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Overs & Unders In NFL Week 12 Action

The Saints and the Falcons kicked off Week 12 action on Thursday Night Football with a well played, if not overly exciting football game played in Atlanta.  Only three points were scored in the entire second half of play. Naturally the game went way under by 23 points. The Saints won the game but failed to cover the 8 points …

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by admin on November 25th, 2013 Leave a comment »

Early Hoops Action Dominated By Spartans

In the big Champions Classic recently played in Chicago, the Michigan State Spartans triumphed over the number one ranked Wildcats of Kentucky in a thrilling contest that left the fans on both sides of the court breathless after four quarters of top flight NCAA Hoops action. Tom Izzo’s well coached crew played the Wildcats close and came away with an …

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by admin on November 23rd, 2013 Leave a comment »

The Biggest Deals In Baseball

The amounts of money paid out to leading athletes these days is getting a bit out of hand. The going rate seems to be around $20,000,000 per year for a top shelf player. That’s $384,615 a week, whether he plays that week or not. $54,945 a day! The deal that Carl Crawford got for seven years at $142,000,000 set the …

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by admin on November 21st, 2013 Leave a comment »

Are Some NBA Teams Considering Tanking?

Would a professional basketball team or any other pro sports team seriously consider deliberately losing games in the later part of their season in order to secure a better pick in the next player draft, you bet your gym socks they would! It’s called ‘tanking’ and it’s been around for awhile now. No one really talks about tanking very much …

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by admin on November 20th, 2013 Leave a comment »

The Saints Went 14 In A Row ATS At Home

There are no sure things in sports wagering.  Not hardly. But the New Orleans Saints have been about as good as it gets for their backers of late.  Under Head Coach Sean Payton, the Saints went 14-0 Against the Spread at home in New Orleans in the Mercedes SuperDome. No other NFL team even comes close. In those 14 wins, …

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by admin on November 18th, 2013 Leave a comment »

The Chase To The Sprint Cup Championship

The NASCAR road show moved down to Homestead International Speedway for the final event of the Chase series and the final event of the 2013 NASCAR season. The 1.5 mile oval track at Homestead is one of the fastest on the circuit and over 65,000 race fans were on hand for the big event. Going into the final race, Jimmie …

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by admin on November 16th, 2013 Leave a comment »

The Race For The Heisman Enters The Narrows

This year’s Heisman Trophy candidate list is quite a bit more interesting than last year’s group even though the top guys are all quarterbacks. They are all very good! Johnny Football is back again with his eye on a second Heisman and his performances and numbers so far certainly do qualify him for the award.  Add to the stats that …

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by admin on November 15th, 2013 Leave a comment »

The New NCAA Playoff Committee Finally Meets

After much fanfare and hype, the group of high profile luminaries who will pick up the pieces of the broken BCS model and try to make something a bit more sensible out of the process has finally met. Many college football fans around the country are a little concerned by the fact that the same guy, Bill Hancock, who gave …

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by admin on November 14th, 2013 Leave a comment »

One In, One Out & One Standing Pat

It had to happen. When Aaron Rodgers went down with a fractured collar bone against the Bears, Packers fans throughout the frozen northlands looked to each other and said, “Well, we will have to call back Matt Flynn now.” But it didn’t happen. Green Bay started backup quarterback Seneca Wallace against the Philadelphia Eagles and readied Scott Tolzien off of …

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by admin on November 13th, 2013 Leave a comment »

Who Will Be The MVP Of The NFL?

After almost ten full weeks of pro football action the competition for the NFL’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is heating up. Last weekend we saw several performances that will have to be taken into consideration for the award. Eagle’s backup quarterback Nick Foles threw his hat into the ring along with the seven (7) touchdown pass that he threw …

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by admin on November 11th, 2013 Leave a comment »