MLB: 2011 MLB Picks

Here are my picks for the 2011 Major League Baseball season which begins today: AL East Champs: Yankees AL Central Champs: Twins AL West Champs: Rangers AL Wild Card: Red Sox NL East Champs: Phillies NL Central Champs: Reds NL West Champs: Giants NL Wild Card: Braves World Series: Yankees vs Phillies World Champions: Phillies

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PGA TOUR FANTASY: Houston

Here’s my picks for this week: A: Matt Kuchar (Backup: Marc Leishman) B: Webb Simpson (Backup: Erik Compton) B: Spencer Levin (Backup: John Senden) C: Fred Couples (Backup: Gary Woodland)

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PGA TOUR DIGEST: Vol. 4 No. 13

This week on the PGA Tour it’s the Shell Houston Open, the final tune-up before the first major of the year next week, The Masters. It’s a great field — including Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood — all trying to get their games in tune on a golf course made to play as similar to [...]

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PGA TOUR: What It Means: Bay Hill — March 28, 2011

(This post originally appeared on Prosportsblogging.com) Another twenty-something winning starts this week’s What It Means: Martin Laird Wins at Bay Hill: Laird fits the trend: another guy in his 20s from Europe winning on the PGA Tour. And this time he used a nifty European links-style bump and run shot to help put his round [...]

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PGA TOUR DIGEST: Vol. 4 No. 12

Busy times during the last two days led this post to not get up when it should but… This week on the PGA Tour is the Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented by MasterCard, where Tiger and Phil and most of the top players on Tour are playing. TV Coverage continues Tomorrow on Golf Channel from 3-6pm [...]

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PGA TOUR FANTASY: Bay Hill

Here are my picks for Arnie’s Place: A: Tiger Woods (Backup: Dustin Johnson) B: Sean O’Hair (Backup: Bubba Watson) B: Spencer Levin (Backup: David Toms) C: Sam Saunders (Backup: Sergio Garcia)

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TIGER WOODS: Releases a Golf Swing App

Yes, this will probably bring chuckles from many but it’s true. Tiger Woods and GolfZoom have partnered to create “Tiger Woods: My Swing: a mobile app that can take video of your golf swing and get instant analysis from Tiger. You can also view Tiger’s swing and compare certain positions to yours. Tiger says he [...]

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NFL: New Overtime and Replay Rules Passed

The NFL owners passed a couple new rules today put through by the NFL Competition Committee. First, the new kickoff rule: NFL kickoffs will take place at the 35-yard line — not the 30 — under a modified proposal passed by team owners Tuesday at the league’s annual meeting. However, touchbacks will remain at the [...]

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PGA TOUR: PGA Tour Considers Revamping End of Year & Q-School

Doug Ferguson of the AP reported today on a potentially fascinating and game changing rule change working its way through the ranks that could completely change how players get to the PGA Tour. Here’s the crux of what would be different: Under the preliminary plan, the top 125 on the FedEx Cup standings after the [...]

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PGA TOUR: What It Means — Tampa

(This article originally appeared on Prosportsblogging.com) A first time winner tops this week’s What It Means: Gary Woodland Wins the Transitions Championship: He’s been injured more than he’s played in the last couple years. He lost to Johnny Vegas in a playoff at the Bob Hope earlier this year. He was nervous. He had a [...]

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