Sunday, 30 April 2023

April Singleton

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Since starting this blog over 15 years ago, I have never gone a full calendar month without a post, and while it is tempting to wait until m...
Friday, 31 March 2023

Some Advantage

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The 2023 MLB season opened yesterday but as I've already communicated to Sacred Manuscript subscribers, with all the rule changes coming...
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Tuesday, 28 March 2023

Aztecs, Owls, Hurricanes and Huskies

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I ended the last post with a few lines about the end of season College Basketball tournament colloquially known as 'March Madness' a...
Friday, 24 March 2023

Retirement, Death, Anniversaries and NCAAB

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It's been almost one month since my last update, and a lot has happened. The meeting in Phoenix I mentioned last month was delayed, I a...
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Sunday, 26 February 2023

League Cup Final Profile

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It's a rare League (Carabao) Cup Final profile for today's Manchester United v Newcastle United match with the Draw priced as third ...

Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letter 2023

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The annual letter from Warren Buffett to shareholders in Berkshire Hathaway Inc was published yesterday. It's always published on a Satu...
Saturday, 25 February 2023

Sir Bernard Ingham

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‘All right, Prime Minister,’ Ingham told her, ‘If that’s what you’re going to say I’m going to go outside and commit suicide.’ So she didn’t...
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Sunday, 12 February 2023

Big Foot

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With Superbowl LVII this weekend wrapping up the NFL season this evening, attention turns to baseball with Spring Training for the 2023 MLB ...
Friday, 3 February 2023

Points, SGPs and January

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We had no luck for the small road 'dogs in the NFL Championship games last weekend, and as The Guardian summed up the Philadelphia Eagle...
Saturday, 28 January 2023

Cursed Profits and 17 Years of Benford

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Three winners out of four last weekend for the 'Curse' / Unders selections, although with both rested teams winning their games, ...
Saturday, 21 January 2023

NFL Playoffs; Rest and Grass

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Some of you may recall the post from last October which looked at whether receiving a bye was a gift or a curse , but as a reminder it's...
Monday, 16 January 2023

Emotional Market

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Although the sample size isn't huge, backing Away (or Road) underdogs in NFL playoff games is historically not the worst idea in the wor...
Sunday, 15 January 2023

Superbowl Favourites in the Playoffs

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With the NFL's Wild Card Weekend in progress, courtesy of SportsOddsHistory here are the fates of the Superbowl favourite at the start ...
Tuesday, 10 January 2023

Milestones and Mountains

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A rare comment on the blog earlier this year, from Hkibuzz who wrote: One more year of the blog in the bag. Thank you for your entertaining ...
Monday, 9 January 2023

NFL 2022 Small Road Dogs

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The regular NFL season is over, and the Small Road 'Dogs System recorded its fifth consecutive profitable season with a 37-29-3 record, ...
Tuesday, 3 January 2023

X-Axis and Tesla Woes

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In my first post of 2023, I touched on a couple of topics that have subsequently become more relevant.   One was that (about 2022) I wrote t...

Ken Block

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2023 hasn't started well with the terrible news that Ken Block was killed yesterday in a snowmobile accident in Utah at the age of just...
Monday, 2 January 2023

Eyeballs on 2023

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2023 is not only the second consecutive year that is a  harshad number  and it is also an Eyeball Year since its binary representation only ...
Friday, 30 December 2022

The Draw at the World Cup

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I'm now returned from my Xmas holiday in the wilds of Kent, and pleased to have managed enough walks through the muddy fields in borrowe...
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