Category: Sports

There is no official award in the sport of baseball, but if there is, the plaque should be presented in honor of Pat Meares. He spent his nine-year career as a regular shortstop for the Minnesota Twins and later the Pittsburgh Pirates, an unremarkable but fairly adequate

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The concept of the point spread started over half a century ago and it really sparked interest in sports betting. He leveled the playing field; the point difference became a tie. In the 1970s, Bob Martin of Union Plaza Race and Sportsbook in downtown Las Vegas was the most

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President Ronald Reagan is affectionately labeled “The Gipper” as a result of his film portrayal of the legendary Notre Dames football player. The nickname is so firmly attached to the president that the real Gipper is almost forgotten. The true story is clouded

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The lure of large amounts of money has always been an overwhelming temptation to seek sometimes illegal means to reap one’s financial desire. In sports, especially professional sports today, with so much money involved, many have sought out that big payday. After

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In today’s major league era, when strikeouts are rampant, the fact that the Giants’ Matt Cain struck out fourteen batters would not make the front page of any newspaper except on the West Coast. Yet a few more details from that game from five years ago remain

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The two teams are almost poles apart, even beyond the two thousand miles that separate them geographically. One team made the postseason last year and is expected to do so again in 2018, while the other in another lengthy rebuild hasn’t tasted the playoffs in fifteen

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The Super Bowl is one of the biggest of the year, resulting in more parts than even New Years Eve and the 2006 SuperBowl should be at least as big. What other event in the world will generate $ 80,000 per second in ad time? This anticipated event is so large that it will be

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The Giants failed to make the playoffs in 2012 and have a chance to defend their title. The team’s defense struggled to stop opponents in the air or on the ground at the end of the season in a couple of crucial games. Opponents beat the Giants for big plays and

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I enjoyed when the Utah duo of Stockton to Malone perfected the selection and role play under coach Jerry Sloane and when Larry Bird was “The Man” of the Boston Celtics. And who can forget the hard-court duel between Boston and Los Angeles, Bird and Magic

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As I’ve said so many times, “fortunes change very fast in MLB.” Just the latest examples are the current destinations of the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals. The Dodgers won 3-0 last night in Greg Maddux’s team debut (six innings and no

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