. Karl Malone was the reigning MVP at the age of 35, still the oldest anyone has ever won the award. Tim Duncan was all David Robinson needed to finally capture his first championship title. Only 50 games were played in the lockout-shortened ’99 season. And it appeared as if the heir to Air Jordan could be found in a Toronto rookie named Vince. The year ahead would see future Hall of Famers Dominique Wilkins, Joe Dumars and Charles Barkley play their final seasons.
Enjoy and we’ll see you on October 27.

Say what you want about sports, most people become fans of specific teams based on one of two things: geography or inherited fandom. If you root for the Detroit Lions, the Pittsburgh Pirates or the Los Angeles Clippers, chances are it’s because you live in those cities or because your parents hate you.
Here’s a recap of the weirdest or most overlooked sports stories on the Interweb this week. Plus, as you’ve come to expect, in this space, no one can hear you scream.