Tag: New England Patriots
Super Big Game: How Vegas Breaks It Down & How To Bet
LAS VEGAS, NV – Let’s be honest, nobody is looking to read anything other than something about the Super Big Game (exhale Short Matt), specifically the numbers, whether it be for your pools, boxes, bookies or whatever. So… Today’s Total (54) is down a tick from 55 early last week as my opinion had the [...]
I’m On A Roll: Picking The Big Games
Rolling In It- Last week I offered four picks for the NFL Conference Championship games. In response, our very own Lori Levine made a wonderfully strange offer: if I nailed them all, I could watch her pee. I hit three-out-of-four.So close. So close, but yet so far. Sigh . . . So while I might [...]
The Prince has a new Kingdom and Giants on the Brink.
New York, NY – The big baseball news this week is the Detroit Tigers landing all-star first baseman, Prince Fielder for $214 million over nine years. Fielder will try to hit homeruns out of the cavernous Comerica Park for the better part of the next decade as the Tigers first baseman. The only problem is [...]
Pick This: The Public Professor Picks NFL Winners!
The Winnter’s Circle: Last week I hit 4 of the 7 picks I offered up here. Four out of seven, people! You should be so lucky. So let’s keep moving forward, why don’t we. There are two games on tap tomorrow, four bets to be made. (Home teams in CAPS). NEW ENGLAND 7.5 Baltimore [...]
ANGRY WARD WEDNESDAY: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY SUCK
BRONX, NY – I was sitting around minding my own business last week, when a nasty piece of news arrived in my e-mail inbox, courtesy of Tall Matt. It seems there’s a fairly substantial rumor floating around that one of the most-celebrated pubs in the Bronx, The Piper’s Kilt in Kingsbridge, may be going out of [...]
MO FIRE, MO FIRE: BURNETT, LONDON, HAYNESWORTH – ALL BURNING
JONAS BRONCK’S LAND, NY – So, here I am again, called up to pinch-hit. I’m like Nick Evans of the Mets: getting to The Show, then sent down, called up, designated for assignment only to be reclaimed off waivers and Towne Car-ed right back to CitiField. Lucky for me, today’s assignment came easy – because [...]
MY DADDY CAN BEAT UP YOUR DADDY
by Rex O’Rourke TOBACCO ROAD, NC – So last night I’m watching Duke throttle North Carolina and I ask myself: “Self, what is the biggest rivalry in sports?†Is it Duke/UNC? They certainly rank up there. The Cameron Crazies alone are worth the price of admission. Multiple national championships on both sides and a dust [...]
2010, A FOND LOOK BACK
by West Coast Craig LOS ANGELES, CA – Had enough of predictions, reviews, previews, and lists surrounding a completely symbolic unit of time? No? Well I’ve got another for you! Wow! What an exciting and noteworthy year 2010 has been; one of ups and downs, heroes and villains, triumph & tragedy – and that’s just [...]
OSCAR/PLAYOFF WATCH
by West Coast Craig KODAK THEATER, HOLLYWOOD – Only three weeks left in the NFL season, not even that many left in 2009…it’s time to stop thinking about the Christmas shopping and start thinking about who’s in the running for the playoffs in both football and the movies. So many things have to go right [...]
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BOSTON 101: ONE BIG HAPPY…
by Jillian Brooks BOSTON, MA – Quick, ten years ago today the cover of Sports Illustrated had what headline? Time’s up. Here it is: “Why The Red Sox Will Win The World Series.†In hindsight it was laughable for a number of reasons, the most obvious of which was the cover photo choice: A sleeveless [...]
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