Sunday, March 31, 2019

Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #1102 – Billions Episode 4.3 preview


By Rick Morris

Mini-Episode #1102 previews Episode 4.3 of Billions.


       


       


        


       

Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #1101 – Billions Episode 4.2 preview


By Rick Morris

Mini-Episode #1101 previews Episode 4.2 of Billions.


       


       


       


       

Lounge on YouTube: Don Koster tribute and 2019 MLB season preview


By Rick Morris                                          


FDH Lounge Mini-Episode #1100 previews the 2019 MLB season and serves as the second annual tribute to our late friend and colleague Don Koster with FDH Lounge Dignitaries Ken Detwiler and Steve Kallas.


       


       


       


       

Lounge on YouTube: 2019 fantasy baseball preview


By Rick Morris


THE FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER previews the 2019 fantasy baseball season.


       


       


       


       

Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #1098 – Billions Season 4 preview


By Rick Morris

Mini-Episode #1098 previews Season 4 of Billions.


       


       


       


       

Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #1097 – 2019 NFL New Year review with Mike Harmon


By Rick Morris


Here is Mini-Episode #1097 of The FDH Lounge, reviewing the 2019 NFL New Year with Fox Sports Radio host Mike Harmon.


       


       


       


       

Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #1096 – 2019 John Basedow Oscars review


By Rick Morris


Here is Mini-Episode #1096 of The FDH Lounge, reviewing the 2019 Oscars with FDH Lounge Dignitary and fitness and pop culture expert John Basedow.


       


       


       


       

Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #1095 – 2019 NBA stretch run preview


By Rick Morris


Here is Mini-Episode #1095 of The FDH Lounge, previewing the 2019 NBA stretch run with FDH Lounge Dignitary Ben Chew.


       


       


       


       

Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #1094 – 2019 NASCAR preview


By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #1094 of The FDH Lounge, another edition of THE FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER, previewing the 2019 fantasy NASCAR season with FDH Motorsports Editor Mike Ptak.


       


       


       


       

Lounge on YouTube: Super Bowl 53 review


By Rick Morris                                          


FDH Lounge Mini-Episode #1093 reviews Super Bowl 53 with FDH Lounge Dignitaries Joe Staszak and Steve Kallas.


       


       


       


       

Lounge on YouTube: Super Bowl 53 preview with Chidi Ahanotu


By Rick Morris                                          


FDH Lounge Mini-Episode #1092 previews Super Bowl 53 with Chidi Ahanotu.


       


       


       


       

Lounge on YouTube: 2018-19 NFL Championship Sunday review


By Rick Morris                                          


FDH Lounge Mini-Episode #1091 reviews 2018-19 NFL Championship Sunday with FDH Lounge Dignitary Steve Kallas.


       


       


       


       

Sunday, March 3, 2019

NBA power rankings for start of March


By Rick Morris


NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.


TOP TIER

1 Toronto (2-1-1-2-3-3)

2 Milwaukee (3-2-3-1-2-2)

3 Golden State (1-7-4-5-1-1)

4 Denver (8-5-2-4-4-4)

SECOND TIER

5 Indiana (9-13-5-3-5-7)

6 Philadelphia (10-6-6-6-6-8)

7 Portland (4-12-13-9-7-9)

8 Oklahoma City (6-4-7-7-11-5)

9 Houston (14-15-17-8-10-11)

10 Utah (18-22-20-17-12-12)

11 Boston (11-11-9-11-9-6)

THIRD TIER

12 LA Clippers (5-3-10-12-15-13)

13 San Antonio (15-20-18-10-8-10)

FOURTH TIER

14 Detroit (16-9-14-20-21-17)

15 Orlando (17-19-19-23-23-18)

16 Brooklyn (23-26-24-22-14-15)

17 Sacramento (19-18-16-14-16-14)

18 LA Lakers (13-8-8-13-13-16)

19 New Orleans (12-16-15-24-24-23)

20 Minnesota (22-17-22-21-19-19)

21 Charlotte (20-21-21-15-17-21)

22 Miami (24-23-23-16-18-22)

23 Dallas (21-14-11-18-20-20)

24 Washington (25-24-25-25-22-24)

25 Memphis (7-10-12-19-25-25)

FIFTH TIER

26 Atlanta (29-27-29-26-26-26)

SIXTH TIER

27 Chicago (26-28-27-27-28-27)

SEVENTH TIER

28 Cleveland (30-29-28-30-30-29)

29 New York (27-25-26-29-29-28)

30 Phoenix (28-30-30-28-27-30)


BIGGEST RISERS: New Orleans (4 spots), Detroit and Orlando (3 spots)


BIGGEST FALLERS: Boston (5 spots), Dallas, Oklahoma City, Sacramento and San Antonio (3 spots)


RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST


1 WEST 218

2 EAST 247

NHL power rankings for start of March


By Rick Morris


NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.


TOP TIER

1 Tampa Bay (2-2-1-1-1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 Boston (10-10-12-16-14-6-2)

3 San Jose (16-12-13-11-7-4-3)

4 Calgary (9-9-7-2-6-2-7)

THIRD TIER

5 Toronto (4-3-2-4-2-12-4)

6 Washington (17-17-8-6-3-13-8)

7 Winnipeg (3-4-6-3-4-3-5)

8 New York Islanders (11-11-14-20-11-9-6)

9 Carolina (19-24-18-22-23-15-12)

10 St. Louis (26-27-31-24-23-15)

11 Pittsburgh (12-30-25-15-8-8-9)

12 Nashville (1-1-3-5-10-10-10)

13 Vegas (25-28-22-8-5-5-13)

14 Montreal (13-13-17-12-12-7-14)

15 Columbus (14-7-9-14-9-11-11)

16 Philadelphia (24-19-24-31-31-17)

17 Dallas (18-8-11-17-18-19-16)

18 Arizona (22-22-23-26-27-24-27)

19 Colorado (8-16-5-10-16-18-23)

20 Minnesota (5-6-16-18-21-21-21)

21 Florida (30-26-26-25-25-28-20)

22 Buffalo (15-5-4-9-15-16-18)

23 Chicago (20-25-29-20-26-19)

24 New York Rangers (28-14-15-21-22-22-24)

25 Edmonton (7-21-21-13-19-20-30)

26 Vancouver (6-15-27-19-13-14-22)

FOURTH TIER

27 New Jersey (27-29-28-26-29-28)

28 Anaheim (21-23-10-7-17-17-29)

29 Detroit (29-18-19-23-29-30-25)

30 Los Angeles (31-31-30-28-25-26)

FIFTH TIER

31 Ottawa (23-20-20-24-30-27-31)


BIGGEST RISERS: Arizona (9 spots), Edmonton and St. Louis (5 spots), Colorado (4 spots), Calgary and Carolina (3 spots)


BIGGEST FALLERS: Buffalo, Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Los Angeles and Vancouver (4 spots)


RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF TEAMS, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST


1 METROPOLITAN 14.5

2 CENTRAL 15.43

3 ATLANTIC 15.63

4 PACIFIC 18.38


RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 30.13

2 WEST 32.88