Doc's Sports Articles
Article Topics: View All Articles By Doc's Sports | NFL | College Football | NBA | College Basketball | MLB | WNBA | NHL
Date added: 01.18.12
Doc's Sports
NFC Championship Preview
Apparently defense does still win championships.San Francisco will host New York at 4:30 p.m. EST on Sunday for the NFC Championship Game. The winner advances to the Super Bowl (you may have heard of that) to face either Baltimore or New England.The 49ers and Giants advanced to the NFC Title Game thanks to incredible defensive efforts last week, outmuscling ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 11.25.11
Doc's Sports
2011 NFL Power Rankings – Week 12
Family and feelings are the enemy of good gambling and good writing about gambling. So I apologize for the soggy lead in this week, but I am trapped in Northern New York with my kin and only have a quick moment here in between dodging passive-aggressive barbs from my in-laws and skirting out to refill my cocktail from my depleting liquor supply to ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 11.10.11
Doc's Sports
NFL Survivor Pool Picks Week 10
There were a handful of upsets in Week 9 that hopefully you avoided (and did if you took my top pick of the week) and kept you going in your survivor pool.One game I warned you to stay away from was the winless Dolphins visiting a suddenly streaking Chiefs team. But if you looked closely at that matchup, Miami had come close to winning in back-to-back ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 11.10.11
Doc's Sports
2011 NFL Power Rankings Week 10
The weather is getting colder, the hits are getting harder, and the games are getting more critical as teams ride the elevator of expectations and expanded standings. In my opinion, November is the most crucial of months on the NFL schedule because it really sets the tone for the stretch run: some teams gain momentum and find the will for a strong ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 10.21.11
Doc's Sports
NFL Week 7 Player Props and Betting Predictions
In my Week 6 player props story, there weren’t too many immediate results for us to look back on – in other words I tackled a few season-ending totals for NFL players, such as 50-yard field goals for Oakland’s Sebastian Janikowski (he was two-yards shy of adding one in Week 6), sacks for Minnesota’s Jared Allen (he added No. ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 10.07.11
Doc's Sports
Last NFL Team to WIn?
We are a quarter of the way through the NFL schedule, and we have four teams — Indianapolis, Minnesota, Miami, and St. Louis — that haven’t won a game yet. It’s always interesting to watch which team stays winless the longest. Tracking futility is especially significant this year, though, since the worst team in the league will ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 10.03.11
Doc's Sports
Winnipeg Jets Predictions
Blake Wheeler of the Winnipeg JetsIf you have ever met a Winnipeger — and they are everywhere because it seems like everyone leaves the city when they are old enough to do so — you have heard about the Jets. A Winnipeg native is incapable of speaking for more than two minutes without mentioning the Jets. It’s a law.The town was obsessed ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 09.22.11
Doc's Sports
NFL Futures: Value in 2 and 0 and 0 and 2 Teams
This NFL season may be headed into Week 3, but that doesn't mean we can't continue to search out value in the NFL futures betting market. There have been a few early surprises this season, such as the Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins, and some early disappointments, like the Kansas City Chiefs. The trick now is to figure out if there's any long-term ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 09.22.11
Doc's Sports
2011 NFL Power Rankings – Week 3
Who needs the preseason?Scoring is through the roof in the National Football League and through two weeks of the year seasoned quarterback play and horrendous defense have been front-and-center. With the lack of a traditional offseason and with a truncated training camp the thought was that teams would be a little sluggish out of the gate and that ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 09.07.11
Doc's Sports
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice
Hello again readers here at Doc’s, it’s that time of year that we all love the most: football season. And of course that means I’m back to deliver my weekly Survivor Pool picks advice column for Week 1 of the NFL 2011-12 NFL season.For those of you who may not know what a Survivor Pool is, it’s pretty simple: You pick one team ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 08.24.11
Doc's Sports
2011 AFC North Predictions
You know exactly what you’re going to get from the AFC North each year:Blood and pain.Pittsburgh will again be a Super Bowl threat. Baltimore will again be the able challenger led by a violent defense. Cleveland and Cincinnati? Yeah, they suck just as badly as they have for the past 20 years.In a way it’s comforting, especially as an NFL ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 08.10.11
Doc's Sports
2011 NFL MVP Predictions and Odds
We continue our look at some NFL player props with the biggest regular-season award of them all: the league’s Most Valuable Player. We will offer some predictions for the NFL MVP along with futures odds for 2011.And in essence, the MVP has become the NFL’s version of the Heisman Trophy. By that I mean the MVP is only going to go to a quarterback ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 08.10.11
Doc's Sports
Pac 12 Football Predictions
Maybe now the Left Coast will get some love.The Pac-10 is no more, choosing instead to swell its ranks to 12 teams, institute a new divisional system, and implement a championship game that should keep this conference in the news well into December. It is a pretty heady time in the Pac-12. And with new promise and potential comes new expectations.By ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 07.08.11
Doc's Sports
MLB: Tips and Advice on Betting Doubleheaders
It is not a stretch to say that no one in baseball likes doubleheaders.The players dislike putting forth that much effort in one day. Managers cringe at the thought of having to burn their bullpens. Umpires loathe having to sit out there for a double-dip, especially the guys that have to work the plate in one game and the field in another. The vendors ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 06.08.11
Doc's Sports
Surprise MLB Teams Good for the Book
Not many people expected Cleveland to be one of the best teams in baseball.Nor did many think Arizona would be neck and neck with the World Series champs.They didn’t believe Seattle had much of a chance either.And they especially didn’t foresee Pittsburgh flirting with .500.But all four of those teams have failed to live up (or down) to ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 05.11.11
Doc's Sports
The Importance of Defense in Baseball Handicapping
When is the last time you sat down and analyzed a Major League Baseball team’s defense? The answer is likely either a long time ago or never. The average sports bettor thinks a lot about defense when analyzing a football or basketball game, but I’m convinced that most people don’t think nearly enough about defense when it comes to ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 05.11.11
Doc's Sports
Predictions for 2011 Defensive Rookie of the Year
Since we may not see any NFL transactions for months, depending on a June 3 court hearing on the lockout, and with the draft still fresh in everyone’s memory, let’s take a look at one of the few NFL player props out so far this year: the 2011 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (check back at Doc’s for a story on the Offensive Rookie ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 04.13.11
Doc's Sports
2011 NFL Mock Draft
The NFL is a copycat league. If a team has even a modicum of success, however fleeting or trivial, it seems like the rest of the league immediately enters an unsanctioned race to mimic Said Team’s path to success.The Cover-2. The 3-4. The audible attack of Peyton Manning. The blitz-crazed schemes of Pittsburgh, Philadelphia or the New York Giants. ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 04.07.11
Doc's Sports
NFL Draft: Offensive Skill Players a Hot Commodity
Anyone who seriously follows professional football understands that championship teams are built around a strong offensive and defensive line. Yet, when it comes to the NFL Draft, much of the focus revolves around the top prospects in the offensive skill positions.This year’s crop includes Blaine Gabbert and Cam Newton at quarterback, A.J. Green ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 04.07.11
Doc's Sports
MLB Odds: Orioles and Other Early Surprises
The Baltimore Orioles have been a bad team for a long time. The last time they won 70 games was 2006. The last time they had a winning season was all the way back in 1997. Trapped in the AL East with the free-spending Yankees and Red Sox, making the playoffs has been a challenge to say the least.So when the Orioles won the first four games of their ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.10.11
Doc's Sports
March Madness Predictions: Potential Cinderellas
Every year there are teams that are surprisingly strong at the NCAA Tournament. They might not get a whole lot of attention coming in, but they are ready to play, they are talented, and they make some noise. Obviously it’s not always easy to see these Cinderella teams coming -- if it were then they wouldn’t be surprises. You can make a ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.05.11
Doc's Sports
2011 Philadelphia Phillies Predictions and Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/6/2011If you weren’t sure, the Philadelphia Phillies are pretty good.Philadelphia made the most daring and surprising move of the offseason when they usurped Cliff Lee from the Rangers and Yankees. Lee has become the final piece to what is potentially one of the best starting rotations in recent baseball history and has ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 02.17.11
Doc's Sports
Bracketology: NCAA Tournament Projections
All I know is this: 68 is a whole lotta teams.For those of you that have been kicking it with the Tea Party/mountain folk in the hills of Tennessee over the last few months, I am here to remind you that the NCAA Tournament has actually expanded this year. The Big Dance will now feature 68 teams, with four at-large squads taking on four automatic qualifiers ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 01.26.11
Doc's Sports
Betting on the Super Bowl Coin Toss
Is betting on the Super Bowl coin toss one of the most inane bets out there? I certainly think so, but it’s also one of the most popular Super Bowl bets there are (hey, bettors want to start the game off right and reinvest their winnings), and that’s why Bodog has had odds up on the Super Bowl coin toss, for example, since well before the ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 01.25.11
Doc's Sports
2011 Super Bowl Predictions
by T.O. Whenham - 1/25/2011After a very long, often brilliant season we finally have our Super Bowl matchup set. After everything that has happened, it’s interesting to note that this is one of the more predictable finals we have seen in a while. The last five years we have seen at least one Super Bowl team that could be called a surprise. This ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 12.29.10
Doc's Sports
Gator Bowl Predictions
After a two-year absence, the Michigan Wolverines (7-5) return to bowl action -- they face the Mississippi State Bulldogs (8-4) in the Gator Bowl. Game time is 1:30 p.m. EST on New Year’s Day in Gainesville, Florida. This is the first time the storied programs will meet.The lead story here is the coaches. Michigan’s Rich Rodriguez is as ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 12.04.10
Doc's Sports
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 12/4/2010I’m guessing not a lot of prognosticators had Dec. 5 circled as a critical juncture in the trajectory of the 2010 NFC South.But when Atlanta hits Raymond James Stadium at 4 p.m. on Sunday to face Tampa Bay, the division is going to take a significant swing one way or another. This game is not only a crucial one for ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 11.17.10
Doc's Sports
Top Point Guards Trouble for Heat?
The Miami Heat are not going to finish the NBA season 82-0. They have lost four of their first 10 games and the so-called Miami ‘dream team’ is in third place in the Southeast Division.How can this be happening with all that talent down there in South Beach? Dwyane Wade was joined by Chris Bosh and LeBron James this offseason to form arguably ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 10.22.10
Doc's Sports
Football Betting: Weekly Public Action Report
It has been a very strong year for the Public Action Report, and this past week was no exception. Three of the six games that were identified wound up being winners, so there would have been a slight loss betting all games against the spread. It was straight up, though, that the report shone - the three underdogs that covered were all upset winners ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 10.01.10
Doc's Sports
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 4
by Matt Severance - 10/01/2010I’m thinking your Survivor Pool was pretty static last week as there really weren’t any big upsets in Week 3 in the NFL. New England over Buffalo, Baltimore over Cleveland and Minnesota over Detroit were the three big favorites last week – I recommended the Ravens as my top choice – and all three ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
