Down to the final four and the Patriots are now even money to win the Super Bowl. The Niners are +205, the Giants are +220, and the Ravens bring up the rear at +485, which curiously means their odds of winning the Super Bowl went down. This has absolutely everything to do with the beatdown the Patriots laid on the Tebows. We wonder if Super Bowl odds are locker room fodder.

We’ll see if the Giants are a team of destiny, or whether they just caught the Packers on a really bad day.

The featured games this week are… both of them.

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RJ brings up an interesting question this week: has a team coming off the first round bye ever been an underdog? That might be the most interesting game of the week, at least according to Vegas. Can the second best scoring defense slow down the second best scoring offense in the league? Is watching game film of the St. Louis Rams really a strategy?

We’ll also see if the Broncos and Giants are for real. In Baltimore, everyone is healthy and Joe Flacco is already playing the no respect card.

The featured games this week are… all of them.

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Isn’t it funny the the marquee game of the week is the one featuring a team that’s not good enough to even win their own conference and a team that backed into the playoffs because everyone else around them decided to be the worst they could be? Must be fate. Or the hand of God. Take your pick.

Either way, this might be the worst opening round of the NFL playoffs we’ve had in some time. On paper. Which means this could be the absolute best weekend of football ever.

The featured games this week are… all of them.

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Last week of the regular season and I’m too sick to write anything meaningful here. (As if I write anything meaningful here on my good days.)

The featured games this week are Ravens at Bengals, Chiefs at Denver, and Cowboys at Giants.

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Only two more weeks of the NFL season and some of you are more worried about your fantasy football championships than the jockeying for playoff position in the NFL this weekend, mostly on Saturday. Thankfully, some fraud teams will be out of the playoff picture after this weekend and we don’t have to worry about whether they will be this year’s (insert any playoff team from any sport that got hot and made a big playoff run in years past here).

The featured games this week are Giants at Jets, Eagles at Cowboys, and Falcons at Saints.

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We’re headed into the home stretch and despite lots of games with playoff implications, week 15 features very few important games (except for your fantasy team of course). We discuss all the week’s games, make some tasteless jokes, and rail against technology. Basically the same as every other week.

The featured games this week are Lions at Raiders, Bradys at Tebows, and Steelers at Niners.

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The podcast this week is about as good as the featured games. Take that for what it’s worth. RJ is down to his last $5 and he’s trying to figure out whether he can bet it all or just hang on betting $3.30 to win $3 so he can take the bus home. Also, Jeff Garcia has a job? Most people would have to take a moment when asked Jeff Garcia: Dead, Alive, or Canadian.

The featured games this week are Texans at Bengals, Bears at Broncos, and Giants at Cowboys.

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Lucky week 13, where real teams start thinking about home field advantage and pretenders start shooting themselves in the… thigh. We’re publishing this before Suh’s appeal but we’re assuming that you do not get to stomp on another player and not get suspended two games.

The featured games this week are Raiders at Dolphins, Packers at Giants, and Lions at Saints.

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By Diane M. Grassi

Major League Baseball’s (MLB) latest feat of extended “labor peace” with the Major League Players Association (MLBPA) was reached on November 22, 2011.

And in this latest Basic Agreement between the parties, which will run five years in duration and expire on December 1, 2016, MLB has apparently won out in its attempt to curb illicit use of human growth hormone (HGH), by its players. However, such a test could prove to be little more than a charade, as it stands now. Continued