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Radio: Scott and Mike discuss NFL week 4, and the MLB Playoffs

It’s been a wild NFL season and a crazy end to the 2011 MLB season.  Why talk about one when we can talk about… both?

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Picking the 2011 MLB Post-season

And then there were 8. The MLB post-season opens tonight.  Who will win it all?  Our experts take their cracks at the playoff field and how it will all play out
SCOTT JACOBS
10 years after arguably the most unbelievable World Series ever played, Arizona and New York are both back in the playoffs.  But is a [...]

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Week 4 Picks (Against the Spread)

JIM RUBERA
Last Week: 7-9 / Overall: 21-25-2 /  Best Bets: 1-4-2 / Monday Night: 2-2 / Against Cincy: 1-2
Five games get lumped into one general analysis…  “Now or Never.”  These are underachieving teams that have the talent to turn their season around for a playoff run, but need to start immediately because [...]

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Take it to the Bank, Week 4 picks

MIKE KAYE
Last Week: 10-5 (66.9%) / Season: 31-14 (69%) / Scott Pick: 2-1 (0-1 last week)
Hello my faithful readers, glad to have you back with me this week. I can’t believe how exciting and emotionally exhausting this season has been, just three games in. I won’t bore you with my sadness over the [...]

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Best college football games for the weekend of October 1

Florida vs Alabama and Nebraska vs Wisconsin, battles of unbeatens, highlight an exciting week.
MITCH BLATT
We have an exciting weekend of college football coming up on Saturday. This weekend features three matchups between undefeated teams in the top 15. Those games are in bold. At night, you might want to have the split screen on, as [...]

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Radio: Madness in the Majors on Day 162 as Red Sox, Braves complete collapse; Rays, Cardinals Win Wild Card. Instant Analysis as we try to make sense of all of this

SCOTT JACOBS
An epic final day of the season! Rays come back from 7-0 down to win 8-7 in extras. Yankees fail the Red Sox, after Boston blows a 3-2 lead with 2 outs, and 2 strikes in the 9th to lowly Baltimore. Minutes later Rays win the AL Wild Card in absolutely [...]

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One Line Takeaways From Each Week 3 Game

What did we learn from week 3?  Here’s a 2 minute primer game by game

JIM RUBERA
(Rubera writes for The Spop)
Titans 17 Broncos 14
It took Chris Johnson 13 tries to outrush the length of a bowling lane by one yard.
Bills 34  Patriots 31
Can’t wait for Ryan Fitzpatrick, A Football Life on NFL Network.
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Radio: Analyzing Ozzie Guillen to the Marlins, small market baseball, and who will win the wild card race tonight in both the AL and NL

SCOTT JACOBS
Today is the last day of the 2011 MLB regular season.  We may have tiebreakers I don’t know, but leave it to the Marlins to look ahead to 2012, when so many teams still have their eyes on the trophy in 2011.  Today, the Miami Marlins of Florida (just kidding, I think) announced that [...]

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