Sporting News

Bookies Hoping That Mayweather vs. Pacquaio Will Fight In 2014

Finally will boxing get a fight that could reignite the sport! After being absolutely robbed in their 1st fight Manny Pacquaio wins the rematch with Bradley by unanimous decision to regain the WBO welterweight championship! The loss was Bradley’s first official in 33 professional fights. The fighters were toe to toe most all of the fight and the fans absolutely …

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by admin on April 21st, 2014 Leave a comment »

Johnny Football Slam Dunks Wonderlic Test

It seems like everyone and his uncle is putting up a Mock NFL Draft these days.  There should be some sort of qualifying process, don’t you think? Personally, I think that we have been so over saturated with these ‘mocks’ that no one really pays attention to them anymore. One of the most speculated about players in the 2014 NFL …

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by admin on April 19th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Brackets On Ice

In the opinion of many a sports writer, one of the major obstacles to making Ice Hockey more popular in the United States has been the difficulties involved in wagering on the sport. Recognizing this, the NHL has now taken a lesson from the ongoing hit the NCAA has with the March Madness brackets and instituted a set of brackets …

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by admin on April 18th, 2014 Leave a comment »

No Wrecks At Darlington As Harvick Wins Again

It was a NASCAR race without any major catastrophes to speak of. A few guys scraped the wall, that’s sort of traditional at Darlington. There were some brief displays of sparks flying from a car going over 100 miles an hour, but no biggies. Nobody flipped over, no great multi-car smash-ups that NASCAR fans love so much. But, it was …

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by admin on April 18th, 2014 Leave a comment »

What’s A Bagman?

With all of the talk about ‘pay for play’ in the NCAA going around these days, most people forget, or chose not to notice, that there has been a system in place for years now that is sort of like ‘pay for play’. College athletes have been getting ‘stipends’ from team supporters for many years now or didn’t you know …

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by admin on April 17th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Famous Jameis Is Back On The Gridiron

For those of you that don’t already know it, last year’s Heisman Trophy winner, Jameis Winston, has been busy lately playing baseball for the Seminoles. Last Friday evening he was playing baseball in Atlanta against Georgia Tech. Then early Saturday morning Winston flew down to Tallahassee to participate in Florida State’s spring football game. That’s the sort of double life …

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by admin on April 16th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Adam Silver Has A Plan Of His Own

It didn’t take the new commissioner of the NBA long to stand up and show the world that he indeed has a mind of his own and that plans for future upgrades in the NBA are already well underway. Adam Silver was speaking at a business convention last week when he revealed that he is open to the idea of …

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by admin on April 14th, 2014 Leave a comment »

After The Madness

Now that the madness of March has passed us by and the 2014 college basketball champs have been crowned, basketball bettors will be turning their attention to the NBA and the upcoming playoffs. Yes folks, it’s almost that time again.  The NBA Playoffs are all set to begin on April 19th and the race for the remaining spots on the …

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by admin on April 11th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Bob Bowlsby Speaks Out

Bob Bowlsby is the commissioner of the Big 12. At the recent NCAA meetings in Arlington Texas in conjunction with the Final Four activities, Bowlsby had a few choice words for Mark Emmert and the current NCAA administration and they weren’t all good. Now Bob Bowlsby is a tough guy. He was on the wrestling team at the University of …

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by admin on April 10th, 2014 Leave a comment »

New Home Plate Blocking Rules Hard To Call

We all have a few new rules and regulations to deal with this year in Major League Baseball. One of the most controversial is the rule(s) about home plate collisions and how to avoid them. Actually, the rules haven’t changed that much, but there is a difference. Last week, Yankee’s backup catcher, Francisco Cervelli, was making for home only to …

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by admin on April 9th, 2014 Leave a comment »