NBA Playoffs Preview: Who Can Shake up the Field?
It’s playoff time in the NBA. Many moons ago, this was a very exciting time for folks, even though this is a sport and a league dominated by teams with star players at their disposal….
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2017 MLB Preview: Will it be Same Old, Same Old?
Somehow, the 2016 World Series is already nearly six months in our rearview mirror. Baseball season is back, and people are wondering if we can have any story better than that of last year’s 108-year-drought-ending…
Bracketology 101: Atoning for Last Year’s Sins
Not only did things not go well for me last year prognosticating the enigma known as “March Madness,” I was downright embarrassed. I granted myself a mulligan, of course, given that I do not profess…
Final 4: NFL Gets Wish With AFC Matchup
You got your wish, Roger Goodell & Co. 12 years later, finally, FINALLY, you got your Tom Brady-Ben Roethlisberger, Patriots-Steelers AFC Championship Game that had narrowly eluded you on five previous occasions since 2004. But…
Revealing the Magician’s Secrets – How I’m Acing the NFL Landscape in 2016
I’m not a bookie, and I don’t play one on TV. I’m not perfect, and I don’t pretend to be perfect in real life. But when it comes to picking NFL games for the 2016…
3 Teams Coming off Byes, Pats Get Another
Chris Berman used to call this “the best weekend in all of sports.” The NFL’s divisional round of the playoffs features the top two teams in each conference, well rested off a bye week. But…
Playoff Picks Time: Streaking into January
What a run I finished the regular season on: 23-4 over my last 27 games (against the spread, that is), including a perfect 6-for-6 in Week 17. So I’m looking to stay sizzling hot as…
Are the Patriots Unstoppable? Will it Matter?
The New England Patriots are the clear-cut favorites in the AFC, but are they unstoppable? A bigger question is, does it matter if they are? The latter isn’t a hard “no,” but it’s not far…
Preliminary Playoff Prepping: Patriots & Patsies
Has there ever been a weaker playoff field in NFL history than this year’s AFC grouping? Maybe NFL history is stretching it, but certainly in Brady & Belichick history. If you thought the Patriots’ road…
Closing the Season in Style: Week 17 Picks
Talk about staying hot. Since adapting the new strategy of only picking games I feel confident about, my record has soared. After a rough Week 12 in which I went 4-7, I have rebounded in grand…