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Bio of "the teen-Age 'Jimmy the greek' CEO of EZ Sports Winners:

Back in California’s Napa Valley where I grew up I was a six year old kid with a clip-board, and my passion was analyzing every single game I watched, picking the teams and eventually winning contests, competing against adults. In those days I was known as the “Teen-Age Jimmy the Greek” and when I wasn’t playing sports I was analyzing them, picking games for the adults around me.  I won some cash, and even won a trip to the Rose bowl for my family and me when I was 14. Today, after long graduating from the Business School at Cal State Sacramento and enjoying a nice career in the financial field as a top-notch Financial Advisor (formerly a Registered Principal and Registered Advisor with the State of California, along with several Brokerage Houses),  I'm still fascinated with the thrill of uncovering a winner, whether it's trading stocks, or finding winners in sporting contests. There's nothing I enjoy more than finding that golden nugget!  So, my entrepreneurial roots have brought me to offer up this site for sporting events.  Where many sporting sites offer up their handicappers as "advisors", you have a real live Financial Advisor right here at this site! “Sporting events have always fascinated me, and my passion is to try and find the highest degree of success, using various analytical methods, and uncovering a winner, whether its stocks, or sports. I will spend hours scouring over statistics, information to try and find a gold nugget”. Tipton uses a combination of statistical trends, match-up information, spread value, and situational spots to uncover the winning side.

Ed Mack:

Ed Mack is an avid boxing fan with a unique understanding of the sport. After boxing at Harvard College for a couple of years Mr. Mack graduated and became a Commercial Real Estate. . Although stuck behind a desk Mr. Mack still trained at a local boxing gym and became a licensed assistant ringside in California, Arizona, Illinois and Western Australia.  Over the last ten years he has gained a deep understanding of the nuances of the fight game, and enjoys learning and following the careers of young upstart boxers looking to get their shot at a title. Mack’s analysis always stays focused on recent events in a boxer’s history and analyzing the unique styles which make all the difference between the ropes. Hopefully his column will provide the insight and detail needed to not only further enjoy the contest, but make enough money back to off set the crazy pay per view charges.

Mack's analysis will focus on stylistic matches with an emphasis on who has the skills to surprise their opponent. Boxing is full of mismatches that are designed to get people to the top with inflated records, but once they get there, talent can only take them so far. Another factor that needs to be broken down is boxing hype. Hype is a necessary aspect of the sport which creates the emotions fans need to be interested in the proposed match-up, but hype tends to cloud our judgment.  Mack's analysis will hopefully allow you to cut through the hype and determine for yourself who has the best chance of bringing home the victory.

Eric Roberts:

Eric Roberts has been an avid UFC fan for over 10 years. As a youngster growing up in Napa, California, he actually attended elementary school and was friends with Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock (who was known then as Kenny Nance). Although never really a practitioner of MMA, besides some wrestling experience, his passion was sparked in 1996, when, while attending graduate school in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Eric made the drive to Detroit’s Cobo Arena to see his boyhood friend fight Dan Severn in UFC 9. He has been hooked ever since. Over the last ten years Eric’s video library has grown to include almost every UFC card, which has allowed him to thoroughly analyze and understand the MMA game.  Robert's takes the same approach he did studying for his Masters at the University of Michigan, thorough and detailed.  

Mr. Roberts’ column will focus on the relative strengths and weaknesses of each fighter and their history of common opponents. It will include an analysis of the unique interplay between the striking, wrestling and ju-jitsu skills that MMA has to offer. His preview of the fights will also include a discussion of the ever-important intangibles: heart and downright toughness, and his analysis should help members feel comfortable in picking the winning fighter, including the upsets so visible in recent UFC fights.