You know what I love?  How ESPN declares this “Judgement Week” for college basketball.  What does that even mean? Oh well, us gamblers don’t care what it’s called, we just love out college basketball.  I’m going to try to make some green this week on the sportsbook after a few shaky weeks.  Also we have [...]

Intrigue in sports is in the midst of hibernation, but there were still a few stories you should have kept an eye on this week. U-S-A! U-S-A!  The Americans fielded (iced?) a team made up mostly of players 26 and younger, very few of which had seen action in the Olympics. The results so far [...]

By Paul M. Banks, President of The Sports Bank.net When Michigan State meets #3 Purdue on Sunday, it’ll have huge influence on who wins the Big Ten regular season title. But beyond that…who will eventually take Purdue’s #1 seed in the NCAA tourney now? The Purdue Boilermakers are 12-3 in the Big Ten, a half-game [...]

By Paul M. Banks, President of The Sports Bank.net 1. Purdue (24-3, 12-3) Ten in a row! Give them that #1 seed. Boilers are on a mission to duplicate Michigan St.’s feat from last season- reach a Final Four held in your home state. Getting there is DEPENDENT on the health of Robbie Hummel. And [...]

Ozzie Guillen has chosen to enter the 21st century in the way that brings him the most attention: he signed up for Twitter.  Although rumor has it his sons are posting a lot of his tweets, the bottom line is that he has jumped on another opportunity to make his ridiculous thoughts and feelings known [...]

Oh yeah, that Randy Wells fella.  He’ll need to step up as Lilly recovers from surgery and Zambrano is Zambrano. (Midwest Sports Fans) Enjoy them while you still can Cubs fans, but Derrick Lee and Aramis Ramirez might not be with the team at the end of this season. (i94 Sports.com) Some are optimistic in [...]

Last year wasn’t exactly the greatest year from Soriano, but we’ve come to expect the lacksadaisical attitude, nagging injuries, and overall inconsistent play from our $136 million dollar outfielder.  At the end of last season it was announced he was going to undergo some sort of knee surgery, but with more than 5 months to [...]

All of us should know by now that guards win games in March. Crunch time demands superb guard play whether it be through late game pressing, perimeter defense, three point field goals, controlling tempo, extending the coach, etc… It doesn’t matter if your best player is Greg Oden, because to win 4+ games in the [...]

Thanks to the Chicago Tribune photographers for snapping this classic photo.  According to my brother who was at the game, this photo followed a romantic kneeling proposal from Benny.  I wonder what their kids will look like…

So, 2010 is finally here.  For most people, its just another year, but for NBA fans its been a longtime coming.  This summer the most heralded class of free agents since 2000 (which featured Tim Duncan, Grant Hill, and Tracy McGrady) will be coming onto the market.  A lot of teams have been jockeying for [...]

You’d think that being drafted in the first round of the 2009 NBA draft, starting for your team for almost half of the season, and getting selected to play in the Rookies-Sophomores game during All-Star Weekend would ensure that someone at ESPN would have a photo of you. Sorry Taj Gibson, those 20 points you [...]

On Thursday afternoon around 4:30 PM CST, Bulls GM Gar Forman spoke with the press regarding the Bulls’ trades and their roster moving forward for the rest of the 2009-2010 season.  He indicated that the entire staff would be meeting today to review their scouting plan and joked with KC Johnson that he had an [...]

Well it’s still February, a month that amazingly continues its tradition of feeling like the longest month of the year while remaining the shortest.  Let’s get to the stories of the week. Tiger Woods y’all. As this post goes up Tiger will be giving his statement to the media from Florida regarding his future and [...]

If you’re confused or can’t keep up with the moves the Bulls made over the last 48 hours, don’t worry, you’re not alone. As of 5:00 PM (CST) the NBA.com website showed the Chicago Bulls roster/depth chart with Francisco Elson and Kurt Thomas occupying two spots on the bench. Oddly enough, neither Tyrus Thomas or [...]

U-S-A, U-S-A!  Who wants to bet on the Olympics?  I do!  Hit up the online sportsbook and place your bets on Olympic hockey while you still can.  The way I’ve been doing, I’m going to put all those sportsbooks out of business.  And everyone knows college basketball is the way to go.  Anyone know anything [...]