The GRAND SLAM Tournaments

  Tennis like Hockey is not a Headliner Sport, like Football, Baseball and Basketball is. I've been following Woman's Tennis for years. Men's tennis NO, I don't care at all. Now with a Sports Blog I guess I'll watch some in 2016. 
  The big matches are the Grand Slam Tournaments. Starting with The Australian Open in January. The French Open in May, Wimbledon in June, and The U.S. Open in August. 
  The Australian Open and U.S. Open are played on hard courts. The French is played on clay. Wimbledon is on a grass court. 
  2015 Serena Williams won the first three legs of the grand slam but lost in the U.S. Open to Flavia Pennetta of Italy. The last Female to win the grand slam was Steffi Graf in 1988. Margaret Court won in 1970 and the first woman to win the grand slam was Maureen Connolly Brinker way back in 1953. 
  On the Men's side same story Novak Djokovic won 3 of 4. The last Male grand slam winner was back in 1969 won by Rod Laver. Rod Laver also won in 1962. The only other winner was Don Budge in 1938. 
  1998 Martina Hingis won the grand slam in Doubles but one of opens she had a different partner. In 1984 Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver was the only team to win in Doubles. (same partners)

2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN ODDS starting on January 18

Woman's

Serena Williams 8/5
Victoria Azarenka 11/2
Simona Halep 13/2
Maria Sharapova 15/2
Petra Kvitova 11/1

Men's

Novak Djokovic 2/3
Andy Murray 5/1
Rodger Federer 7/1
Rafael Nadal 8/1
Stan Wawrinka 12/1

Will The Panthers RUN the table

    The Carolina Panthers est. in 1995 was put in the NFC West from 1995-2001. Charlotte, North Carolina is not WEST. Now sitting on top of the of the NFC South at 13-0. The Panthers are ranked number 1 scoring an average 31.6 points per game. QB Cam Newton is in his fifth year drafted by Carolina is playing Awesome. Throwing 394/233 59.1% passing with 3,062 yards 28 Touchdowns 10 interceptions. What's that Newton's Law, Cam in motion has ran for 480 yards and 7 touchdowns. 
    Jonathan Stewart setting his own law rushing for 989 yards with 6 touchdowns. Wide Receivers : Greg Olson has 65 catches also 6 touchdowns with 969 yards and Tedd Ginn 37 catches 645 yards 8 touchdowns. 
    CAN THEY DO IT! With three games left, two of them are away and just one at home. All three teams have a record below .500 at 6-7. Starting this Sunday, Dec 20 @NY Giants, Dec 27 @Atlanta Falcons and Jan 3 HOME vs Tampa Bay. Can they go 16-0? On paper YES THEY CAN! - #StigsSports

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Root Root Root for the Road Team

Today's NHL Match ups are coming out For The ROAD Teams. Boston and Montreal will be a great game that's the one to watch. #StigsSports 

Boston at Montreal  BOS @55% 

San Jose at Edmonton SJ @58%

Pittsburgh at Colorado PENS @60%

NY Rangers at Vancouver NYR @65% 

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NFL YARDS

Passing Yards

1. Tom Brady    NE    3,600
2. Philip Rivers SD     3,511
3. Carson Palmer AZ  3,337
4. Matt Ryan      ATL  3,212
5. Drew Brees     NO  3,200

Rushing Yards

1. Adrain Peterson  MIN  1,164
2. Doug Martin      TB      1,038
3. Jonathan Stewart CAR   832
4. Chris Johnson     AZ       814
5. Todd Gurley       STL     794

Receiving Yards

1. Julio Jones             ATL    1,245
2. Antonio Brown      PIT     1,192
3. DeAndre Hopkins  HOU  1,081
4. Odell Beckham      NYG   1,005
5. Larry Fitzgerald    AZ          992