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December 2015 Sporting Events Calendar

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Welcome to the December 2015 Sporting Events Calendar. In this article we cover all of the sporting events happening in December. We filter it by sport and then list the events. Let’s get to it: Basketball: The NBA will continue through December. They get a day off on Christmas Eve which is December 24th. Then … Read more

The Ex-Cub Factor

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The Ex-Cub factor is a superstitious phenomenon that is related to the Curse of the Billy Goat affecting the Chicago Cubs of the MBL. The Ex-Cub Factor theory asserts that any team that goes to the World Series with three or more former Chicago Cubs players on its roster has a high likelihood of losing. … Read more

Horse Racing 21st November, 2015 – Haydock & Ascot

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Nearly all the National Hunt big guns have no had their first runs of the season. We’ve seen Champion Hurdle favourite Faugheen get turned over at seriously short odds, Coneygree and Don Cossack have won at seriously prohibitive odds, More Of That has gone favuorite for the RSA Chase after a very impressive win last … Read more

The Lawro Audit: BPL Week 13

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So we’ve ended the international week, and it’s back to the Barclay’s Premier League, but let’s be honest, football was probably not one of the most important thing last week, was it? We saw a great showing of support for the French on Tuesday night as the national team took on England at Wembley. We … Read more

The 1964 British Betting Scandal

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The 1964 British Betting Scandal was a match fixing scandal that involved ten professional soccer players playing the then English Football League. The scandal was instigated and later exposed in full by Jimmy Gauld, who had played for a number of teams in the English league. When the scandal eventually came to light, ten players … Read more