In what I call shameful reporting, or a cheap attempt to make a name for yourself, Larry Brown Sports (whatever that is) insinuates that Central Michigan snubbed Barstool to join Washington State in the Sun Bowl on CBS December 31st. Yardbarker even piggybacked the article, word for word, as if […]
Michael Patrick Day
A sports fueled New Year’s resolution wish List
Ah yes, another year in the books. 2021 was not much different than 2020, the daily pounding of covid talks, leagues canceling games, players arguing over the vax…good times, good times. Perhaps 2022 will be better, I do not see much evidence of that yet, but a man can dream, […]
Merry Christmas: A sports naughty and nice List
The Irish have many longstanding, Christmas traditions that would look just like America. From decorating the house, or public squares, to singing carols and placing a candle in the window, Ireland celebrates like many around the world. However, a very Irish tradition is known as the 12 pubs of Christmas. […]
Absolutely insane F1 finish leaves Hamilton and Mercedes Stunned; Verstappen wins Title
Lewis Hamilton was vying for a record 8th Driver’s Championship but was thwarted by his much younger competitor, Max Verstappen. The race was chock-full of controversy as 19 cars started the final race of the year, as Nikita Mazepin of Haas had to withdrawal due to a positive covid test. […]
F1 ready to climax on Sunday
F1 racing has become a household name ever since the race league was featured in a docuseries on Netflix a few years ago, just before the pandemic hit. While Season 4 is slated for Late February or Early March of 2022, the drivers head to historic, and typically the […]
Let Chaos Ensue
Let’s run through the many possibilities, as the 2021 season set a record for the number of upsets, anything can happen this weekend. The chaos calculator is brought to you by BetUS (Promo: 12OZ) and MyBookie (Promo: 12OZSPORTS) – both promo codes get you enormous deposit bonuses! Georgia wins, […]
College Football: A Professional Business Like No Other
In a sports league not too long ago that demanded players not be given a 4th meal during a 24 hour period or your school was in violation, we now have players (a few) making over a million dollars in NIL money and now coaches leaving without as much as […]
The Bearcats & Prejudice; just another typical year in the NCAA
For all the talk about the College Football Playoffs, perhaps the worst case against Cincinnati is, “who have they played?” To me, that is a lazy take, and shame on any former player at any collegiate level that uses that excuse. First, any former player knows talent plays at all […]
Beijing receives Olympic flame as activists protest
As the Olympic flame reached Beijing, the epicenter of the 2022 Olympics starting in February, activist groups disrupted the flame lighting ceremony in southern Greece on Monday stating that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is basically advocating for human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party. Many site that China […]
Gamble Guy’s College Football Bets Recap
Gamble Guy called me this morning and said, “Mikey, I don’t write. Slap down a post for me…Ohhhh.” Ok, big fella. If you missed his show live last night, or the replay this morning, the guy went 5-1 last week and his only loss was a shocking Akron victory over […]
Premier League members should be ashamed
Very Little Response from League Members on Racism As online racism has surged since the 2020 Euro, English Soccer has teamed up with local police forces, PFA, and Kick It Out to help spot and report acts of racism in soccer. However, after all 92 English league clubs were […]
Week 7: Big Ten Bets
Make sure to click the image above for huge deposit bonuses, then bet on football and win! You can also use the promo code 12OZ as well. We went 4-1 last week, and honestly, the only loss shocked a lot of folks. Last Week What we got wrong: Wisconsin (-11) […]
A Fifth Engine for Lewis Hamilton?
Mercedes Rolls the dice Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has not ruled out a fifth engine for Lewis Hamilton, the reigning F1 champion with only six races left in the season, starting with the United States Grand Prix next weekend (October 22-24). Hamilton took a 10-grid penalty last week […]
Port Vale bans fan forever
Port Vale has slapped a well-deserved, indefinite ban on a fan for sending a racist message to Leyton Orient goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux. Honestly, this person should also be banned from all social media. If you can’t act properly, why even let them have social media in the first place? Look, […]
Dead Legacy Walking
Just like that, poof, John Gruden’s legacy is gone, finished…no more. Super Bowl winning coach John Gruden has stepped down from his coaching duties with the Las Vegas Raiders after it was discovered that emails dating back as far as 2011 and as present as 2018 included homophobic and […]
Part 4: Unruly Sports Fans, an International Epidemic
Just like clockwork, fans across the world are wildin’ out in the stands while their teams battle on the fields, courts, and pitches. Unbeknownst to the fans, their fisticuffs help exactly zero percent of the time. Ok, let’s head to the ballfield for America’s pastime. No, not baseball, beating the […]
Bottas wins Turkish Grand Prix
Valtteri Bottas starts in pole position, then fought his way back from 4th after his one pit stop, to take the Turkish Grand Prix on a rain-soaked track from Istanbul. Bottas is leaving for Alfa Romeo after a few contentious moments this season with his Mercedes team, notably being told […]
Lewis Hamilton with 10-place grid penalty in Turkey
With two months left in the season and Hamilton facing his first serious threat in years to be unseated as the F1 season champ (leads Verstappen by 2 points), Mercedes decided to fit his car with its 4th ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) of the season, one more than F1 regulations […]
Week 6: Big Ten Bets
Last week was brutal, but honestly, who outside of Iowa City saw the Hawkeyes winning by almost 40? If you claim you did, we will need a citation. This week there are only five Big Ten games, so we will pick all five and roll them into a parlay. All […]
Wales will walk if Czech is racist
Wales is set to square off with the Czech Republic on Friday for a World Cup Qualifier, in a country where several racist incidents have occurred in the past year. The Rangers, from Glasgow, played the Czech’s home club Sparta Prague in a Europa League fixture last week where 10,000 […]
