NFL Week 8 Picks Against The Spread 2014: Predictions And Updated Las ... - International Business Times Week 8 of the 2014 NFL season could see several of the league’s top teams lose, as four teams with five wins are not favored in their games, according to the betting odds at Las Vegas casinos. Nearly half of the games have a point spread of three points or less, and no game on the schedule … [Read more...]
Texas OC Wickline sues OK State over contract
Texas OC Wickline sues OK State over contract Is Joe Wickline calling the plays at Texas? Oklahoma State doesn't think so. (USATSI) While plenty of college football fans put coaches on trial for the decisions they make on a weekly basis, Texas offensive coordinator Joe Wickline is going to court to prove he's the coach making the decisions. Wickline has filed a lawsuit against his former employer, … [Read more...]
Federer beats Istomin in Swiss Indoors 2nd round (Yahoo Sports)
Federer beats Istomin in Swiss Indoors 2nd round (Yahoo Sports) Top-seeded Roger Federer again had to fight back from a set down before beating Denis Istomin 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors on Thursday. Istomin had taken just a set off Federer in five previous meetings, last year in Basel, but the Uzbekistan player took the lead after breaking in the sixth … [Read more...]
Retired Kevin Kolb has concussion symptoms ‘every second of every day’
Retired Kevin Kolb has concussion symptoms 'every second of every day' Players like Kevin Kolb leave our consciousness pretty fast. One year they're playing, the next they're not, and we rarely think about them again. But Kolb still thinks about football. He has no choice. The lingering symptoms from concussions are with him every waking moment, he said. In a first-person story on The MMQB, … [Read more...]
Week 8 NFL Picks: Vegas Odds, Spread Advice and Predictions – Bleacher Report
Week 8 NFL Picks: Vegas Odds, Spread Advice and Predictions - Bleacher Report Patrick Smith/Getty Images A few intriguing matchups make Week 8 one of the toughest sets of games to predict during the 2014 NFL season. Although there is obviously a lot of football left in the season, a few divisional and conference battles could have a major impact on the postseason picture. This is certain to … [Read more...]
Tottenham’s Erik Lamela goes ‘Rabona’ for goal of the year
Tottenham's Erik Lamela goes 'Rabona' for goal of the year Erik Lamela, attacking midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, scored one of the most impossibly absurd goals in the past 20 years on Thursday in a Europa League match against Greek side Asteris Tripolis. At first glance, it looks like Lamela scores on a rather mundane goal from the top of the box. But look again. LOOK AGAIN! MORE: International … [Read more...]
Best of Midnight Madness: Bruce Pearl crashes a lecture at Auburn
Best of Midnight Madness: Bruce Pearl crashes a lecture at Auburn Midnight Madness produces some memorable moments each year, so The Dagger is chronicling the best ones from this October's lineup. If you spot something we missed, let us know here or here. An Auburn professor received an assist from basketball Bruce Pearl this week while lecturing his class about marketing and branding. … [Read more...]
Jockey Kent Desormeaux to resume riding (The Associated Press)
Jockey Kent Desormeaux to resume riding (The Associated Press) ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) -- Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux plans to resumes riding Sunday, exactly a month after he broke five ribs and bruised his lung in a pre-race accident. … [Read more...]
World Cup champ Fenninger voted skier of the year (The Associated Press)
World Cup champ Fenninger voted skier of the year (The Associated Press) SOELDEN, Austria (AP) -- Overall World Cup champion Anna Fenninger has been voted skier of the year by journalists. … [Read more...]
Kevin Love rightfully trashes the idea of an ’empty stat,’ rightfully wants more low post touches
Kevin Love rightfully trashes the idea of an 'empty stat,' rightfully wants more low post touches Few NBA stars are as divisive as Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love, and that’s saying something as we work our way through “Should We All Hate Kobe Bryant Week.” The former Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star was finally granted a reprieve from the team that denied him a max contract nearly … [Read more...]