Torrey the Prediction Cat correctly hit the Chiefs and the OVER in his Super Bowl pick to finish the playoff season at 4-3 in teasers, 9-4 over all. Meanwhile, Chiefs win, Niners blow it, Taylor goes to after parties, I puke, the end. This is the 19th consecutive season the animal prognosticators in this column have finished the season above .500. Torrey will now...
Big props to the Kitzbühel Ski Club, the organizer of the Hahnenkamm Races, for alerting the skiing world that the FIS – the International Skiing Federation – celebrated its 100th birthday on February 2. Following an International Winter Sports Week held in in Chamonix from the last week of January 1924, which was also the first Winter Olympic Games...
Torrey the Prediction Cat went 3-1 overall last week, 1-1 in teasers, bringing his playoff totals to 8-4 overall, 3-3 in teasers. The lone blemish was the UNDER hit in RAVENS-chiefs because Baltimore turned the ball over at the goal line twice in the fourth quarter. And as for Justin Tucker, WTH? C’mon man, you’re the kicker. Leave that to the linebackers...
[Author’s Note: This is Part 1 of a 2-part series on New Hampshire’s Gunstock Mountain.Though usually overlooked when discussing the gnarliest terrain in the east, Gunstock’s contributions to skiing history are monumental, dating all the way back to the primordial age of the sport in America. Small, but plucky, what Gunstock lacks in haute chic, it...
Torrey the Prediction Cat went 3-1 last week, 1-1 in teasers, making his payoff record thus far 5-3 overall and 2-2 in teaser picks. He hit with the Buccaneers covering against the Lions and the BILLS-chiefs game going OVER. And despite “Wide Right Reprise” Torrey covered with the Bills as part of the teaser parley. His lone miss was the Niners failed to...
The Tush Push got smushed, the Fish got squished and the Cowgirls spit the bit again. What that means for you, Dear Bettor, is that Torrey the Prediction Cat went 1-1 in teaser picks, 2-2 over all. He hit with the Bills and the OVER in his opening pick, while Dallas went down in flames, (hey, at least there were flames), and Miami sputtered on offense. Undaunted by...
So wait, is it Super Duper Duper Wild card weekend, or are there more dupers in there? Asking for a friend. Actually, the dupers in this case may be the Pittsburgh “How the hell are we in the playoffs?” Steelers. They’re the NFL equivalent of John Daly “dressing up” for Champions Dinner of either the Open Championship or PGA, take your...
How wonderful: a United States team won a world title AND looked great on the international stage. And best of all, after smothering host nation Sweden 6-2 in the gold medal game, the team belted out the National Anthem together – proudly and loudly. That’;s how we like our athletes – grateful, affable, and noble. Not entitled, preening, and money...
PLYMOUTH, NH – Sometimes it takes a legend to build a legend. Or in the case of Tenney Mountain Ski Resort it took a legend to rebuild a legend. Extreme skiing pioneer, Warren Miller film star, and Hall of Fame skier Dan Egan and a team from North Country Development Group led by Steven Kelly have reopened Tenney, for many decades a New Hampshire go-to ski...
Get ready, golf world, because a new dynamo has appeared on the scene. From the same family – the Kaisers – that brought you Bandon Dunes and Streamsong comes more than a proper rejoinder from Wisconsin, but rather another magnum opus. Already rightly famous for twin public masterpieces Sand Valley by _____ and Mammoth Dunes by, the resort recently...
It’s been a sizzling off-season for Indy Pass as they have swelled to 185 resorts across three continents – the largest non-corporate pass on the planet. Now they have announced two new exciting proijects. Firs, in conjunction with Unofficial Networks, they have combined efforts to provide financial assistance to Hickory Ski Center in Warrensburg, New...
Saveur the Journey, the outstanding athletic and culinary travel outfit that I took to Argentina is running a sale through December 9, Small Business Saturday. The slate of trips they have lined up for 2024 and 2025 are all bucket lists….bucket lists plus, actually, because not only do cross off an athletic endeavor, you dine on all the finest culinary delights...
Course developer and designer Eric Bergstol sent the membership the following letter outlining changes to his instant and forever links classic: Bayonne Golf Club. We’ll be talking with Eric on Jay Flemma Sports Report soon, as well as publishing a more in-depth pice on the changes for Golf Course Trades. As Hunter Thompson’s editors would say, in the...
Thundersnow! That’s what’s predicted for upstate New York as a big ol’ storm powered by a frigid cold front passes over the unfrozen Great Lakes startring this evening. Hallelujah!!! It’s that joyous tie of year when skiers everywhere get to ask themselves “What set from my quiver am I going to shred first?!” (I have it tough: my...
[Author’s Note: Today is my 19th anniversary as a sports writer. From time to time through the years, I’ve published an article of particular depth and breadth on that date – sometimes to address issues of the day, sometimes to highlight a wonder of the sporting world I might have seen. This year, I’m particularly grateful that it happens...