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2013 Fantasy Football Preview: Wide Receivers
Because the wide receiver spot is often an afterthought in fantasy football due to the depth of the position, it's easy to get lost in filling roster holes. If you are one of those people, take your right hand and slap yourself with it because you are doing a grave injustice to one of the most important positions in fantasy ? if you are a lefty, use your right hand anyway?just because?
In most traditional leagues, you start three wideouts. That's three slots out of (again, average) nine that you submit each week. When you are talking about one-third of your fantasy points a week, you sure as heck better put some thought into exactly who you are putting in those spots before you hit the submit button.
Nugget of insight planted, here are my top 50 wideouts entering the 2013 season.
Hall of Fame Tier
Can't miss studs. Best of the best.
1. Calvin Johnson ? Detroit
122 catches for 1,964 yards in 2012 gets you the top spot in this list. Would like to see more than five touchdowns this season though.
2. A.J. Green ? Cincinnati
3. Dez Bryant ? Dallas
4. Brandon Marshall ? Chicago
In his first season with Chicago, Marshall set career highs with 118 catches, 194 targets and 1,508 yards.
5. Julio Jones ? Atlanta
Pro Bowl Tier
Minimal risk. Will consistently produce at top level.
6. Demaryius Thomas ? Denver
The main question surrounding Thomas is whether new addition Wes Welker will steal some touches away.
7. Andre Johnson ? Houston
8. Percy Harvin ? Seattle
9. Roddy White ? Atlanta
10. Larry Fitzgerald ? Arizona
Although turning 30, Fitzgerald is looking to bounce back from his worst season as a pro. The addition of quarterback Carson Palmer should help this.
11. Wes Welker ? Denver
Going from Tom Brady to Peyton Manning. I can think of worse changes.
12. Randall Cobb ? Green Bay
13. Victor Cruz ? New York Giants
New contract but still the same old complaints. However, if his fellow receiver Hakeem Nicks can stay healthy, indecision from defenses on who to double team should lead to plenty of big games for both.
14. Vincent Jackson -Tampa Bay
15. Marques Colston ? New Orleans
16. Jordy Nelson ? Green Bay
Role Player Tier
Minimal Risk/High Reward
17. Dwayne Bowe ? Kansas City
18. Eric Decker ? Denver
19. James Jones ? Green Bay
20. Hakeem Nicks ? New York Giants
21. Reggie Wayne ? Indianapolis
The Colts are going with a new playbook this season, which hopefully doesn't translate to early season gaffes by the offense. Entering his 13th NFL season, this is only Wayne's third different playbook.
22. Pierre Garcon ? Washington
HR Tier
High Risk/High Reward
23. Cecil Shorts ? Jacksonville
24. Steve Smith ? Carolina
25. Steve Johnson ? Buffalo
26. Danny Amendola ? New England
Amendola will have some big shoes to fill in replacing Wes Welker. Good thing he has Tom Brady throwing him the ball. Trust in the Patriots gift for keeping production with different players when it comes to drafting Amendola.
27. Torrey Smith ? Baltimore
28. Antonio Brown ? Pittsburgh
With Mike Wallace's departure to Miami, the receiving corps is now led by Brown. Until other receivers step up, open looks may be hard to find for this speedster.
29. Mike Williams ? Tampa Bay
30. Mike Wallace ? Miami
31. Tavon Austin ? St. Louis
Rookie receivers traditionally aren't anywhere near to surefire but considering Austin immediately becomes the number one receiving option for the Rams, consider him a safe pick.
32. T.Y. Hilton ? Indianapolis
33. Kenny Britt ? Tennessee
34. Miles Austin ? Dallas
35. Greg Jennings ? Minnesota
Early word out of Vikings camp has quarterback Christian Ponder not turning heads. Lack of a reliable QB could seriously hurt Jennings' production this season.
36. DeSean Jackson ? Philadelphia
37. Lance Moore ? New Orleans
Fringe Tier
Guys with talent that are borderline starters
38. Josh Gordon ? Cleveland
39. Anquan Boldin ? San Francisco
40. Mohamed Sanu ? Cincinnati
41. Emmanuel Sanders ? Pittsburgh
As the number two receiver for the Steelers, Sanders will have both opportunity and the open looks to create some serious numbers this season.
42. DeAndre Hopkins ? Houston
43. Ryan Broyles ? Detroit
44. Sidney Rice ? Seattle
It's put up or shut up time for Rice as he enters the third year of a $41 million, five-year deal. With Golden Tate breathing down his neck and the addition of Percy Harvin, the time is now for Rice.
Spot-Start Tier
Need a start for bye-weeks or injuries then say no more.
45. Alshon Jeffery ? Chicago
46. Brandon LaFell ? Carolina
47. Kendall Wright ? Tennessee
48. Golden Tate ? Seattle
49. Chris Givens ? St. Louis
50. Santonio Holmes ? New York Jets
Because someone has to catch the occasional Sanchez ball in a Jets game other than the other team, Holmes could have some nice numbers at times.
James LeBeau is a contributor for CraveOnline Sports. You can follow him on Twitter @Jlebeau76 or subscribe on Facebook.com/CraveOnlineSports.
Photo Credit: Getty (C. Johnson, A. Johnson), Icon (R. Wayne, T. Austin)
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Ousted Egyptian leader's family denounces military
CAIRO (AP) ? The family of ousted President Mohammed Morsi furiously denounced the military Monday, accusing it of "kidnapping" him, and European diplomats urged that Egypt's first freely elected leader be released after being held incommunicado for nearly three weeks since being deposed by the army.
The fate of Morsi, who has been held without charge, has become a focus of the political battle between his Muslim Brotherhood and the new military-backed government.
The Brotherhood has tried to use Morsi's detention to rally the country to its side, hoping to restore its badly damaged popularity. The interim government, in turn, appears in part to be using it to pressure his supporters into backing down from their protests demanding his reinstatement.
Those protests again turned violent Monday, with clashes breaking out between Morsi supporters and opponents near Cairo's Tahrir Square, and between pro-Morsi demonstrators and police in a city on the capital's northern edge. At least four people were killed.
So far, however, the outcry over Morsi's detention seems to have gained little traction beyond the president's supporters, without bringing significantly greater numbers to its ongoing rallies around the country.
Millions of Egyptians filled the streets starting June 30, demanding the president's removal after a year in office and leading to the coup that ousted him. Anti-Brotherhood sentiment remains strong, further fueled by protests that block traffic in congested city centers and by media that have kept a staunchly anti-Morsi line. Egyptian human rights groups have said he should either be freed or charged.
Behind-the-scenes talks have been taking place through mediators between Brotherhood figures and the interim government ? centered around releasing Morsi and other detained leaders of the group in return for an end to protests by his supporters, according to Mohammed Aboul-Ghar, head of a liberal political party that backed the president's overthrow.
The military fears that Morsi's release "would only increase protests and make them more aggressive," he told The Associated Press. At least five other prominent Brotherhood members have also been detained. The military also has said that there is no way the measures taken against Morsi will be reversed.
The Brotherhood so far seems unlikely to make a deal, saying it cannot accept a military coup. It and other Morsi supporters vow they will not stop protests until he is returned to office, and they have said there will be no negotiations with the new leadership unless it accepts his reinstatement. They have denied any back-channel talks are taking place.
In a toughly worded statement Monday, the Brotherhood laid out a plan for resolving the crisis that was little changed from what Morsi proposed in his final days in office. It said Morsi must first be reinstated along with the now-dissolved upper house of parliament and the suspended constitution, followed by new parliament elections that would start a process for amending the constitution, and then a "national dialogue" could be held.
It denounced those behind Morsi's ouster as "putschists" and accused "coup commanders, with foreign support" of overthrowing "all the hopes in a democratic system."
Interim President Adly Mansour repeated calls for reconciliation in a nationally televised speech Monday evening. "We ... want to turn a new page in the nation's book," he said. "No contempt, no hatred, no divisions and no collisions."
Morsi was detained July 3, when Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the army chief, announced his removal. He is held at an undisclosed location and has had no contact with family or supporters. Government officials have said only that he is safe, is well-cared for and is being held for his own protection.
Two of Morsi's children lashed out at the military over his detention, saying his family has not been permitted to see him since then.
"What happened is a crime of kidnapping," one of his sons, Osama, told a Cairo news conference. "I can't find any legal means to have access to him."
The younger Morsi, who is a lawyer, called his father's detention the "embodiment of the abduction of popular will and a whole nation," and said the family will "take all legal actions" to end his detention.
In a statement read by Morsi's daughter, Shaimaa, the family said it held "the leaders of the bloody military coup fully responsible for the safety and security of the president."
European Union foreign ministers called for the release of Morsi and "all political detainees," saying it was among their key priorities for Egypt's new leadership.
The United States has stopped short of calling for his release. The White House repeated its call Monday for the end of politicized arrests and detentions. But spokesman Jay Carney said of Morsi: "We believe his situation needs to be resolved in a way that is consistent with the rule of law and due process and allows for his personal security."
"This is an issue that goes beyond one individual," he said, adding that resolving Morsi's situation wouldn't end the broader conflict in Egypt.
Prosecutors have said they are investigating allegations that Morsi and Brotherhood officials conspired with the Palestinian militant group Hamas to carry out a 2011 attack on prisons that freed Morsi and other Brotherhood leaders from jail during the 18-day uprising against autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
However, the prosecutors have not formally ordered Morsi detained for investigation, meaning his detention effectively remains outside the legal system.
Prominent rights activist Hossam Bahgat said a coalition of rights groups are preparing a joint call for Morsi to be indicted over the deaths of dozens of Egyptians in street riots and protests under his rule.
More than 40 people were killed in January in clashes with security forces. A month earlier, 10 others were killed when supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clamped down on anti-Morsi protesters staging a sit-in in front of the presidential palace. Several activists, arrested in street protests, were killed during torture.
But Bahgat noted that charges on those deaths would put the new leadership in a difficult position because it would also require indicting the current interior minister, in charge of police, who held the post under Morsi as well.
Instead, authorities are turning to "more politicized cases," said Bahgat, director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights. "All what is circulating now is more of a fiction than real."
"Now he is being held hostage to political negotiations and it depends on the deal, his fate will be decided."
Morsi's supporters have been holding protests and street marches nearly every day in Cairo in addition to sit-ins that have gone on for weeks in several cities. The marches have repeatedly turned violent, with dozens of mostly Morsi supporters killed.
Abdel-Sattar el-Meligi, a prominent former Brotherhood figure, said the group is hoping that protests can rally wider popular support. So far, however, "these are just very desperate attempts," he said.
"The Brotherhood failed to estimate the real anger in the street, the political weight of their opponents," he said. "The Brotherhood has exhausted all their credit in all levels."
On Monday, Essam el-Erian, deputy head of the Brotherhood's political party, urged protesters to "besiege" the U.S. Embassy and expel the ambassador, stepping up the group's accusations that Washington backed the coup. Morsi's opponents, in turn, accuse the U.S. of supporting his presidency.
Several hundred Islamists tried to march toward the U.S. Embassy hours later, passing near Tahrir Square, where Morsi opponents have been camped. Rock-throwing clashes erupted between the two sides, and gunshots were heard, though it was not clear who opened fire. Both sides were seen to have what appeared to be homemade pistols.
One Morsi opponent was killed and dozens of others wounded, some by birdshot and two by live ammunition, said George Ihab, a doctor at a field clinic set up by the anti-Morsi camp.
Several anti-Morsi demonstrators said the ousted president's supporters attacked their people guarding an entrance to Tahrir near a bridge over the Nile River.
"They attacked us from Qasr el-Nil Bridge with birdshot and live ammunition and molotovs," said Ahmed Korashi, whose hand was burned from what he said was a firebomb.
In a tweet, the Muslim Brotherhood denied its supporters attacked, saying its protests are peaceful.
Clashes also broke out in Qalioub, north of Cairo, when pro-Morsi protesters blocked a highway between the capital and the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria, security officials said. The security forces demanded the road be cleared, and protesters fired ammunition in the air. Clashes erupted with protesters throwing stones and security forces firing tear gas.
At least three people were killed, including a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old who died of gunshot wounds, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press.
Security officials said the body of a 33-year-old textile worker, Amr Magdy Samak, was found near the sit-in with signs of torture. His body had bruises and his nails had been torn off, the officials said, adding that the death was under investigation.
In the Sinai Peninsula, suspected Islamic militants attacked security checkpoints in the town of Sheikh Zuweyid and the nearby city of el-Arish, killing a civilian and wounding three soldiers, security officials said. A string of militant attacks in the Sinai since Morsi's fall has killed 14 members of the security forces and several civilians.
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Associated Press writer Raf Casert in Brussels contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ousted-egyptian-leaders-family-denounces-military-220013498.html
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Univision cancels talk show hosted by 'Piolin'
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ? Radio listeners didn't hear a peep out of the animated Spanish-language personality nicknamed for "Tweety Bird" after Univision Radio Network yanked the talk radio host from the air, playing only music in his place.
Monica Talan, a Univision spokeswoman, confirmed Tuesday that the morning show "Piolin por la Manana," hosted by Eddie "Piolin" Sotelo, had been dropped. She declined to provide a reason.
For now, she said music will be played in the absence of the Mexican-born disc jockey, who urged his listeners to turn out for immigration reform events and pushed Hispanics to wield their clout in elections. He joined the station in 2004.
Sotelo rose to fame when he and other Spanish-language DJs used the airwaves in 2006 to propel immigrant supporters en masse into the streets of cities across the country to rally for immigrant rights.
Sotelo's program was peppered with pranks and jokes, but he also interviewed President Barack Obama and other politicians. He urged Hispanics to naturalize so they could vote, and became an American citizen himself at a 2008 ceremony teeming with media.
Javier Novoa, 50, said he liked the way Sotelo interviewed psychologists, immigration experts and financial gurus and imparted their wisdom to his audience. Novoa said he listened regularly to the program on his way to work selling CDs in downtown Santa Ana but lately found he was getting more music and less talk over the airwaves.
"It's surprising to me because this was a very good program. A lot of people listened to it," he said of the decision to pull Sotelo off the air.
For five of the last six months, Sotelo's show has lagged behind Ricardo "El Mandril" Sanchez's program in the Los Angeles-Orange County market's Arbitron ratings for morning shows. Both programs played regional Mexican music.
"El Mandril" was listed in the No. 1 spot in June, while Sotelo's program was No. 6, the ratings showed.
Dolores Ines Casillas, a professor of Chicana and Chicano studies at University of California, Santa Barbara, said she didn't think the ratings drop was significant enough for Sotelo's show to be cancelled.
She said Sotelo was extremely well-known and had been making television appearances in addition to radio. He also voiced roles in "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" and other movies.
"It happened so suddenly," said Casillas, who is writing a book about Spanish-language radio. "His show still was incredibly popular."
Sotelo, who grew up in Santa Ana, is expected to be inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in November. He often spoke of his own experience as an immigrant, crossing the border illegally in the 1980s, in an effort to inspire his listeners.
Immigrant advocates praised Sotelo for supporting the community in 2006 but said he didn't take on the issue as aggressively after the marches.
"He took time from his morning entertainment show to become the voice of the voiceless," said Jorge-Mario Cabrera, a spokesman for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. "For that, we will always be thankful."
On Tuesday morning, the station played music and commercials. Sotelo could not immediately be reached for comment, and no updates were posted on his Facebook page or Twitter feeds.
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Associated Press writer E.J. Tamara in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/univision-cancels-talk-show-hosted-piolin-220517403.html
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Turkey set to overshoot budget targets as elections approach
By Asli Kandemir
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey is likely to overshoot its budget deficit targets this year as the government spends in the run-up to elections to help keep the economy growing, economists said on Monday.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government, which has built its reputation on Turkey's economic transformation over the past decade, is keen to maintain that record as it faces three elections in the next two years.
Growth this year is widely expected to fall short of a 4 percent government target with domestic demand remaining weak after falling sharply last year, private sector investment declining and the global environment offering little support.
The budget deficit-to-GDP ratio is expected to overshoot the government's 2.2 percent target as weaker growth reduces tax revenues and budget spending increases before the polls.
Weeks of anti-government protests coupled with concern about how much longer the U.S. Federal Reserve will pump out cheap money have prompted investors to pull billions of dollars out of Turkish capital markets since early May, leaving the country's gaping current account deficit exposed.
"Growth in the first quarter came almost totally from the public sector," said Elif Gulay Girgin, chief economist at Istanbul-based brokerage Ata Invest.
"It is estimated that in the second quarter, although there is as yet insufficient data, foreign markets and domestic developments had a slightly negative impact on the pick-up in private sector investments," she said.
In the first quarter gross domestic product (GDP) grew 3 percent, 2.9 percent of which was due to public spending. Private sector investment has failed to make a positive contribution to overall growth for the past four quarters.
"This trend will become more evident in the final quarter due to seasonal factors and the impact on public spending of the approaching elections," Girgin said, revising her growth forecast to 3.3 percent from 4 percent and her budget deficit-to-GDP forecast up to 2.6 percent from 2.4 percent.
RISKS TO BUDGET
Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said last week that it should be "no surprise" if the government revises down its growth expectations for this year, but it needed more data from the second quarter and had no immediate plans to do so.
A Reuters poll of 25 economists last week, taken largely before the central bank indicated it could raise interest rates to prop up a weakening lira, showed median forecasts of growth picking up to just 3.7 percent this year.
After the economy grew 8.8 percent in 2011, the fastest in Europe, growth slowed sharply to 2.2 percent last year.
"At a time when youth unemployment is high, when there are serious downward risks to growth and there is a heavy election calendar, there are various risks on the budget front," Is Investment chief economist Burcu Unuvar said in a research note.
Unuvar said Is Investment had revised its 2013 growth forecast to 3.3 percent from 4 percent and expected a budget deficit-to-GDP ratio of 2.7 percent.
According to the latest finance ministry data, the budget showed a deficit of 1.2 billion lira ($615 million) in June, while the surplus in the first half amounted to 3.1 billion lira.
Budget expenditure rose 11.2 percent year-on-year to 187.9 billion lira in the first six months of the year, while revenues climbed 17.7 percent to 190.9 billion lira.
Turkey's budget expenditure generally increases sharply in the latter part of the year. The deficit last December was larger than for the rest of 2012 as a whole.
"It would not be surprising if the government resorts to expenditure-boosting policies before the long election period and this exerts pressure on fiscal balances," said Professor Umit Ozlale from Ozyegin University.
Last year, the government targeted a budget deficit of 1.5 percent but it ended the year at 2.3 percent due to increased expenditure, lower than expected privatization revenues and problems in the cash flow of state energy companies.
($1 = 1.9181 Turkish liras)
(Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Nick Tattersall/Ruth Pitchford)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-set-overshoot-budget-targets-elections-approach-164228477.html
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Munenori Kawasaki takes his antics on the fairway at Jays' charity golf tournament
Published Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 at 1:25 pm EDT Last updated 3 hours and 52 minutes ago
Munenori Kawasaki, the most outlandish, lovable man on the Blue Jays roster is best known for his antics on the field and in the sky.
He added another venue to his list this week, proving that the world truly is his stage.
At the Blue Jays' annual charity golf tournament, he used the fairway as his runway, striking this pose:
Then, he went on to rank his golf skills in comparison to his teammates during this interview with Canada SportsNet's Caroline Cameron.
Unfortunately, with Toronto activating Brett Lawrie from the DL, Kawasaki was optioned back to Triple-A Buffalo this morning but there's no doubt he'll continue to provide great entertainment.
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