The curse was lifted on Carlo Costly’s goal against Ecuador ended a 32-year scoring dearth for Honduras at the World Cup, Now the Los Catrachos will need a miraculous performance against the Swiss in Manaus on Wednesday if they want to advance to the knockout rounds.
2014 AFC West Preview – There’s Denver and Everyone Else
With the NFL draft a distant memory and mandatory mini-camps underway, it is time to get down to some business and start talking about the teams that will emerge this year and challenge for the Super Bowl when the weather turns cold and we are all longing for the weather that we are having now.
The Most Interesting Division in the World
The 2014 NFL season is just around the corner and the NFC West promised to be the toughest division in the game once again with the Hawks and the 49ers among the two or three betting favorites to win the Super Bowl and the Cards and the Rams making giant strides toward legitimacy the last couple of years.
After years of watching the USC Trojans dominate the Pac-12, the conference has become ultra-competitive. The offense-driven group of teams provide entertainment week in and week out, but entering the 2014 college football season, the question is: Who has the edge when it comes to the Pac-12 title?
The NFC North was a major disappointment during the 2013 NFL season. The Green Bay Packers won the division, but they did it with an unimposing 8-7-1 record. This, of course, came after the group had three teams with double-digit wins the year before.
Even when your organization receives horrible news like the Cardinals (42-35) have lately, a series against the Colorado Rockies (34-42) is welcome reprieve.
After sweeping the Jays last week at home the Yankees opened their current series with the division leaders with a thud, dropping Monday’s opener 8-3.
Scenarios Abound as Ghana and Portugal Play Their Final Group G Game
Group G has become more fascinating by the day – all four teams are still mathematically alive with one game to go. Ghana meets Portugal on Thursday with both teams clinging to life, awaiting the result of the other Group G match between Germany and the USA.
One of my favorite tools in preparing for the 2014 NFL season and to enhance your NFL wagering knowledge is to look ahead at each team’s regular-season schedule and evaluate the games they will play. Without further ado, the last contender from the AFC South division: the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Ian Kinsler will make his first appearance in a Detroit uniform where he played his first eight major league seasons, when the Tigers open a three-game series against the Rangers on Tuesday.
The Kansas City Royals host the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday in the second game of a three-game set at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals won the opener in the series on Monday by a score of 5-3, snapping a four-game losing streak which followed a 10-game winning streak.
From the gorgeous Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday its everyone’s favorite – The Tico’s of Costa Rica vs. her majesty’s England. England have made wholesale changes for Tuesday’s clash and Frank Lampard will captain the English youth movement.
Japan has failed to win a match on its way to being knocked out in the group stage of the World Cup two prior times, and it looks to be three, unless they can find a way to beat a very tough and talented Colombian side that sits atop the group C table.
Spot in the Group of 16 on the Line For Nigeria – But Argentina Looms
Nigeria put themselves is good position to move on to the knockout stage of World Cup 2014 when they finally got a long-awaited World Cup win against Bosnia-Herzegovina. Standing in their way of a Round-of-16 berth is Argentina who is the class of the Group and will be looking to remain perfect in the tournament so far.
Italy Meets Uruguay With Only One Moving On
The two favorites in Group D meet Tuesday to see which team will join surprise Costa Rica in the Round of 16 – one of these teams will be making an early departure from World Cup 2014. Italy has a little more breathing room than Uruguay – a draw would see the Azzurri through due to their goal-differential advantage.
On the season the White Sox have an Over/Under record of 42-35 and a run-line W/L record of 38-38 and the Pirates have an Over/Under record of 34-39 and a run-line W/L record of 40-35.
