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Uh, Who Exactly IS This Guy? Like, Really?
About a million years from now, when aliens discover our dark, burned-out husk of a planet and start digging around for clues to our long-dead civilization, we hope that the Brandon Lang saga is not the first thing they come across. Oh Christ, we hope not. Our gambling-addicted sister Oddjack del...
Hey, How's Oddjack Doing With Picks?
We've been watching with a bit of amusement as our gambling addict brother Oddjack struggles to make sense of the early baseball playoff action. He's not alone, of course, but his picks have been a bit erratic of late. (Not that we've been much better.) This afternoon, he likes the Padres to beat ...
Today In Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • We've always said it — never bet on the fat pitcher when there's pie waiting in the clubhouse. • Football picks guru Brandon Lane coasting on fame ... you, not so much. • That urge to be...
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What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • Finally, the airports get tough on terrorism. Um, well, actually they get tough on fantasy football. But it's a start. • Roses are red, violets are blue; White Sox, Contreras are smili...
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What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • Who has Eli Manning fever? If you don't stop scratching, it'll never heal. • NHL's new rules have bettors a little skittish? You should see the goalies. • The Week in Football Betting — ...
Today In Oddjack
We haven't made much of a secret about this: We're not that into gambling on sports. (We don't need anything to make sports more fun.) But we understand its appeal, particularly when our scrappy connoisseur of vice brother Oddjack is on a roll like he is today. Declaring today "Football Up Your As...
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Things Our Sexual Deviant Brother Oddjack Is Wrong About Today ... • Barry Bonds is being shut down, probably as early as today. So, uh, we wouldn't bet on him, no. • The San Diego Padres couldn't be scarier if they were wearing a bright red jacket with chains and dancing around a graveyard. • Nobod...
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What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • Michael Vick drags his gimpy leg into chilly Buffalo for your gambling pleasure. • "A 'Vinny the Squirtz' is here to see you, sir; something about football wagering. Shall I call the Duc...
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What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • All those circling vultures can't be wrong: Vikings' Mike Tice surges into the lead in the first-coach-to-be-fired derby. This is getting exciting. • Ah, just what we needed: a reason fo...
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What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • Hitching your wagon to Cadillac Williams' star. • So, did you bet that Jim Haslett would be the first NFL coach to lose his job? Wrong, hurricane-breath. • Enjoy the good will, Saints, b...
On The DL: That Drunk, Impregnating Farnsworth
It's time for installment No. 2 of our three-part series revealing the athletes behind some of On The DL's blind-items. Last week, we found out that the ladies say Cubs second baseman Todd Walker loves to flash his wedding ring at strip clubs. Today's blind item: I'm Ok, I sWaRe...:...
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What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • If I Were King of the Forest: Pick the Lions over the Bears. Oh my. • Al Groh, you have failed us for the last time: Take Syracuse and the points vs. Virginia. • And just like that, it's...
On The DL: Athletes Unmasked!
So we've been talking for the last couple of days to the people at On The DL, the blind item sports gossip site that claims to have inside info on the cheating ways of countless Major League Baseball players. We initially had some doubts about their verisimilitude, and even though we still advise ...
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What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discriminating speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • We would say that Pittsburgh running back Willie Parker had jumped the fantasy football shark, but jeez, there are no sharks in fantasy football, silly. • Stay away from the New York...
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What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discriminating speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • It's never too late to jump onto the Notre Dame bandwagon*. • European bookmakers, the NFL and you. • Meet Tom Ziller, the Alan Greenspan of Sacramento Kings wagering. * May not app...
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What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • It's T.O.'s world, we just live in it. • So, once again you've put money on the Rams. Sigh. Your mother and I really don't know what to do with you at this point. • NFL Week 1: Seriously...
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What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • Bill Simmons has a sure thing. Why do we hear that and immediately think of Michael Keaton in Night Shift? • If you're thinking about going against the Bears this week, Kyle Orton would ...
Today In Oddjack: NFL Kickoff Edition
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • So once again you've entered the office football pool, with dreams of finally winning it this year (sorry, we didn't mean to laugh out loud). Here are some things you should know. • Area...
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What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • No pressure or anything, but what's your next move, Jerry Rice? (We've got "lion tamer" at 50/1). • NFL betting: Those crazy bastards at Covers have completely lost it this time. • Going...
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What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • We do believe in Angels, we do, we do, we do! • "I counted on Lee Suggs to have a huge season for my NFL fantasy team, but then he was comically flattened when that grain silo fell on hi...