Posted on February 7th, 2024
Unlike last year, the 2024 NBA trade deadline will probably pass minus any huge blockbuster deals. A year ago, Kevin Durant went from Brooklyn to Phoenix as part of a mega trade that involved four teams. With Pascal Siakam, O.G. Anunoby, and James Harden already traded to new teams, there aren’t many big names left […]
Posted on February 5th, 2024
He was the last player selected in the 2022 NFL Draft…Mr. Irrelevant. Now, Brock Purdy will lead the San Francisco 49ers against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII this Sunday, Feb. 11. The game marks Purdy’s sixth postseason game already in his young career. He’s 4-0 with a good right arm and 4-1 […]
Posted on February 1st, 2024
The final push toward March Madness is on, with a Big 12 showdown in Lawrence between the No. 4 Houston Cougars (19-2, 6-2 conference) and the eighth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks (17-4, 5-3) Saturday afternoon. Houston is leading the Big 12, a game ahead of Kansas (T-fourth). As of this writing, the Houston Cougars are 9-1 (+900) […]
Posted on January 29th, 2024
Super Bowl squares are a great way to put a little money on the game and make it interesting. The best part about the square pools are that you risk very little and can win a lot. Your standard grid has 100 boxes. The most common payouts are 20% after the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd […]
Posted on January 24th, 2024
The second of two conference title games is in Santa Clara Sunday evening, a pair of (regular- season) 12-5 teams in the NFC North champion Detroit Lions and NFC West-best San Francisco 49ers. Detroit hasn’t played in a Super Bowl in the game’s 57-year history. Detroit ended a long (since 1991) playoff win drought this […]
Posted on January 22nd, 2024
Detroit Lions football has struggled for years. Since last winning a postseason game in the 1991 season, Detroit had nine winning seasons in the three decades between 1992 and 2021. Head coach Dan Campbell has given the Lions two consecutive winning seasons – 9-8 in 2022 and 12-5 this season. Campbell has led Detroit to […]
Posted on January 18th, 2024
Flash back 25 years and things were looking up for Russia. They had successfully shed the murderous oppressive communist regime and were stepping into a 20th century capitalist system that included democratic elections. Relations with the west were thawing and the future was wide open. Then came Vladimir Putin. The Russian “President” has been in […]
Posted on January 13th, 2024
The title of this article is just a little misleading. When a sportsbook publishes a spread on a team of -7 points, that doesn’t mean they think the team will win by 7. This just means that it is a good number that will attract equal action on both sides of it. And because the […]
Posted on January 11th, 2024
It’s two of the marquee franchises in the annals of the NFL meeting in a Sunday afternoon playoff game at Arlington. A 2-7 NFC seeding affair has the 9-7 Green Bay Packers opposing the 12-5 (East champion) Dallas Cowboys. This was supposed to be a rebuilding year in Titletown, but the Packers won their final […]
Posted on January 5th, 2024
The big game will be played this Monday at 7:30 pm EST. It will feature Michigan against Washington. Michigan was an early season favorite having returned most of their starters from a successful 2022 campaign. The team was poised to peak this year and that is exactly what they did. They steamrolled most of their […]