When Old Favorites Return

Sports     From Erik Wander, your About Sports Editor     The MLB postseason returns this week, and if you haven’t watched much baseball lately, you might be surprised by some of the teams still standing. The start of a new NHL season is less than a week away. And if you were around in the late 1980s, you might remember our Best of Sports Expert, Len Berman, debuting his monthly collection of sports bloopers, “Spanning the World,” which this week makes its debut on About.   Follow us on:     Sign up for more free newsletters: About Today About Electronics & Gadgets About Computers   MLB Postseason Central: Schedules, Results, Predictions After a grueling 162-game season—and one additional game for four teams—it’s all come down to this: Major League Baseball’s postseason has arrived! Who’s playing whom—and where and when and on what channel? And more importantly, who’s going to win? Follow along right here all the way through the World Series. READ NOW How Did We Do? Final MLB Power Rankings Why the Detroit Tigers Will Beat Baltimore How NEXT Year’s Fantasy Baseball Draft Might Look   42 Fantasy Football Players to Rethink Don’t look now, but we’re four weeks into the NFL season—already a quarter of the season in the books. And that means it’s time to take stock—in your favorite team, sure, but also your fantasy team. If you could have a do-over, who would you draft this time given what you know now? READ NOW 5 Must-Watch NFL Games for Week 5  What Grades Do the 2-2 Giants Deserve? Eagles QB Nick Foles’ 10 Favorite Targets So Far   10 NHL Storylines to Watch This Season We’re less than a week away from the start of another hockey season, and there’s plenty going on in the NHL you may have missed during the offseason—new-look teams, new coaches, new players and stories you’ll want to keep an eye on as the season gets underway. Check out the top 10. READ NOW What Teams Are Legit Stanley Cup Contenders? 4 NHL Coaches on the Hot Seat to Start the Season Is Being Young a Disadvantage in the NHL?   4 Huge SEC Matchups Not to Miss This Week About’s College Football Expert, Tim Hyland, calls this “nothing short of a titanic week of college football.” The “mighty SEC” alone features four particularly compelling games with six conference teams ranked in the top 20 and one rivalry matchup that would have been the biggest game of the season several years ago. READ NOW 5 Big Games to Watch From Outside the SEC Can the SEC Reclaim the National Title?   ADVERTISEMENT Featured Articles Meet the NHL’s Team Captains Who is Soccer’s Fastest Player? The NBA and Domestic Violence Greatest Golfers of All Time Top 10 Swims of the Past Summer Preventing PEDs in Boxing More from About.com Sign up for Shareables! An every-morning rundown of the day in history, with headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Click here to sign up! It's free (of course) and we think you'll like it! Want More From About.com? Check out our social channels tailored to every interest! Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Sports newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 Privacy Policy © 2014 About.com