Dec. 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
By Alex Lucier at Emmanuel College The strange sport of curling first captured my interest during the last Winter Olympics in Vancouver. While not being recognized as an official Olympic event until the 1998 Nagano Games, curling’s roots actually go back as far as 1540’s Scotland. I watched with fascination during the past two Winter [...]
Nov. 12, 2011 Leave a Comment
Not a lot of heavy favorites this week. Pittsburgh is only giving four against Cinci, and Baltimore is giving 6.5 against the lowly Seahawks. Green Bay is up 13 on the Vikings, no surprise. Several games are too close to make any real predictions, but look for Buffalo and Tennessee to surprise. Philadelphia is a [...]
Nov. 6, 2011 Leave a Comment
If you’re looking for a guaranteed winner in a pick’em league, don’t sleep on Dallas coming back to beat Seattle after last week’s embarrassment against the Eagles. Houston should also make short work of Cleveland if you’re looking for a safer bet. What’s not so safe is Oakland. Even at home, a seven point favorite [...]
Oct. 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
Theo Epstein, the general manager who assembled two World Series championship Boston Red Sox teams, has officially resigned and will depart for the Chicago Cubs, where he has been named president of baseball operations. The move comes after an epic September collapse and one of the most disastrous endings to a season in Boston sports [...]
Oct. 16, 2011 Leave a Comment
IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon had died after a horrific and fiery 15-car crash during Sunday’s Las Vegas Indy 300. Wheldon, 33, was fatally injured when his car went airborne after hitting another car during Lap 12. He caught a part of a fence just outside the turn. He was taken by helicopter to University Medical [...]
May 3, 2011 Leave a Comment
The fact that Russell Wilson won’t be playing collegiate football at North Carolina State this season makes the ACC Atlantic far easier to handicap. It’s also a tale whose outcome has its roots in another story from that very same division. Last week, N.C. State head football coach Tom O’Brien, exasperated by Wilson’s decision to [...]
March 4, 2011 Leave a Comment
While NCAA basketball props provided by BetUs are hot on the agenda with the Tournament on the horizon, the NFL still looms large over the sports landscape, and yes, there is something to talk about other than the impending lockout. The combine took place beginning on Thursday and ending on Tuesday, and on Wednesday the [...]
Feb. 25, 2011 Leave a Comment
by Elizabeth Gruchy Every Saturday afternoon on the Emmanuel College campus, you can see Kaitlyn Hajjar and her group of Quidditch-loving athletes running back and forth between hoops on their Scarlet Falcon brooms. What looks like a fantasy game for lovers of all things Harry Potter is actually becoming a somewhat respected and challenging physical [...]
Feb. 17, 2011 Leave a Comment
Yes, really.
Feb. 3, 2011 Leave a Comment
With Super Bowl XLV rapidly approaching, most sports bettors and Las Vegas experts are busy with the Props for Super Bowl provided by BetUs. But for those trying to get an angle on who will actually win the contest, they have to ask themselves one thing: how many injuries can the Green Bay Packers withstand? [...]
Jan. 13, 2011 Leave a Comment
At 15, and less than a year after she began racing, she was Rookie of the Year
Dec. 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
We don’t know if he will get to keep it, but the amazing Auburn quarterback Cam Newton has won the 2010 Heisman Trophy. “Honestly, it’s a dream come true for me, something every child has a dream that plays the sport of football, and I’m living testimony that anything is possible,” Newton told the Associated [...]
Dec. 6, 2010 Leave a Comment
Playing this weekend in the Rose Bowl is about as close as the USC Trojans will come to a bowl game for the next couple of years, and anyone who’s been betting NCAA Football Odds involving Lane Kiffin’s band of misfits has been close to bashing their television sets. The USC Trojans will match up [...]
July 9, 2010 Leave a Comment
This isn’t even a hoax. Here’s what Cleveland Cavaliers majority owner Dan Gilbert sent fans when LeBron James announced his decision to sign with the Miami Heat: Dear Cleveland, All Of Northeast Ohio and Cleveland Cavaliers Supporters Wherever You May Be Tonight. As you now know, our former hero, who grew up in the very [...]
