Blog – sport

I am an Aussie in San Pedro Sula for the Australia vs Honduras intercontinental playoff.

• How to get here
• Where to stay
• Tickets to the game
• Local sim card
• Safety & security

Fascinating tidbits from the history of what I consider to be the most exciting time on the football calendar outside of the World Cup itself.

This post is mostly interested in who the Syrian national soccer team are in the footballing sense. Including where the squad play their club football & analysis of their Asian World Cup qualifying campaign so far.

Most people think it’s better to play the 2nd leg of a home & away tie at home. We compile the data and test this theory for World Cup intercontinental playoffs.

It’s a high risk, high reward scenario but I believe the benefits of 4 high pressure games against tough opponents in front of sold out stadiums is worth it.

“Fighting Floyd Mayweather is a dose of cold reality”

~Jim Lampley, Boxing commentator.

US sports have franchises that are privately owned for profit and move cities when they can make more money somewhere else. Players come and go between franchises mid-season and there are no incentives for playing local athletes.

Have you ever wondered why college sports are so popular in the US but nowhere else? The reason is college sports provide something that US pro sports lack but pro sports in other countries still have.

F1 is supposed to be about fast cars and fast drivers racing each other. It but is now reduced to a travesty of tyre management. This is because the control freak autocrats who run the sport have created thousands of pages of strict regulations which don’t allow teams to innovate.

1. Lower the pitching mound.
2. Away team bats second or toss a coin.
3. Don’t replace the balls so much.
4. Use technology to decide balls and strikes.
5. Pitchers should bat in both leagues.
6. End separation by league.

Super Bowl betting is a fun chance to use crypto for something that it is better at than government currency.

• Sportsbook comparison for Super Bowl betting
• Who has the best odds
• Prediction and tips

There are hundreds of betting markets for the Super Bowl on things you would never think to bet on. As detailed as who will make the first catch or as frivolous as what color Gatorade will be pored over the winning coach’s head!

The 2016 Euros will be the highest stakes and best quality football played for years. There is 24 teams instead of the usual 16 so a handful of unpredictable minor nations with nothing to lose are here to stir things up!

The 2015 Belmont Stakes will be the biggest horse race ever in terms of crypto betting. Mostly because American Pharoah’s (gate 5 odds of 1.91 ) shot at the Triple Crown has captured the public’s imagination.

“honestly sport betting with bitcoin has made this the most exciting NBA playoffs season ever for me. It’s fun to be able to throw $15 on a parlay and hope for a big win. I don’t usually gamble, and I never knew how to get in touch with the local bookies in my area, but its freaking awesome I can do this with bitcoin and gamble amounts I’m comfortable with.”

Boxing has long been a cesspool and this fight matches up a woman beater vs a member of one of the most unrepresentative, incompetent and corrupt congresses in the word. The contrasting styles and proven champion material of the fighters make this one of the most interesting matchups ever.

The Champions League Final before a FIFA World Cup always has a special feeling about it. In these years the last club game of the season wets our appetite for the feast of football we are about to gorge ourselves on over summer.

There is a crypto flavor to Super Bowl XLVIII with Seattle Seahawks starting cornerback Richard Sherman accepting bitcoins on his website and the Seahawks themselves rumored to do the same soon.