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THE NFL’S 100th SEASON KICKS OFF FOR REAL
THE NFL’S 100th SEASON KICKS OFF FOR REAL It’s the kickoff to the NFL’s 100th season and what better way to start than with the Packers and the Bears. Real head-to-head football, right off the bat. That’s the way to do it! Both Green Bay and Chicago have fans everywhere. This NFL season has a feel of anticipation about it …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on September 3rd, 2019 Leave a comment »
MLB HOMESTRETCH HEROICS
MLB HOMESTRETCH HEROICS We’re going into the home stretch in major league baseball for 2019. The 162 game schedule has gone by all to quickly for avid baseball fans. But here we are. The divisional races are coming down to the wire on some fronts, while others have been decided for weeks now. This is where it starts to get …
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POPOVICH TAKES OVER TEAM USA FOR FIBA WORLD CUP
POPOVICH TAKES OVER TEAM USA FOR FIBA WORLD CUP Basketball, like Soccer, is now played in every corner of the planet, largely because of the simplicity of the requirements to play the game. International competitions get tougher and tougher each year for the previously dominant Team USA. It used to be easy for all those NBA guys, but not anymore. …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on August 30th, 2019 Leave a comment »
KERSHAW & KOUFAX
KERSHAW & KOUFAX The comparison of Dodgers ace pitcher Clayton Kershaw and the legendary Sandy Koufax is easy to do. The pieces fall right into place. Both are tall and lanky; both quiet spoken, but fierce competitors on the pitcher’s mound. Both men respected and admired by their avid fans and in the dugouts and locker rooms where so much …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on August 28th, 2019 Leave a comment »
COLLEGE FOOTBALL DARK HORSE CHAMPS
COLLEGE FOOTBALL DARK HORSE CHAMPS We all know about Alabama and Clemson, but let’s face it, this is getting to be a little like watching reruns of Happy Days, very nice, but we’ve seen it one time too many now. However, to fix this problem, someone is going to have to show up and beat one or both of these …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on August 27th, 2019 Leave a comment »
ASTROS WERE -550….AND THEY LOST!
ASTROS WERE -550….AND THEY LOST! They were the longest odds ever offered on a major league baseball game in the past 15 years. Articles were written about it. It was a major subject of conversation on sports talk shows the day of the game. Little did they know. Bettors all across the land rushed to make themselves an easy hundred …
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NFL PRE SEASON QB ROUND UP
NFL PRE SEASON QB ROUND UP After two weeks of preseason games by NFL teams one theme seems to dominate; DON’T GET HURT! Everyone seems to be on the same page with that, and why not? Why risk a senseless injury during preseason play when which team wins or loses the game doesn’t even matter when all is said and …
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THE FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLAR GOLF TOURNEY
THE FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLAR GOLF TOURNEY It’s all come down to one more 72 hole PGA golf tournament known as the TOUR Championship to determine who will walk away with a cool $15,000,000 for winning the FedEx Cup Championship for 2019. The East Lake Golf Club located just outside of Atlanta was established way back in 1904 and was the …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on August 19th, 2019 Leave a comment »
NASCAR RUNS BACK TO BACK SHORT TRACKS
NASCAR RUNS BACK TO BACK SHORT TRACKS Short track racing is where NASCAR was born and bred. They were dirt tracks back in those days and no one ever even dreamed that one day stock car racing would be run on mile and a half concrete tracks in front of hundreds of thousands of screaming race fans. It was just …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on August 15th, 2019 Leave a comment »
JUICED BASEBALLS?
JUICED BASEBALLS? Gimme a break! If they were actually juiced, someone would have figured it out by now. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred probably had it close to right with the simple explanation that the manufactures of the baseballs down in Costa Rica at the Rawling’s factory had come up with a better way to center the hard rubber core of …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on August 13th, 2019 Leave a comment »