LFL combines at least 24 things you love into one: scantily clad women, tackle football, ridiculous team names, Friday nights…and Mike Ditka. That’s what you can expect when the Lingerie Football League debases female professional sports during its inaugural, twenty-week season of sports. ...
Erin Andrews is set to to the sidelines tonight for ESPN. Andrews, 31, will be working the sidelines for ESPN's broadcast of the South Carolina vs. ...
US Open title there for the taking as Melanie Oudin continues upset trend New York , USA – That the women’s game is in complete disarray is old news. It fell into this messy state when Justine Henin retired, ranked world No.1 and miles ahead of the rest of the field on points. ...
New York, USA – While the women’s front has been shaky so far, with many a WTA Premium player either floundering against an unheralded player or straight-up upset – most recently witnessed by Melanie Oudin taking out short-odds-on favourite for the title, world No.4 Elena Dementieva. ...
Fantasy Football is days away from kicking off. Everyone should already of completed their drafts this past Sunday, which was the day most teams were drafted. Here is a list of my super sleeper picks. Only one of these players was drafted in my league. ...
New York, USA – Robin Soderling is hoping to continue his stellar 2009 Grand Slam form at the US Open while Mikhail Youzhny is hoping to find good form; make anything happen after enjoying poor fortunes not only at the Grand Slam level but all season long. On paper, this duo faces straightforward opposition ...
Race-day: 9/3/2009 Race-time: 4:57 pm EST Saratoga is quickly coming to a close which is one of the reasons horseplayers should take a look at all Saratoga races from here until the final meet day. They don’t call Saratoga the “graveyard of favorites” for nothing! Fans should be capable of finding a long shot wager in most races ...
NFL betting picks The Raiders have been a blithering mess since Gannon lost them the Super Bowl in 2003. JaMarcus Russell was supposed to be a savior of sorts, but instead its Jeff Garcia who looks like the man to play. It’s hard to have faith in a team whose own head coach is beating up ...
Oregon Ducks (+3 ½) vs. Boise State Broncos (-3 1/2) – O/U (64) My how the times have changed, ten years ago a Pac-10 school would have been a mortal lock against any team from the WAC. Recruits would have done anything they could to get into a school like Oregon, or better yet, avoid ...
Flushing Meadow, New York – Tommy Robredo and Nikolay Davydenko aim to continue their US Open campaign by advancing into the third round at the expense of their opponents, Guillermo Garcia Lopez and Jan Hernych. Davydenko, the No.8 seed, enters his match as the solid favourite, listed at -2500 to advance over journeyman player ...
New York, USA – American James Blake aims to turn around his season with an inspiring performance while fellow countryman John Isner hopes to continue to live up to expectations and give the home New York crowd something to cheer about. James Blake is set to kick off his second round match against Olivier Rochus early ...
Rachel Alexandra drew the three post for Saturday’s $750,000 Woodward Stakes (G1), taking on seven older runners. The super filly has won eight races in a row, with the average winning margin nearly nine lengths. ...
Utah State Aggies (3-9 SU, 7-5 ATS in '08) at Utah Utes (13-0 SU, 8-3-1 ATS in '08) Thursday, September 3 BetUS NCAA Football Betting Odds: UTAH -20.5, Total 52 Here are some of the NCAA college football betting trends as they relate to this matchup: UST has covered ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL BETTING – PRESEASON BIG TEN POWER POLL Penn State earned the Rose Bowl birth from the Big Ten last season, but the Nittany Lions weren’t the best ATS team for ncaa football betting fans of the conference. ...
What can you say about Peyton Manning except that after a rookie season where he was intercepted 28 times, he has been on a roll. Every succeeding year he has played in the NFL has resulted in a completion rate of 62% or more. ...
NCAA Football Futures Odds BetUS Sportsbook Odds Terrelle Pryor comes into this season in a position to capitalize on some of the notoriety he had as a schoolboy. Pressed into service for Ohio State last season, he feels he is ready to emerge as the kind of dual-threat that can be the difference-maker in games. ...
Flushing Meadow, New York – New Haven champion Fernando Verdasco and runner-up Sam Querrey highlight early action on Thursday. Verdasco is looking to book a spot in the third round where potentially (most likely) he will come up against Andy Roddick. ...
BIG BEN VS. THE WORLD NFL Football Futures Betting As a handicapper, I recall "latching on" to Ben Roethlisberger when he was a redshirt freshman playing for Miami of Ohio in the Mid American Conference in 2001. ...
Okay, let's play a little "what if?" What if Oklahoma, which had that string of games with 60-plus points last season, was able to take itself through a murderous Big 12 schedule? They’d have to beat Texas and whoever won the North division in the conference title game to get itself into the BCS title ...
2008 wasn’t a great year for NCAA Football betting fans in the Big East, but will things get better for the struggling conference in ’09? Here’s BetUS’s look at how these teams stack up against the spread coming into the upcoming season… 1: Rutgers Scarlet Knights (7-4-1 ATS, 8-5 SU in 2008) HC Greg Schiano has ...
NFL Pre-Season Football Betting Detroit Lions (2-1 SU, 0-3 ATS) at Buffalo Bills (1-3 SU, 1-2-1 ATS) BetUS NFL Betting Odds: BUFFALO -3, Total 34 Join BetUS Sportsbook Today! Here are some of the NFL betting trends as they relate to this matchup: DET has won six of its last ...
Football betting doesn't get more challenging than trying to find a solid side during Week 4 of the NFL preseason. With the first teams sitting, starting jobs still up for grabs, and roster spots on the line, the final week of tuneup tilts is tough to get a handle on and Thursday night has a ...
People nowadays like to spend time in front of their computer playing various online games, including online casino games. It’s a fun way of passing time as long as you think of it as entertainment rather than getting stuck in the trap of considering it as a way to earn money. Winning is great, ...
The $750,000 Woodward Stakes is named for the breeder and horse owner that chaired the Jockey Club from 1930 to ’50, the breed registry for thoroughbreds in North America. William Woodward’s famous Belair Stud colors (white silks with cherry red dots) were carried to victory 631 times from ’23 to ’53. ...
While NFL quarterbacks get paid to get the ball in the end zone by any means necessary, the polar opposite is true for NFL defensive backs. Stop the other guys from scoring, preferably by intercepting the ball and giving possession back to their offense with zero damage done. ...
Golf: Deutsche Bank To Win Tee-off: 9/3/2009 Tiger couldn’t close the deal last Sunday in The Barclays, but is still in first place in the FedEx Cup point’s standings. ...
JAY'S WAYS Sports Betting-Related Commentary Pro Basketball Edition RUBIO DOES ABOUT FACE, SO FLYNN'S THE MAN IN MINNY Well the suspense is over. Ricky Rubio will not be a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves (+15000 to win the NBA title at BetUS) this season. ...
The Texas Rangers (74-58 SU, 72-60 RL, 44-81-7 O/U) will be looking to take their third consecutive game from the Toronto Blue Jays (59-72 SU, 61-70 RL, 62-65-4 O/U) when they square off at Rangers Ballpark tonight at 8 PM ET. Josh Hamilton went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI to lead the ...
Flushing Meadow, New York – Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt are set to contest their US Open second round matches under the lights Wednesday night in Flushing. Roger Federer takes on Simon Greul on Arthur Ashe Stadium meanwhile, at the same time, Lleyton Hewitt takes on veteran Juan Ignacio Chela on GrandStand Stadium. Both ...
New Zealand ’s tour of the sub-continent finally hit a happy note when they beat Sri Lanka in the first of two Twenty20 internationals at Colombo by just three runs. New Zealand ’s batsmen were made to work hard as they limped their way to 8/141 but their bowlers proved their worth late in the ...
As the month of September gets revved up, the baseball betting action heats up in the march towards the playoffs. Find out which teams are rounding into form as potential playoff teams with BetUS Sportsbook’s list of teams that are on fire… (Rank) (Team) (SU Record, $$$) (SU Record in L/5, $$$) 1: ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL BETTING – PRESEASON MWC POWER POLL The MWC produced three 10-game winners and two legitimate BCS contenders last season. BetUS Sportsbook gets you ready for the upcoming college football betting season with a look at how the teams stacked up ATS in 2008… Join BetUS Sportsbook Today! 1: Utah Utes (8-3-1 ATS, 13-0 SU in 2008) ...
Actually, betting against Tiger lately has been a pretty good wager as El Tigre has gone off at +150 in the BetUS online sportsbook only to lose by a single stroke in his last two tournaments. Join BetUS Sportsbook Today! Gamblers looking for more insurance against the big time favorite can bet on the winner of the ...
Game-day: 9/2/2009 First-pitch: 8:15 pm EST The St. Louis Cardinals have quickly and definitively defined themselves as one of the teams to beat in the N.L. by winning games. They hold a ten game lead over the Chicago Cubs in the N.L. Central and have won 8 out of their last 10. On ...
Handicapping "Doctor Death" in the Michael Jackson Case Entertainment Props Betting Who is Conrad Murray? Well, he was Michael Jackson's personal physician, and now he is at the center of a storm of controversy. The Dr. ...
David Kahn’s feverish attempts to work out a deal that would allow Rubio to come play in the NBA in 2009 have all failed. Rubio finalized the deal to go to Regal Barcelona this week, leaving the new Wolves’ GM dumbfounded and embarrassed. ...
New York , USA – David Ferrer and Gilles Simon highlight action late Wednesday afternoon when they open their US Open bids against Alberto Martin and Daniel Gimeno Traver respectively. Ferrer is having a solid season by his standards and looms a possible threat in Nadal’s quarter of the draw. Few expect the dogged ...
Just over a week ago, thousands of UFC fans probably thought heavyweight Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira would be an underdog going into a fight against the likes of Butterbean, or maybe Kimbo Slice. Okay, so that’s a bit of an exaggeration. ...
Flushing Meadow, New York – The dark horse for the 2009 US Open title Juan Martin Del Potro begins his campaign late Wednesday afternoon against a tricky opponent and compatriot Juan Monaco. Two years ago, Monaco was considered the best Argentine export since David Nalbandian to have entered the ATP tour. ...
35 year old Jason David Frank (yes, three firsties!) is looking to enter the world of UFC fighting. The former green and white Mighty Morphin Power Rangers has been training as an MMA fighter and is a 6th degree black belt. There is no word on when his first fight will be, but ...
Flushing Meadow, New York – Day three of the US Open is underscored by first and second round action with scores of players only now kicking off their US Open campaigns while others hoping to keep their campaign alive as they eye spots in the third round. ...
New York, USA – Rafael Nadal begins his quest for both a career Grand Slam (winning all four Grand Slam titles in a career) and career Golden Slam (winning all four Grand Slams and the Olympic Gold medal in a career) against disgraced Richard Gasquet late Wednesday afternoon. ...
New York, USA – Vera Zvonareva went quietly about her business as usual, advancing into the second round with ease when she beat Nuria Vives Llagostera 6-0, 6-4. Next up is Anna Chakvetadze of Russia. Here is a look at early round action on Day 3 at the US Open with a ticket to the US ...
Still don’t believe that any golfer in the world could win a tournament on any given day? Rewind the tape of the final round of The Barclays last Sunday and watch as Heath Slocum, the 124th out of 125 players to make the FedEx Cup Playoff field, sink a 21 ft par on the 18th ...
New York, USA – Comeback kid Kim Clijsters and new kid on the block Viktoria Azarenka highlight second round action in the bottom half of the draw on Wednesday. Clijsters moved into the second round with a consummate 6-1, 6-1 victory over Viktoria Kutuzova. Next up for Clijsters is Marion Bartoli, the 14th seed. ...
Ricky Williams Gets Paid Ricky Williams’ journey has been as unique as they get, and the long road for the Texas Longhorn standout is finally reaching a pinnacle. Williams signed a two-year extension with the Miami Dolphins for $7.75 million in base salary. ...
New York, USA – So I have given away the angle of this piece in the title. Doesn’t make the narrative less true. Nadal is ready to win the US Open title and methinks he will in spite of the favouritism shown towards Roger Federer and Andy Murray in virtually all sportsbooks. I realize a lot ...
BetUS Sportsbook Odds Top Contenders To Win 2009 Heisman Trophy Tim Tebow +200 Sam Bradford +250 Colt McCoy +275 Terelle Pryor +800 Jahvid Best +1000 Evan Royster +1200 Jevan Snead +1500 Jonathan Dwyer +1500 Todd Reesing +2000 Darryl Clark +2000 C.J. Spiller +2000 ...
Anyone can find a great pitcher to back, but it’s sometimes just as effective to find a great fade! This week, BetUS.com continues the second half of the MLB season by looking at the best arms to fade in the National League this season… 1: Ryan Dempster, Chicago Cubs (9-15, -$812) Dempster scored ...
The AFC West was absolutely mediocre in 2008 with not one team in the division recording a winning record. The top teams, San Diego and Denver, recorded unimpressive 8-8 SU records despite each team’s better-than average talent-base, particularly San Diego’s. ...
Horse Pick of the Day: Saratoga – Race 8 Race-day: 9/2/2009 Race-time: 4:55 pm EST We’re back to Saratoga on Wednesday for our Horse Pick of the Day. Both Saratoga and Del Mar will be finishing up their summer sessions soon with SoCal racing switching to the Oak Tree Meet at Santa Anita and New York Racing switching ...
BETTING ON TEAMS TO COME UP SHORT In exploring the chances of teams NOT making the playoffs, we're going to take a look at the numbers first. In doing so, remember that when the sportsbook is allowing you to TAKE a price, it is on a team that is determined to be likely to make the ...
The Michigan Wolverines had perhaps their worst season ever in 2008 under new head coach Rich Rodriguez, and to make matters worse, accusations of NCAA rules violations regarding excessive practice time surfaced just a week before the season began. Fans and media alike expected disagreements and football culture-based clashes off the field when Rodriguez took over ...
The Chargers had to come on like a freight train in the final four games of the season to reach the 8-8 mark and get to the playoffs last year. That playoff berth got them a first-place schedule, which includes home games against Baltimore, Miami, Philadelphia and Washington, as well as road games at Pittsburgh, ...
New York , USA – I’ve got news for all you sports bettors liking Andy Murray’s tennis odds to win the 2009 US Open title, his maiden Grand Slam mind, listed at BetUS Sportsbook at +250. ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL BETTING – PRESEASON BIG XII POWER POLL The scoreboard operators had a hard time keeping up with all of the points scored by teams in the Big XII last season. Check out how BetUS Sportsbook stacks up the teams for sports betting fanatics heading into the ’09 campaign… Join BetUS Sportsbook Today! 1: Oklahoma Sooners ...
In order to take a look at World Series longshots, we are first going to list the odds of the teams that have at least a ghost of a chance to be eligible to get to the World Series come October. Here they are: BetUS MLB Odds To Win 2009 World Series ...
The Oakland Athletics (58-73 SU, 67-62 RL, 62-65-2 O/U) will be looking to record their second consecutive victory over the Kansas City Royals (50-81 SU, 63-66 RL, 58-64-7 O/U) when the two AL rivals square off at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum tonight at 10 PM ET. Rajai Davis went 2-for-4 with two RBI to lead the Athletics ...
The red-hot Arizona Diamondbacks (60-72 SU, 66-66 RL, 63-62-7 O/U) will be looking to extend their surprising five-game wining streak when they visit the Los Angeles Dodgers (78-54 SU, 62-70 RL, 57-65-10 O/U) at Dodger Stadium tonight at 10 PM ET. ...
After leading BetUS MLB sports betting members to an emphatic Run Line victory in the BetUS Sportsbook on Monday’s contest between the Los Angeles Angels (78-52 SU, 73-57 RL, 76-49-5 O/U) and Seattle Mariners (68-64 SU, 64-68 RL, 55-73-4 O/U), I am back with what should amount to another winning wager on tonight’s contest between ...
New York , USA – Former world No. 1 and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic will open her campaign under the lights in New York on Tuesday night, with a spot in the US Open second round on the line. The Serbian starlet Ivanovic enters her matches as a solid favourite for ...
The second half of the MLB season is here, and it’s time for baseball bettors to sink their teeth into the action. Now that your engine is revved up again, check out BetUS Sportsbook’s AL Power Poll… 1) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (77-52, +$2,054) (3-4, -$431 LW) (LW: 1) Thanks to a ...
Conference USA produced a ton of great NCAA Football betting teams last season. BetUS.com takes a look at the best the conference had to offer for NCAAF bettors last year as we get set to kick off 2009. 1: Rice Owls (9-4 ATS, 10-3 SU in 2008) QB Chase Clement was the catalyst to the Rice ...
MLB BETTING – NL $$$ Power Poll through 8/30 The last month of the baseball betting season is upon us, and the LA Dodgers continue to be the most lucrative bet in the National League (Link to PP 8/24)! Check out BetUS Sportsbook’s NL Power Poll as we head into September… Join BetUS Sportsbook Today! 1) Los ...
New York , USA – Former world No. 1 and three-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova (Shaza) opens her US Open campaign under the lights in New York on Tuesday night, with a spot in the US Open second round on the line. ...
The 2009 APPT High Rollers event in Macau was won by the Russian player Vladimir Geshkenbein. He ended up in a heads up confrontation at the end with poker legend and two time World Series of Poker main event winner Johnny Chan. In fact Chan was so impressed with the play of Geshkenbein that he ...
The 2009 APPT High Rollers event in Macau was won by the Russian player Vladimir Geshkenbein. He ended up in a heads up confrontation at the end with poker legend and two time World Series of Poker main event winner Johnny Chan. In fact Chan was so impressed with the play of Geshkenbein that he ...
I always think that too many players jump into playing several tables too quickly. There are numerous problems that are associated with multi-tabling and the first one is that it makes it far more difficult for players who have poor temperaments. ...
New York, USA – American hopeful Sam Querrey who is competing for an additional $1 million dollars in bonus prize money should he win the coveted US Open title begins his campaign on Tuesday against qualifier and compatriot Michael Yani. Their first round US Open clash marks their first-ever encounter at an ATP level event. ...
Flushing Meadow, New York – Looking for tickets to the US Open second round is Ivo Karlovic and Taylor Dent when they take on their respective opponents on Tuesday. Tennis bettors looking for angles for profit can find good action on this trio. ...
In many UFC main events, the disparities between the two main event fighters can often be large. Take for example UFC 100, when Brock Lesnar made $400,000 in base salary to Frank Mir’s $45,000. But in UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira, the American former UFC Heavyweight Champion and the Brazilian former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion and ...
The first of two Twenty20 Internationals starting on Wednesday in Colombo will allow New Zealand to regroup after a disastrous Test series against Sri Lanka. Needing confidence before they head into the Compaq Cup, a tri-nation series also featuring India, the T20 format should allow give New Zealand’s top order a chance to wield the ...
BetUS Sportsbook Odds To Win Drivers Championship Jenson Button -165 (72 pts.) Sebastian Vettel +500 (53 pts.) Rubens Barrichello +500 (56 pts.) Lewis Hamilton +10000 (27 pts.) Mark Webber +600 (51.5 pts.) Kimi Raikkonen +8000 (34 pts.) To Win Constructors Championship Brawn ...
Flushing Meadow, New York – Looking for tickets to the US Open second round is Ivo Karlovic, Janko Tipsarevic and Dudi Sela when they take on their respective opponents on Tuesday. Tennis bettors looking for angles for profit can find good action on this trio. ...
Flushing Meadow, New York – Novak Djokovic, the odd man out of the so-called “big four”, begins his campaign against former world No.3 Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia. ...
New York, USA – Day 2 of the US Open is in full swing and there are a whole slew of matchups for tennis bettors to spot with great value. Fernando Gonzalez and Stanislas Wawrinka – two dangerous floaters – will be looking to book their spots in the US Open second round today when ...
BetUS NCAA Football Betting Odds: NOTRE DAME -3 (-125) Here are some of the NCAA football betting trends as they relate to this matchup: ND has lost four of its last six games SU ND has covered two of its last six games ND has lost eight of its last ...
Flushing Meadow, New York – Though Nikolay Davydenko is a top 10 player, his appearance in Roger Federer’s quarter of the draw is about as threatening as a floor mat. It goes without saying the presence of the rest of the seeds in this section as well. ...
Are you ready for some football? BetUS’s coverage of the 2009 college football betting season starts with a look at how the teams in the MAC stacked up against the spread in ’08… 1: Ball State Cardinals (9-4 ATS, 12-2 SU in 2008) The Cardinals were the sweethearts of the 2008 season, but Cinderella’s ...
Flushing Meadow, New York – Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick can’t get away from each other seemingly drawn to collide at every major event of the season in the quarters. They say the draw ceremony is a random affair, completely random. ...
It is not inconceivable that a longshot could go a long way in the U.S. Open, which will start on August 31 at Flushing Meadow. Some of these guys have scaled the heights in the past, though they'll have a big job ahead of them if they want to overcome someone like Roger Federer or ...
The ACC should be a hotly contested conference in both the Atlantic and Coastal Divisions. Check out BetUS’s power poll of how the teams stack up from last season for college football betting fanatics… 1: North Carolina State Wolfpack (9-2-1 ATS, 6-7 SU in 2008) The Wolfpack may have the best young quarterback that you’ve never ...
The 2009 College Football Season is finally upon us and fans have to be dancing in the streets, right? Okay, maybe most of us are going to wait to see if we can make some profits before shimmying down our neighborhoods and singing the praises of football betting. Starting this Thursday, college football fans will ...
The fantasy football community is hamstrung by too much research and commitments to players that managers fall in love with. I myself am hampered by my undying commitment to Marion Barber, but what I’ve realized in my years of winning and losing as a fantasy football manager is this – there are always teams that ...
With less than two weeks before the start of the 2009 NFL Season, some things can already be gleaned regarding a number of teams: Brett Favre probably won’t have the same impact with the Minnesota Vikings in 2009 that he did with the New York Jets in 2008. ...
The Washington Nationals (46-85 SU, 59-72 RL, 62-65-4 O/U) will be looking to snap a three-game losing streak when they take on the San Diego Padres (56-76 SU, 64-66 RL, 67-60-3 O/U) at PETCO Park tonight at 10 PM ET. The Nationals lost to the St. ...