Monthly Archives: October 2009

Olympic Games Host Cities – - Beware

October 16, 2009 – 9:26 am

Several readers have expressed their skepticism regarding my continued assertions that the Olympic Games are not a boon to the cities where they are held. One of the common elements of that skepticism seems to be that if the Olympics were such a bad deal, cities would not be clamoring and competing for them. About [...]

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Mythical Picks – NFL – Weekend of 10/18/09

October 16, 2009 – 8:02 am

There was a small measure of improvement in the prognostication business here last week. The ATS picks were 6-5 bringing the season total to 23-24. The Over/Under picks were en fuego with a 5-1 record last week putting the Over/Under picks above 50% for the season at 13-12. Here are some comments from last week’s [...]

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Mythical Picks – NCAA – Weekend of 10/17/09

October 15, 2009 – 9:06 am

You want to talk about “taking care of business”? The Linfield College Wildcats nailed down their 54th consecutive winning season in football last Saturday with a convincing win over Whitworth College. The defense produced six turnovers in the game advancing Linfield’s record to 5-0 for the season with only 4 games left to play. The [...]

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Wilt Chamberlain – In Memoriam

October 14, 2009 – 8:22 am

I am now in a place where I have access to the clipboard document that I hoped to have on Monday – the tenth anniversary of the passing of Wilt Chamberlain. For people who never saw him play and only know of him because of his 100-point game against the NY Knicks in Hershey, PA [...]

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Lots Of Bad Stuff Today…

October 13, 2009 – 12:11 am

There are some really ugly NFL teams out and about now and the stats they are accumulating would make skunk breath seem sweet. The KC Chiefs are now 0-5 after losing last Sunday to the Cowboys in OT. That is bad all by itself but consider that the Chiefs have now lost their last 9 [...]

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My Mistake…

October 12, 2009 – 11:32 am

I screwed up. I am writing this away from home and I took with me an old copy of my clipboard document, which does not have some of the information I wanted to have for 12 October 2009. Today marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of Wilt Chamberlain. To many young basketball fans, his [...]

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The UFL Is Born…

October 9, 2009 – 8:52 am

Last night saw the debut of the United Football League. The Las Vegas Locomotives – who knew that railroading was a big deal in the history of Vegas? – under the direction of QB, JP Losman defeated the California Redwoods 30-17. The announced attendance was 14,209. The UFL has four teams and they will play [...]

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Mythical Picks – NFL – Weekend of 10/11/09

October 9, 2009 – 7:18 am

After a week’s absence, it is good to be back at the prognostication station here in Curmudgeon Central. Two weeks ago was not a particularly good week for prognostication. The ATS picks went 4-7 for the week bringing the season total to 17-19. The O/U picks went 3-3 bringing the season total to 8-11. This [...]

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Mythical Picks – NCAA – Weekend of 10/10/09

October 8, 2009 – 4:50 pm

I need to begin to get my head right on this subject of college football and spreads and things of that ilk because the annual autumnal pilgrimage to Las Vegas looms in two weeks. As always, the objective is to crush the sportsbooks and have them cry for mercy by Saturday evening as they ponder [...]

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Chicago Should Be Celebrating

October 8, 2009 – 12:50 am

Anyone who has read these rants for a while now understands that I am firmly convinced that the citizenry of Chicago Illinois won a huge victory in Copenhagen recently when the IOC put the 2016 games in Rio and not in Chicago. Comedian Bill Maher looked at the IOC decision and drew this conclusion: “For [...]

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