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Raiders, Niners are making other Bay Area teams ill

The hideous affliction that has eaten away the brains of the people in charge of the Raiders and 49ers is spreading. A brain-cramping mold is creeping across the Bay Area sports scene. The entire West Coast may be in jeopardy. Run for your wives! OK, ...

From BETTING FOOL, San Francisco Chronicle,  9 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Golden State Warriors,  Rick Barry,  Al Harrington,  National Basketball Association,  Don Nelson

Singletary deserves a statue, and a warning

"I would rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we got to do something else, rather than play with 11 when I know that . . . person is not sold out. Cannot play with them. Cannot win with them. Cannot coach with them. Can't ...

From BETTING FOOL, San Francisco Chronicle,  1 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Vernon Davis,  Mike Singletary,  NFL,  Shaun Hill,  Bill Walsh

I'm on a bit of a roll, unlike West Coast football

You better believe I'm waiting until the dying moments of Friday night before posting any picks. The later they are, the better they are. Or so it seems. Ahead by more than 200 simoleons at this time of the year has the same odds of Tampa Bay being in ...

From BETTING FOOL, San Francisco Chronicle,  25 Oct 2008
Related Topics: NFL,  Taco Bell,  Tom Cable,  Tampa Bay Rays,  Mike Nolan

Phillies and Rays? Come on Bud, where are your flying monkeys?

Look what we have here if Tampa can avoid taking a disturbing dive. Its an ugly World Series matchup of Phillies and Rays. The West Coast winces, as does much of the country. No matter about Boston's 8-7 win on Thursday. All it did was give ESPN's frat ...

From BETTING FOOL, San Francisco Chronicle,  18 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Boston Red Sox,  ESPN,  National League,  Tommy Lasorda,  San Francisco Giants

Uncle Al's bizarre mutterings and some baseball predictions

You took a little vacation time, mainly because the company wants it off the books, and all heck breaks loose. First off, an apology for not sucking it up and making some picks last week. I normally keep the picks going no matter the problem or the ...

From BETTING FOOL, San Francisco Chronicle,  2 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Al Davis,  ESPN,  NFL,  National Basketball Association,  Boston Red Sox

For a week, Niners and Raiders benefit from Fool's 'kibosh'

It's nice to know I haven't lost my touch. I can remember at least five anti-Giants columns that launched unexplainable winning streaks. When I've said nice things about the A's, the Elephants were soon swept. Wait, when did I say nice things about the ...

From BETTING FOOL, San Francisco Chronicle,  19 Sep 2008
Related Topics: ESPN,  Shannon Sharpe,  Fred Biletnikoff,  Lance Alworth,  Al Toon

Are the Niners and Raiders this bad? Maybe worse?

You hear it all the time in betting circles, and sometimes sewing circles: "Don't overreact after one game." You've done it, you've watched others do it and as hard as you try, you can't avoid it. Maybe that's because ESPN and its constant onslaught of ...

From BETTING FOOL, San Francisco Chronicle,  12 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Rob Ryan,  Lane Kiffin,  NFL,  Al Davis,  Alex Smith

The smell of pigskin brings the Fool out of hibernation

Have you ever been out-of-your-gourd excited about something -- a new movie, a date, a chance for eight hours of sleep -- and the reality never came close to the expectation? That's how I feel about the first real weekend of football, the last one. The ...

From BETTING FOOL, San Francisco Chronicle,  10 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Skip Holtz

Fool 'brawls' with Danica, Michelle and the WNBA's bad girls, by way of a certain gopher

Have you ever seen a bear emerge from hibernation? Go ahead, pretend it's possible. The bear is skinny, foul-smelling, angry, sensitive to light and unreasonably hungry. The Betting Fool is this bear, minus the skinny. Where have I been? I could spin a ...

From BETTING FOOL, San Francisco Chronicle,  4 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Mark May,  Wes Bankston,  Brooks Conrad,  ESPN,  Regis Philbin

The Fool puts his foot(ball) down

I'm gobbling down taco night leftovers on this hazy Sunday afternoon and I've chosen Euro 2008 as my sports entertainment over the Women's Open and Giants-A's. I quickly checked the PGA Tour's Buick Open and noted that Kenny Perry had taken the lead ...

From BETTING FOOL, San Francisco Chronicle,  29 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Paula Creamer,  Kenny Perry,  PGA,  BMW,  Joe Blanton

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