A lot of the talk right now is whether Russia should still get a chance to host the World Cup in 2014. Whether they will or won’t is politics so lets focus on who will that event, regardless of where it is played. Here is a look at the odds of the top contenders so far.
The Los Angeles Dodgers will open a three-game series in San Francisco on Friday, looking to regain control of the top spot in the division, when they face off against bitter NL West rival the Giants at AT&T Park.
The New York Yankees host the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday evening in the opening game of a three-game set at Yankee Stadium. Both teams enter this series red hot with the Blue Jays coming to town having won five of their last six games, while the Yankees have wins in six of their last seven contests.
The Padres had a rare offensive explosion last night in Chicago scoring double-digit runs for just the third time all season long. I don’t want to pick a wound but that is about how many runs they usually score in a week…maybe.
The Big Ten Conference may not be elite in college football as it used to be, but there’s still plenty of action here, and there are several teams fighting hard to unseat the top teams o the past.
The SEC is the best football conference in the country. That really isn’t even up for debate at this time. Auburn fell short of continuing the SEC BCS title winners going, but the conference was easily the best from top to bottom again last year.
The Mets took the final two of their series against Seattle and wound up splitting their recent West Coast road trip. They are still struggling to score but seem to be able to pitch well enough to continue to play the spoiler role.
Two ballclubs that are among the class of the American League lock horns in Orange County on Thursday night, with the Halos most recently stealing a win against the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles to avoid the sweep and the Tigers hoping that Miguel Cabrera’s recent slump-snapping dingers are a sign of things to come.
The Indians are in the midst of an 11-game road trip, and will try to maintain their half-game lead over the Royals when they begin a four-game against their American League Central rivals on Thursday night in Kansas City.
It was a decent first season for Scott Shafer at Syracuse. A 6-6 record qualified them for the Texas Bowl and a win over Minnesota gave them a winning record for the year.
Lots of change for Louisville this season as they enter the ACC and welcome back Bobby Petrino as coach. Under former coach Charlie Strong the Cardinals were beasts of the Big East but last year they fell short in their bid to capture an AAC title.
It took a hell of a team to break the SEC’s stranglehold on the BCS trophy but that is what Florida State did last season. The Seminoles dominated on offense and defense last season and they look as good as any team of recent vintage in terms of the possibility of a repeat championship.
When the Tiger beat Georgia in an opening week thriller it looked like last season might be the year they break through on the promise they have been building over the years.
The Toronto Blue Jays host the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday in the third game of a four-game set at the Rogers Centre. The Red Sox took the opener in decisive fashion on Monday, crushing the Blue Jays by a score of 14-1, while the Blue Jays answered back with a win of their own in game two on Tuesday, 7-3.
NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series begins its stretch run to this year’s Chase after taking a week off with the running of the Brickyard 400 at fabled Indianapolis Motor Speedway this Sunday afternoon.
It seems like there have been a lot of extra inning games since the break doesn’t it. The Giants and Phillies played 14 last night with the Giants winning and jumping slightly ahead of the Dodgers for the lead in the NL West.
