The 1990 NHL Entry Draft saw an era of complete Canadian dominance come to an end. Teams in the National Hockey League were beginning to seriously look at Eastern European players from Russia and the Czech Republic. It was probably a draft best known for players like Jaromir Jagr and Martin Brodeur. However, looking further…
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It looks like the pundits are anointing the Arizona Cardinals as playoff contenders!
The Arizona Cardinals came to Phoenix in 1988, and while the city has hosted many major football games, including Super Bowls and NCAA National Championship games, its football team has been a pathetic joke. While they briefly teased fans with Jake the Snake Plummer and a playoff appearance, the Cardinals haven’t lived up to the…
The 5 most famous baseball cards
When you ask baseball card collectors which cards they’d like to get their hands on, most would agree with the first two: the T206 Honus Wagner and the 1914 Babe Ruth. There would probably be some disagreement after that though. . While card condition and market conditions certainly have considerable influence on values, the following…
Exploring varieties of honey
It will be too strange for any fan of honey not to know at least a few different varieties of honey and understand their characteristics in order to be able to intelligently use and apply them in different foods. Here are a few I recommend to get you started (not in order of preference but…
Kobe and the King get to work on satellite TV
With spring finally making its presence felt, we can enjoy some of the added benefits. For any sports fan, it’s an action-packed time of year, best known for long stretches of time spent near a television instead of strolling through the botanical gardens. Hope certainly becomes eternal when each baseball team takes stock of its…
Ligue 1 Betting Tips: Paris St-Germain Big Favorites for the Title
New sporting director Leonardo didn’t have much time to put his feet under the table at Paris St-Germain. The capital club have added five new players to their squad in just one week for a total cost of £30m. The new additions are quality players: Valenciennes central defender Milan Bisevac, Roma playmaker Jeremy Menez and…
Six ways to defeat complacency
Complacency – and its ill effects – surrounds us on all sides. Consider the politics. Democrats held a Senate seat for 47 years and assumed they would win again in 2010, but they didn’t. Consider sports. 2010 is the first year since 1993, that’s 17 years, that the two number one seeds, presumably the two…
I love the Dallas Cowboys and I hate myself for it.
I know what you’re thinking: “Great, another self-hating Cowboys fan.” Well, that’s only half true. While it’s an undeniable fact that no fan has been wowed by the owner of his favorite team since Al Davis managed the Raiders, that’s beside the point. This article was not written from a place of bitterness, but from…
Dealing with the odds to pick the best NCAA pick
Winning in the NCAA picks is more complicated than it seems. Choosing a team must be done accurately, as odds are involved in betting. The odds are designed to compensate for the disadvantages present between different teams. It would be unfair for a high ranked team to face a very poor team. The older team…
Georgia Red Snapper – Best Bottom Fishing
I have been Charter Fishing for many, many years. As a Georgia Charter Fishing Guide making over 15 trips each season to Georgia’s 40 Mile Live Bottom (aka Brunswick Snapper Banks) for the past 15 years, he proves that this Spring 2009 season is so much better than the previous years for large red snapper…