It’s been a very rough week for the Syracuse Orange football program. First, Mike Williams, the Big East’s leading receiver, quit the team on Monday. He had 49 catches for 746 yards and six touchdowns. That’s as many receptions as the next three receivers, Donte Davis, Antwon Bailey and Marcus Sales, have combined to catch for the Orange. The school record for receptions in a season is 60. Williams was Syracuse’s most talented... [Read more]
The Texas Longhorns have an unusual November non-conference game on Saturday against Central Florida from Conference USA, so it would seem a walk in the park for the No. 2 Horns. And they are 35-point favorites on WagerWeb.com. But UCF is one of the best defensive teams in its conference, No. 7 in the country in run defense (87.8 ypg and just six scores) and No. 5 in the country with 27 sacks (Bruce Miller leads with nine), and the Knights put a scare... [Read more]
Remember Tim Floyd? He’s the former Iowa State basketball coach who went on to one of the worst tenures in NBA history with the Chicago Bulls. But USC took him off the scrap heap a few years ago, and Floyd got the Trojans into the NCAA Tournament and lured O.J. Mayo to campus, only to resign when it was revealed that Mayo was given $1,000 cash from a man who got it from Floyd. Well, Floyd is in the news again. Floyd was at the Morongo Resort and... [Read more]
Obviously injuries play a big role in making your NFL bets on WagerWeb.com, so here is this week’s as provided by the league (OUT – Definitely will not play; DNP – Did not practice; LIMITED – Limited participation in practice; FULL – Full participation in practice): WASHINGTON REDSKINS at ATLANTA FALCONS – REDSKINS: OUT: LB H.B. Blades (knee), TE Chris Cooley (ankle), CB Byron Westbrook (knee). FULL: T Stephon Heyer... [Read more]
The World Series isn’t even 24 hours old, yet baseball’s Hot Stove League is well underway, with the Chicago White Sox acquiring the versatile Mark Teahan from the Kansas City Royals. The White Sox gave up Josh Fields, a former top prospect in the system, and Chris Getz. Teahen, who is arbitration eligible, batted 271 with 12 home runs and 50 RBIs; in 77 games lifetime against the White Sox he has batted .277 with 12 homers and 41 RBIs. He... [Read more]
In their latest YouTube video, the prisoners at Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in the Phillipines dance to a medly of Queen’s greatest hits! The idea to have the inmates dance to the hits was createdby Byron Garcia, a Cebu provincial security consultant who sought a way to get the prisoners to participate in the facility’s poorly attended exercise sessions. Their touching tribute to Michael Jackson — choreographed just... [Read more]
According to a 15-year veteran of the Church of Scientology, author Marc Headley, Tom Cruise spent three weeks... [more]
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The loser of Saturday’s Ohio State-Penn State game can kiss a Big Ten title and BCS bowl goodbye, with the Buckeyes... [more]