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January 12, 2010

Big Mac’s special sauce

by Dan Bilicki In: Baseball

Is anyone really that shocked that Mark McGwire used steroids en route to hitting 70 home runs in a season? No, you can’t really be when you consider all the data that’s against him and the era he played in and the allegations that were already flying around him. In short, the real news here [...]

January 11, 2010

Wild end to wild card weekend

by Dan Bilicki In: Football, Picks

**Apologies for the late post. As my internet provider said: “There were major system difficulties.” **

Anybody could have easily predicted that the Cardinals-Packers showdown was going to be an absolute barn-burner, but a 51-45 game is about as over-the-top as it can get. Neither team could even come close to stopping the other as Kurt [...]

January 8, 2010

NFL Wild Card weekend picks

by Dan Bilicki In: Football, Picks

With the NFL playoffs set to start tomorrow, featuring the best teams in the league, without a doubt, why is there already movement in the hiring of coaches? Shouldn’t a good coach like Mike Shanahan wait until the playoffs shake out before he decides to hitch his horse to the broken wagon known as the [...]

January 6, 2010

A minor disappointment

by Dan Bilicki In: Ice Hockey

There were some big developments in the sporting world yesterday, but maybe nothing bigger than something that happened at a minor ice hockey tournament. For the first time in six years, Canada didn’t win the World Junior Hockey Championship.
Yes, even on their home soil (it actually takes place in Canada every two years because no [...]

January 5, 2010

The sad tale of Gilbert

by Dan Bilicki In: Basketball

Let’s just start off by saying this: When it comes to guns, it’s never a joke. No matter what Gilbert Arenas said went down in the locker room with Javaris Crittenton, there is no excuse to pull out not one, not two, but three weapons; even if it is just in a misguided joke.
Arenas’ excuse [...]

January 4, 2010

Finally, NFL clarity

by Dan Bilicki In: Football, Picks

It only took until the final game of the regular season, but we now know who is going where when the NFL post-season kicks off next Saturday. So what do we have to look forward to next week, now that everything is settled? A bunch of repeats. It may be no fault of NFL schedule [...]

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