Menu

Uncategorized

NHL Analysis: Central Division Preview

, , , , ,

The NHL enters a new era for this season, with its alignment into four larger divisions (now 7-8 teams apiece as opposed to five). The Central Division might not be the toughest, but it’s home to the best team, as the Chicago Blackhawks are fresh off their 2013 Stanley Cup. Here’s a snapshot look at the Central Division’s seven teams. Each team’s betting odds to win the Western Conference and reach the Finals are in parentheses.

NHL Analysis: Metropolitan Division Preview

, , , , ,

The NHL’s realignment has created the newly named Metropolitan Division, and it’s filled with teams that have serious pedigree and also has three of the top five goaltenders from the 2013 season. Below is a snapshot of this division’s eight teams as we get started on the long road back to the playoffs. Each team’s odds to win the Eastern Conference and make the Stanley Cup Finals are noted in parentheses.

MLB Coverage: Wild-Card Action Goes To The Rustbelt

, , , , ,

The Rustbelt is known more for its football, be it college or high school. But the 2 1/2 hour drive between the cities of Pittsburgh & Cleveland will be the heart of the baseball world these next two nights. Steelers-Browns might not have the cache it once did in this neck of the woods, but the Pirates and Indians are alive and well and set to host wild-card games.

MLB Coverage: 2013 American League Awards

, , , , ,

There is still technically one more game left in the American League regular season, as Texas and Tampa Bay play a tiebreaker game for the final playoff berth tonight. But with the 162-game schedule in the books, TheSportsNotebook’s MLB coverage is set to close out the regular season with the final choices for the major individual awards in the American League.

MLB Coverage: The American League All-Star Team

, , , , , ,

It’s time to pick the final season-ending American League All-Star team. TheSportsNotebook’s MLB coverage makes the selection of this team, along with their counterparts in the National League, an annual rite of late September/early October, believing that it’s silly to define the All-Stars by who won a fan vote based on a couple months worth of play early in the year.

Daily Sports: Cleveland Gets In; Three Nights Of Knockout Baseball Ahead

, , , , ,

The Cleveland Indians improbable ride to the MLB postseason is complete. The Indians beat the Twins 5-1 thanks to 6.2 inning of one-run baseball pitched by Ubaldo Jiminez, and two hits apiece from each of the top three hitters in the order in Michael Brantley, Nick Swisher and Jason Kipnis. The game opened with a Brantley single and Swisher home run, loosened everyone up and Cleveland coasts in to the playoffs on a 10-game winning streak.

MLB Coverage: Reviewing The Over/Under Win Props

, , , , , ,

The 2013 MLB regular season is in the books, and on this final Sunday night of the season, as we await the Texas-Tampa tiebreaker game on Monday, followed by the two wild-card games on Tuesday and Wednesday, let’s clean up one last loose end from the season and it’s to review each team’s win props.

Post-Week 5 BCS Bowl Projections

, , , , ,

College football Week 4 is in the books and the BCS bowl projections have been duly updated. TheSportsNotebook’s college football coverage has gone deeper into eleven games from this past Saturday that are worthy of the attention of BCS bowl game trackers, and now it’s time to see how the field shakes out and what matchups that creates.

Load More