Obviously, the 2015 NCAA tournament has been riveting, well unless you are a fan of Iowa State, Baylor, Villanova, Virginia or a losing patience with Coach Crean, Indiana fan. You have my condolences. With 16 schools left still with a chance at glory, who has a real shot for a ‘shining moment’, other than the unbelievable, unbeatable, and utterly unstoppable Kentucky Wildcats? However, […]
QUICK THOUGHTS 3-23-15
NHL Jordan Eberle who plays Right Wing for the Edmonton Oilers is on a Blizzard like tear with his seven game point streak. Most recently he had an assist and placed one in the net leading the Edmonton Oilers over the Philadelphia Flyers. It’s just too bad a guy who is storming the ice like Old man […]
Ready for the Kentucky Invitational?
Technically it is still the NCAA tournament, but since the day that John Calipari arrived in Lexington he re-tooled the Kentucky program into the giant blue juggernaut that it has become. Which is much like the greatness historically achieved under coaches Adolph Rupp, Joe B. Hall, Rick Pitino, and Tubby Smith. In 2010 an Elite Eight, in 2011 a […]
NCAA Bracket Slayers
Whether these schools I’ve listed make the NCAA tournament or the NIT tournament, they all have a chance to shred some other team’s goals like paper. If you are looking for some additional insight to boost your brackets for the office pool or score winning bets at the sports book I have a crafty list of […]
NCAA Coaches with Toasty Seats
Travis Ford – Oklahoma State (Big-12) With a program that has fine history and great squads under Coaches Henry Iba and later on Eddie Sutton and in a conference where Kansas seems to win the league every year, fans are not happy with the hardwood results. The Cowboys of Oklahoma State have dropped four straight. Coach Ford’s […]
Heavyweight Division is Ready for a Comeback, Part 2: TAISHAN DONG
Shop Amazon DVDs – Save Up to 55% on Thousands of Movies & TV Shows You might remember how in part one I raved about current and up and coming heavyweights who are massive athletes. Meet one who dwarfs them all, Taishan Dong. He is called the Great Wall and stands at an imposing 6ft […]
Quick Thoughts: February 26, 2015
If you have a heart you got to feel for Derrick Rose, the starting point guard for the Chicago Bulls. How many injuries is this poor soul going to endure? Derrick Rose is a former league MVP and only 26 years old, he should be in the prime of his career chasing a ring, and […]
Boxing’s Heavyweight Division is Ready for a Comeback
The Heavyweight division should be full of personality and fireworks, and various styles like trash talkers, dancers, southpaws, brawlers, and behemoths in classic places: Los Angeles, Manchester, Mexico City, London, Atlantic City, and the event kings of the ring New York and Las Vegas. We can’t forget the exotic locales like Manilla, Philipines, Kingston, Jamaica, […]
Muskies Crush the Bearcat’s Hearts Once More
The crosstown shootout is actually one of the better rivalries in college basketball that still remain because the two schools (University of Cincinnati Bearcats and the Xavier Musketeers) were never in the same conference and they are a meager 3.5 miles apart. While the University of Cincinnati holds the series lead at 49-33, counting Wednesday […]