As the basketball betting favorites to win the NBA title this year, Cleveland and the Los Angeles Lakers get the honor of leading our postseason NBA Power Rankings as we prepare for the second season to start on Saturday.
1. (1) Cleveland Cavaliers (66-16): They just missed tying the record for home wins, but they pushed Philadelphia to overtime with their scrubs.
Former Duke point guard Greg Paulus might have had a disappointing senior season but he can redeem himself in next week’s Draft, the NFL Draft that is… and you can bet on where you think he’ll end up at Sportsbook.com.
After starting at point guard in his first three years at Duke, the former high school All-American in both basketball and football lost his starting job this past season and saw his PPG average plummet from 11.4 as a junior to just 4.9 as a senior as Coach K gave the starting nod to Nolan Smith.
Excitement-wise, UFC betting has been a bit of a roller coaster in 2009. After starting the year with some massive events, it’s been in a bit of a lull, with no title fights since early February. Well, starting with Saturday’s UFC 97 odds, UFC betting will be on fire again until the end of the summer.
Finally the NBA Playoffs are upon us. Not a minute too soon Craig Trapp has heated up with his NBA Plays going 10-2 last 10 days!! Today Craig will break down the future odds for the Western Conference Championship. Some great value to be had if you can get past the huge favorite: Los Angeles Lakers.
What: 2009 NFL Draft
When: April 25-26
Where: New York City – Radio City Music Hall
Draft Order: Detroit’s on the clock
The 2009 NFL draft is just days away now, and the NFL announced the revised order of the 2009 NFL Draft. It reflects the results of the first three rounds of the 2008 NFL playoffs. The Arizona Cardinals moved from 21 to 31, the Steelers 32nd, the Titans 30th.
The Betting Numbers
The Yankees opened as -200 favorites with an over/under of 9.
Recent Series History
This is the first meeting this year between the Indians and Yankees. Cleveland took four of the seven meetings last season and going back further, it has won seven of the last 11 following New York’s eight-game series winning streak at the end of 2006 and the start of 2007.
The 2009 MLB season has been underway for one week, and Scott Orgera weighs in with his weekly MLB Power Rankings article for the MLB baseball season.
Movers and Shakers: Toronto Blue Jays (+21) – Cleveland Indians (-17)
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Now that golf betting players are done with The Masters, they can move on to this week’s event, the Verizon Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links. Harbour Town is known as one of the best courses in the country and a ball-striker’s paradise, so it’s no surprise that Boo Weekley has won this event two years running. However, it won’t be easy with a strong field chasing him.
As part of a 4 year old agreement with the National Football League, NBC took over the telecast of Sunday Night Football, which had been airing on ESPN with Joe Theisman since 1987. Now we get John Madden & Al Michaels doing the play calling.
The 2009/10 NFL betting schedule was released yesterday and we are going to take a look at the prime time slot of games for this years NBC Sunday night football schedule.
The 2009/10 NFL betting season is here in full force! If you like to bet on the NFL, you are in the best possible place for online betting. CappersPicks.com has NFL odds up on a ton of futures, and you will also find NFL lines up for early games as well. Check out our NFL handicapping pages, and blog today and we’ll help guide you right through to Super Bowl XLIV and beyond!
With the 2009 NFL schedule announced we are now able to see exactly what the 2009 NFL Bye Weeks will be. Each NFL team plays 16 games out of 17 weeks in the NFL schedule. The game that they don’t play is called their bye week, or “Open Date”.
It is important in fantasy football to make sure that your starters and backups do not have the same bye week since one of the primary reasons for drafting backup players to have coverage during the bye week of your starter.
The NFL has announced its 17-week, 256-game regular-season schedule for 2009 and it will kick off on Thursday, September 10 when the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers host the Tennessee Titans.
Kickoff weekend also features 14 Sunday games, highlighted by the prime-time matchup featuring the Chicago Bears against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau. Sunday’s action also includes the NFC champion Arizona Cardinals hosting NFC West rivals the San Francisco 49ers.
With the 2009 NFL schedule announced this week we are now able to see exactly what the 2009/10 NFL Strength of Schedule will be.
The 2009 NFL Preseason Schedule and the 2009 ESPN Monday Night Football Schedule have also been announced this week, check back on CappersPicks.com for all of this years 2009-2010 NFL Scheduling Information.
The Western Conference playoff race figures to be the Lakers versus the field.
Los Angeles has sprinted away from the pack this season while the #2 through #8 teams in the West are grouped as closely as any other season in the history of the NBA.
2009 Triple Crown Hopefuls
With the Kentucky Derby less than a month away, it is time to take a look at this year’s top contenders as we begin to size up whom might have a shot at winning horse racing’s legendary Triple Crown; the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and the Belmont. The last horse to accomplish this feat was Affirmed way back in 1978.
16 teams in the NHL will be on a quest but there won’t be John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Jones gallivanting around knocking coconut shells together, mimicking the sound of horse hooves.
No, this quest will be less humorous and a lot more physical.
