Monthly Archives: January 2007

Mythical Picks – Weekend of 1/21/07

January 19, 2007 – 2:52 pm

Last weekend was another good one for Mythical Picks. I made four picks in the playoff games and went 3-1 in those picks. That would have produced a Mythical Profit of $190. For the season, the cumulative record stands at 152-131-4 with a Mythical Profit of $1180. Did you notice that each and every visiting [...]

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Sports Curmudgeon 1/18/07

January 18, 2007 – 7:16 pm

With the college football season finished in terms of games, fans that have that sport at the pinnacle of their enthusiasm turn their attention to recruiting activities and the destinations of high school players. The level of detail and emotion that goes into the tracking of these activities and attention paid to the decisions of [...]

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Sports Curmudgeon 1/17/07

January 17, 2007 – 7:21 pm

Let me start with a couple of baseball items this morning… With the latest revelation that Barry Bonds flunked a drug test for amphetamines last year, can we now assume that he will not be a first ballot Hall of Fame inductee? If Mark McGwire didn’t make it this time, how can Bonds? The steroid [...]

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Sports Curmudgeon 1/16/07

January 16, 2007 – 7:29 pm

Last week, ESPN cancelled Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith. Because of his boisterous delivery and some of his highly pompous turns of phrase, Smith is a target for a lot of criticism and – quite frankly – jealousy. Say what you will about his style and his on-air demeanor, Stephen A. Smith conducted more [...]

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Improving the NFL – Part 2

January 15, 2007 – 8:07 pm

Last week, I proposed a few changes to make the NFL a better product for the fans in the stands and the viewing public. I haven’t been bombarded by messages and phone calls from the NFL Pooh-Bahs as they fall all over themselves to implement my suggestions. However, I have heard from more than a [...]

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Sports Curmudgeon 1/12/07

January 12, 2007 – 7:36 pm

Pardon me for my skepticism, but I’m not buying all the hype around David Beckham signing with the LA Galaxy in MLS. I’ll be happy to admit I was wrong to be a non-believer if events prove me to have been wrong, but I’m from Missouri on this one. I do not believe for even [...]

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Mythical Picks NFL – Weekend of 1/13/07

January 12, 2007 – 11:44 am

Last weekend was profitable for Mythical Picks – even though the first game of the weekend was the one that I got so horribly wrong. My premise was that Indy would have to use at least eight men in the box to stop the Chiefs from running and with that, Trent Green could beat them [...]

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Improving the NFL – Part 1

January 11, 2007 – 8:01 pm

Let’s get something straight from the beginning. The NFL is a very successful business and entertainment entity. It enjoys immense popularity among loyal and passionate fans. It is “the alpha male” of all sporting endeavors in the US. The owners and the players union have come to a sufficiently harmonious modus operandi/modus vivendi to find [...]

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Sports Curmudgeon 1/10/07

January 10, 2007 – 7:42 pm

In my Topical Rant about people I wanted to “Just Go Away”, I listed Kim Etheredge – the publicist who fronted for Terrell Owens. Now there are wire reports saying that Owens fired her. Of course, now that he is without a publicist, he hasn’t had the opportunity to get his message out; so these [...]

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Horse Racing Needs People With Horse Sense

January 10, 2007 – 3:01 pm

I’ve been a racing fan for almost 50 years. I’ve spent many a happy day at the racetrack. But I’m coming to the conclusion that the people who run the sport aren’t all that much smarter than the horses that run the races. I’ve written before on some of the ills of the sport; all [...]

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