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Here are the Games for Week 1.

NFL
Thursday
Giants/ Redskins

Sunday, Sep 7

Favorite
Open
Today
O/U
Underdog

Arizona
2 1/2
2 1/2
42
at San Francisco

at Buffalo
1
1
39
Seattle

Cincinnati
1
1 1/2
38
at Baltimore

Dallas
5 1/2
5 1/2
49
at Cleveland

Detroit
3
3
41
at Atlanta

at Indianapolis
9 1/2
9 1/2
44
Chicago

Jacksonville
3
3
36 1/2
at Tennessee

at New England
16 1/2
15 1/2
44
Kansas City

at New Orleans
3
3
42 1/2
Tampa Bay

NY Jets
3
3
36
at Miami

at Philadelphia
7 1/2
7 1/2
44
St. Louis

at Pittsburgh
6 1/2
6 1/2
43
Houston

at San Diego
9
9
41 1/2
Carolina

Monday, Sep 8

Favorite
Open
Today
O/U
Underdog

Denver
3
3
41
at Oakland

at Green Bay
2 1/2
2 1/2
38
Minnesota

With just 30 minutes till baseball’s start taking off in the first and only Home Run Derby in Yankee Stadium history Carrie and I are going to go ahead and make our picks to win it all tonight.
The Contestants
Chase Utley
Ryan Braun
Dan Uggla
Lance Berkman
Justin Morneau
Grady Sizemore - John’s pick
Josh Hamilton - Carrie’s pick
Evan Longoria

The Texas Rangers did their best to lose last night. Closer CJ Wilson blew a four run lead in the ninth that forced extra innings prior to Ramon Vazquez hitting a game winning home run off of Seattle Mariners reliever Brandon Morrow.
In the game Josh Hamilton knocked in four including his eigth home run of [...]

So John made his predictions for this season and I guess he’s making me do mine. So here goes.

It’s just over a week before another season of baseball begins. While most of us will be looking forward to that odd Sunday night one game series between the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves on ESPN that takes place on March 30th.
There’s still time left in spring training and oddly enough even Kerry Wood is [...]

Four games this weekend. I’ve always found this week to be a mixture of excitement and sadness.
The excitement continues if your team advances and well if you’re team loses or never made it this far it’s the last time you can experience this much tv-football time. GRRR
What are we going to do in a few [...]

Figured I’d go ahead and make some early season rumblings about some of the competitions we could see this season. Each and every year from now and til eternity we are going to be hearing x player did this better then y player.
Let’s go ahead and take a look at a few of the debates [...]

It’s time for Week 17 and there are still two playoff spots on the line. The Redskins just need a win this week to be in as do the Titans. There is no Thursday game this week and honestly I am a little pissed off that the Patriots/Giants game that was to be NFL Network [...]

It’s time for Week 16 and most of the playoff spots are under wraps. The Cowboys are again trying to hold off the Packers for home field in the NFC and the Patriots should move to 15-0 after a practice against the Dolphins.
THURSDAY
Pittsburgh @ St. Louis
SATURDAY
Dallas @ Carolina
SUNDAY
Green Bay @ Chicago
Philadelphia @ [...]

It’s week 15 and Kyle Orton has went from third on the depth chart to starting. It’s week 15 and it’s shaping up to be a pretty un-thrilling battle for the Wild Card spots. The big game in terms of Wild Card spots this week is between the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns. The winner [...]

Carrie has taken a lead in the NFL picks and the New England Patriots keep winning. I’m not happy about either of these and seek revenge.
THURSDAY
Chicago @ Washington
SUNDAY
Oakland @ Green Bay
San Diego @ Tennessee
Tampa Bay @ Houston
Miami @ Buffalo
St. Louis @ Cincinnati
Dallas @ Detroit
NY Giants @ Philadelphia
Carolina @ Jacksonville
Minnesota @ San [...]

Entering this week we are all tied up 111-65 in our NFL picks. Aside from the Cable/Dish bowl on Thursday night this week appears pretty weak at first glance.
Other key match ups will be the Colts hosting the Jaguars, Giants at Chicago and Detroit needing a win in Minnesota to keep any shot at the [...]

Well, I suppose the title about says it all. Leaving a little after midnight on Sunday morning we arrived back in Texas Monday morning. The house was in worse shape then one could have hoped for and it took the Air Force less then 12-hours to piss us off. Seriously a phone call at 4:45 [...]

Amazing Peyton Manning throws 6 interceptions and still the Colts nearly defeated the Chargers. Did the Cowboys hush all the people out there saying that the NFC East was still up for grabs or what?
Adrian Peterson became just the latest running back to get knocked out of action and the Packers just kept winning. The [...]

SUNDAY
Atlanta Falcons @ Carolina Panthers
Philadelphia Eagles @ Washington Redskins
Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers
Cleveland Browns @ Pittsburg Steelers
Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs
Buffalo Bills @ Miami Dolphins
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Tennessee Titans
St. Louis Rams @ New Orleans Saints
Cincinatti Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens
Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants
Chicago Bears @ Oakland Raiders
Detroit Lions @ Arizona Cardinals
Indianapolis Colts [...]