I’m on strike!
Normally in this spot I would make a write up and a pick for the Thursday night NFL game between Chicago (+3) and Washington. I absolutely refuse to do it. This is a truly and utterly awful game, and I am not going to watch it because I don’t want the NFL to think I approve. I will come back to the NFL when they start showing better games (like Sunday – this isn’t a long strike), but I refuse to be part of such terrible football. In a pinch I guess I would lean towards Washington, but none of the above is really the only choice to make.
Instead of this bad excuse for sports entertainment I am going to go watch Sidney Crosby, aka Wayne Gretzky Jr., play live in my hometown of Calgary for the first time ever. Normally I am blindly loyal to my Flames, but in this case I will be cheering for Sidney to get about 8 goals. Even if he gets no points, though, it will still be much better than the football mess. Since we are on the hockey topic, I don’t bet on the NHL much, but I think that the value in this game is with Pittsburgh (+120) in the first period. Calgary has not been starting strong recently, and Crosby’s presence has created a bit of a circus in town, so it is quite likely that they won’t jump off to a good start again. I also like Pittsburgh (+146) for the game including overtime, and that may make me a bad Flames fan.
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