It’s Christmas Eve and we have a full slate of NFL football action on tap as 14 games go today, along with the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl in the NCAA. Once we get past Christmas Day, we get to go Bowling on six of the next seven days! Monday kicks it off with the Independence Bowl!
NFL Week 16 is just hours from kickoff as the Houston Texans are set to face the Indianapolis Colts. In a reversal of fortunes, the Texans are the team trying to secure their playoff positioning – not the Colts. 14 of the 16 contests have playoff implications this weekend!
Fans of the National Basketball Association get to unwrap an unexpected gift this weekend as the once imperiled 2011-12 NBA is set to begin. After a 161-day lockout, the NBA owners and NBPA agreed to new labor deal that will run for at least six years and possibly up to ten years.
Week 15 of the National Football League 2011 season is now just hours from kickoff. The Green Bay Packers can clinch home field advantage throughout the National Football Conference playoffs with a win in KC over the lowly Chiefs. It’s quite a bit more muddled in the American Football Conference between the Ravens, Texans, Patriots, and Steelers.
It’s time to go Bowling – NCAA College Football style. Forget about Christmas being the most wonderful season! For fans of the LSU Tigers, Alabama Crimson Tide, and the rest of the college football fraternity, it Bowl Season! The Glidan New Mexico Bowl gets us started.
National Hockey League fans were rocked to the foundation as the NHL Board Of Governors approved league realignment on Tuesday. Not since the 2004-05 lockout season has the NHL dropped a bomb like this. Let’s take a gander at the new look 2012-13 NHL Conference format.
Pro sports leagues love positive headlines during their off season as it keeps them in the public eye. The latest news coming out of Major League Baseball is the worst publicity they could get. National League 2011 MVP Ryan Braun is in the middle of a nasty drug scandal.
Celebrate San Francisco! Your 49ers won the 2011 NFC West Division Title with their victory over the St Louis Rams during Week 12 NFL action. We would however caution against betting on the Niners to win Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday, February 5, 2012.
Roundball Fans Rejoice! The NBA lockout is almost officially over as the National Basketball Association is on the verge of lifting their league-wide lockout. It’s back to work for all 30 NBA clubs as training camps are set to open on Friday, December 9, 2011, across the league.
Following the Week 13 NFL action, the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers have both punched their 2011 NFL playoff tickets. The Packers clinched the NFC North Division, while the 49ers have locked down the NFC West Division in the National Football Conference.
With the Super Bowl Champion Packers looking to stay undefeated, and the Giants in a fight for their playoff lives, this NFC tilt highlights the NFL 2011 Week 13 Action. Green Bay is trying to lock down a playoff bye, while New York is battling for first in the NFC East.
While the NFC playoff path looks relatively clear, the picture is less focused in the American Football Conference as ten teams still have a chance to make the 2011 AFC postseason party.
With the Super Bowl XLV Champion Packers out to an 11-0 start Green Bay is well on their way to the 2010 NFC North Division title. The surprising San Francisco 49ers are a win away from the NFC West Division Championship, while the rest NFC playoff picture is a little clouded. The NFC South and NFC East titles, plus the two Wild Card positions, are still up for grabs.
Fans of the National Basketball Association received an early Christmas present as the 149-day NBA imposed lockout is over. It will be game on for roundball once the details of the tentative agreement are signed off on by NBA owners and the National Basketball Players Association.
With our Thanksgiving Day football feast digested, we look to the NFL Week 12 Sunday action to reinvigorate our sports betting appetite. There are a couple of big games on the Sunday menu including the Buffalo Bills visiting the New York Jets in an all AFC East Division battle.
Week 13 of the NCAA College Football season brings us a plethora of games that make up Rivalry Weekend that’s highlighted by “The Battle for the Golden Boot” as the Louisiana State University Tigers hosts the Arkansas Razorbacks from Tiger Stadium.
Thanksgiving Day gets the NFL 2011 Week 12 action off to a rip roaring start with three NFL match-ups on tap for Thursday. Five of the six teams playing in these three contests are battling for playoff positions. All three games should be hotly contested and very entertaining!
NASCAR Nation will be flocking to deep South Florida as the 2011 Nascar Sprint Cup racing season comes to a close this weekend. The Camping World Truck Series Ford 200 revs up the action on Friday night. That will be followed by the Nationwide Series Ford 300 race on Saturday afternoon.
Any hopes that the NBA won’t cancel their 2011-12 season pretty much went up in smoke after recent moves by the National Basketball Players Association. NBA labor negotiations have turned to anti-trust lawsuits being filed by the players against the NBA.