Room for one more… NFL Pick
I’m back in business. In my first week picking NFL games in a rather-uninspiring manner, I went 9-4… against the spread, that is. So, playing with house money, I might as well round out the…
NFL Week 11 Picks: I Need TNF Redemption
And now you see why I have come to dread picking NFL games. Picking against the spread is hard, but it is the real way to pick. What credibility do you get saying the Patriots are…
Watered-down NFL game picks: I’m baaack..!
Thursday Night Football is here — are you excited?! I’m not. But that won’t stop me from making a game pick — which will be followed by a full slate of picks for Sunday and…
Seahawks flip the script on the Patriots
I don’t use the term “script” loosely, either. This is the NFL after all, a league with plummeting ratings that needs to squeeze every ounce of drama out of every oversaturated primetime game that it…
Snubs Galore Among MLB Awards Finalists
Let me start off with this disclaimer: I am not a member of the BBWAA nor do I play one on television. But I pride myself on my knowledge of baseball, and, therefore, feel quite…
Final Thoughts on a Wild, Wacky World Series
It wasn’t going to be easy to end a 108-year drought. So naturally, the Chicago Cubs and their fans had to endure some scary bouts of deja vu before finally, finally, FINALLY locking down their…
World Series Preview, Prediction, Analysis, & Fun Facts: A Curse Will End, a Curse Will Live
It’s been worth the wait, hasn’t it? After 71 long years, the Chicago Cubs are back in the World Series. And after five long months, a Cleveland sports team will go for gold as the…
Layoff always seems to hurt teams in World Series
This has been a disturbing trend over the years, and not one that teams can really do anything about, either. But because of the structure of the Major League Baseball playoffs, sometimes, a team can…
10 Things You Probably Forgot About the 2011 World Series
The 2011 World Series was arguably the most exciting one of the 21st Century, one that broke a nine-year drought of Fall Classics not reaching a pivotal seventh game. But for every lasting memory of that…
Final Four: Baseball’s Tournament Reaches LCS
So we’ve reached the Final Four, and it’s exactly who you expected, right? Maybe somewhat in the National League, but not so much in the American League. It’s been an exciting postseason so far and…