The NHL’s Western Conference playoff race is an extremely hotly-contested one, but there’s one team that sits far and away above the rest of the pack; the 36-11-9 Vancouver Canucks. The Canucks sit not only ahead of the West, but the entire NHL with a nine-point cushion separating themselves from the West’s No. 2-seeded Detroit [...]
With pitchers and catchers starting to report to Florida and Arizona this weekend, let’s take a look at some key questions for Major League Baseball’s lovable losers, the Chicago Cubs, heading into 2011. Key offseason additions: Matt Garza, Carlos Pena, Kerry Wood, Reed Johnson, Fernando Perez, Max Ramirez, manager Mike Quade. Key offseason losses: Tom [...]
Easily the biggest player surprise of these NFL playoffs has been the emergence of Packers rookie running back James Starks, a sixth-round pick from football no-name Buffalo, into the team’s workhorse and one of its most important offensive players. And as we have with most other skill position players in Super Bowl XLV, let’s look [...]
If anyone deserves to play in the Super Bowl among the players on the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers, it would be hard to argue that Packers WR Donald Driver isn’t the most deserving. Driver, 36, is in his 12th season. He had gotten close before, playing on six playoff teams — one that [...]
The New York Islanders are hearing footsteps in the Eastern Conference, as the New Jersey Devils creep out of the conference cellar and into their territory as the second worst team in the East. Needless to say, the 2010-11 campaign hasn’t been what the Isles had hoped, as another disappointing season unfolds in Long Island. [...]
Certainly one of the key players in Sunday’s Super Bowl XLV between Pittsburgh and Green Bay will be Packers star Greg Jennings. And on Bodog’s NFL odds there are a handful of prop bets involving Jennings. The 27-year-old from Western Michigan University had 76 catches to rank 18th in the NFL this season. His 1,265 [...]
Cool prop option on Bodog’s NFL odds for this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLV between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers is a historical comparison of Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger from Super Bowl XL five years ago and XLIII two seasons ago to this year’s game. Super Bowl XL was played on Feb. 5, 2006, [...]