The top-rated golf colleges for women were UCLA, Southern California, North Carolina, Pepperdine, Duke, Wake Forest, Georgia, Rollins, Stanford and Vanderbilt. Duke had a rating of 85,845 compared to UCLA with a rating of 85,612, just barely beating them for number one. Rollins College was the only Division II college named in the top 50…
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Confessions of a Safari Operator
It’s true, not all safaris work perfectly, I gasp! We trust machines (ie vehicles) and they are just as fallible as humans – another sigh! In August we had a trip that could have gone a little better. And, while I take a deep breath to calm my nerves about sharing a less-than-perfect safari with…
A simple strategy to win the Fantasy 5 lottery
Everyone wants to win the Fantasy 5 lottery. Everyone who joined may have come up with certain strategies to play Fantasy 5, or used the power of luck. Although some have been successful, many are still on the losing end of the Fantasy 5 lottery. Fantasy 5 lottery games are one of the best lottery…
Gus Malzahn: from high school to university
Just six years ago, in the fall of 2005, an Arkansas high school coach was trying to put his school’s football program on the national map. Fast-forward to 2011 and, not only did he put Springdale HS on the map, he has made a name for himself as the current offensive coordinator at Auburn University….
PSL #7 Power Ratings
What an absolutely crazy first few weeks it has been in the NFL. Seventeen teams, 17!!!, are still over .500. And it’s crazy how one week a team (say, the Giants) can look like total shit and then the next week go out and smoke a top-five team like the Falcons. Powerhouses like the Bengals…
Major League Baseball Players in Japan – Strangers in Paradise
The final matchup of the World Baseball Classic featured two teams from countries where baseball is a beloved sport: Cuba and Japan. Both countries they are noted for producing good players, some of whom enjoy stellar careers In America. Currently, Ishiro and Matsui from Japan are two of the best and most consistent players in…
The 5 MLB races to follow on satellite TV
For tipsters and bettors around the world, there are few topics more treacherous than Major League Baseball. On any given night, big ‘stuff’ from an unknown pitcher can lead to history being made; then the best team in the game could be beaten by the worst the next day. The pennant races are a war…
2005 AFC East football preview
In the AFC East I expect to see the Patriots drop a little, but not much, the reason for the projected drop is mainly due to the fact that the Patriots will be without the services of offensive coordinator Charlie Weis and defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel. , both went on to head coaching jobs, Weis…
Have quarterbacks outperformed running backs in fantasy football leagues?
In recent years, skilled Fantasy Football players have used the first two rounds of their draft to land running backs who will rack up points for their fantasy teams. Last year, however, eight of the top 10 fantasy point scorers were quarterbacks. Is this a trend that will continue in the coming seasons? I think…
Call me Mr. Lucky!
I didn’t like the head coach, so I quit the football team my senior year in high school. The following fall (1965) I enrolled at the local community college in my hometown of Burlington, IA, primarily to avoid the draft and the inevitable trip to Vietnam if drafted. Back then, students attending the university were…