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The Masters: Catching a Tiger By the Tail

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This time of year always makes me wonder: isn’t it ironic that I like the four golf “Majors” more than most of the major sports?  Let’s digress and get right into the preview, starting with who I think are the week’s best bets.  Keep in mind, this isn’t a measure of who I think will play better but who I’d bet on at their respective odds.

The Favorites
There are only three whose odds separate them from the field, and I like them in this order:

  • Phil Mickelson (10/1) > Rory McIlroy (8/1) > Tiger Woods (3/1)

That’s not to say I don’t think Tiger can/will win.  I’d just rather shoot for the bigger payout.

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Found on Twitter – NCAA Tournament Storylines: East and West Regions

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It’s been a while since my last installment of “Found on Twitter,” so I thought we’d merge two of my favorite things together by mixing twitter with the NCAA Tournament.  The following tweets are from Sunday during the Selection Show and will provide a good look at the important storylines in “the Dance.”

Tough at the Top of Each Region

Indiana probably has the easiest potential 1-8 matchup despite NC State returning many players from a team that made the second weekend last year. That speaks just as much to the difficulty of the others (Louisville – Colorado State; Kansas – North Carolina; and Gonzaga – Pittsburgh) than it does to NC State’s comically bad 106 ranking in Adjusted Defensive Efficiency.

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Found on Twitter – NCAA Tournament Storylines: Midwest and South Regions

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It’s been a while since my last installment of “Found on Twitter,” so I thought we’d merge two of my favorite things together by mixing twitter with the NCAA Tournament.  The following tweets are from Sunday during the Selection Show and will provide a good look at the important storylines in “the Dance.”

Starting at the Top

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Super Bowl XLVII Recap: Brothers, Beyonce, and a Blackout

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Charcoal grilled wings. Three flavors.

Charcoal grilled wings. Three flavors.

In our society of instant gratification, I realize this Super Bowl preview is quite late.  However, it was a fun night full of ribs, wings, drinks, friends, and incessantly checking my box pools to see if I was anywhere close to winning money (which I never was).  My brother, however, was the recipient of a nice sum as a result of the intentional safety.  I got the grammar, the looks, the height, the I-was-a-mediocre-high-school-athlete-ness, but he got the luck apparently.  Maybe he’ll buy me a cocktail or two this weekend.

I didn’t do a Super Bowl preview, but let the record show that I’m not a fraud because I’m admitting here that I thought San Francisco would win by a touchdown or more.  Instead of looking forward before the game, let’s look back after it by continuing my new “Found on Twitter” theme with some of the best tweets I came across – and some that I wrote myself.

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Found on Twitter – Hilarious Hoaxing with Manti Te’o

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I debuted the “Found on Twitter” series earlier today, but this Manti Te’o story provided so much instant gold that I had to throw together an emergency version.  With the Golden Globes just behind us and the Oscars coming up, let’s sprinkle in an award show theme here and there.

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