Ever since being threatened with a benching several weeks ago, Torrey the Prediction Cat has been on a good run. A 5-1 tally last week (2-1 in teasers) swells the season totals to a respectable 31-11 over all, and brings the teaser mark to 12-9. He hit with the Pats, Ravens, Chiefs, and Jet and one OVER (DOLPHINS-bills). The lone blemish was the Clowns picking...
Torrey the Prediction Cat went a solid 5-1 last week, 2-1 in teasers, hitting with the Bills, the Steelers, the Dolphins and two over calls. The only miss was the STEELERS-rams game was an UNDER. That makes this column’s season totals a respectable 26-10 overall, 10-8 in teasers. Here’s this week’s picks. As always we use the lines from www...
Torrey the Prediction Cat went 4-2 last week, 2-1 in teasers. His only loss of the day came when the Packers O-line forgot to get off the bus in an embarrassing loss. They made the Chargers look like the old Steelers, and poor Rodgers was running for his life the whole day in a flabbergasting 26-11 loss. Not only did the Chargers win, their kicker blew the OVER call...
It’s about time! Torrey the Prediction Cat finally fired on all cylinders, going 6-0 last week, 3-0 in teasers. He hit four UNDERs, as well as the Niners and the Patriots. That swells the season totals to 17-7 overall, 6-6 in teasers. Here’s this week’s picks. As always we use the lines from www.vegasinsider.com and move the line six points in our...
The fat lady is warming up in the green room, and there’s an iguana warming in the bullpen. Torrey the Prediction Cat went 4-2 lasy week to move to 11-7 on the season. But his third straight 1-2 record in all-important teasers has this column off to its worst start in 12 years of predictions, a dismal 3-6 record. So much for changing starting quarterbacks...
Torrey the Prediction Cat, our intrepid NFL prognosticator had another rough week, going 3-3 for the week, 1-2 in teasers, sinking the young season’s tally to 75 overall, 24 in teasers. The Steelers defense actually showed up to play football instead of ballroom dancing, although they only managed to play 56 minutes. Better shore that up fast, black and gold...
Torrey the Prediction Cat went 4-2 last week to open the season, but just 1-2 in teasers. As usual, the Patriots were a shoo-in, and the Seahawks were their usual, reliable selves. He also hit with the Panthers and Saints tough to do in the unpredictable NFC South. The two losses were the putrid Giants laying an egg at home against the Vikings and a surprisingly weak...
Welcome to the opening week of this season’s Jay’s Plays football picks. Let’s also have a big hand for our new starting prognosticator: Torrey the Prediction Cat. Here’s this week’s picks. As always we use the lines from www.vegasinsider.com and move the line six points in our favor since we do 2-team teasers. HOME TEAM IN CAPS. RIDE...
Border War! Vermont vs. New Hampshire Skiing Part 5 – Mount Snow —by Jay Flemma Special to Slave to the Traffic Light Adventure Magazine— DOVER, VT – If Smugglers’ Notch is “America’s Family Resort,” then Mount Snow is Party Central. 3-1/2 hours drive from Manhattan, 2-1/2 hours from Boston, and just over 1-1/2 hours from...
Are you ready or some football picks? We are. Jay’s Plays NFL Picks is back for it’s 14th blockbuster season. First we want to welcome back all our readers from Golf News Net. Glad to have you aboard again. Also welcome to all the listeners on the Jay’s Plays Radio Show. We’ve been kicking ass and taking names for much of the last decade...
The deaths of 11 climbers on Mount Everest this year has spurred the Nepalese government into action…sort of. Yes, Nepal’s Ministry of Tourism has released a 59-page report proposing changes to rules covering guiding and mountaineering on Mount Everest. But according to seminal climber and mountaineering expert Alan Arnette, much will remain the same, and...
Once again, big thank you to the National Ski Council Federation. They have syndicated my Attitash article. You can click here to see it on their website. Mount Snow and cannon are next.
So once more, a big thank you to the National Council of Ski Federations. They are running my Border War series about skiing and golf in New Hampshire vs. Vermont, and I’m really excited with the feedback and new readers. Thanks so much. The latest in the series that they’ve posted is the Smuggler’s Notch piece. You can check out the link here, and...
The National Ski Council Federation has run the second article in my VT vs. NH skiing series – Magic Mountain. The link to a shortened version of the article is here. So glad to see tiny, but feisty little Magic battling so successfully against much bigger mega-resorts. They already added a new Green Chair this winter and look to add another upgraded chair...
ExplorersWeb.com has a terrific two-part interview with Alex Txikon, the expert climber and expert rescuer who was sent to try to find Tom Ballard and Daniele Nardi after they went missing on Nanga Parbat two months ago. From the interview: “At first, I didn’t worry too much: I thought their lack of contact was some communication issue. Nardi had an old...