The PGA Tour’s postseason schedule gets going Thursday morning, with golfers teeing off at The Barclays at Ridgewood Country Club. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup… Event of the day . . . Tiger Woods would have been pegged as the favorite to win both The Barclays and, eventually, the FedExCup, but knee surgery will keep [...]
August 2008
Can the USA take the Gold against a Hot Brazil Team? The United States womens’ soccer team is currently ranked first by FIFA, the world’s leading governing body, and they have proved their worth by making it to the gold-medal game of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. However, they come in as [...]
Two of the National League’s best pitchers will face each other on Wednesday night when the Diamondbacks play host to the Padres. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup . . . Event of the day . . . The Padres are going nowhere this season, even in the weak NL West division. That hasn’t helped ace [...]
GAMBLING IQ AND LOOSELINES PRESENT: THE 8TH ANNUAL NFL HANDICAPPING CLASSIC Welcome to the 8th Annual NFL Handicapping Classic. This Contest has been around for a long time and was started by The General at Freewinners.com. When General left for a job offer at another site Dirty and Spooky kept it running at Freewinners until [...]
Can Andrew Bogut Lead Australia to and Upset of the “Redeem Team”? Wednesday is shaping up to be an exciting day at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as Jamaica’s Usain Bolt is looking to continue his track dominance in the 200m, while the USA mens’ basketball team will take on Australia in the quarterfinal. Bolt will [...]
A battle of American League division leaders is on tap for Tuesday night as the Tampa Bay Rays play host to the Los Angeles Angels. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup . . . Event of the day . . . The Angels are running away with the AL West title this season – unless the [...]
Brazil and Argentina the Matchup of the Olympic Games The match-up that everyone has been waiting for in the mens’ soccer draw of the 2008 Summer Olympics will take place on Tuesday morning, when two of the world’s most decorated soccer nations go head-to-head in the semifinals. Between them, Brazil and Argentina have seven [...]
Beginners Guide The Beginners Guide to the Beautiful Game. Welcome and thanks for checking out the site. Consider this a starting guide if you are looking to get into Football. It won’t be too in-depth but this should provide a good starting ground to get more information on the game. Who Controls Football? [...]
Can Jamaica Usain Bolt hold off Fellow Countryman Asafa Powell in the 100 Meters? The showpiece of the Olympics’ track and field schedule is usually the 100m sprint, and the 2008 edition in Beijing should not lack for excitement. The mens’ final goes on Saturday morning at 10:30 AM, and it appears as though the [...]
Can Kyle Bush Keep up His Amazing run this Week at Michigan? – The drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will continue their pre-Chase schedule on Sunday when they participate in the 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Kyle Busch visited victory lane yet again last weekend, holding off all challengers in the [...]
The Boston Red Sox will debut the newest member of their starting rotation when they play host to the Toronto Blue Jays Friday night. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup . . . Event of the day . . . An injury to Tim Wakefield left a hole in Boston’s rotation – and they’re hoping that [...]
Michael Phelps of the USA American swimmer Michael Phelps, at only age 23, has already become the most decorated Olympian in the history of the Games, as he powered the 4×200 freestyle relay team to another world record on Tuesday night, just shortly after he rolled to the gold in the 200m butterfly for yet [...]
Dwayne Wade, Carmelo Anthony, and Lebron James lead the US Olympic Team The United States mens’ basketball team were upset by Greece in the semifinals of the 2006 World Championship, and that loss has left a bad taste in American mouths ever since. The USA will get a chance at revenge when they meet the [...]
How to keep yourself in the betting game You’re probably betting too much money on every game you bet. I bet you are wondering how I know? No you aren’t! You don’t have to study money management from a gambling perspective to see that about ninety-nine percent of sports bettors wager way way too much [...]
Can Pau Gasol keep Spain Undefeated against Dirk Nowitzki and the German squad? Wednesday’s marquee match-up in mens’ basketball comes at 9:00 PM ET, when the unbeaten Spain (2-0) team will take on a tough and gritty German squad. The Spanish needed to go to overtime to dispose of the pesky host team, China, in [...]
The US 4 X 100 Meter Relay Team after Winning Olympic Gold in the 2008 Olympics American swimmer Michael Phelps is 2-for-2 so far in his hunt to win eight gold medals in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and the next leg of his mission will come in a grueling three-event-in-two-days span, when he opens [...]
The Packers will play at Lambeau Field against the Bengals on Monday night, with a newly-anointed starting QB leading the charge. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup … Event of the day . . . The Aaron Rodgers era begins in earnest on Monday night (8:00pm ET) when the Packers kick off their exhibition schedule by [...]
Carl Edwards going for 2 in a Row – Carl Edwards will be looking to make it two wins in a row on Sunday afternoon when he hits the track at Watkins Glen for the 2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen. Edwards took the checkered flag on the weekend in the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono [...]
Carlos Zambrano will be looking to pitch the Cubs to a win on Saturday afternoon when he takes to the hill against the division-rival Cards. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup … Event of the day . . . The Cubs have been pulling away from the Brewers and Cardinals in the NL Central division race, [...]
At 41 Can Torres Make Olympic History? American swimmer Dara Torres could not resist the urge of the Olympic spotlight, as she will become the first swimmer in the United State’s history to compete at five different Olympic games (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000 and now 2008). At a remarkable 41 years of age, Torres will [...]
