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2016 NFL Playoff Predictions: NFC Picks – Cardinals, Seahawks, Panthers

2016 NFC Playoff Predictions: Seahawks, Panthers, Cardinals The NFC is a little tricky because the bottom seed in the playoff picture is the defending NFC champion that probably should have won the Super Bowl last year. The Seattle Seahawks are surging, the Carolina Panthers nearly went unbeaten, the Arizona Cardinals are having a phenomenal season, and even Aaron Rodgers’ Green Bay Packers are a tough team to count out. Those Packers just got thumped by the three-seed Minnesota Vikings. The only team I feel comfortable counting out is the Washington Redskins, but in a league where the sixth-seeded Seattle Seahawks can blow away the number two Arizona Cardinals to end the season, nothing is certain.

NFC Wild Card Round

Seattle Seahawks at Minnesota Vikings

This isn’t a knock on the Minnesota Vikings, but I’m taking the Seahawks to win on the road. I don’t trust Seattle on the road and think they will run out of gas, but I think  ... 

NHL Playoffs Picks: Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers

NHL Playoffs Picks: Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers Game Two I still think the Tampa Bay Lightning will give the New York Rangers quite a series and a tough loss in Game One hasn’t changed anything in my mind. We won on the Ducks today in a high confidence wager, and I’ll continue with very low confidence money line wagers on the Tampa Bay Lightning. I don’t like the New York Rangers, so I recognize my own bias here, but I think they’re tired and it will start to show as this series goes on.

Here, I’m going  ... 

NBA Playoffs Picks: Golden State Warriors at New Orleans Pelicans Game Three

NBA Playoffs Picks: Golden State Warriors at New Orleans Pelicans

New Orleans is a huge sports town. You might think of it as Bourbon Street, Mardi Gras, Hurricanes, and gumbo – maybe a strip club and drinking in the streets – but I think New Orleans Saints games or the sold-out Smoothie King Center giving the New Orleans Pelicans enough of an edge to beat the Spurs in the last game of the season to secure a playoff berth.

The New Orleans Pelicans have given the Warriors a game twice now, and with some energy in the home building they’ll  ... 

NHL Playoffs Picks: Anaheim Ducks at Winnipeg Jets, Game Three

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The Anaheim Ducks got lucky. End of story. Ondrej Pavelec is the hottest goalie in hockey right now and the Ducks won Game Two because of a missed too many men on the ice call followed soon after by a missed holding the stick call behind the net seconds before that same player got free to score the game winner with 20 seconds to go. Literally, the game-winning goal was scored because a Ducks player fell, pulled the Jets player down to the ice by hooking his stick under his  ... 

NHL Playoffs Picks Contest ($100): Washington Capitals, New York Islanders

NHL Playoffs Picks Contest ($100): Washington Capitals at New York Islanders

– Game Three: Sunday, April 20th

I like when our NHL picks contest spills over into the playoffs because Game Three with a favorite going on the road for the first time is the definition of a toss up. I think the Caps are the better team and I’m posting this before we know exactly what kind of desperation will turn this into a contest toss up. Will the Islanders be desperate and fighting for their lives? Will they surprise and take control of the series, forcing the Washington Capitals to fight to regain home ice? The Caps are -140 to win the series, -145 at home to open the series, and the first road game of the series is a perfect chance to test what the Islanders are made of.

Who ya got? Simply comment on this post with your Game Three winner to participate and be eligible for  ... 

NHL Picks: New Jersey Devils at Florida Panthers

NHL Picks: New Jersey Devils at Florida Panthers

The best hockey game I’ve ever seen in person was the double-overtime thriller in Florida during the Devils’ most recent Stanley Cup run. Martin Brodeur stood on his head as the Florida Panthers dominated overtime following a late goal to tie it all up. Adam Henrique, who could barely skate his legs were so tried, fired a shot from deep in the slot and the New Jersey Devils advanced from the first round. It was the biggest bet I’ve ever made when combined with the series bets I had laid down.

This  ... 

NHL Picks: San Jose Sharks at Ottawa Senators

NHL Picks: San Jose Sharks at Ottawa Senators

No team has come on as strong over the second half of the season as the Ottawa Senators. Seemingly out of nowhere, following the discovery of a phenom goaltender, the Sens have caught the stumbling Bruins. With two games in hand and just a point back after winning six in a row, Ottawa seems like a favorite to make the playoffs as a wild card.

The San Jose Sharks – perennial favorites out west – have gone in the opposite direction. They’re eight points out and struggling. They’ve lost three of four  ... 

MLB Playoffs Picks, ALDS: Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels, ABC

MLB Playoffs Picks: ALDS round, Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels – ABC ProgressionThe Kansas City Royals rallied to pull off one of the most exciting playoff wins I can remember, and certainly one of the best in their franchise history. Unfortunately, they also burned their ace and enter this series a notch lower in their playoff pitching rotation than the Los Angeles Angels.

I think, as baseball intended when they came up with the play-in game, this is a tremendous edge. The Royals are scrappy, I love their brand of small ball and stealing bases, and I think  ... 

2014 MLB Playoffs Predictions: Wild Card Round to World Series Picks

2014 MLB Playoffs Predictions

Wild Card Round

Oakland Athletics at Kansas City Royals – One Game Playoff

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They don’t call him “Big Game James” for nothing. The way the Oakland Athletics have hit since the trade deadline, combined with a little bit of cold weather and a hot Kansas City team, makes me lean ever so slightly to the home team here. It’s hard to bet against Lester, but the A’s bullpen is struggling and they haven’t been scoring enough to earn my support. With that elimination game losing streak in tact for the Athletics, I’m on KC here.

Royals 4 – Athletics 1  ...