Scott Bernstein and the good folks over at JamBase ran my guest article on the Ominous Seapods reunion shows. I drew the first night show, and my review is here. From the article: “These weren’t just reunion shows or a revival that Ominous Seapods threw down for a pair of nights at the Cohoes Music Hall outside their former hometown of Albany. They were a...
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Kansas City Chokes. There’s no other way to describe losing to a hapless bunch of dink and dunkers like Tennessee. Andy Reid’s crew did not come ready to play for 60 minutes, and that’s all there is under discussion. The Chiefs sent Ernesto the Prediction Iguana down with them – he went 2-2 last week, winning neither...
So, 2017 was a turbulent year in the world of sports, but we all weathered it quite well. Now that we have a minute between New Year’s champagne and golf on Hawaii, let’s take a look back at the best, worst and zaniest of the year, and not just in golf. PLAYER OF THE YEAR – JUSTIN THOMAS PGA Championship + FedEx Cup + Five Tour wins + Prez Cup hero...
As usual, Week 17 – a.k.a. Bookie’s Revenge – took everyone to the cleaners, including Ernesto the Prediction Iguana. Always the toughest week of the season to handicap because you don’t know which teams will rest what players, our intrepid King of Animal Prognostication went 1-3, 0-2 in teasers, depressing the otherwise solid regular season...
Ernesto the Prediction Iguana tread water through a 3-2-1 week, 1-2 in teasers after the Panthers barely got past the Bucs, the Bills get robbed by the refs (again in favor of the Cheatriots), and the Giants got blanked by a milquetoast Arizona team. That puts the season totals at 58-19-1, 22-17 in teasers. happily, Week 17 Ernesto saves up his energy for the...
“And then an angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds, and they were frightened. But the angel said, “Fear not. For I bring you glad tidings of great joy. For today in the city of David, a savior is born.” And then suddenly a whole Heavenly host of angels appeared in the sky and sang “Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth, peace, good...
Erneesto’s return to the helm of our NFL Picks here at AWITP and GNN saw him tally a solid 5-1 week, 2-1 in tesaers. That swells the season totals to a sterling 55-17 overall, 21=15 in teasers. Of course one critical win was due to dumb luck – The Steelers beat the Patriots yesterday, but the Cheatriots beat the Steelers. The lone loss was the Chargers...
Golf Course Trades did a fantastic job with my Boston public golf article. Wow was Granite Links playing tough. The difference between John Snford’s greens here and at Ferry Point is the difference between the tornado and the breeze! Still, an incredibly fun day on top of a mountain overlooking downtown Boston on a gorgeous day. Next time – Boston Golf...
Ernesto the Prediction Iguana returns from his yearly sabbatical to make this week’s NFL picks, but first we have to give a hearty congratulations to Faith the Prediction Cat whose 6-2 week, (2-2 in teasers) puts the GNN/AWITP tally at a solid 50-16 overall, 19-14 in teasers. She’d have been 7-1, 3-1 had the idiot Rams gone all “Stanford-Cal/Music...
Faith the Prediction Cat went 6-2, 2-2 in teasers last week. She won with the Pats, Browns, Panthers, and three over calls. On the down side, I guess the Vikings are an UNDER team, and the Lions looked awful against the surging Ravens. Season totals here at AWITP and GNN are a solid 44-14, 17-12 in teasers. In her relief appearance for Ernesto the Iguana, Faith the...
It’s time again for Jay’s Year end golf awards – the Jazzys as we call them. This year’s Player of the Year is clearly Justin Thomas. Five wins, a PGA Championship for his first major and he took home the $10,000,000 after winning the season ending playoffs. Hideki Matsuyama had a breakout year too, but it wasn’t enough to wrest either a...
Faith the Prediction Cat picked right up where she left off last season, going a stellar 7-1 last week, 3-1 in teasers, bringing our AWITP/Golf News Net season totals to 38-12, 15-10 in teasers. Her lone loss was the Chargers shocking upset of Dallas on Thanksgiving Day, (and nobody got that right). Faith also increased her lifetime record percentage filling in for...
The one and only Peter Kessler came on the Jay’s Plays show to wrap up this year, preview next year, and talk Tiger.
As always we covered a lot of ground. Stay tuned for our end of the year extravaganza!
It was a tough week for Ernesto the Prediction Iguana, as the Steelers erupted, the Dolphins imploded, and the Rams left their offense home. His 3-3 week leaves him 31-11 on the season, 12-9 in teasers. It’s time for Ernesto’s annual Thanksgiving vacation, so Faith the Prediction Cat takes the reins for the next three weeks. She had a spectacular relief...
WAYNE, NJ – His name is Hank Gola, and for decades he was the voice of the Great New York Sports Fan as the New York Daily News beat writer for pro football and golf. Hank is beloved in NYC, a home town boy who became a lifer of a local sports writer with a dozen national accolades to his name. If you grew up reading the New York sports pages, you saw the...