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Backdoor Cut: NBA Season Preview Part One

Sorry for the delayed NBA preview. Its been a hectic time in the Pourtout household but things are settling down. No more delays, lets get to them. Eastern conference playoff teams (in order): 1) Chicago 2) Miami 3) Brooklyn 4) Indiana 5) New York 6) Detroit 7) Cleveland 8) Washington Eastern Conference Finals: Chicago…
Gridiron Blitz: NFL Picks Week Eight

Music to listen to: Runaway by iio Season: 28-30-1 Were nearly halfway through the season and while we’ve seen some strong performances among teams such as Denver, Kansas City, New Orleans and players like Peyton Manning, the biggest story of the first half of the 2013 year in the NFL has been the bad…
Passing the Guard: MMA Power Rankings October 2013

Music to listen to: Vital Signs by Rush Time for some MMA rankings: Heavyweight: 1) Cain Velasquez 2) Junior Dos Santos 3) Fabricio Werdum 4) Daniel Cormier 5) Antonio Silva Outside: Josh Barnett, Frank Mir Thoughts: Velasquez defended his UFC title against Dos Santos at UFC 166 with a fifth round stoppage, dominating from…
Zone Blitz: NFL Picks Week Six

Music to listen to: Live from the Grove-11 by 3:33 Here are my NFL picks (home team in CAPS) Last week: 6-7-1 Total : 18-27-1 KANSAS CITY (-9) Oakland: As I stated in my power rankings earlier this week, if you can run the ball, play defense and not have turnovers, you’ll win the majority…
Zone Blitz: NFL Power Rankings

Music to listen to: Inventions by Maserati We’re six weeks into the NFL season, so the time seems right to do my first edition of the Power Rankings. I’ll give you my individual thoughts on the top-10 teams and sprinkle some commentary when deemed necessary for the rest. 1) Denver Broncos (5-0): When Peyton…
Zone Blitz: Week Five NFL Picks

Music to listen to: Roulette Dares (live) by The Mars Volta Last week: 6-9-0 This week: 0-1-0 Season: 12-21-0 As you can tell by the numbers above, its been a rough two weeks of NFL picks for me. To make things even better, I picked Buffalo over Cleveland last night, which was a…