Fisch is taking over for me this week because I’ve been so dreadful. I’ll be back next week, refreshed and ready to go. - Colin
Cincinnati (-15) @ Syracuse
Fisch says: “Cincinnati is 10-0 on turf. They are the best team in the Big Least - see what he did there?- and Syracuse is 1-9 in conference [...]

The Herd’s Word Dream Team
If we could draft a Dream Team of NBA stars right now this would be the 15 we would go with. These young ballers are so athletic, you could probably beef them up and put together a damn good football team too. Look at the similarities between all of them. Sure, [...]

Northwest
1. Trailblazers (56-26) - Five years of good draft choices is starting to pay off. They have the leader (Brandon Roy), the veteran (Andre Miller) and the man who has something to prove (Greg Oden). Depth is a key in today’s NBA and the Blazers can go 10-deep with anybody.
2. Nuggets (54-28) - With the [...]

Atlantic
1. Celtics (58-24) - The C’s could easily win 65 games with the tem but they will rest ‘The Big 3′ for periods of the season like they have the previous two seasons. In the 60 games that they play together, Boston will go 49-11.
2. Raptors (44-38) - Chris Bosh is in a contract year [...]

It’s something we bring up all the time on air. The better looking you are as a young kid and the more women like you, the more likely you are to walk around with confidence. It’s not arguable. That confidence usually carries over to the athletic field and people look to the good looking guy [...]

Do you ever sit back and wonder what a woman thinks about sports? Too bad, we’re going to let you know anyway. Kaitlyn Saunders Rhonehouse runs Girl With Just Her Sox On and will be a contributor to The Herd’s Word. We’ll get her opinion on the major stories in the world of sports for [...]

Everybody wants to talk about the parody in the NFL. They love to rant about the league’s wild unpredictability and how every division is wide open. But when you look at the schedules and the league itself, the good franchises consistently win and all that parody talk couldn’t be further from the truth.
If I don’t [...]

Southwest Airlines ‘Bags Fly Free’ commercial, is another reason it’s the highest profiting domestic airline. Even their ads are economical. One camera, one shot (unedited) with a clever voice over. They could have shot that commercial in less than an hour. They simplify everything they do and it works.
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How anyone can sit at a Sunday [...]

The prefect women: a 24 year old’s body, a 44 year old’s mind and a 64 year old’s patience.
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You don’t think Andy Reid is a great coach? Digest these numbers real quick. Reid, at 51 years of age, has 97 regular season wins and 10 playoff wins. Bill Belichick, at 51, had only 75 regular [...]