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The Best of the NFL
Posted: 2010-08-30
The pro football season kicks off next week when the Vikings travel to the Saints in a rematch of the NFL Championship thriller. Here is a look at some of the best of the NFL, and remember that the AFC has won 9 of the last 13 Super Bowls.
Jim Feist's 2010 College Football's Top 1-20
Posted: 2010-08-23
The countdown continues! Last week we looked at my Top 21-40, this week is my Top 20. The college football season kicks off September 2nd and here's a look at college football's best!
NFL Preseason Pointers
Posted: 2010-08-09
The pro football
preseason kicked off this past weekend in the Hall of Fame game as the Cowboys
battled the Bengals. Remember that each season is different, with players
changing teams, new coaches and assistants coming aboard, and star college
players joining the pros as highly touted rookies. August football offers fans
their first peak at all the new additions.
Pro Football Teams with Something to Prove
Posted: 2010-07-26
Frustration and failure can prove excellent motivating factors in sports. We see quality teams get beaten badly all the time, then bounce
back the next game with a terrific performance with an easy win. This can also take place with teams that are off disappointing seasons.
New Coaches Hope to Upgrade Pro/College Programs
Posted: 2010-07-19
Football head coaches get all the glory, but top assistants can be extremely important in a team's success or failure. Offensive and defensive coordinators have great influence on game plans and a unit's effectiveness. There was no better example than former NY Giants' defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, now with the Rams. He came over from the Eagles under outstanding DC Jim Johnson and was a key cog in their amazing 2007 Super Bowl run.
Baseball: Second Half Surges
Posted: 2010-07-12
The first half of the 2010 baseball season is in the books. There were surprising winners, such as the Reds and Padres, a lack of hitting league-wide, and some surprising flops with the Brewers, Mariners and D-Backs. With the surprises out of the way, here's a look at some teams that might be active at the trading deadline and primed to make a second half surge.
Getting Injured Players Back Can Be as Important as a Trade
Posted: 2010-06-28
So
who is ready to win the World Series? Well, relax , folks, it is only
the end
of June and baseball is a marathon. Patience and consistency are keys to
being
the best in baseball, the same two qualities that are necessary in the
world of
sports wagering.
A Call to the Pen
Posted: 2010-06-21
Starting
pitchers in baseball get much of the attention (and money) thrown their
way.
The average starter is asked to go 6-7 innings, while aces are expected
to give
7-8 quality innings.
Hot and Cold Streaks!
Posted: 2010-06-14
Baseball is a game of
stats and streaks. The Red Sox started this season 4-9 and had all kinds
of
problems with pitching and injuries to two starting outfielders.
NBA Finals: Celtics/Lakers!
Posted: 2010-06-07
The NBA Finals shift this week from Los Angeles to the East Coast, as the Lakers head to Boston for Game 3, 4 and 5. Many fans find this odd, as all the previous series are in a 2-2-1-1-1 format, but then the Finals shifts to a 2-3-2 format. It is odd, but there is a reason for the change:
M-O-N-E-Y.
Lean Toward Big Dogs More than Big Chalk
Posted: 2010-05-24
April and May means that many novice sports bettors may look at the matchups and lean
toward ace pitchers and lay the big price. But let me say four words to you: Do not do it. Baseball is unique from football and basketball in that there is no point spread. Instead you bet merely on which team will win the game and this translates into a money-line wager.
NBA Playoffs: Beware of Blowouts
Posted: 2010-05-17
The NBA playoffs are in full swing, which means overall the better teams are battling each other. This is different from the regular season when many nights great teams are playing bad teams and bad teams are playing worse one. Astute
sports bettors should pay very careful attention to blowouts.
Baseball Hot and Cold Starts
Posted: 2010-05-10
More than any other sport, baseball is a game of patience. It's not how
you start, but where you finish, and with a 162-game regular season,
there is a LOT of baseball left. Did your team get off to a bad start?
Well don't panic. There is plenty of time to make adjustments and turn
things around.
Postseason Basketball and Earlier Meetings
Posted: 2010-05-03
As
the NBA playoffs roll on, handicappers should take careful note of how
teams
did against each other during the regular season. Examine head to head
matchups
individually and as a group. Does one team dominate another? If so, are
the
reasons for this, or was it merely a fluke during the long grind of an
82-game
schedule?
Defense and Totals in the NBA Playoffs
Posted: 2010-04-26
The NBA playoffs are rolling
along, which is a good time to revisit an old sports adage: Defense wins championships. Look at some recent Super
Bowl winners.
NBA Playoff Preview: West
Posted: 2010-04-19
Start your engines! The NBA playoffs are in full swing, time for endless full court action every night as the league crowns another champion. Let's take a look at the best of the West, the conference
that has won eight of the last 11 NBA titles.
NBA Stretch Run: The Best of the East
Posted: 2010-04-12
It's been a long haul, this 82-game NBA regular season, but the playoffs are just around the corner. So who wins the NBA title? The most talented team? The luckiest? The favorites?
Baseball Pitchers: A Different Breed
Posted: 2010-04-05
As we start the baseball season this week, it's a good time to point out that this is an age of specialization for baseball pitchers.
Late Season NBA + A Tribute to Lee Pete
Posted: 2010-03-29
There are two
more weeks to go in the NBA regular season. This means
there are professional athletes in the NBA who will be going on vacation
in a month, and other players who will be working hard, huffing and
puffing 40 minutes per game, right on through until June.
Tourney Matchup Tips
Posted: 2010-03-22
It's the final stretch of a
long college
basketball season. There are better teams, tougher matchups, and
defensive
intensity. It's a good time of the season to look backward -- to look
back,
that is, to conference regular season play and early season matches
against
different conferences.
March Hoops: Beware of the No-Name Teams
Posted: 2010-03-15
It's that time of year again: Basketball games
night and day, day and night and after a few hours of sleep, we wake up the
next day and go through it all over again.
The Value of Senior Leadership
Posted: 2010-03-08
It's time! Time for college basketball teams to begin conference tourney play, also
known as separating the contenders from the pretenders. It's important to
understand and closely examine the schedule of college hoop teams.
Final Run to the Big 10 Title
Posted: 2010-03-01
Tournament play is on
the horizon! It's the start of a wild few weeks with conference
tournament play helping to whittle the field. In the Big 10, Ohio State
made the title game three years with Greg Oden while Michigan State won
it all in 2000. Here's a look at some of the top teams of the Big 10
looking to make a similar run.
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