Gambling: Week 5 Picks

Season Record: Against the Spread: 3-1 Over / Under: 1-0

Today in Twitter: Michigan’s Denard Robinson Hacked by Girlfriend: It’s not getting a pot of hot grits thrown on you while you’re in the shower, but it’s not ideal. I can’t believe a star college QB was cheating on his girlfriend. Steve Jobs was on his “Blind Side”: As long as Steve Jobs wasn’t [...]

I’ve been spending the last week of my life travelling to sports games, taking photos and writing over 10,000 words about stadium conduct codes, scoreboards and stadium food selection. I’m not going to another game for a little while so I can finally relax and get back to what I do naturally, comment on funny [...]

I have a friend, Jay, from my Vegas days, who has traveled with me to four Jets games over the last three years. The thing is, he’s a Giants fan. This year it was my turn to reciprocate. When the schedule came out I circled the Arizona game because it was: A) Close to Vegas. [...]

(Via our DC/Baltimore correspondent Adam Chen) Ahh, the return of many an ex-Raven to the greatest city in the world, Baltimore. Rex Ryan, Bart Scott, and now even long time Raven great Derrick Mason all strolled back home with gang green. Despite the final score of 34-17, this was anything but an offensive shootout, in [...]

If you haven’t noticed it’s been a busy week here at LolaSportsTalk.com. Since Saturday I have covered a soccer match (ATL Silverbacks last game of the year), a baseball game (Braves vs Phils, game 162), a basketball game (The Southern Hospitality Showcase) and now I’m lying in a hotel bed in Glendale Arizona. I’m here [...]

As we all know 2011 has been the year of the Lockout. While the NFL Lockout ended up being all bark and no bite (in reality, all it cost us was the Hall of Fame Game), the NBA Lockout continues on. It appears to be leading to a basketball diaspora as some of the best [...]