Bettors who prefer to play favorites still can count on the Indianapolis Colts to deliver more often than not. Peyton Manning covered a number for the second week in a row.
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Bill Ireland won his first against Saint Mary’s, but I think that was before the Gaels started recruiting all those 6-foot-10-inch power forwards from New Zealand.
New Mexico vs. UNLV. The resistible force against the movable object. The dregs of the earth vs. the bottom of the barrel. Abe Vigoda at quarterback, throwing passes to Betty White.
Two years ago, San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Singletary scowled and made an unforgettable statement.
At the end of this season, Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck will have a decision to make.
It would have been much easier with one of those fancy motorized machines that can lay up to 2,000 square meters of turf per day without one worker breaking a sweat.
One of the endearing qualities about sports is that sometimes, Jupiter aligns with Mars. Then either peace guides the planets, or all hell breaks loose. It could go either way.
After two weeks, Brett Favre might regret returning for another NFL season. And after two weeks, crowds of bettors almost certainly wish the entire league had not come back.
I saw Yorvit Torrealba naked. It happened a few weeks ago in San Diego. I was in the Padres’ locker room, waiting on Ryan Ludwick, when a blinding flash of bare rear end entered my peripheral vision.
