On Wednesday, Sotheby's «Contemporary Curated» sale brought in $ 13.8 million — its highest - ever total
for a midseason contemporary auction — and set a new record for Los Angeles artist Mark Bradford.
In less spoiler - y territory, the first footage of Chad Coleman as Tyreese has hit the web via an international promo
for the midseason finale — if you're a spoiler purist, though, you may want to steer clear of this one as well.
Fox has picked up the Christian Slater comedy Breaking In
for midseason, Deadline reports.
SUPERIOR DONUTS (multi-camera) Picked up to series; 13 episodes
for midseason STUDIO: CBS TV Studios TEAM: Bob Daily (w, ep, sr), Neil Goldman (w, ep), Garrett Donovan (w, ep), Jermaine Fowler (ep), Mark Teitelbaum (ep), John R. Montgomery (ep), Michael Rotenberg (ep), Josh Lieberman (ep), James Burrows (d) LOGLINE: Based on the play by Tracy Letts, series follows the relationship between the owner of a donut shop, his new young employee and their patrons in a gentrifying neighborhood of Chicago.
The willingness to absorb that much money
for a midseason deal, the ability to gamble on two expensive players who had red flags where ligaments should be, was unprecedented.
That pilot, picked up
for midseason, is being reworked, including recasting two parts.
Not exact matches
One thing to know: As it stands, it looks as if the Bills will miss the postseason by one game, and there's a chance that the spot that would have been theirs will go to the Chargers, making head coach Sean McDermott's decision to sit Tyrod Taylor
for Nathan Peterman when the teams met
midseason all the more painful
for the snake - bitten franchise.
Warning: There are major spoilers ahead
for «Honor,» Sunday's
midseason premiere of AMC's «The Walking Dead.»
Amidst our dreadful
midseason however, reports have claimed that the Chilean star has told his team - mates that he will be leaving this summer, raising further doubts over Ozil's future, as well as many speculating further to hint that Hector Bellerin and others could also push
for an exit.
It's harder to switch to Plan B
midseason than it is to prepare
for it in the offseason.
First baseman Paul Goldschmidt is one of the leading candidates
for MVP, hitting.307 /.413 /.583 with 36 home runs, and he has been joined by
midseason trade acquisition J.D. Martinez to form arguably the best 1 - 2 punch in the National League.
So at
midseason, McDonough traded Dragic to Miami
for picks, Thomas to Boston
for a pick and a valuable Lakers pick to the Sixers in a three - teamer
for Brandon Knight.
With fullback William Floyd out until at least
midseason with a severe knee injury and free - agent pickup Johnny Johnson on the shelf with a bad back, D - Love, by default, is San Francisco's featured back
for a second straight season.
Around
midseason, when Morris was traded
for yet another pick, it became clear that
for the second time in five years, the Suns would tank it out and amass a couple of high draft picks in a full rebuild.
The Magic considered trading Hardaway at
midseason last year and had been expected to listen to offers
for him again when the lockout ended.
Stunned by this event and inspired by the courageous fight
for life of former teammate Lou Gehrig (he died in
midseason at age 37), the Yankees played with much of their old fervor, winning 101 games and finishing 17 ahead of the second - place Red Sox.
Considered too frail and unprepared
for the pivot, he did not get into the starting lineup until
midseason and he burned with frustration.
And when LeBron demanded Cleveland add a playmaker, they both signed Deron Williams AND traded
for Kyle Korver,
midseason.
They were not merely playing in
midseason form; it was playoff - style hockey, and they had a 10 - game winning streak to show
for it after a 5 - 3 win over the Bruins in the Spectrum on Saturday, Nov. 9.
If Tony Boselli and Ryan Young don't get back until
midseason, Carr will be running
for his life....
The elegant Frenchman and the tenacious Swiss midfielder have the potential to transform the Gunners midfield — representing a major upgrade on the likes of Mathieu Flamini, Santi Cazorla and even Francis Coquelin — and could provide the
midseason lift Arsenal need to finally end their wait
for a title.
Still just five points adrift of the playoffs Chris Wilder's side remain in the mix
for back to back promotions despite a
midseason blip.
Because he switched teams
midseason, Melancon was ineligible to receive a qualifying offer from the Nationals, meaning San Francisco won't have to forfeit a draft pick
for signing him.
There won't be any compensation necessary
for re-signing Darvish, as he was traded
midseason and is ineligible
for that status, so the Rangers can call up him when free agency begins and negotiate with him, just like they would have if they had held onto him.
After many bold and locally unpopular
midseason moves by general manager John Hart — 40 % of last season's American League championship team is either gone or injured — the Tribe has shown that it is better equipped
for the postseason than a year ago.
If we don't have the stomach
for scheduling games
midseason, we could use one year's rankings to produce pairings
for the next year.
Last spring he gave up baseball to concentrate on track, but quit at
midseason, partly because his best time in the 100 meters, a 10.39 at the Florida Relays in March, wasn't good enough to qualify him
for the Olympic trials, and partly because the demands of being a Heisman hopeful — interviews, addressing school kids and the like — took up too much time.
After languishing
for 1 1/2 seasons behind Sean LaChapelle, now a Los Angeles Ram, Stokes became a starter last year when LaChapelle cracked a rib against Arizona in
midseason.
This is a player who scored 20 goals
for Dortmund till
midseason, by being suspended three times from the squad and his confidence looks dead in the 3 - 4 weeks he's been here.
Just as he was earlier that season, filling in a vital gap at
midseason for two older injured players.
Seemingly out of the title hunt
midseason, Tony Stewart caught fire in the Chase and capped a historic run with a head - to - head win over Carl Edwards at Homestead
for his third Cup crown
Midseason deals
for guard Derek Harper in 1997 and center Rony Seikaly in»98 fell through when neither wanted to move to Salt Lake City.
Worst case, we get more of the same Knick crap, and we can always deal Melo
midseason to a desperate contender
for marginally more than what we would get
for him now.
The
midseason trade
for Gerald Wallace helped that, though Crash spent equal time at each of the two forward slots.
That leaves their offense in the hands of Nathan Peterman — best known
for his 5 - of - 14 performance in a
midseason start against the Chargers (the five, in this case, stands
for passes thrown to Los Angeles defenders)-- and AJ McCarron, so lightly regarded as a quarterback he got a two - year, $ 10 million deal with Buffalo one season after creaking plaster sculpture Mike Glennon signed a three - year, $ 48 million pact with the Bears.
So Ndamukong Suh (who had a reputation
for being worried about himself and not much else), Jarvis Landry (who was unpredictable day - to - day) and Jay Ayaji (traded in
midseason and seen as another me - first guy) are gone, and in their place are players like Danny Amendola, Albert Wilson, Robert Quinn, Josh Sitton and Frank Gore, guys the Dolphins had solid background on and felt like they could count on.
Mat Latos was supposed to be a
midseason savior
for the Dodgers, but instead, he's been designated
for assignment.
Hamels was a
midseason acquisition from the Philadelphia Phillies in 2015, so Texas is surely relishing the chance to have him available
for a full season while Yu Darvish recovers from Tommy John Surgery.
Boston could wait until
midseason and see about taking Cliff Lee off of Ruben Amaro's hands should he prove healthy, but that's a conversation
for a warm summer day.
Below is a table showing the World Series odds
for each playoff team dating back to the preseason, their
midseason odds, and current odds (via Sportsbook.com):
Not bad
for a team that fired its coach
midseason.
Les Monagesques have previously expressed a reluctance to part with their star assets
midseason and, having brought in over # 140m in the summer and with Kylian Mbappe due to join Paris Saint - Germain
for # 160m next season, are under no pressure to accept anything other than a huge fee
for any of their players.
The 24 - year - old allows United to go direct and play on the counter when they need to; the Belgian striker has recovered from a
midseason slump and has been performing well
for some time now.
Giroud is not the only player Arsenal may lose in the new year, with recent reports claiming that Manchester City may launch a fresh bid
for the 28 - year - old Chilean Alexis Sanchez in the
midseason.
Squad depth and the
midseason additions of Pato Rodriquez and McGree helped Newcastle overcome a host of injury setbacks, but Boogaard's break and the transfer of Andrew Nabbout to Urawa Red Diamonds had seemingly been too much
for Newcastle in recent weeks.
Historically,
midseason signings have a harder time integrating (
for any number of semi-obvious reasons).
He was a dominant player last season
for NC State, and the senior defensive end was named a
midseason All - American
for The All - American, CBS Sports, and USA TODAY
for his play thus far this season.
Alex Song could be missing
for six weeks in
midseason thanks to Cameroon's involvement in the African Nations Cup.
So much of success in sports is about timing and location, and bringing Saponara in at this point of his career and into this Roma team might be the perfect confluence of both — Saponara is tailor made
for this squad, making him a prime
midseason revival candidate.
Skelton took over
for an injured Kevin Kolb in
midseason and had started two contests in 2011 before his fateful clash with the Niners that November.