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  • NCAA Football Picks – Week 5

    #14 Texas A&M @ #18 Arkansas: Two weeks ago I would have predicted a close, exciting game. Then Arkansas got spanked by Alabama. I like the Aggies by 10 or so.

  • What A Night! The end of the MLB Regular Season

    Ok, I’m back! After a day of mourning, and hiding from the sports world completely, I realize baseball goes on, and so must I. Wednesday night I remember getting a text...

  • Christmas Comes Early for Cards, Rays Fans

    With the collapse, catastrophic collapse to say the least, of the Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves, Cardinals and Rays fans have an extra beat in their steps.

  • Way too early Power Rankings

    It is a little too early to do a power rankings – so let’s do it anyway.  The teams are broken down into groups.  Try to focus more on the groupings than...

  • NHL: Shanahan Policing Player Safety

    The NHL created the Player Safety Department this June and asked Brendan Shanahan to be the Senior Vice President. The department is part of the effort to minimize injuries due to...

  • Take Fighting Out of the NHL…

    Rule 70 prevents any player who, on a legal line change, comes onto the ice for the expressed purpose of starting a fight. Today, the NHL’s new disciplinarian, Brendan Shanahan, penalized...

  • Baseball at The 11th Hour

    With 160 of 162 games in the books, we come down to the last two days of the season. All 30 teams will each be taking the field twice to wrap...

  • Review of Champions League Match Day One

    Review of Champions League Match Day One The exciting encounter between AC Milan and Barcelona ended in a 1-1 draw at the Camp Nou.

  • Quinton Rampage Jackson… and other UFC 135 notes

    After last night’s fight between Rampage and Jones, I am sure there is a certain expectation that I write something in praise of Jon Jones as the future of MMA; I...

  • Cedric Benson files an Unfair Labour Practice complaint against the NFL and NFLPA

    Fallout from the NFL lockout is upon us, and Cedric Benson, RB for the Cincinatti Bengals is at the middle of it.

  • Ten Things We Learned In College, Week 4

    1. The AP voters couldn’t put off the inevitable any longer: LSU is your new #1 2. Speaking of LSU, Tyrann Mathieu is gonna make some NFL team very happy on...

  • NHL Fantasy Strategy: Left Wing Lock

    In Hockey, the Left Wing Lock is a defensive strategy designed to prevent 3 on 2 rushes against your team. The left winger drops back acting as a 3rd defenseman playing...

  • Week 3 Picks

    Week 2 was a great start.  0-4-1.  Yes.  The problem was falling in love with a couple of games and ignoring the rest.  You should never fall in love with a game,...

  • Weeks 3, 4, and 5

    Serie A – Week 3 Review For those who bet on Serie A matches, Week 3 most likely proved problematic due to the surprising upsets that occurred over the weekend. SSC...

  • College Football Picks Week 4

    San Diego State @ #22 Michigan: Brady Hoke’s old team vs. Brady Hoke’s new team. Out with the old, in with the new; I’ve got Michigan. North Carolina @ #25 Georgia Tech: North...

  • F-Bomb – Favre to the Jets?

    Earlier this week Bob Kravitz of Indystar.com suggested Brett Favre should be a target of the troubled Colts. The Colts are in trouble but there is no chance this happens.  Why?  I don’t know...

  • NHLer Takes Banana Incident in Stride

    On Thursday night the Detroit Red Wings faced off against the Philadelphia Flyers in London, Ontario for what was expected to be an awesome pre-season match-up. It was, until some idiot...

  • NFL Protection Farce

    Last Sunday night we got to see Cris Collinsworth lose his mind when Dunta Robinson delivered a hard hit on Jeremy Maclin as he was completing a catch.  You can see the clip as...

  • Wind at Back In Football Also Helps Off-field

    The great Chris Schultz, former NFL and CFL player, and current TSN football analyst quite often mentions the importance of momentum within a football game. Momentum in football is everything and...

  • Wild “Cards”?

    With the Divisions all but won in the National League, And the wild card all but locked up, it’s time to look at probable matchups and predictions for the postseason. Wait,...

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