Morning Hot Reads: No Fate But What We Make

SPORTSONEARTH.com on the '15 MLB season: "There are people in this game who think the fuzzy feelings Spring Training often engenders have more than the usual amount of credibility. ... It's pretty darn difficult to predict what's going to happen in 2015."

CSNBAYAREA.com goes with the header, "A's Hold Chips In Oakland's Stadium Dance." The "venue game in California is as thorny as it gets" and the elected officials of Oakland and Alameda County "have been playing checkers while the franchises and their respective leagues are masters of three-dimensional chess."

Also:

• A mad scramble needed to produce the annual NFL championship video.
• MLS to continue expansion, but where will next four clubs be located?
• A look at the tradition of MLB clubs playing college teams in preseason.
• Writer ranks top five facial hair looks among current MLBers.