There’s no crying in baseball, and there are no wussies in football. At least, there didn’t used to be any wussies in football. Football players are supposed to be super tough guys, and their fans are supposed to be super- tough-guy wannabes. Football players used to wear leather helmets, and be bare-armed in sub-zero weather. Concussions didn’t exist. If a player got knocked out, the coach revived him with smelling... Read more

In the first article in this series, we discussed the fact that the standard ways you make judgments about people cannot be used to spot con artists. The good con man is a person that most people trust implicitly, and who can charm the pants off you. Con games don't only exist in the financial industry, or in the sports service industry. Con games are not used only to take your money under false pretenses. You have to... Read more

Do you know how to spot a con man? If you can't, the money he loses may be your own. You cannot tell whether or not someone is a con man by using your great judgment of human nature. If a con man is good, he will have the ability to get most people to like him. The best salesmen sell themselves first, and the best con men will charm you right off your feet. Con men need your trust, and they know that the average person... Read more

Since I decided, about two weeks ago, to start releasing Syndicate Selections in my pick packages , I've been getting questions about them. Here are the answers all in one place. Question 1: How often do you release syndicate selections? The Wall Street Bankers group bets every day, and I release their selections to Crowne Club members and Pregame monthly subscribers everyday. I post Syndicate Selections in the pick... Read more

Can Sports Bettors REALLY Be That Stupid? This past weekend, sports tout extraordinaire, mentor of Brandon Lang, and subject of the movie "Two For the Money," Stu Feiner, announced on his compline that Vice President Joe Biden telephoned Stu personally to complain about Stu's failure to give Barack Obama the proper respect. Feiner, while denying that he had ever made the scurrilous comments attributed to him, claimed... Read more

The House of Representatives has never acted so quickly as they did in passing a special punitive tax bill aimed at taking $160 million of bonus pay back from those evildoers at AIG. Don't be fooled. Our politicians gave a $170 billion loan to AIG. At the time the loan was made, our government could have put any conditions they chose on the money. They put none. Just like all the banks, AIG was given the bail out money... Read more

It was a wonderful day for the O'Shea's, O'Lucks and even Bill O'Reillys of the world yesterday, as one of their own, Barry O'Bama beat the Scotsman and was elected President. For those of you who are sad that Sarah the PILF (P for Politician) won't be winking at them from the centerfold of the Congressional Record, take another look at Jill the Trophy Wife -- spouse of Joe the VP. She even has long blonde hair, as opposed... Read more

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." -- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities I t was the best of bets, it was the worst of bets -- Rob Crowne, A Tale of Two Bets The Crowne Club lived through a shizophrenic weekend. After winning in the Breeders' Cup 14 out of 16 years, picking up one of the biggest payouts in Breeders' Cup history two years ago, and winning 71% of their races bet last year, the Wall... Read more

As part of our continuing effort to teach you all the language of Tout Speak, here's another entry from Crowne's New World Dictionary of Tout Speak: "Million-Star Play" - adj. + adj. + n. phrase The tout started with a 1000-star play, and lost 10 in a row. Sometimes combined with the terms "Millenium" or "My Lifetime," to form the sentences "Million Star Play of the Millenium," or "Million Star Play of My Lifetime," in... Read more

While all those guys you should never have elected play politics with the economy and $700 Billion on the line, I'm starting a grass roots campaign. Forget about bail outs for Wall Street gamblers. I say, $700 Billon to bail out sports gamblers. In the debate on Friday, neither Obama nor McCain had anything meaningful to say about the bail out. Isn't it amazing how politicians can avoid answering even the simplest question... Read more