Weekend Round Up

We spanked the Yanks again in the Ryder Cup and i made a +7.72 unit profit. The final score was exactly the same as two years ago 18.5 to 9.5 and was fully deserved. All the boys played well and contributed in some way and it was especially emotional for Darren Clarke so soon after losing his wife Heather to cancer.



In NFL action i went 4-2-2 for +1.85 units with the highlight being New Orleans 23 - 3 win in thier emotional return to the Superdome thirteen months after hurricane Katrina. I really liked my pick here as the sportsbooks reported 90% of the action was on Atlanta which makes me smarter than 90% of the betting public!!! It was a great night for the people of New Orleans with U2 and Green Day performing before the kickoff and their team scoring a touckdown in less than two minutes off a blocked punt.

So with my golf and NFL betting going nicely let's see if i can get bak on track in soccer with some Champion League picks for today.

Real Madrid V Dynamo Kiev
Real Madrid -1.5
1 unit @ 1.79

Celtic V FC Kobenhaven
FC Kobenhavn +0.5 and +1
1 unit @ 1.96

Arsenal V FC Porto
Arsenal -1
2 units @1.93

Lille V AC Milan
AC Milan -0.5
1 unit @ 2.18

To update you on my fantasy teams i'm 3-0 and sailing in the 2+2 league but things are not looking so good in my more important work league where i'm 1-2 and my 1st round pick Shaun Alexander is out with a broken bone in his foot. Could this be another case of the Madden curse?

EA Sports feature a leading NFL player on the cover of their annual Madden game which this year is Shaun Alexander and they all seem to get injured one way or another.

In 2006 Donovan McNabb suffered a sports hernia and missed over half the season. In 2005 Ray Lewis broke his wrist, in 2004 Mike Vick fractured his right fibula the day after the game hit the shelves, in 2003 Marshall Faulk sustained an ankle injury and in 2002 Daunte Culpepper had a season ending knee injury. And now Alexander. Beware the Madden curse!