http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/ en Copyright 2008 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:41:03 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification OK, so your star player has had some good weeks and some bad ones. You figure that's fine, as long as it all averages out. Well, The Fantasy Buzz believes sometimes consistency is a better measure of fantasy worth -- even if the average of a lightly regarded player is Delton Lowery http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/11/the_fantasy_buzz_breaking_the.html http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/11/the_fantasy_buzz_breaking_the.html Everything else Fantasy Buzz Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:41:03 -0800 Well, I pretty much thought my work was done by Friday, setting Clinton Portis and Justin Fargas as my starting RBs and choosing Eddie Royal over Tim Hightower at my flex position. The first two choices were made based on the advice of Steve Lloyd, Fresno Fantasy Guru, who offered Delton Lowery http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/11/the_fantasy_buzz_you_the_exper.html http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/11/the_fantasy_buzz_you_the_exper.html Everything else Fantasy Buzz Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:53:04 -0800 You know what they say: Everyone's an expert when it comes to ... Well, we at The Fantasy Buzz would like to give you a chance at becoming a fantasy football expert by asking you to weigh in on one Fresno Bee league owner's predicament. Sports copy editor Delton Lowery, Delton Lowery http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/11/the_fantasy_buzz_youre_the_exp_1.html http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/11/the_fantasy_buzz_youre_the_exp_1.html Everything else Fantasy Buzz Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:45:35 -0800 You know what they say: Everyone's an expert when it comes to ... Well, we at The Fantasy Buzz would like to give you a chance at becoming a fantasy football expert by asking you to weigh in on one Fresno Bee league owner's predicament. Sports copy editor Delton Lowery, Delton Lowery http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/the_fantasy_buzz_youre_the_exp.html http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/the_fantasy_buzz_youre_the_exp.html Everything else Fantasy Buzz Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:49:10 -0800 There's a popular saying The Fantasy Buzz thinks is right on the money, with last week in mind in particular: "Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good." We'd rather just be right all the time and not have to worry about luck, but things don't work like that in Delton Lowery http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/the_fantasy_buzz_sometimes_its.html http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/the_fantasy_buzz_sometimes_its.html Everything else Fantasy Buzz Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:42:39 -0800 Hey, we at The Fantasy Buzz are not perfect. Especially me, Bee sports copy editor Delton Lowery, despite how big my head gets sometimes. Heading into last week's games I blogged you should start Brad Johnson if he's a go in Dallas with an injured Tony Romo and the fact Delton Lowery http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/the_fantasy_buzz_when_even_sub.html http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/the_fantasy_buzz_when_even_sub.html Everything else Fantasy Buzz Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:03:35 -0800 OK, some news other than the Tony Romo/Brad Johnson watch. (By the way, if you have one or both, start Johnson if he's named the starter at gametime. If Romo is named the starter, then I'd go with someone else if possible because who knows how long they'll keep Jessica Delton Lowery http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/the_fantasy_buzz_call_us_crazy.html http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/the_fantasy_buzz_call_us_crazy.html Everything else Fantasy Buzz Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:02:37 -0800 The Visalia Oaks are no more, replaced by the Visalia Rawhide as the city's pro baseball franchise. The news made me chuckle. I remember moving here in the 1980s and mistakenly calling the high school football showdown between Mt. Whitney and Redwood the "Rawhide Game." Former Bee sports writer Terry John Rich http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/hey_isnt_that_the_name_of_the.html http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/hey_isnt_that_the_name_of_the.html Everything else Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:02:26 -0800 Here's all you need to know (warning: language): This spoof of "My New Haircut" was apparently shot midseason at Tampa Bay against Tim Wakefield, who has been abusing the Rays for the better part of this decade. I was at the game in 2001 when he took a no-hitter into Will http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/raysred_sox_game_3_preview.html http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/raysred_sox_game_3_preview.html Everything else Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:15:19 -0800 Thursday update: The Save Mart tickets are gone. David Lopez, aka the Sound Dude, scored the second set. David and Adam, have fun! If you've been following the action over at Beehive, then you know that we're in the giving mood. Now Sports Buzz is getting in on the action, John Rich http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/sports_buzz_giveaway_save_mart.html http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/sports_buzz_giveaway_save_mart.html Everything else Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:04:46 -0800 One thing is for sure - one of four teams will win the 2008 World Series. So. Cal. is still represented by the Dodgers, but perhaps the hottest team right now is the Rays. Or one could argue it's the Red Sox. Which club do you want to win the John Mincks http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/down_to_4_in_mlb.html http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/down_to_4_in_mlb.html Everything else John Mincks Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:52:11 -0800 It's five games into the season, and the Fresno State football team is undefeated on the road (3-0) and winless at home (0-2). This unusual situation is rare, but not unique, in Bulldogs history. The 1967 Bulldogs of second-year coach Darryl Rogers opened the season with three straight home losses: George Hostetter http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/bulldogs_start_isnt_oneofakind.html http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/bulldogs_start_isnt_oneofakind.html Bulldogs Football Everything else George Hostetter Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:55:13 -0800 Final thoughts on Hawaii's 32-29 overtime victory on Saturday: * Some view it as a mistake-marred (six Fresno State turnovers, a 90-yard Hawaii touchdown kickoff return, a blocked Bulldog field-goal attempt in closing seconds of regulation, two failed field-goal attempts in overtime) fiasco. I view it as an epic, a George Hostetter http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/a_memorable_bulldogs_football.html http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/a_memorable_bulldogs_football.html Bulldogs Football Everything else George Hostetter Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:54:24 -0800 Everybody knew the Moore boys, Mewelde of the Steelers and Lance of the Saints, would be fantasy relevant around this time of the year, didn't they? Same for the Cardinals' Steve Breaston and the Ravens' Le'Ron McClain, right? (IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT McCLAIN CAN DO, CHECK OUT THIS CLIP Delton Lowery http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/the_fantasy_buzz_its_not_who_y.html http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/the_fantasy_buzz_its_not_who_y.html Everything else Fantasy Buzz Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:11:52 -0800 It was a year ago today that lawyers for Fresno State and former women's basketball coach Stacy Johnson-Klein concluded a two-day pre-trial hearing in her gender discrimination lawsuit against the university. Most thought the trial would last four weeks. Instead, it went eight weeks and caused a sensation seldom if George Hostetter http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/an_anniversary_in_the_sjk_stor.html http://www.fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2008/10/an_anniversary_in_the_sjk_stor.html Everything else George Hostetter Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:39:17 -0800