Sporting News

Duncan Staying In San Antonio

Tim Duncan is going to be in the NBA Hall of Fame someday soon. For now he is content to be in the San Antonio Hall of Fame. Duncan will be basking in the glory of the Spurs unprecedented victory over the Miami Heat in this year’s NBA Finals for another season in San Antonio. He had to option to …

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by admin on June 26th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Tiger is Coming Back!

The announcement came in the middle of a rather ho-hum Traveler’s Championship at TPC River Highlands outside of Cromwell, Connecticut and it made more golfing fans sit up and take notice than anything that had happened out on the links at Highlands. Tiger’s coming back! On Friday, as the second day of the Traveler’s was getting under way, Tiger Woods …

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by admin on June 25th, 2014 Leave a comment »

NASCAR Moves To Twisty Sonoma Road Race Course

That’s right sports fans. NASCAR drivers will actually have to make right hand turns this week as the action moves out to California for the twisty 2.52 mile road course at the Sonoma Raceway. While some of those good ole boys driving NASCAR actually enjoy the road courses, others are leery of anything other than a steady diet of left …

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by admin on June 24th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Collegiate Heavy Weights Speak Out

Quietly waiting out the rumble taking place up in Oakland, a couple of the most powerful figures in American Collegiate Sports had a few thoughts of their own about the future of the NCAA and the possible ramifications from the O’Bannon case. Mike Slive was there from the SEC along with Big 10 Commissioner Jim Delany and you can just …

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by admin on June 23rd, 2014 Leave a comment »

Golfing Without The Tiger

What a ho-hum US Open. Not much excitement out on the links at Pinehurst. There was much more competition between the golfers and the golf course than amongst the players themselves. Pinehurst is a tough course. The competition was not so tough, or very entertaining for that matter. What could have made it better? Well, we all know the answer …

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by admin on June 21st, 2014 Leave a comment »

Spurs Now Rank Among The All Time Greats

The Miami Heat won the NBA Championship two years in a row and they were going for a ‘threepeat’ this year against the Spurs. The Heat boasts some of the top names in professional basketball and every wagering outlet on the planet had them listed as odds on favorites to win the NBA Title yet again. But Gregg Popovich is …

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by admin on June 20th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Legendary NFL Coach Passes On At 82

Before Chuck Noll arrived in Pittsburg to coach the Steelers, the team had experienced only two winning seasons in the previous nine years.  By the time he retired in 1979, the Pittsburg Steelers had won four Super Bowls and every football fan in the world knew about the ‘Steel Curtain”. Along with winning Super Bowls IX, X, XIII & XIV, …

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by admin on June 19th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Early Lines Out For College Football

It’s that time of the year once again when the big Las Vegas sportsbooks begin to post their early numbers on the upcoming college football season. Neither setting the lines nor wagering on them is ever exactly easy at this point in time. Back in the old days, before the advent of offshore sportbooks, the numbers posted every Sunday night …

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by admin on June 18th, 2014 Leave a comment »

The NCAA Is Its Own Worst Enemy

Just at the time when the NCAA administrators need desperately to begin to repair their tattered image and gain back a modicum of respect from the general public, they continue in a downward spiral by appearing absolutely foolish in their arguments during the opening days of the long awaited Ed O’Bannon trial. Attorneys for the NCAA, led by a guy …

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by admin on June 17th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Summer League Basketball Coming To Las Vegas

For those of you who have found heaven out in the dessert under the flashing neon lights, the NBA Summer will be bringing a little live sports entertainment your way in the form of the Samsung NBA Summer League games which will begin at Cox Pavilion on the University of Nevada at Las Vegas campus on July the 11th.  Other …

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by admin on June 16th, 2014 Leave a comment »