Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 86-56 Pittsburgh Pirates play host to the 82-60 Chicago Cubs tonight in MLB action on the grass of PNC Park, Sept 15, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05PM ET. Betting Odds Moneyline: Cubs +109/Pirates -119 Total Line: 7.5 Scheduled as the second game of a double header. Pitching Matchup Jon Lester (L) W/L … [Read more...]
NFL Week 2 picks: Eagles over Cowboys, Bills upset Patriots – CBSSports.com
NFL Week 2 picks: Eagles over Cowboys, Bills upset Patriots - CBSSports.com While most of you were watching Sunday Night Football this week, I was watching Miss America because beauty pageants are sometimes where I go to get football news. Laugh all you want, but guess what, if you weren't watching Miss America on Sunday, then you don't know the truth about Deflategate. You know who knows the … [Read more...]
Tito Ortiz: ‘I don’t have the advantage anywhere’ against Liam McGeary
Tito Ortiz: 'I don't have the advantage anywhere' against Liam McGeary At age 40, Tito Ortiz is being quite realistic about his chances heading into his next fight. Saturday, at Bellator: Dynamite!, Ortiz meets undefeated light heavyweight champion Liam McGeary. Most think that McGeary, at least on paper, is the far superior athlete – hence why Ortiz is an almost 4-to-1 underdog. And guess … [Read more...]
West Brom take ex-West Ham striker Ricardo Vaz Te on trial
West Brom take ex-West Ham striker Ricardo Vaz Te on trial West Brom have taken former West Ham forward Ricardo Vaz Te on trial. The ex-Bolton man is training with the Baggies as Tony Pulis looks at beefing up his strikeforce, Press Association Sport understands. Vaz Te has been without a club since leaving Turkish side Akhisar Belediyespor in the summer […] West Brom have taken former West … [Read more...]
Week 3 college football odds, lines: USC, Georgia are heavy favorites – CBSSports.com
Week 3 college football odds, lines: USC, Georgia are heavy favorites - CBSSports.com Welcome back to Monday Morning Oddsmaker, your weekly first look at the coming week's college football lines. And if you haven't yet taken a glance at the Week 3 slate, good news: thanks to some early intra-conference action in the SEC, ACC and Pac-12 (plus a handful of juicy nonconference matchups), it's the … [Read more...]
Baseball Daily Dose: Near No-No for Erasmo
Baseball Daily Dose: Near No-No for Erasmo Follow @RyanPBoyer and @Rotoworld_BB on Twitter. Erasmo Ramirez has turned out to be a nice little under-the-radar pickup by the Rays. He nearly made history with the club on Monday. The former Mariner entered the eighth inning against the Yankees with a no-hitter intact but saw it go away when Carlos Beltran ripped a hard shot that first baseman … [Read more...]
Prince Fielder’s late homer gives Rangers big win over Astros
Prince Fielder's late homer gives Rangers big win over Astros Take a look around the league with Big League Stew's daily wrap up. We'll hit on all of the biggest moments from the day that you may have missed, while providing highlights, photos and interesting stats. They say, to the point of cliché, that everything is bigger in Texas. So pardon the cliché, but Prince Fielder's … [Read more...]
New-look Falcons outlast Chip Kelly’s Eagles 26-24
New-look Falcons outlast Chip Kelly's Eagles 26-24 ATLANTA — The Georgia Dome was rocking, and this time there was a decent chance that the fan noise was legit and not piped in. The Atlanta Falcons were playing their first game under new head coach Dan Quinn, they'd pasted Philadelphia to the tune of 20-3 in the first half, Julio Jones was in the midst of a defining performance, and the … [Read more...]
David Goldblatt interview; World Soccer Talk Radio (9.14.15)
David Goldblatt interview; World Soccer Talk Radio (9.14.15) Listen to the latest episode of World Soccer Talk Radio featuring an interview with author David Goldblatt. During the interview, Goldblatt discusses the rise in global popularity of the Premier League, what grassroots soccer looks like in England, his opinions about the ‘welcome refugees’ movement in Bundesliga, why radio is […] … [Read more...]
Report: Kane in camp? Blackhawks not certain
Report: Kane in camp? Blackhawks not certain The Chicago Blackhawks will begin training camp Friday at Notre Dame, but it's unclear whether star forward Patrick Kane will be there. Kane remains the subject of a police investigation amid allegations of rape in western New York. He has not been charged with a crime. A grand jury is reportedly expected to convene "soon" to review the case after it … [Read more...]