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While one eye was looking at CNBC early this morning the other was fixated on the coffee being brewed to get it fully open.  And suddenly there it was.  Breaking news delivered to you by none other than Andrew Ross Sorkin.    The news was enough to get the other eye open even without the …

Two Mondays ago the following was the lede paragraph from an ESPN article. “South Carolina’s top two cornerbacks, Jaycee Horn and Israel Mukuamu, have opted out less than 48 hours after coach Will Muschamp was fired this past weekend.”  South Carolina fell to 2-5 after a loss to Ole Miss two days prior. Yesterday it became official that Terrace …

Vegas wins when you tie.  It’s called the vig (also known as juice, the cut, the take, the margin, the house edge).  Abby won three (including a fun parlay) and lost three bets last week.  One was a brutal, slim 1/2 point non-cover.  So close. So far.   She won five bones and lost five bones.  …

We pause our series on specific divisions within the NFL to bring you some Monday morning nuggets.  But there is plenty of the NFL in the nuggets. There’s a Pope, too.  Start your Monday off right, consume away. In an unprecedented meeting, a delegation of five NBA players and several officials from the National Basketball …

There are wins and losses and there is how much is wagered on each game. That could not be better illustrated than when Abby’s wins and losses are compared to her bones wagered at this season to date juncture.  Her season won/loss record stands even Steven at 21-21-1.  But the bones won number 36 against …

Did the new NFL playoff expanded format for 2020 and beyond slip right by you? The NFL changed its highly approved of, very fair, and long-standing playoff tradition.  It’s the first playoff format change since 1990. John Madden used to say that December football was different than the months prior.  He said it’s because good …

Did the new NFL playoff expanded format for 2020 and beyond slip right by you? The NFL changed its highly approved of, very fair, and long-standing playoff tradition.  It’s the first playoff format change since 1990. John Madden used to say that December football was different than the months prior.  He said it’s because good …

Did the new NFL playoff expanded format for 2020 and beyond slip right by you?  BBR is almost embarrassed to admit that it did for us. In January and February we saw the playoffs and then the Super Bowl.   What we couldn’t see was the virus spreading at the same time. By March 23rd our …

We know you like ten nuggets.  We hope you like hash.  It’s how the ten nuggets are served today.  The sports world was a bit of everything over the last 48 hours. So we have a lot of leftovers.  We sling some below.  Dustin Johnson took full advantage of soft greens at Augusta and won …

Sometimes Vegas giveth.  Sometimes Vegas taketh. Last week Sin City took just a bit from Abby. Her season-long w/l is now 19-17-1.  The most important bones are a fine 33-23 in her favor.  And, the beleaguered hunch bet is now 2-4 after it hit paydirt with a Florida cover. Lots of games ran afoul of …