Happy V Day to all the ladies in the house. Carol and I are not big fans of this holiday so we will celebrate it by eating chocolate cupcakes in bed, followed by watching the Pebble Beach Pro Am, then straight to the local wing place for a late lunch, and end with a movie.
Palladia: Just discovered this TV station. Love it. Great background station to have on when doing some work or making cupcakes.
Carrie Underwood: Hmmm.. Interesting little women. Love her "Last Name" song for some reason. I'll admit that I downloaded that song so Wiz and Lee, be prepared to listen to it in Vegas. Saw her perform at the Grammys and while being attractive so is very awkward. She can't dance to save her life.
Malaysian Open: Usually I love watching the European Tour in the mornings during the weekend, but this golf is terrible. I can't even watch it. And the big star at the tourney, Anthony Kim, is hacking it up and is currently in 48th place. I guess this is their Viking Classic so I will cut them a break.
Terps Basketball: Thanks SkeetSkeet for telling me about these articles. This is the first of three articles about Gary Williams and the recruiting struggles of the Terps. I'll let SkeetSkeet post his thoughts about the article later.
Michael Lewis: Good article about Shane Battier.
Some interesting events going on during our Vegas trip that falls outside of the normal womens and mens college basketball. Time to start thinking.
1. Nascar- The Food City 500 in Bristol. With Laura out in Vegas with us we should have someone good to wager on.
2. European Tour- Madeira Islands Open: They are playing somewhere in Portugal. Past winners are Jean Van De Valde, Daniel Vancsik, and Alastair Forsyth. Wow some big names. I have a feeling that Matthew Kaymar will breakout and win this one.
3. PGA Tour- Transitions Championship (formerly the PODS Championship): Solid field in my eyes, but its amazing to hear what the casual fans say when Tiger isn't in the field. Down in SD last night and I asked the guys I was out with if they ever been to the Buick Open. They all said yes, but the field sucks this year so they didn't go. Sucks? Yes I know that Tiger, Kim, and VJ aren't playing but you still have Phil, Paddie, and company playing. Interesting.
4. NBA- Early look shows that Memphis is a good bet against Boston as the Celtics will be playing 4 times in 5 nights. Also, Golden St. vs the Lakers usually hits the over. Other than that, nothing else looks appealing.
5. NHL: Well the Blue Jackets play twice while we are out there. Hmmm...
6. English Premier League- Big game on Sunday with Aston Villa vs. Liverpool.
7. LPGA- Mastercard Classic- Wiz, who do we got?
8. Tennis: BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, CA. I love Pat Cash in this one.
9. Boxing: Klitsichko is fighting some stiff. I have no clue.
3 comments:
I'm celebrating it with a wife with the flu. Looks like College Basketball and VIP and me will be best friends tonight.
The Mirage will have NCAA Women's lines, but probably not the European open. Unless- and I'd pay to see this- Layup requests it from the sportsbook.
Blue Jackets, baby! I can't tell how how giddy I am that we are in an actual playoff chase in mid-February. Another big game tonight at Carolina.
Busch, Kenseth, Harvick or Gordon, would be good choices, but I personally like the field for this race. Can't say for sure, but the field will probably be around 6 or 7 to 1. Bristol's a 1/2 mile track and there's always a ton of wrecks. Anyone could win this one and starting position and strategy are less important than at other tracks. Will need to see the odds...
As far as NBA - you missed a huge potential goldmine. Wizards in 4 games in 5 nights AND a getaway game @ PHX.
And for those that are leaving on Monday, I would look hard at the Bulls @ Wiz on Monday night. The Wiz only have one day off (Sunday) after coming off a 5 game west coast trip (that trip ends with the Sat night game against PHX).
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