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The Mush is feeling good after his perfect 5-0 week. Well, The Mush is in high spirits after evening his record on the season with a blistering 5-0 week. He's now 23-23 for the year and a strong 7-3 with his best bets. I have a feeling he's in for a tough week but we'll see. Here are The...

Will Bill Parcells and the Dolphins regret passing up on Matt Ryan for Jake Long? Not much going on this week guys. The phones have been kind of dead. Here is what I was able to scrape up from the people I talked to around the NFL: --I wrote in this column a couple of weeks ago that Carson Palmer...

Michael Smith and the Hogs will run away from Tulsa on Saturday. It's hard to believe we are already in Week 10. The college football season is almost over. I guess it's time to get ready for college hoops. These leans went 3-2 again last week, including two more outright winners with Duke...

Tommy Rider believes that No. 1 Texas is going down this week. I usually do this earlier in the week but I have been slacking off lately. These are just opinions but they have done pretty well over the last three weeks, going 3-2, 3-2 and 4-1. Here are the underdogs I think pack some bite for Week...

If you want your wallet to look like George Costanza's, don't follow The Mush. I'm a huge Seinfeld fan to the point where 40 percent of my spoken language comes from Seinfeld episodes (The other 60 percent comes from movie lines). One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes ever is when George...

This week's edition of the Sports Betting Preview Show is now up and ready to go. In this edition Tommy Rider, Matty O'Shea, The Godfather Marco D'Angelo and Vegas-Runner discuss the following topics: --The World Series from a gambling perspective --Game of the Week (Giants at Steelers...

Tommy Rider says Laurence Maroney can kiss New England good-bye after the season. Below are some tidbits I've gathered from different sources. Keep in mind that I'm passing along this information. It's not my OPINION. If I want to add my thoughts after I post the info, I'll write it...

Barack Obama can thank Mike Ditka if he becomes President. Barack Obama's easy win in the 2004 Illinois Senate race catapulted him to national fame and set him on his current path toward the White House. It was a convincing victory that is now but a footnote in the career of the Democratic presidential...

Lou Holtz compares Michigan's Rich Rodriguez to Adolf Hitler. For the second time in less than a week, ESPN analyst Lou Holtz has apologized for comments he made on the air. This time, the comments were more egregious and the fallout will be more severe. During halftime of yesterday's Georgia...

This guy is one of America's highest paid sports writers. The worst sports columnist in the history of the world by a mile, Scoop Jackson, is spreading more of his idiotic babble to get attention. I'm not going to pull any punches on this one so it may offend some of you. Jackson got his job...

The Mush gives his words of wisdom for Week 7 in the NFL. I'm a huge Seinfeld fan to the point where 40 percent of my spoken language comes from Seinfeld episodes (The other 60 percent comes from movie lines). One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes ever is when George Costanza does the opposite...

TBS' Frank TV ads are driving us all crazy! For those of you that have followed the MLB Playoffs on TBS, you are well aware that every six seconds the station forces another Frank TV ad down our throats. As a matter of fact, TBS has received so many complaints from people who claim to be seeing...

The Cowboys need Wade Phillips to do more than just be a cheerleader. Below are some tidbits I've gathered from different sources. Keep in mind that I'm passing along this information. It's not my OPINION. If I want to add my thoughts after I post the info, I'll write it under "Tommy's...

Todd Reesing and Kansas could be a tough out for the reeling Sooners on Saturday. It's hard to believe that we are already in Week 8 but as the season keeps moving forward, the more underdogs seem to be cashing. Last week I gave out five dogs that could bite and they went 3-2, with Oklahoma State...

Can you believe it? Thanks to the Texans meltdown, The Mush is coming off a winning week. I'm a huge Seinfeld fan to the point where 40 percent of my spoken language comes from Seinfeld episodes (The other 60 percent comes from movie lines). One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes ever is when George...

The 49ers will have to overcome Mike Nolan's bad coaching if they plan on upsetting the Eagles. In this week's edition of the Sports Betting Preview Show , we discussed coaching and how we factor it into handicapping. I, for one, think coaching is a big factor. I always believed this but after...

If Hank Baskett is having cybersex with this girl, can you imagine the kind of women T.O. has? Playboy Playmate Kendra Wilkinson appeared Tuesday on E!'s Chelsea Lately show and while she didn't admit to "doing" Eagles wide receiver Hank Baskett, she did readily admit to having cybersex...

Tommy Rider is trying to lure Mike Tyson out of retirement to fight MMA hype machine Kimbo Slice. It's time. It's time for Mike Tyson and Kimbo Slice to square off and Pregame has what it takes to put this thing together. Let me explain. Back in May, EliteXC President Gary Shaw said he...

Brad "Major Dad" Childress will most likely be looking for work after the season. Below are some tidbits I've gathered from different sources. Keep in mind that I'm passing along this information. It's not my OPINION. If I want to add my thoughts after I post the info, I'll...

Matty O'Shea - a staunch Obama supporter - is hoping his Cubs don't jinx the Presidential front-runner. The t-shirt above was created back in August by a Matty O' Shea wannabe when Cubs and Obama fans alike shared the audacity of hope. Back when it was a foregone conclusions that the Cubs...

Missouri better be ready for Zac Robinson and the explosive Cowboys offense on Saturday. There's another week of exciting college football on deck and that means more upsets and BCS busters. Every Tuesday I've been looking at some underdogs that have a shot to bite on Saturday and this week...

It's hard to find a bigger Boner than Norv Turner. A lot of people have columns called "Monday Morning Quarterback." I was trying to come up with something different and decided to settle on the position I dominated in high school: Backup fullback. No one could block a guy two times...

The Mets aren't the only ones leaving Shea Stadium forever. Apparently some people are worried about the small cat population that has made Shea their home over the years. "They're part of Mets lore," said Bryan Kortis of Neighborhood Cats , a Manhattan rescue group. "So why...

The future of EliteXC resides on the thunderous right hand of Kimbo Slice. On Saturday night MMA legend Ken Shamrock will step into the cage with Internet sensation Kimbo Slice with the fate of an entire company on their shoulders. After poor ratings, CBS is close to pulling the plug on the struggling...

Fade The Mush and you won't have this look on your face Sunday night. I'm a huge Seinfeld fan to the point where 40 percent of my spoken language comes from Seinfeld episodes (The other 60 percent comes from movie lines). One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes ever is when George Costanza does...