The first Saturday of the season is here and a full slate of games will be on tap.
Let’s get to it.
Georgia -2.5 over UNC
Alabama -11.5 facing USC
Oklahoma -12.5 vs Houston
Wisconsin +10.5 with LSU
Clemson -8.5 playing Auburn
Ultimately, Jimmie Johnson’s return to NASCAR in 2025 is a momentous event for the sport.
This is my second week of following along with the college softball teams and the Top 25. Here is my lists after Week 11 of the schedule. My Top 25 College Baseball Collegiate Softball #1- Texas- The Longhorns are 35-6 for the season and face Iowa State for a series next. #2- Oklahoma 42-4…
Here is my attempt to identify the Top 25 players in College Basketball this season. #25) Nigel Hayes, F, Wisconsin – He is a good perimeter shooter with 39% from 3-point land. He can go inside if needed. In the past, he yielded to Sam Dekker and Frank Kaminsky but now they are gone….
1931 The White Sox and Giants become the first major league teams to play a night game. The Buffs Stadium (Houston, Texas) exhibition game lasts ten innings with the teams collecting a total of 23 hits. 1931 The Dodgers arrive in Cuba to start a series of five inter-squad games. Brooklyn right-hander Dolf Luque, known…
Open Primaries or Closed Primaries? Chuck Schumer of New York has published an article about how this country needs to trash the primary voting the way it currently sits and go to an “open primary”. I will admit, when I read the headlines I thought it had merit. But as I read…
Ross Barnes (1850-1915) Roscoe Conkling Barnes (May 8, 1850 in Mount Morris, New York – February 5, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois) was one of the stars of baseball’s National Association (1871-1875) and the early National League (1876-1881, playing second base and shortstop. He played for the dominant Boston Red Stockings teams of the early…