Notre Dame squashed Temple’s Cinderella hopes of making the College Football Playoff as an undefeated team in last night’s exciting 24-20 win in Philadelphia. The Irish also put a dent in the Owls’ hopes of making it into one of the New Year’s Six bowl games—the six premium games (including the two Playoff semis) that […]
For the fourth time in four World Series games, a New York Mets starter was gone before the seventh inning. And for the third time in those games, the Kansas City Royals made the Mets pay, with a three-run rally in the eighth to win 5-3 and move to the brink of their first title […]
One of the great times of the sports calendar is here and it’s the month of October. It’s going to an active time on the blog here at TheSportsNotebook. The heart of Octoberfest is the baseball playoffs & World Series. In October, the college football season has taken shape and conference play heats up, while […]
Noah Syndergaard didn’t open Game 3 of the World Series with his best stuff. The Mets’ power righthander was touched for six hits and three runs in the first two innings. His team, already staring at a 2-0 deficit in games, was also looking at a 3-2 deficit on the scoreboard. Then Syndergaard made the […]
This hasn’t been the easiest of seasons for Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck, and it reached its nadir on Sunday. Indianapolis lost at home to New Orleans 27-21 and Luck was booed by his own fans. This follows a steady stream of negative stories regarding his early season play. The phenomena of Luck-Mania—an insane premature […]
The greatest spectacle in horse racing isn’t the Triple Crown races. It’s the Breeders Cup. Over Friday & Saturday there will be 14 races featuring the best horses, from both here and abroad, at Keeneland Racetrack in Kentucky. And the biggest story of them all is American Pharoah’s last run for glory. The Breeders Cup […]
Johnny Cueto has been the ultimate boom-or-bust pitcher this postseason, and because he was in “boom” mode last night, the Kansas City Royals rolled to a 7-1 win over the New York Mets and took complete command of the World Series with a 2-0 lead in games. Consider Cueto’s last three starts. He threw a […]
Game 1 of the World Series took over five hours and 14 innings, so there was plenty of time for things to come full circle. And that’s what happened in the Royals’ 5-4 win over the Mets. From bringing history to full circle to doing the same for in-game events, consider the following… *Last year’s […]
The college football season is starting to turn the corner into crunch time, with only weekend left in October and the first Playoff Committee rankings. The Iowa Hawkeyes are one of the surprise unbeaten teams still on the board. They have a clear path to the College Football Playoff and even if you don’t believe […]
The World Series starts Tuesday night and the matchup between the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets looks about as even as you can get. Las Vegas agrees. The Royals are a narrow favorite, with a betting line of (-105), while the Mets are (-115), an edge you can probably attribute to the homefield […]
How hard is it to reach the World Series in back-to-back years? The folks in Kansas City who were around during this franchise’s other glory period know all too well. In the decade from 1976-85, the Royals won six division titles, two pennants and a World Series—but they never went to the Fall Classic back-to-back. […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers are the betting favorites to win the NBA championship as we stand on the brink of a new season next Tuesday night. The Cavs are a 14-5 bet to win it all. San Antonio, in spite of its championship pedigree and amazing offseason where they added Lamarcus Aldridge and David West, are […]
