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FOR NEWS AND ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY Overall Record Entering Week 9 (35-20) 63.6% Best Picks Entering Week 9 (21-13) 61.7% Week 9 Predictions Saturday: Virginia Tech -2.5 over Boston College (Best Pick) (WIN) NC State +10.5 over Clemson (Best Pick) (LOSS) Iowa -17 over Maryland (Best Pick) (LOSS) Vanderbilt ...
Read More »Week 9 Vanderbilt vs. Houston "Inside The Numbers"
Vanderbilt (3-4) vs. Houston (7-0) 7:00 pm Notes: Vanderbilt has won 3 of the team’s last five games after starting out 0-2 on the season. The Commodores have faced Georgia, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Missouri this season. Houston has not beaten a team with a winning record this season. ...
Read More »Week 9 Texas vs. Iowa State "Inside The Numbers"
Texas (3-4) vs. Iowa State (2-5) 7:00 pm Notes: Since 2010, Texas is 4-0 against the Iowa State Cyclones and have won by an average margin of victory of 13.2 points per game. However, over the past two seasons, the games have been decided by a total of 4 points ...
Read More »Book Excerpts: Heavyweight Armageddon, The Tyson-Lewis Championship Battle
Book Excerpt: Heavyweight Armageddon: The Tyson-Lewis Championship Battle. By Scoop Malinowski Lucia Rijker: “The other great fight in history – Louis-Schmeling – was political. of Lewis and Mike was almost light against darkness. Good against evil. And, to me, Mike needed the lesson to be humbled, he needed the ...
Read More »Week 9 Notre Dame vs. Temple "Inside The Numbers"
Notre Dame (6-1) vs. Temple (7-0) 8:00 pm Notes: Last game played between these two teams was in 2013 at Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish were able to pick up the 28-6 victory in South Bend. Since 2013, Temple is 7-8 at home. Since 2013, Notre Dame is 9-7 on ...
Read More »All The King’s Men
By Scoop Malinowski Boxing insiders share their personal memories and lasting images of one of boxing history’s most important figures, the Hall of Fame promoter Don King: Lloyd Carroll (Journalist): “I remember Don King being here at Gallagher’s for a press conference shortly after Jack Newfield had died. He wrote ...
Read More »Secondary Observations of Golovkin, Roman and Terence Crawford’s Big Night
I watched Gennady Golovkin vs David Lemieux and Roman Gonzalez vs Brian Viloria again and made some new observations. First, Chocolatito is a champion of the highest class I have ever seen – not just his endless streams of relentless punches but his honor and sportsmanship. During the pre-fight instructions ...
Read More »It’s Business: Canelo is Mayweathering (Ducking) Golovkin Already
By Scoop Malinowski Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has learned well from the master ducker of all time, Floyd Mayweather, when you see an unbeatable obstacle in your path, just duck and dodge it with excuses, regardless of how silly they may be. This week Alvarez, a month before his next fight ...
Read More »It’s Business: Canelo is Mayweathering (Ducking) Golovkin Already
By Scoop Malinowski Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has learned well from the master ducker of all time, Floyd Mayweather, when you see an unbeatable obstacle in your path, just duck and dodge it with excuses, regardless of how silly they may be. This week Alvarez, a month before his next fight ...
Read More »Topps Takes Another Step In Brand Expansion
From digital to the throwback, Topps keeps trying to reinvent itself, and give fans a little extra to bring them back to the brand. They are also trying to advance the audience through new partnerships, and this week rolled out the latest: cards with MLB’s approval of players who have ...
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