The San Francisco 49ers have signed away another key piece of the Super Bowl-winning New York Giants offense as bruising running back Brandon Jacobs is headed to the NFC West champs – and the team the Giants squeaked by in the NFC title game. The Niners have one of the league’s best runners in...
From a football standpoint, pissing off your NFL future (quarterback Mark Sanchez) to make a free agent smash (QB Tim Tebow) in your NFL present doesn’t make much sense. From a bettor’s standpoint however, this might not be a bad idea. The New York Jets are currently 25/1 to win the 2013 Super Bowl, and they have as good a chance as...
The NFL has dropped the hammer on the New Orleans Saints for their bounty scandal as the team will not have had coach Sean Payton for the entire 2012 season and also loses two second-round draft picks (one this year, one next) and must pay a $500,000 fine. New Orleans general manager Mickey Loomis...
It has been a lousy offseason for the Miami Dolphins. They didn’t get the coach they wanted in Jeff Fisher, who instead chose a St. Louis Rams team that won two games last season. And they didn’t get Peyton Manning, who didn’t even seriously consider the Fins. Miami also lost out on free agent...
The New Orleans Saints were one of opening Super Bowl Bovada betting favorites for the 2012 season at 10/1 – the Super Bowl also is in New Orleans next February – but now New Orleans will have to play the upcoming year without head coach Sean Payton as he was suspended for the season in the...
When Andy Pettitte announced he was returning from a one-year retirement, the modest expectations were that he could fill the No. 5 starter role for the New York Yankees. As he prepares to make his second start in the...
By Michael Davidson on May 18, 2012
The Cleveland Indians take a four-game winning streak and first place in the American League Central into a three-game interleague series against the Miami Marlins, who have surged back into contention in the National League East with a recent...
By Michael Davidson on May 18, 2012
The New York Mets remain one of the surprise teams of the first six weeks of the season, sitting four games over .500 despite a run differential of minus-21. The Mets are 7-3 in one-run games and earned a...
By Michael Davidson on May 18, 2012
Tampa Bay Rays‘s James Shields will try to become the first seven-game winner in the majors when a pair of division title contenders square off in the opener of a three-game interleague series against the Atlanta Braves at Tropicana...
By Michael Davidson on May 18, 2012
Though they have come back to earth a bit in the last couple of weeks, the Texas Rangers still have a comfortable four-game lead atop the American League West. The Houston Astros are five games out in the National...
By Michael Davidson on May 18, 2012
