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Three Quarterback Quickies

Mark Sanchez of the New York Jets has been benched for the last two games of the 2012 season after a terrible game against the Tennessee Titans.  Sanchez was picked off 4 times and threw for a paltry 131 yards on Sunday.  He had 111 the week before against the Jaguars and just 97 against Arizona the week before that.  …

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by admin on December 27th, 2012 Leave a comment »

Bookies & Bettors Bid Farwell To “The Major” Russ Hawkins

Pay per head bookies, sports bettors; friends & family all mourn the loss of Russell Hawkins. Russ or to most of us associated with online gaming knew him as “The Major” died doing what he loved, and that was flying! “The Major” died in a plane crash while practicing take offs and landings near Cambridge, Ontario. According to witnesses his …

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by admin on December 21st, 2012 Leave a comment »

Fantastic Finishes In The Nfl Week 14

The 7.5 point underdog Philadelphia Eagles pulled one out of the fire this past Sunday afternoon when backup quarterback Nick Foles tossed a 1 yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Maclin to clinch a 23 – 21  victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This certified “Fantastic Finish” snaps a 7 game, 70 day, losing streak for the Eagles and may just …

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by admin on December 10th, 2012 Leave a comment »

The Stellar Zeller Brothers

Indiana University sophomore forward Cody Zeller led his team to a resounding  83-59 victory over rival North Carolina this week in front of a boisterous overflow home crowd at the Assembly Center in Bloomington, Indiana.  It was an outstanding outing for the Hoosiers as they dominated the nationally ranked Tar Heels from buzzer to buzzer.  It was never even close.  …

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by admin on December 5th, 2012 Leave a comment »

NBA Fines Spurs $250,000

NBA Commissioner David Stern has levied a whopping quarter million dollar fine against the San Antonio Spurs and Coach Gregg Popovich for not playing four of their star players against the Miami Heat last week in Miami. Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Danny Green and Tim Duncan flew home before the nationally televised game even started thus unleashing the wrath of …

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by admin on December 4th, 2012 Leave a comment »

And Now For The Latest PED: Viagra!

Viagra, or sildenafil citrate, was devised to treat pulmonary hypertension or high blood pressure in arteries of the lungs. The drug works by suppressing an enzyme that controls blood flow, allowing the vessels to relax and widen. The same mechanism facilitates blood flow into the penis of impotent men. In the case of athletes, increased cardiac output and more efficient …

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by admin on December 3rd, 2012 Leave a comment »

Les Miles Will Stay In Baton Rouge

Anyone who has ever been to Baton Rouge knows that it is a nice place, a different kind place with some of the greatest food & football in the world.  But, would you turn down $27,500,000 to stay there?  LSU football coach Les Miles just did! Earlier this week Nola.com’s Jim Kleinpeter  informed us, “LSU head coach Les Miles has …

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by admin on December 1st, 2012 Leave a comment »

Oddsmakers Confirm That Indiana Basketball Is Back

ODDSMAKER Rick McColley says “it’s been a long time since the glory days of IU basketball’.  Think Bobby Knight. These days Kentucky Wildcat coach John Calipari doesn’t want anything more to do with Assembly Hall on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington.  He won’t even play there.  Now Roy Williams understands why.  The North Carolina coach brought his remade Tar …

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by admin on November 30th, 2012 Leave a comment »

NFL Condones Suh Outrage, Again

Finally, an NFL player had the “cojones” to come out publicly condemning the absurd behavior of Ndamukong Suh.  Too bad it took an actual kick to the “cojones” to provoke the reaction.  Thank you Matt Schaub. CBS.com wrote on Monday morning, “Suh’s suspension would not be a surprise”, but that did not happen, again.  On Monday afternoon NFL spokesman Greg …

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by admin on November 29th, 2012 Leave a comment »

Bookies, Bettors and Boxing fans bid farewell to Hector “Macho” Camacho

On 11/24/2012 Camacho lost his last bout on earth after suffering a fatal gunshot wound at a local bar in his home town of Bayamon, Puerto Rico.  Investigators say that the crime was drug related and found nine small bags of cocaine as well as another open bag of cocaine in the car. Nothing was stolen from the vehicle so …

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by admin on November 28th, 2012 Leave a comment »