ESPN’s resident Bostonian, Peter Gammons, said here on “Mike & Mike in the Morning” that the new Yankee Stadium is poorly conceived and widely ridiculed.
We all know Albert Pujols is one the best players in baseball, but on Thursday night he also proved there is no I in team. While hitting his 14th homerun of the season he took out the I in the “Big Mac” sign at Busch stadium
23 May 2009
England v West Indies 2nd ODI Betting: Tricky pitch offers Windies a chance to pull ahead
Slow and low, the County Ground pitch in Bristol should benefit the visitors more than the hosts, says Ed Hawkins. After the damp and disappointment of Headingley, England and West Indies head to Bristol for the second one-day international.
After the Magic stole an exceptional game in mid-week, it’s up to the Cavaliers to hit back… Nick Shiambouros looks ahead to the weekend’s match-ups and explains why he’s sticking with Cleveland. The Cleveland Cavaliers were beaten 107-106 by the Orlando Magic on Wednesday in a truly amazing game of basketball.
George Riley’s record in recent weeks shows that fortune favours the brave. This weekend, as our rugby league expert uses his nous to see through “ridiculous” prices on both sides of the Pennines, will you follow his tips for a Bank Holiday profit? Last week’s headline read “Huddersfield are massively under-priced so get opposing them.” Those punters who took the steer from this column will feel pretty pleased with themselves as Salford obliged with a thoroughly deserved win to make a mockery of the odds at which the Giants were trading
Ian Lamont talks stats, trends, head-to-heads, form, Grant Holt and Simeon Jackson in order tofind the best bets out there as these two sides clash for a place in League One next season.
Don’t bet on it. In case you missed it, things already got underway in the West as far as the conference finals in the 2009 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs is concerned with the Detroit Red Wings humbling the Chicago Blackhawks with a devastating 5-2 beatdown. Inexperience was clearly on display as the Detroit Red Wings took advantage of the Blackhawks’ ineptitude.
I mentioned a while back how the chefs over at Poker Soup had invited me into their kitchen a few episodes back (episode 15). I had a lot of fun chatting with them about poker, podcasts, and the upcoming WSOP
We’re getting close, peoples. Just a week more and satellites get crankin’ at the Rio
One of the first signs of a new player’s ability when you first start playing with them is if they have the tendency to raise and then fold to a re-raise. “….but when they get played back at holding junk they fall for the oldest illusion of hold’em - the desire to see a flop.” All good players raise fold a great deal, as they have a decent grasp of both the gap concept (that of needing a much stronger hand to call with than raise with), as well of effective stacks and their effect on what hands they should be calling with pre flop. Bad players will happily raise with both good and bad hands, much like good players, but when facing re-raises their behavior changes drastically
