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NFL Playoff Scores, Championship Week

By Josh ⋅ January 22, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Pittsburgh 34, Denver 17
oddsnark game ball: Big Ben Roethlisberger. 21-29, 275 yds, 2 TDs; 3 Rush, 12 yds, 1 TD.
Key his Escalade: Jake the Snake. 18-30, 223 yds, 3 sacks, 2 INTs.
Hey Pittsburgh, you’re going to the Super Bowl!
Carolina 14, Seattle 34
oddsnark game ball: Shaun Alexander. 34 carries for 132, 2 TDs, 0 fumbles.
Key his […]

This Weekend, Bet On Boxing: Morales - Pacquiao II

By Josh ⋅ January 21, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Assuming you’re not afraid of a little blood, tonight’s WBC super featherweight title bout between Erik “El Terrible” Morales 48-3 (34) and Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao 40-3-2 (32) could be the fight of the month. And if you’re really fearless, Intertops will give you 15-1 on a draw.

The Boxing Gods Giveth, The Boxing Gods Taketh Away

By Josh ⋅ January 16, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

A month ago boxing fans couldn’t have been happier. With Mormeck-Bell, Morales-Pacquiao II, Corrales-Castillo III, Lacy-Calzaghe, Barrera-Chavez, and Judah-Mayweather all scheduled, and negotiations for a Jermain Taylor-Winky Wright meeting underway, the first few months of 2006 promised to be better than some entire years in boxing.
We’re only halfway through January and already things are falling […]

NFL Playoff Scores, Week 2

By Josh ⋅ January 15, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Saturday
Washington 10, Seattle 20
oddsnark game ball: Matt Hasselbeck. 16-26, 215 yds, 1 TD; 6 carries , 21 yds, 1 TD
Key his Escalade: Washington’s offense. What offense, you ask? I do not know.
New England 13, Denver 27
oddsnark game ball: Champ Baily for his coffin nail interception and 99 yd run back. Really, though, switch the […]

This Weekend, Bet On Boxing: Kessler-Lucas

By Josh ⋅ January 14, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Mikkel Kessler 36-0 (27) and Eric Lucas 38-6-3 (14) will spend Saturday night beating on one another in Copenhagen in a super middleweight title bout. Intertops likes Kessler enough to offer 4-1 odds.
What, you don’t follow boxing much and you’ve never heard of Kessler or Lucas? No problem. Mikkel Kessler is Danish and also happens […]

T. Boone Pickens donates $165 million To Okie St.

By Josh ⋅ January 11, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens has pledged a donation of $165 million to the Oklahoma State University athletic program. His gift — the largest single donation given to an NCAA athletic program — will be used to create an athletic village and upgrade Boone Pickens Stadium (Pickens donated $70 million to the school in 2003).

Pickens […]

Difficult Math Sinks Taylor-Wright

By Josh ⋅ January 10, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Fight fans anxiously awaiting a showdown between Jermain Taylor and Winky Wright will have to wait a bit longer, as negotiations are apparently in the crapper.

Wright�s promoter, Gary Shaw, wants to split the purse 50-50. Lou DiBella wants 60-40 for Taylor. Though splitting the difference seems a workable solution to many, the two mathematicians insist […]

K-1 Fighter unleashes his inner homophobic warrior

By Josh ⋅ January 8, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

We’re pretty old-school here at oddsnark when it comes to fighting, with a number of boxing fans among our ranks, but no K-1/UFC/bar fighting experts. (That’s right, we’ve got Iditarod aficionados, but no ultimate fighting enthusiasts.) Luckily this story is funny enough to transcend the world of foot fighting.
Apparently K-1 fighting person Yoshihiro Nakao thought […]

NFL Playoff Scores, Week 1

By Josh ⋅ January 8, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Washington Redskins 17, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10
oddsnark game ball: LaVar Arrington. 8 tackles, 2 ast, 1 INT.
Key his Escalade: Edell Shepherd. For dropping a perfect pass from Phil’s son that might have won his team the game.
Key his Mazda: oddSeth. For dissing on Phil’s son after he went 25-38 for 198 yds passing, with 3 […]