Torrey the Prediction Cat went 3-1 last week, 1-1 in teasers, bringing his playoff record to 6-2, 2-2 in teasers. This week Ernesto the Prediction Iguana returns from his sabbatical. Torrey did an admirable job in relief, but now it’s time to let the Big Dog eat his dinner. So here’s this week’s winners before they happen, courtesy of the rookie! As...
We had Tom Doak and Ran Morrissett on the Jay’s Plays Radio Show on the Golf News Net Radio Network talking about Volume 5 of the Confidential Guide to Golf Courses. This Volume is Asia and Australia/New Zealand. Then we also had Mike Chait and Hugh Johnson from Smugglers’ Notch on to give us the latest on the phenomenal snow the Northeast has finally...
I almost couldn’t believe my eyes as I scanned the page. Keith Foster, well-known, well-respected, well-sought after golf course architect had just pled guilty to smuggling and selling goods made form endangered species, a felony, and was facing up to a five-year prison sentence. Pre-eminent sports writer Len Shapiro broke the story for local Virginia paper The...
Torrey the Prediction Cat went 3-1, 1-1 last week in the Wild Card round. He won with the Cowboys, the Chargers and one OVER/UNDER. Sadly, the Bears came up short on that field goal and he missed the OVER against the Eagles. His totals thus far are a respectable 8-2, 3-2 in teasers. We’ll give him one more week before switching back to Ernesto the Prediction...
For our year-end spectacular extravaganza we had two phenomenal guests on the Jay’s Plays Show. First ex-Sports Illustrated and Golf Magazine guru Gary Van Sickle joined us to wrap up the year on the PGA Tour and preview next year. Then Steve Czaban – the one and only Czabe! – joined us to give us his insights on the same and some football analysis...
So Torrey the Prediction Cat went 5-1 in his debut at NFL prognostication, 2-1 in teasers. He won with the Eagles, Patriots, Bears, Cowboys, and one OVER/UNDER. It was such a solid opening performance, Torrey can take the Wild Card round as well. So here’s this week’s winners before they happen, courtesy of the rookie! As always, we do 2-team teasers...
Happy New Year, everybody! We’ll be back this weekend with our first NFL playoff picks of the year. Until then, here’s the best from the great musical New Years run at Madison Square Garden!
If it’s New Years, then it’s Phish at MSG. And if it’s Phish New Years at MSG, then it’s time for the King of Pregame to re-ascend his throne. It’s become tradition: New Year’s Eve Day dinner is Brazilian at Ipanema on 46th street. Sizzling medallions of picanha, (marinated steak), chorizo and yuca served with hot chipotle sauce...
And as the shepherds lay guarding their flocks at night, an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and they were frightened. But he told them, “Fear not! For I bring you glad tiding sof great joy! Today, in the City of David, as savior is born!” And then suddenly a host of heavenly angels appeared and sang, “Glory to God in the highest. And on Earth...
We interrupt this golf season for a skiing update. Remember how we found 23″ of fresh powder at Magic Mountain three weeks ago? Well Geoff Hatheway, one of the SKI MAGIC, LLC folks responsible for the resport’s remarkable resurgence joins up on the Jay’s Plays show to talk skiing, golf, and he even won the trivia contest. Click here for the show...
was an up-and-down week for Faith the Prediction Cat subbing in for Ernesto the Prediction Iguana. She went 5-3 on the week, 1-3 in teasers, winning with the Chiefs (6-1 for us this year), the Ravens (3-0 for us), and the Saints (6-1). She lost with the Patriots (7-3 for us this season) and the Dolphins (0-1). She was 2-1 in OVER/UNDERS. The season totals drop to 50...
Christmas is coming early! Look at some of the incredible deals for golf and skiing! You’ll have enough left over to buy Gramma those reindeer ear muffs! First, $3.50 lift tickets to Mad River Glen, near Sugarbush, Vermont. One of the only true skiing co-ops in the world, snowboarders are not allowed at Mad River. Called by SKI magazine and others, “the...
It was a wild week in the NFL, and it was a wild week for Ernesto the Prediction Iguana as well. He went 4-4, 2-2 in teaser plays, putting the season totals at 45-21 overall, 20-13 in teasers. He won three overs, and hit with the Saints, (5-1 for us this season), but lost with the Chiefs, (4-1 for us), Broncos, (0-1 for us), Patriots, (7-2), and Texans (1-1)...
Border War! Vermont vs. New Hampshire Skiing Part 2 – Magic Mountain —by Jay Flemma Special to Slave to the Traffic Light Adventure Magazine— LONDONDERRY, VT – Abracadabra! Presto, Change-O! Now you see it, now you don’t, and then – happily – now you see it again! Like a rabbit in a conjuring trick, Vermont’s fabled...
As we enter the final 1/4 of the NFL season, Ernesto looks to POUR IT ON! A 5-1 week, 2-1 in teasers swells our intrepid prediction iguana’s season totals to a stellar 41-17 overall, 18-11 in teasers. He won last week with the Patriots (of course, they are 7-1 this season for us in teaser plays), Bears, (3-0 for us) Rams, (2-0) Eagles (1-0) and Ravens (1-0)...