Danger, danger, danger!!! This to me is the perfect example of a game where you simply must take the underdog. The Rams have nothing to lose and everything to gain while the Seahawks just have everything to lose. The Rams will treat this as a final...
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Big Jim’s tip for 27 October: Chelsea
It’s an obvious choice of game today as this is another blockbuster between big guns Chelsea and Manchester City. The winner catapults towards the top of the table while the loser loses precious ground. I am going to stick with my original...
Big Jim’s tip for 26 October: England
I think Australia will win the Rugby League World Cup but I love the Poms at the line tonight. You should be able to get at least a two converted try head start about England and that seems pretty juicy to me. The Aussies are going to need a little...
Big Jim’s tip for 25 October: Fiorente
My favorite race of the year is the WS Cox Plate and I really like Fiorente to give Gai Waterhouse her first winner in this race tomorrow. Atlantic Jewel has been scratched from this race and although It’s A Dundeel goes in as favorite I can...
Big Jim’s tip for 24 October: Tampa Bay
For me this is very much like a Monday night football game later in the week and I feel the hometown divisional underdog represents huge value. It’s a night game and the Buccaneers will draw a line before tonight’s game and start their...
Big Jim’s tip for 23 October: Fernando Alonso
We were going to feature the Anthony Mundine v Shane Mosley fight today but alas it seems Mosley has jumped on a plane back to the USA and the fight is almost certain to be cancelled. There were rumors about a pay dispute but the fact is this fight...
Big Jim’s tip for 22 October: Borussia Dortmund
Last year’s runners-up head to London for a Champions League blockbuster against red hot Arsenal. After a slow start to the year, the Gunners have been unstoppable and find themselves sitting pretty at the top of the English Premier...
The Opera of Formula One
I had the joy of watching a replay of the 2013 Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix recently. I was flicking through channels and two hours later I had watched the entire race and thoroughly enjoyed it. In the past I had made the mistake of watching a lot...
Big Jim’s tip for 21 October: Vikings @ Giants
The only downside about this game is that we have to watch the bumbling stupidity of the New York Giants. Not that the Minnesota Vikings have been much better as both teams can only boast one win between them in 12 combined games. The NFL has been...
Big Jim’s tip for 20 October: Indianapolis Colts
Peyton Manning and his unstoppable Broncos ride into a Sunday night blockbusting rodeo in Indianapolis. Manning will be wearing orange this time though as he takes on his former team in Indianapolis. It is going to create a very strange aura. Even...
Big Jim’s tip for 19 October: Jorge Lorenzo
I am giving you an extra day to get on the Moto GP from Australia. The Australian crowd has no Casey Stoner, Mick Doohan or Wayne Gardner to cheer on anymore but there will still be plenty of interest as the Spaniards continue to battle it out for...
Big Jim’s tip for 18 October: Everton
Everton got their minds back on the job with an impressive win against Newcastle last start, piling on three goals, although they needed all of them given they conceded two themselves. The boys in blue get another chance to push towards the top four...
Big Jim’s tip for 17 October: Seattle Seahawks
I am going to break my own rule. I am going to take a favorite in a divisional match-up on the road in a nationally televised game. I am doing this because the Seahawks are a damn good side and the Cardinals are dead set blessed to have a 50 percent...
Big Jim’s tip for 15 October: St Louis Cardinals
All the fairy tales have been squashed now in the Major League playoffs and we are down to the serious matter of crowning a new World Champion. It’s really hard to argue that any of the four remaining teams don’t deserve to be there. I...
Sport for the rich and the gentle
Thoroughbred horse racing has many different hats. It’s the playground of the very rich (especially Arab Sheiks) who have more money than they know what to do with. It’s an industry that employs countless people worldwide and it still...
Big Jim’s tip for 14 October: San Diego Chargers
This really is an exciting match-up. It features two teams who aren’t in the top echelon but are capable of good football. The Colts are slightly more talented but the Chargers are at home and have plenty of experienced big name experience who...
Big Jim’s tip for 13 October: Jorge Lorenzo
The Sepang track certainly favors the best in the business. It features one of the longest laps in the sport of Moto GP and there are two long straights and four slow corners which encourage riders to attempt daring overtaking maneuvers. I am...
Big Jim’s tip for 12 October: Sebastian Vettel
I am giving you a lot of tips early this week as there is just so much on over the weekend – especially on Sunday. In the Formula 1 I have basically stuck to either backing Sebastian Vettel or Fernando Alonso for a podium finish this year. This...
Big Jim’s tip for 11 October: Timothy Bradley
What a fight this could be – an emerging superstar against a future Hall of Famer in Juan Manuel Marquez. The bookies consider this one too close to call and they are always the best fights. The money has come late for Bradley and the more I look...
Big Jim’s tip for 10 October: Chicago Bears
I have no doubt the NFL thought they would have a blockbuster on their hands when scheduling this game at the start of the year. Unfortunately neither Chicago or New York ha started too well but this clash has plenty of appeal. The Bears have to...
Big Jim’s tip for 9 October: Ted Potter Jr
It’s the weekend after the Presidents Cup and there isn’t much happening of great importance in Europe, so this is a weekend where many of the world’s best golfers like to kick up their heels and take in some much needed rest and...
Big Jim’s tip for 8 October: Oakland As
After going down 3-2 in Game 1, Oakland showed their fighting qualities with a 1-0 win over the Tigers in Game 2. They face a tough task in Detroit but their confidence is building and this is the perfect time to make a move. And let’s not...
My favorite sports websites
I thought I would tell you about some of the sporting websites you simply must know about if you want to keep your finger on the pulse. We’ll start with Pinnacle which is a great site to check prices. Pinnacle is the market leader in many...
Big Jim’s tip for 7 October: Atlanta Falcons
Who would have thought this game might actually be a contest? The Jets appear to be a different team since they jettisoned off Mark Sanchez, while the Dirty Birds of Atlanta have had their fair share of problems this year so this game may live up to...
Big Jim’s tip for 6 October: Fernando Alonso
Formula 1 isn’t my favorite but it has been good to me this year. We have kept picking winners and that’s all that matters. Ferrari keep having their problems but Alonso is just so good he keeps managing to find his way onto the podium...
Big Jim’s tip for 5 October: Manchester City
It’s been a tough week for City but I am going to back them today against Everton. This is one of the games of the weekend and being the early game hopefully we can pick up a bit of cash right at the start of the EPL weekend. City should have...
Big Jim’s tip for 4 October: Sydney Roosters
It’s the one we’ve all been waiting for – the NRL Grand Final! And what a game it is with the Sydney Roosters up against the might of the Manly Sea Eagles. The Roosters have been the best team all year but the Sea Eagles keep...
Big Jim's tip for 3 October: Cleveland Browns
Prime time football returns to the Dog Pound and it’s a Dog Pound that has some reason for hope. The Bills on the other hand are looking at another long season. I like the Browns tonight and if they can bring the sort of game which saw them...
Big Jim’s tip for 3 October: Cleveland Browns
Prime time football returns to the Dog Pound and it’s a Dog Pound that has some reason for hope. The Bills on the other hand are looking at another long season. I like the Browns tonight and if they can bring the sort of game which saw them...
Big Jim's tip for 2 October: Manchester City
This is going to be one hell of a game – the German and European champions taking on big spending Manchester City in Manchester. The Germans are good but City is a team capable of serving it up to last year’s Champions League title holders...