Archive for April, 2016

JEFF ALLEN: CHARGERS, DALLAS and ELLIOT CONTROL THE DRAFT The waiting is over and the NFL draft is tonight. It’s generally given that quarterbacks Jared Goff and Carson Wentz will go 1-2 in the draft. Both the Rams and Eagles have traded up at prohibitive prices to get these spots so going any in any… Read More

Tampa Bay’s Blake Snell as good or better than advertised !!! Lost in all the hoopla of what was a pretty busy weekend of sports that included the NBA and NHL playoffs, baseball, golf, Nascar, the return of Jon Jones to the UFC, boxing and lead up to the NFL Draft was a little notation… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: OKLAHOMA CITY at DALLAS GAME III In what has pretty much been the only game to upset the apple cart to this point of the NBA playoffs, Dallas (+14, +1000 ML) went into the Thunderdome on Monday and shocked the hosts by coming away with an 85-84 road win. Almost as… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: HOUSTON at GOLDEN STATE GAME II Like all four Game I’s of the Western Conference quarters, Houston/Golden State I was a laugher to the Warriors but not without a price. Steph Curry turned an ankle in the second quarter and didn’t return in the second half with Golden State in complete… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: CELTICS at HAWKS GAME I The NBA playoffs start today and while all four matchups in the Western Conference would appear to be mere formalities, all four matchups in the Eastern Conference figure to be much more competitive. The Pistons have played Cleveland tough all year and the Raptors have not… Read More

JEFF ALLEN: KOBE BRYANT MAKES HIS CURTAIN CALL One of the greatest players in NBA history straps it up one final time tonight as Kobe Bryant plays his final game tonight at The Staples Center as the Lakers take on the Utah Jazz. Kobe’s accolades and records are to numerous to list here but glossing… Read More

JEFF ALLEN: Random Notes and Thoughts about the Weekend The Masters: In our Masters preview this week, we started with the sentence that longshots “never” win the Masters and then went on to look at what figured to be the “Big Eight”. Ricky Fowler, Lefty and Zach Johnson didn’t make the cut. Adam Scott was… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: GRIZZ at DALLAS With less than a week left in the NBA regular season, 12 of the 16 playoff spots have already been claimed with three of the remaining four virtual locks. Even the battle between Utah and Houston for the final spot in the West is pretty much a formality… Read More

JEFF ALLEN: MASTERS PREVIEW The first major of the 2016 golf season is upon us and is as wide open as any major in recent memory. With Tiger Woods out of the picture for quite a while now, the next crop of “young guns’ has taken over and in the case of this particular tournament,… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: VILLANOVA vs. NORTH CAROLINA The college basketball National Championship will be decided in Houston tonight as the Villanova Wildcats (34-5) out of the Big East take on the preseason No.1 North Carolina Tar Heels (33-6) out the ACC. While the teams have no recent history, the teams have met six prior… Read More