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MORE RANKINGS: PG | SG | SF | C Welcome to the Fantasy Alarm weekly fantasy basketball rankings! Each week I will sort through the upcoming schedules, injury concerns and latest trends to bring you the best plays. Remember that these rankings will change depening on the latest news, so check back often at FantasyAlarm.com. Pau Gasol (CHI-4 Games): He still has excellent driving and post-up ability and has grabbed 13 rebounds a game over the last month....

No American administration should ever have contemplated, let alone agreed, to a scenario in which our most powerful rivals are able to sell billions of weapons to one of our most dangerous enemies. The Iranian regime is brutal, oppressive and tyrannical. It finances and exports terror, and openly threatens all-out war while seeking weapons that could incinerate American cities with a single flash of light. When the ayatollah says “death to America” and “death to Israel,” he means it....

India, taking part in their fourth Asian Cup and first since 2011, have come into the continental showpiece after creditable draws against China and Oman in the lead-up to the tournament. They lost narrowly (1-2) to Jordan in their third big match ahead of the Asian Cup. These results were preceded by a 13-match unbeaten run in international friendly matches and the Intercontinental Cup at home last summer. But, Constantine asked his players to just focus on giving their best in the tournament....

The State Department is clear about the risk in its Iran Travel Advisory, warning against any travel to Iran “due to the risk of kidnapping and the arbitrary arrest and detention of U.S. citizens.” The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and European countries issue warnings just as stark. Nevertheless, many U.S. and European companies are ignoring or even undermining this instruction by promising would-be tourists a safe and wondrous adventure....

“It’s time for us now to step it up a bit and show why we are the No.1 team in the world,” said Morne Morkel, according to bdnews24.com. The Chittagong Test was called off after rain washed out the last two days. But the Proteas were under pressure in the first three days after they were restricted to just 248 in the first innings and then the hosts took a 78-run lead, scoring 326....

Maybe Obama is such a rock star that he doesn’t need the mechanics this early in the game. The guy has a natural appeal that Sen. Hillary Clinton can’t match—though she is trying—and that makes even the sunny and engaging John Edwards (the golden boy of the last campaign) look boring. But it isn’t early, and Obama had better get a move on. When Hillary announced the other week, her campaign went live with a Web site they’d been working on for quite some time....

In the upcoming episode, David Sibley will return for another game, having taken his winning streak to two games in a row. He has also reportedly earned $44,200 in the process. In the upcoming round of the popular game show, the Episcopal priest from Walla Walla will face off against statistics professor Sam Wang and middle school counselor Emily Hackbarth. Jeopardy! is by far one of the most popular game shows in the world, having been around since the early 1960s....

The Netflix series hits just in time for Thanksgiving, and for some corporate reason too late for Halloween. Now the steamer released a new Wednesday featurette where the creators go into the direction the series is taking and explain how it’s going to be more of a long movie than a TV series. The IGN featurette about Wednesday - a much-storied idea that has left fans both excited (and not) as various pieces of information trickles in - has dropped....

Kansas State’s 48-41 upset of Oklahoma shook up the College Football Playoff picture heading into November, even if the top four of Alabama, LSU, Ohio State and Clemson all kept their undefeated records intact. MORE: Scores, highlights from Saturday’s top 25 games Sporting News breaks down the Playoff picture every week; here’s how it looks heading into Week 10: College Football Playoff: Four in 1. Alabama (8-0) So how was life without Tua Tagovailoa?...

We hit the majority of our bust picks last week, going two-for-three for running backs (Thomas Rawls, Rob Kelley), wide receivers (Danny Amendola, T.Y. Hilton), and tight ends (Charles Clay, Hunter Henry), while nailing all of our D/STs (Redskins, Bills, Texans). We’ll look to continue our success on calling players’ failures in an effort to help you avoid them. Go here for our Week 11 sleeper picks. WEEK 11 RANKINGS:Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker...

Along with McCaffrey, there are questions about the availability of Chris Carson (foot), Joe Mixon (foot), and Matt Breida (hamstring). (Update: Carson and Mixon are out for Week 11.) David Johnson (concussion) and Justin Jackson (knee) are the latest RBs to find themselves on IR, so at least we know they’re going to be out. Thankfully, Nick Chubb, Miles Sanders, and Kenyan Drake have returned to provide some extra depth atop the rankings, but the injuries are still having a big impact on the RB2 range....

Last week, our bust picks were almost all accurate. All of our NFC North quarterback picks (Matthew Stafford, Mitchell Trubisky, Kirk Cousins) put up duds, though Cousins was saved a bit by garbage time. Both Jordan Howard and Tarik Cohen failed to score at RB which made them mediocre options. At WR, Calvin Ridley and Allen Robinson were both mediocre, at best. Our TEs (Kyle Rudolph, Jack Doyle, Eric Ebron) all busted, too, so this really may have been one of our stronger weeks in predicting busts....

This week, a particularly difficult choice will be facing fantasy owners regarding several veteran options. Guys like Matt Ryan and Matthew Stafford, a couple of passers who were considered top-10 guys at the beginning of the season, have regressed badly in recent weeks. And now, owners that have them will have to make decisions on whether o start them or to rely on some of the young guns that have been stepping it up as of late....

MAIN EVENT: Michigan State at Oregon Extreme contrast equals entertainment. That’s the case when Michigan State travels to Oregon on Sept. 6. It’s the ultimate nonconference strength-on-strength matchup of 2014. Oregon’s Mark Helfrich went 11-2 in his first season and returns Heisman Trophy candidate Marcus Mariota. Michigan State is a legit national championship contender under Mark Dantonio and looking to build on last year’s Rose Bowl win against Stanford with Connor Cook....

Injuries, per usual, are having an impact on these rankings. Marlon Mack is the most notable name who is likely to miss time after suffering an apparent season-ending Achilles’ injury. With Mack out, Jonathan Taylor will likely be the Colts’ lead-back, so he’s a must-play upside against a Vikings defense that just got torn apart by the Packers. Additionally, the aforementioned Hines is on the rise because Philip Rivers seems to like throwing to him in an Austin Ekeler-type capacity....