NBA Southwest Division Preview
Today’s focus is the NBA Southwest Division, with a look at each team’s personnel, and how they compare to expectations, as defined by the NBA win futures posted in Las Vegas
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NBA Central Division Preview
It’s an interesting division, with both Chicago and Indiana seeing themselves as title contenders and having legitimate basis for that belief. Cleveland and Detroit see themselves as a ready to make the playoffs, and they also have reason for confidence. Milwaukee probably doesn’t know what to think of themselves after an offseason of change, but as we’ll see, they have enough talent to be interesting.
NBA Southeast Division Preview
Let’s take a look at the basic personnel of all five teams in the NBA Southeast Division and compare them to Las Vegas expectations, as measured in the Over/Under NBA win futures.
NBA Northwest Division Preview
We’ll run through the basics of each team’s lineup, and then compare them to their projected Over/Under win totals on the Las Vegas win props…
MLB Coverage: 2013 World Series Preview
With the Cardinals and Red Sox each having won two World Series relatively recently (2004 & 2007 for the Sox, and 2006 & 2011 for the Cards), what’s at stake is nothing less than the honor of being baseball’s top franchise of the still-young 21st century.
NFL Analysis: Week 7 Recaps
Peyton Manning’s homecoming falls flat, thanks to a big difference in supporting cast performance. The Jets get a win both lucky and deserved all in one, the Cowboys grab first place, the Bengals win a wild one in Detroit and the improbable Chiefs are the last unbeaten team. These games lead up TheSportsNotebook’s NFL analysis as we run through all the action of NFL Week 7…
BCS Bowl Projections: Florida State Leads A Field Shakeup
TheSportsNotebook’s college football coverage has been doing BCS bowl projections all year, and now have something substantive to go on. The first edition of the official BCS rankings are out
College Football Coverage: The Key Results Of Week 8
Even for those who picked Florida State to win this game (a group that did not include me), the size and scope of this rout had to be shocking. Let’s consider this stat–the Seminoles committed twelve penalties. In other words, FSU didn’t even play a particularly clean game and still won a road blowout where Clemson scored a touchdown with 13 seconds left.
College Football Coverage: The SEC’s Black Saturday
Let’s take a look at the hows and whys of “Black Saturday” in the SEC and then discuss what the long-term implications are in both the national and conference picture.
MLB Coverage: Another Slam Triggers A Grand Celebration In Boston
Throughout Game 6 it had the feel of a night that didn’t quite belong to the Boston Red Sox. Dustin Pedroia missed a three-run homer by inches when a ball just went foul down the left field line. David Ortiz and Mike Napoli missed chances to tie a 2-1 game in the sixth. Max Scherzer wasn’t as dominating as he’d been in Game 2, but the Detroit starter and presumptive Cy Young winner was still pitching extremely well.
MLB Coverage: A Celebration In St. Louis
The St. Louis Cardinals solidified their status as the major league baseball version of the New England Patriots or the San Antonio Spurs. Just ruthlessly efficient, always in the mix and moving forward like a steamroller. That’s exactly what St. Louis was on Friday night, burying the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-0 and clinching the National League pennant for the fourth time in ten years
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Lagging Contenders Face Last Real Chance At Talladega
Everyone else has a lot of ground to make up, and Talladega Superspeedway is the place where dramatic things can happen. “Restrictor-plate racing–or pack racing means a big crackup, more often than not,” said TheSportsNotebook’s resident NASCAR advisor, my brother Bill. “Someone who drives a nice safe race can win.” He further added that if someone–for example Greg Biffle at (-58) off the pace, where to win in such fashion, while the leaders got caught in a wreck they couldn’t recover from, it would change the dynamic of the race.