Last night at the ballpark in Arlington, the Texas Rangers and Colby Lewis showed that they were meant to be a part of the 2010 World Series.  Colby Lewis showed exactly why he is a starting pitcher while Neftali Feliz posted yet another save this year (making him the second-youngest to post a save in the World Series) and Lewis continued his postseason success with a 4-2 win for the Rangers over the San Francisco Giants.

Tonight is Game 4.  The Rangers are handing the ball over to Tommy Hunter.  Hunter hasn’t had quite the success in the postseason that he had in the regular season.  Hunter had an earned run average of .373.  Looking at the postseason, his longest start was only four innings – in his two postseason starts, he allowed a total of five runs over the course of 7 1/3 innings.  Not impressive at all. Continue Reading…

Green Bay Packers vs New York Jets Sun. Oct. 31^st 1pm EST

Last season the New York Jets were able to do the seemingly impossible as they struggled midway through the regular season and then came on strong in the second half of the year in order to clinch a playoff spot. Not only were they able to get into the postseason, but they were able to beat the Cincinnati Bengals and the red hot San Diego Chargers on their way to the AFC Conference championship against the Indianapolis Colts. Continue Reading…

Minnesota Vikings vs New England Patriots Sun. Oct. 31^st 4:15pm EST

The Minnesota Vikings may have come into this NFL regular season as legitimate Super Bowl title contenders with three-time NFL MVP quarterback Brett Favre back under center for one more season before he finally calls it quits, but things haven’t worked out the way head coach Brad Childress anticipated as his team has failed to live up to expectations and will head into Week 8’s matchup with the New England Patriots with just two wins. Continue Reading…

Miami Dolphins vs Cincinnati Bengals Sun. Oct. 31^st 1pm EST

The Cincinnati Bengals came into this NFL regular season with high hopes of defending their AFC North division title and possibly making a run at the Super Bowl as they seemed to have one of the most potent offenses in the NFL with the addition of perennial Pro Bowl wide receiver Terrell Owens alongside superstar wideout Chad Ochocinco.

Unfortunately, things haven’t panned out they way they anticipated and the Cincinnati Bengals have really struggled in the first seven weeks of the season with just two wins thus far and three straight losses coming into Week 8’s matchup against the up and coming Miami Dolphins. Continue Reading…

Houston Texans vs Indianapolis Colts Mon. Nov. 1^st 8:30pm EST

The Indianapolis Colts have been arguably one of the best teams in the NFL ever since four-time NFL MVP quarterback Peyton Manning took over under center and as a result they have won the AFC South division title six times in the last seven years and won a Super Bowl title.

Coming into this NFL regular season, the consensus around the league was that the Indianapolis Colts were once again the team to beat in the AFC Conference as they had the same team intact and were motivated to prove that the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints just caught them on a bad day last February. The odds for this matchup are pretty consistent across the many NFL sports betting sites. Continue Reading…

In the Miami Heat’s home opener, the team did not disappoint their fans.  Dwayne Wade scored a total of 26 points for the team showing that he had fully recovered from a strained hamstring that caused him to miss almost the entire off-season while LeBron James scored 15 points with seven assists.  The first 14 points during the second half of the game were scored by the Heat who beat the Magic 96-70 when all was said and done.

This was the sixth earned victory over the Magic in the last 21 contests of the two teams.  These stand to be mentioned since in the previous five wins they did not have the Trio – Wade, James and Bosh – to help lift them to their triumph. Continue Reading…

Saturday night, the 2010 World Series Game 3 will kick off at Arlington Ballpark.  The San Francisco Giants who currently hold a 2-0 lead over the Texas Rangers will look to extend that lead to 3-0 while the Rangers will look to get the deed done at home that they were unable to successfully fulfill at AT&T Park.

The Giants will start with starting pitcher Jonathan Sanchez.  Sanchez has been incredible and then below par throughout the postseason this year.  He allowed just two hits, which turned into only a single run, when playing against the Atlanta Braves during the ALDS over 7 1/3 innings.  Then during his start during the ALCS Game 6 against the Philadelphia Phillies, he only lasted a total of two innings.  So, we’ll see which game he’ll represent tonight against the Rangers. Continue Reading…

Pittsburgh Steelers vs New Orleans Saints Sun. Oct. 31^st 8:20pm EST

Last season the Pittsburgh Steelers were an absolute mess as they couldn’t get anything going on either side of the football in their title defense and ultimately ended up missing the playoffs entirely, but this season head coach Mike Tomlin and company seem to have things figured out as they have gotten off to an impressive start with a 5-1 record heading into their Week 8 matchup with the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints. Continue Reading…

Seattle Seahawks vs Oakland Raiders Sun. Oct. 31^st 4:15pm EST

The Oakland Raiders came into this NFL regular season with high hopes of finally being able to get back on track after they acquired up and coming quarterback Jason Campbell from the Washington Redskins via trade in the offseason, but things haven’t exactly panned the way they thought and they have played pretty inconsistently in the first seven weeks of the season.

Fortunately, the Oakland Raiders are coming off perhaps their biggest win in franchise history over their hated division rivals in the Denver Broncos. Not only were they able to put up a franchise-high 59 points against the Broncos, but it seemed like this win could be the turning point in the season as everything was working as the running game, passing game and defense were firing on all cylinders. We almost went for broke with them last week in our NFL football betting parlay, but we wimped out. Continue Reading…

Denver Broncos vs San Francisco 49ers Sun. Oct. 31^st 1pm EST

The Denver Broncos are a talented team with seemingly a bright future ahead them with all the young players they are developing, but this season has been rough to say the least as they have dealt with injury problems all year long and a nonexistent running game.

Even though they are a team that desperately needs to get healthy in order to have any hope of being playoff bound or contending for the AFC West division from here on out, they do have a good chance of rebounding from their devastating 59-14 loss to the division rival Oakland Raiders last week by getting the best of one of the most troubled NFL teams in the league in the San Francisco 49ers.

Coming into this NFL regular season, the San Francisco 49ers were considered to be one of the best teams in the league and a sure bet to win the lowly NFC West division, but that hasn’t been the case as Mike Singletary’s squad has really struggled to get it together in the first seven weeks of the season and will have only one win coming into this matchup with the Denver Broncos.

Ironically enough, as of right now, the San Francisco 49ers are favored to win this matchup against Kyle Orton and company with a -1 point spread, but even though I believe this will be a close game, the Denver Broncos should get back on track in this one with an impressive performance and a blowout victory.

The San Francisco 49ers will put up a fight on their home field this weekend, but Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels will have his team ready to prove that they are still a force to be reckoned with as they should almost certainly come out with their third win of the season.

Odds and lines for this matchup by leading online sportsbooks:

DSI Diamond Sportsbook:
Spread: Denver Broncos +1.5 & San Francisco 49ers -1.5
Moneyline: Denver Broncos +105 & San Francisco 49ers -125
Over/Under: Denver Broncos 110 over & San Francisco 49ers 110 under (41.5)

Bookmaker Sportsbook:
Spread: Denver Broncos +1.5 & San Francisco 49ers -1.5
Moneyline: Denver Broncos +105 & San Francisco 49ers -125
Over/Under: Denver Broncos 110 over & San Francisco 49ers 110 under (41.5)