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We look at the top-scoring XI so far in Sky Sports Fantasy Football as the Premier League reaches its half way point. Stoke City and Leicester City provide five of the team that has rattled up an incredible 1,251 points to date with Foxes duo Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez proving the leading scorers with a combined total of 313 points.Remarkably, only Arsenals Mesut Ozil and Manchester Uniteds Chris Smalling from the traditional leading clubs feature in a team that costs £2.5m below the £75m transfer budget. Take on the pundits an you beat the Sky Sports experts? Enter the Sky Sports Fantasy Football pundits leagues here. Here are the top performing players in a 3-4-3 formation from the start of the season to the end of 2015.Jack Butland (£4.9m)Butland continues to shine for Mark Hughes Stokealona with eight clean sheets and three man-of-the-match performances for the Potters this season. The England international stopper has rattled up 88 points so far this season, 11 clear of nearest rival, Arsenals Petr Cech.Chris Smalling (£6.9m)Its certainly not been a great season for Louis van Gaals Manchester United but central defender Smalling has helped the Red Devils with 10 clean sheets this season in his 18 starting appearances. The England defender has also chipped in with an assist and one MOTM appearance.Erik Pieters (£5.8m) Erik Pieters has been one of the top-scoring defenders The versatile Stoke defender has slipped under the radar for the majority of Fantasy Football bosses and currently only figures in two per cent of teams. The former PSV defender has helped keep eight clean sheets for the Potters and but for six yellow cards could have equalled Smallings points tally.Scott Dann (£5.4m)It has been a terrific start to the season for Danns Crystal Palace, who finish the year in fifth place. The no-nonsense defenders three goals, one assist and two MOTM displays make him a popular choice for 11 per cent of Fantasy teams.Riyad Mahrez (£6m)The £6million-rated Foxes winger remains the games most popular signing and appears in 38 per cent of teams. Thirteen goals, seven assists and eight MOTM awards make the Algerian the leading scorer in the league with 160 points.Mesut Ozil (£8.4m) Mesut Ozil has contributed 127 points so far The Arsenal midfielder is certainly silencing his doubters this season and more than justifying his £8.4m valuation. The Germany international has laid on 16 goals and scored three to contribute 127 points as the Gunners end the year as Premier League leaders.Marko Arnautovic (£5.5m)Arnautovic is the third player from Stoke to make it into the highest scoring team. The £5.5m-rated Austrians seven goals, including the winner in last weeks 4-3 win at Everton, three assists and four MOTM displays make him one of the bargain buys of the season.Georginio Wijnaldum (£7m)Wijnaldum provided one of the few high spots in Newcastles season so far by scoring four in the Magpies six-goal thumping of Norwich earlier this season. Hes added three more goals to his seasons haul since then to secure the final slot in a four-man midfield.Jamie Vardy (£7.3m) Jamie Vardy is the second most popular signing in Sky Sports Fantasy Football What an incredible few months it has been for Vardy, who now holds the record for scoring in 11 consecutive Premier League matches. His 15 goals and six assists have made him a regular feature in the Team of the Week and helped Leicester to heady heights in the Premier League. Vardy is second only to team-mate Riyad Mahrez as the most popular signing this season.Odion Ighalo (£6.5m)Ighalo heads into this weekends match with Manchester City with Vardys record in his sights. The Watford man has already scored in six consecutive matches and only trails the Leicester hot-shot by four points having scored 149 to date.Romelu Lukaku (£8.8m)Evertons record signing has not only scored 15 times but hes also provided four assists and racked up four MOTM awards. The striker has now made his way into 29 per cent of Fantasy Football teams and its easy to see why.Not got a team yet? Enter Sky Sports Fantasy Football for free here, with plenty of weekly and monthly prizes still up for grabs. Also See: Pick your team Player stats Fantasy Football News Enter the Sky Sports leagues Toronto Blue Jays Shirts . Louis Blues. Shane Hnidy joins Brian Munz for the broadcast on TSN 1290 Radio at 7pm ct. Toronto Blue Jays Gear . 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Miller reached right to deflect Mikhail Grabovskis attempt with just over 2 minutes remaining in regulation, and then made two more saves in the shootout Sunday to give the Sabres a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals. CLEVELAND -- LeBron James already pledged to help put kids in college. Now he has committed to help those students get through the day-to-day once they arrive on campus.The LeBron James Family Foundation announced the creation of the I PROMISE Institute on the University of Akron campus Thursday. The institute is intended to be a resource for students who earn four-year scholarships to Akron through James program.When we first started this program, I wanted my kids to graduate from high school. But the more we grow as a Foundation, the more we find can be done to give our kids the best chance to be successful, James said in a statement. We dont just want our kids to get to college, we want them to graduate from college. And we want to make sure we are doing everything we can to help them do that.?According to a release, the institute will employ a team of educators dedicated to researching best practices, implementing academic interventions, and providing around-the-clock support for its students as they navigate college.?Foundation spokesperson Stephanie Rosa said that the University of Akron is funding the scholarships themselves and LJFF is funding the Institute.The institute will be housed in a currently undeveloped space inside InfoCision Stadium, where the Zips play their football games.The institute will spend the next five years readying itself for the inaugural class of students in James program, currently in eighth grade, to arrive at Akron in the fall of 2021. During that time, a governing board of academics from across the country -- including Brandi Hephner LaBanc, vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Mississippi; Paul A. Herold from the University of Akron; and Brian O. Hemphill, Ph.D., the president of Radford University -- researching and developing how the institute will focus its efforts moving forward. A stated goal of the institutes curriculum is to get to the root of urban youth retention.If we want to be ready for our students when they get to campus in a few short years, the work needs to start now, Michele Campbell, executive director of the foundation, said in a statement. For many of our kids, they are the first in their families to attend college, so we want to create a familiar, encouraging environment where they feel safe and supported. We believe we have the academics and the experts in place too ensure the I PROMISE Institute will be a valuable and impactful resource for our students.ddddddddddddSpeaking during shootaround before the Cleveland Cavaliers hosted the Toronto Raptors in a preseason game Thursday night, James said it was important to start students toward success as early as possible.If we didnt grab these kids by the third grade, their success rate of graduating high school would be limited and shortened, and third grade was the number, that was the age group, James said. We also started thinking about, yeah, were putting these kids in college and getting them education, but also the success rate of graduating college is very low as well even once you get to college. So we wanted to figure out a way where we could help these kids graduate college, and thats where the institute came from. And were building the criteria right now where kids that get their credentials get a college education from our foundation, from our program that we will have people and things in place to help them graduate college too. Just trying to make a difference.James also posted about the institute on Instagram Wednesday night.The institute is being funded in part by Sprite, which James has endorsed since his rookie season in 2003.My foundation is probably, besides my family, the No. 1 thing in my life, James said Wednesday. Being able to change kids and families, giving them an opportunity to see better days, we strive to do that every single day. And I get emails and I talked to my kids weekly about their progression for my kids that are in elementary [school] all the way to the kids in middle school, high school and the kids that are going to be going to college soon. So thats a huge thing for me.I have a vision on what I do entails. I cant get involved in what everybody else does. It has to be in you to want to help, to want to give back to your community. I dont think you should have to be forced to do it, because if youre forced to do it, then it wont be genuine to the people that are receiving it. For me, its a genuine thing for me -- for me and my foundation and for my family to give back to our community, so I know what my vision is. I know what Im going to be able to do in this next 10 to 20 to 30, 40 years. ' ' '