{"id":3679,"date":"2009-03-06T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/brian-bosworth-and-march-madness-picks-grab-friday-headlines\/"},"modified":"2009-03-06T14:08:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T19:08:00","slug":"brian-bosworth-and-march-madness-picks-grab-friday-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/brian-bosworth-and-march-madness-picks-grab-friday-headlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Bosworth and March Madness Picks Grab Friday Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The BCS conferences wind down their regular season, but the mid-majors are now ramping up their postseason tournaments for sports betting<\/a>. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: LeBron James and the Cavaliers take on the Celtics in <\/span><\/font>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and the Ducks and Stars meet in a Pacific Division matchup.<\/p>\n

Barney Frank ready to submit gambling rights bill\u2026<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

In the bizarre world that is <\/span><\/font>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> politics, a liberal Democrat has positioned himself to the right of most Republicans when it comes to personal responsibility and pro-business. Congressman Barney Frank is expected to have his pro-gambling rights bill ready by the end of the month and the betting and online gambling news section<\/a> continues to cover the latest developments. <\/p>\n

Sports headlines\u2026.<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

Troubled former college sensation and NFL bust Brian Bosworth has been arrested on DUI charges\u2026.the best sports handicapping service in the world GodsTips is in a usual March windfall. They now have six winners. We do have a day Major plus five night plays including a Wise Guy. It must be March as Mr. March himself is 11-1 the last 12 picks for 91.6 percent. The 18 hour days are paying off again for the world’s sharpest gamblers. Click now to purchase<\/a> GodsTips.\u00a0 <\/span>We know ESPN the mag<\/span> called betting expert Alan Boston one of the top college basketball betting handicappers, but the absolute No. 1 is GodsTips. <\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Tipping off on the hardwood  . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

It’ll be <\/span><\/font>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in the marquee NBA contest on Friday night. The Cavaliers enter that matchup a single game up on the Celtics in the Eastern Conference standings, and they’ve won four straight contests (and nine of their past 10). The Celtics bounced back from a bad weekend with a 115-111 road win against the Nets on Wednesday night. Paul Pierce scored 31 points in the victory.<\/p>\n

Phoenix<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is at Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> hosts Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in the big Western Conference clashes for Friday night, while the Lakers will get a visit from the Timberwolves<\/span>. Rounding out the slate: <\/span>Atlanta<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Charlotte, <\/span>Miami<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <\/span>Toronto<\/span><\/st1:City>, <\/span>New Jersey<\/span><\/st1:State><\/st1:place> at <\/span>Orlando<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, <\/span>Golden<\/span><\/st1:PlaceName> <\/span>State<\/span><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> at <\/span>Detroit<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, <\/span>Milwaukee<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <\/span>Chicago<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and <\/span>Washington<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <\/span>San Antonio<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.<\/span> The Spurs fell 107-102 on the road against the Mavs<\/span> Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The march toward Madness . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

There are no ranked teams in action on the college hoops schedule for Friday as some of the smaller and mid-major conferences continue their tournaments. The biggest programs to hit the court will be <\/span><\/font>St. John’s<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Notre Dame, who will meet in South Bend<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. The Fighting Irish fell 77-60 to Villanova in their last game, while the Red Storm knocked off Georgetown<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 59-56 in overtime Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Taking a trip around the rink . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ducks will play host to the Stars in one of five National Hockey League contests on the schedule for Friday night. <\/span><\/font>Anaheim<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> fell 3-2 in overtime to the Blackhawks<\/span> in their last outing on Tuesday night, and they lost a lot of roster depth at the trade deadline with defensemen Steve Montador<\/span> and Kent Huskins<\/span> and forwards Travis Moen and Samuel Pahlsson<\/span> all shipped out of town. The Ducks also waived forward Brendan Morrison, who was then picked up by Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the NHL’s Friday slate are <\/span><\/font>Calgary<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, and Montreal<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. The Canadiens<\/span> were blasted 5-1 by the Sabres<\/span> on Wednesday night, with embattled goaltender Carey Price giving up those five goals on 32 shots. Jaroslav<\/span> Halak<\/span> missed the Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> game with an illness, but the Habs<\/span> are hoping he will be able to return to action this weekend. The Thrashers were beaten 4-3 by rival Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in their Tuesday outing.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the Roundup . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

The World Baseball Classic continues on Friday with a game between Chinese Taipei and <\/span><\/font>Korea<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> at the Tokyo Dome. Japan blanked China 4-0 in the opener of the tournament early on Thursday morning, with Japanese starter Yu Darvish<\/span> tossing four no-hit innings and fanning three batters. Pool C, which includes the United States<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, will begin games on Saturday at Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>‘s Rogers Centre; the Americans play Canada<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> to start their tourney, while Italy<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> will take on Venezuela<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The BCS conferences wind down their regular season, but the mid-majors are now ramping up their postseason tournaments for sports betting. Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: LeBron James and the Cavaliers take on the Celtics in Boston, and the Ducks and Stars meet in a Pacific Division matchup. Barney Frank ready to submit gambling … Continue reading Brian Bosworth and March Madness Picks Grab Friday Headlines<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}