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Archive for February 2008

February 29th, 2008

Go Columbia!

There’s not much basketball action tonight, and even less that is interesting. Taking a day off is bad for karma, though, so there’s one game I think is worth a look tonight.
Harvard (+7) at Columbia - I like Columbia here for several reasons:

They beat Harvard by nine on the road two weeks ago.
They are an […]

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February 29th, 2008

So darned exciting!

This picture made me very excited when I saw it today. I can’t stand the Red Sox, and though I really like Josh Beckett it wasn’t him that made me giddy, either. It was that baseball season got under way. Sort of. The Red Sox beat the life out of Boston College in a ridiculous […]

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February 27th, 2008

10 things I’m thinking

Today is one of those days where I have a lot of research I am doing, and as a result I am reading a lot of sports websites and news articles. In other words, I have the best job in the world. As I have been reading around, these are 10 things have have stuck […]

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February 26th, 2008

The week in Betting, A to Z

This is a column I do every week for Doc’s Sports. You can, and should, check them out at docsports.com for all sorts of information, insights and picks. I do a lot of writing for them.
A - Again. For the second time in just over half a season, Gerald Green has a new home. Minnesota […]

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February 24th, 2008

$1000 Bankroll - The Oscars

As I have done in the past, I thought it would be fun to take a mythical $1000 bankroll, figure out how I would bet it on the Oscars, and see how it goes. There’s a problem, though - there just isn’t a lot of value out there. There are a couple of interesting props, […]

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February 22nd, 2008

Friday college action

The action on Friday night is a slim as we would expect, but there is one game that is interesting and which provides a decent amount of value in my mind.
Davidson (-3) at Winthrop - Off the top I’ll say that I like Davidson here. The Wildcats are playing well, especially on the road, and […]

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February 21st, 2008

The biggest college basketball game of the year

I normally don’t write about a college basketball game three days in advance, but then again I’m normally not this excited about one regular season college basketball game. I have had the Memphis-Tennessee game circled on my calendar for months. I was pretty sure that it was going to be a good one when I […]

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February 20th, 2008

Indiana proves you can rarely guess motivation

The fun thing about sports betting is that you never know what is going to happen. Coincidentally, that is also the frustrating thing. Indiana is a perfect and truly fascinating example.
For those that missed it, Indiana has been in turmoil for more than a week now. It basically boils down to this - head coach […]

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February 19th, 2008

The week in Betting, A to Z

This is a column I do every week for Doc’s Sports. You can, and should, check them out at docsports.com for all sorts of information, insights and picks. I do a lot of writing for them.
A - Adios. Now is the time every year when we see just how ruthless the NFL can be - […]

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February 18th, 2008

A sad day for racing

Winning Colors, the spectacular filly who won the Kentucky Derby in 1988, was euthanized yesterday at the age of 23. She was a completely one-dimensional horse who had to have the lead, but she had ridiculous speed to burn. She took the lead early and kept it the whole way around, and there are few […]

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