Posts Tagged ‘featured’
ZION SIGNS WITH JORDAN
ZION SIGNS WITH JORDAN Back when Zion Williamson was simply a super star playing basketball for Duke University, he was proudly wearing the latest Nike basketball shoes that probably retailed at a premium price. Shortly after tip off, the premium shoe came apart, Zion went to the floor with a busted ankle and Nike stock dipped noticeably the next day. …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on July 27th, 2019 Leave a comment »
HOST AGENTS PROVIDE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION
HOST AGENTS PROVIDE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION In the beginning your players will hardly notice that a change has been made. It’s just a new, attractive website and new phone numbers. No problem. Those things tend to change periodically anyway. It won’t be until after they start to place a few wagers and notice that suddenly everything is now much easier …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on July 26th, 2019 Leave a comment »
$10,250,000 UP FOR GRABS AT TPC SOUTHWIND
$10,250,000 UP FOR GRABS AT TPC SOUTHWIND After only 3 days of travel and rest since the closing round of the British Open at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, the best golfers on the planet will be teeing off just outside of Memphis, Tennessee for the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind. Notably absent from the field will be …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on July 24th, 2019 Leave a comment »
FIVE BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF COWBOYS
FIVE BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF COWBOYS How are the major sports franchises able to offer star athletes such incredible salaries, now mounting up into the hundreds of millions of dollars these days? Where does the money come from? As business propositions, major league sports are booming and growing bigger year after year. Every major sports franchise in the USA, including …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on July 22nd, 2019 Leave a comment »
MLB TRADEWINDS BLOW AS DEADLINE APPROACHES
MLB TRADEWINDS BLOW AS DEADLINE APPROACHES Unlike in years past, professional baseball teams in the USA now must complete all inter-team trading by the end of July 31st instead of August 31st. Wheeling and dealing abounds all across the land as winning teams try to fill in the remaining pieces to the puzzle that will take them to the World …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on July 20th, 2019 Leave a comment »
IT’S ALMOST TIME FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL
IT’S ALMOST TIME FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL NCAA Football will get underway with a humdinger on August 24th at Camping World Stadium, formally the Citrus Bowl, just outside of Orlando Florida when the Florida Gators host the Hurricanes of Miami in another edition of a long standing instate rivalry featuring two of the top teams in college football for the past …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on July 19th, 2019 Leave a comment »
THE LEGALIZATION OF SPORTS WAGERING IN THE USA
THE LEGALIZATION OF SPORTS WAGERING IN THE USA The winds of change are blowing all across the land as more and more states are looking closely at legalizing sports wagering and, more specifically, at the potentially enormous revenues to be generated from all those bets on all those sports. In California, an Assemblyman named Adam Gray is proposing a constitutional …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on July 18th, 2019 Leave a comment »
THE BRITISH OPEN & THE CLARET JUG
THE BRITISH OPEN & THE CLARET JUG This year’s British Open, aka ‘The Open’ will be a special event in many ways. The Open is the only one of the four ‘majors’ on the professional golfers tour played outside the USA and this will be only the second time that the British Open has been played outside of England or …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on July 16th, 2019 Leave a comment »
NFL OWNERS PUSH FOR 18 GAME SCHEDULE
NFL OWNERS PUSH FOR 18 GAME SCHEDULE They have been talking about this on and off for a number of years now. Expanding the NFL season to 18 games would mean different things to different people. To the owners it’s more money, for the coaches and players it’s two extra weeks of work, for bookies and players it’s expanded wagering …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on July 13th, 2019 Leave a comment »
ROBOT UMPS HAVE ARRIVED
ROBOT UMPS HAVE ARRIVED It’s not really a robot. It’s not even all that exotic. Utilizing a simple system of existing technology, the Atlantic League, aka the MLB minors, has implemented a system for determining strikes and balls which centers on a TrackMan computer which using Doppler radar to track baseballs passing through the strike zone. The home plate umpire …
Read Full Entryby Bobby Goodspeed on July 11th, 2019 Leave a comment »