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DÉJÀ VU FOR THE SAINTS

DÉJÀ VU FOR THE SAINTS If anyone had been brave enough, or crazy enough, to put up a prop on the New Orleans losing another NFL Playoff game on a bad pass interference no call, the odds would have been astronomically high; but it happened, again. Last year Saints fans and many sports writers howled indignation at the missed PI …

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by Bobby Goodspeed on January 6th, 2020 Leave a comment »

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LET’S GO BOWLING

LET’S GO BOWLING On New Year’s Day, 2020, three of the four big bowl games featured an SEC team which was favored to win the game. Of course the winners of the SEC Title this year are the LSU Tigers, which will go up against head coach Dabo Swinney and his Clemson Tigers, once again as the favorites to win …

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by Bobby Goodspeed on January 2nd, 2020 Leave a comment »

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WAGERING ON WILD CARD WEEKEND

WAGERING ON WILD CARD WEEKEND The teams, dates, times and venues are set for one of the most anticipated weekends on the NFL schedule when everything is on the line in one game, winner take all, loser go home. They call it the ‘Wild Card Weekend’. The two teams with the best overall records, based on win percentages, get to …

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by Bobby Goodspeed on January 1st, 2020 Leave a comment »

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THE CFP SEMIFINALS

THE CFP SEMIFINALS This year’s semifinal lineup is a good argument to leave the College Football Playoffs at four teams because, outside of the chosen four, there are in reality no other teams that can compete with them. After the first quarter had expired in the LSU-Oklahoma game, it was down to three. The games leading up to the semi-finals …

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by Bobby Goodspeed on December 31st, 2019 Leave a comment »

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CHRISTMAS DAY WITH THE NBA

CHRISTMAS DAY WITH THE NBA They call it ‘Christmasketball!’  OK, so the name doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, however, Christmas Day has become one of the biggest, and most anticipated, days of NBA Basketball games all season long.  Even before the season got underway, sports writers were already talking about the Christmas lineup of games. Back then the headliner …

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by Bobby Goodspeed on December 25th, 2019 Leave a comment »

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HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IS UP FOR GRABS

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IS UP FOR GRABS In the annual NFL Playoff Tournament few things are more coveted than ‘home field advantage’ when the divisional contests roll around and each and every team still has the Super Bowl in its sights….and little kids everywhere start dreaming of Santa Claus. One sure thing on every coaches and players wish list is …

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by Bobby Goodspeed on December 23rd, 2019 Leave a comment »

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THE MILLION DOLLAR BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

THE MILLION DOLLAR BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT NBA Commissioner Adam Silver took over the leadership of the National Basketball Association from long time commissioner David Stern in 2014 with the promise to revitalize the league and make it more of a commercially viable business as well as a major sport.  For the most part he had made great strides in that direction. …

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by Bobby Goodspeed on December 21st, 2019 Leave a comment »

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IT WAS A BREES!

IT WAS A BREES! NFL fans lucky enough to have tuned into Monday Night Football this week were treated to one of the greatest performances by a professional football player, regardless of the position, regardless of when, in NFL history.  It was an ‘all-time’, ‘best ever’ event, and one that will go down in the annals of the National Football …

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by Bobby Goodspeed on December 17th, 2019 Leave a comment »

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THE NCAA’S NAME, IMAGE & LIKENESS DILEMMA

THE NCAA’S NAME, IMAGE & LIKENESS DILEMMA Dictionary.com defines dilemma as a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives. That aptly describes the perplexing set of circumstances under which the NCAA finally decided to throw in the towel and shrug off the responsibility that it has been avoiding for the past several years and turn it over to the …

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by Bobby Goodspeed on December 16th, 2019 Leave a comment »

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THE PRESIDENT’S CUP UNDERWAY DOWN UNDER

THE PRESIDENT’S CUP UNDERWAY DOWN UNDER Professional golfing fans worldwide eagerly await the famous Ryder Cup Competition which pits the best golfers from the European circuit against the top pros from the United States of America every two years. A lesser known, but very similar, event takes also place biennially, this time featuring the best of the American golfers on …

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by Bobby Goodspeed on December 12th, 2019 Leave a comment »