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Barely three months have passed since the Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games to win their first NBA title in 40 years. But it’s already time to look ahead to the 2015-16 season as Westgate Las Vegas on Tuesday released its NBA regular-season win totals.
Before Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger went down with a knee injury in Sunday’s 12-6 win over the St. Louis Rams, Pittsburgh was projected to be favored by about 4 points over the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night.
The Chiefs have waited 11 days for the chance to wash away the bitter taste of their brutal last-second 31-24 home loss to the Denver Broncos.
While star quarterbacks continue to fall, the power rating on Carson Palmer and the Arizona Cardinals keeps rising. Of course, the NFL is a stock market, with rises and falls, injuries and overreactions.
It’s tough to find a weakness in Bill Belichick’s game, but the New England Patriots coach does have a flaw aside from losing Super Bowls to the New York Giants.
If only the Buffalo Bills had a quarterback, they would be in business. That statement was true in recent years, but for a team that was bankrupt at the NFL’s most important position, a gamble on Tyrod Taylor could be paying off.
For a loose talker who has won just two Southeastern Conference games in 16 tries, Arkansas’ Bret Bielema certainly rubs some of his fellow coaches the wrong way.
A losing quarterback is often heckled and ripped. It seldom happens to Andrew Luck, who usually leads a good life. But when things turned bad this week, Luck was the target, and the angry critic was his coach.
Our handicappers choose their best bets for this weekend’s NFL and college football slate.
Nick Saban is the face of the mighty Southeastern Conference, and the Alabama coach already has one black eye.
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