The AFC schedule gets a head start on the NFC when the NFL season officially opens on September 10. With the defending champion Pittsburgh Steelers, the healthy New England Patriots, the explosive San Diego Chargers, and the steady Indianapolis Colts all calling the conference home, it would seem that the next Super Bowl winner will come out of the AFC.
The tour heads to Bethesda, MD and Congressional Country Club for the AT&T National which is hosted by none other than Tiger Woods. Tiger missed his own tournament last season because of the knee surgery that sidelined him for nearly 10 months. He is back and is the big favorite this week in what is a healthy but not overly impressive field.
Only four of the OWGR Top Ten players are in action with Paul Casey (3), Vijay Singh (9) and Jim Furyk (10) joining Tiger.
A – Albuquerque. Manny Ramirez returned to action in the minors this week in preparation for his return to the pros next week, and as you would expect from him it was a bit of a circus. His first stop was in Albuquerque, where he was hitless in two Triple-A games while generally ignoring the media. A change was in order, so he headed to California to play A-ball. Ever the great teammate, he went 2-for-2 with a home run for the Inland Empire 66ers before leaving the ballpark in the fifth inning.
Since the 2009 MLB Gambling season began nearly three months ago, we’ve had four players suspended for steroid use, two managers fired, and one pitcher – San Francisco’s Randy Johnson – join the 300-win club. Our tour of baseball’s top storylines this year begins in Los Angeles; all stats are at press time, and the latest lines are just a click away at sports.bodog.com.
Tuesday’s “Need To Know”
A look at the hot and cold pitchers going on Friday. The information you need to know whether it is for fantasy baseball or wagering contests.
Probable Hot Starting Pitchers going on Tuesday:
AT&T National Betting – Tiger’s Tourney On Tap For PGA Tour
While most people are shifting their focus to the upcoming UFC 100 odds, we have one more weekend of other sports betting action before that takes center stage.
This weekend, the PGA Tour heads to Washington, D.C. for the AT&T National, which is hosted by Tiger Woods. The event will take place at Congressional Country Club.
Craig’s MLB Free Play for June 30th, 2009.
Craig’s MLB free play is on the matchup between the LA Angels of Anaheim and the Texas Rangers. Lets look at the records and trends in this series!
Big day for Craig’s Premium Guaranteed Picks today!! Craig has two huge plays: Craig’s 5 star RUN LINE GAME OF MONTH and Craig’s 5 star ROAD WARRIOR PLAY of WEEK!!
Craig’s MLB Free Play for June 29th, 2009.
Craig’s MLB free play is on the matchup between the Detroit Tigers and the Oakland Athletics. Lets look at the records and trends in this series!
Rough day yesterday for Craig but was his first losing day in a week!!
Craig’s top play lost but still has a 5 star hot streak of 5-2 the last 5 days!! Today’s top 5 star winner is his MONEY MONEY MLB Winning Play!!
Okay NFL betting fanatics, with the start of the 2009 NFL wagering season drawing closer by the day, this look at which NFL teams helped themselves out the most during the annual free agent signing period, will give NFL sports betting enthusiasts everywhere the inside knowledge they will need in order to make a multitude of bankroll boosting wagers each and every Sunday of the upcoming 2009 NFL preseason, regular season and postseason.
BetUS NFL sports betting enthusiasts that are gearing up for the start of the 2009 NFL wagering season should know that, in the new-age NFL, franchises that makes the right free agent transactions during the NFL’s annual offseason free agent signing period, can be lifted from the status of pretender to legitimate contender in the blink of an eye.
The opening week of the NFL season presents football bettors with a wagering conundrum. Once the schedule is set for the season, most sportsbooks post their Week 1 betting odds – giving bettors all summer to dissect and over-analyze the spreads and totals.
Some bettors jump on these odds early, hoping nothing drastic happens between then and kickoff. Other gamblers wait until minutes before the coin toss before placing their wager.
Baseball fans got a very rare treat Sunday night when New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera came up to bat for just the third time in his career – against New York Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez, no less. The Yankees were up 3-2 with the bases loaded and two out in the top of the ninth. Rivera had come out of the bullpen in the previous inning, and wasn’t going to be pulled for a pinch-hitter.
In Wimbledon betting, we see the plot thicken for the later rounds this week.
Fittingly, the American League East is getting crowded at the top and each MLB Betting series seems more important than the last.
Can the surging Rays bury the pesky Jays or will Toronto keep surprising?
Tonight, 7:07 p.m. ET
Jeff Niemann (6-4, 4.23) vs Roy Halladay (10-1, 2.53)
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The CONFERENCE USA is 12 years old and like a youngster about to enter puberty, they are breaking out all over.
Four teams from the league reached the 70-point scoring plateau in a game last year. That represented twice as many that had scored that many points in CUSA history.
Q: How wacky of a season was it in the AFC East Division last year?
A: A one-win team (Miami) the previous year won the division while another team (New England) managed 11-wins, yet saw its five-year playoff skein snapped.
Such is life in the AFC East, where Bill Parcells’ presence paid huge dividends for the Dolphins while Tom Brady’s injury left a lasting impression that Patriots’ fans would soon like to forget.
Through Saturday, the Twins had committed the second fewest errors in all of baseball.
That’s what makes Wednesday’s loss in Milwaukee so tough to swallow.
Leading 3-2 with two outs in the eighth inning, emerging Twins ace Nick Blackburn (+$154 on the season) was cruising toward his second straight complete game, when J.J. Hardy blooped a harmless single into center field.
