Former No. 1 Duke highlights the Wednesday night college basketball betting schedule when they face off with ACC rivals Clemson.
The Blue Devils’ reign atop the rankings lasted only one week after a loss to Wake Forest allowed Connecticut to steal the No. 1 slot.
The second leg in FA Cup fourth round action between Aston Villa and Doncaster Rovers is almost upon us. The Returning leg at Villa Park sees the England’s top flight league club and host, Aston Villa favoured something huge over the second-tier Doncaster Rovers. Villa are flying high in the Premiership and holding on to their fourth spot.
Preps for the 135th Kentucky Derby are off and running. There are many — some dating back before the world wars. Others are relative new like the $200,000 Risen Star Stakes that will be staged for the 36th time at Fair Grounds.
Navajo won the inaugural when the race was known as the Louisiana Derby Trial Stakes in 1973 – the year Secretariat won the Triple Crown.
For the online betting community with the need for speed, February means two things—Online NASCAR betting & Daytona 500! Unlike most sports, NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series opens its season with the biggest event of the year. The Daytona 500 is NASCAR’s ”Super Bowl” and marks race 1-of-36 on the season’s schedule. The Great American Race not only starts the 2009 campaign, its the most prestigious and famed race in all of motorsports.
Fight Night 17 Selections
After being treated to one of the best Super Bowls ever, Tampa is about to be rocked by Fight Night 17 as UFC betting action invades the city for the first time on Saturday evening. The USF Sun Dome (University of South Florida campus) is the venue for the spectacular lineup that can be seen free on Spike TV, starting at 9:00pm EST.
The Furious Rant – The NFC West Gift Wraps Another Superbowl For Pittsburgh Steelers
I’m still trying to do two things – shake off a Superbowl hangover, and determine exactly how the Arizona Cardinals lost this game. If there was a prop bet on “how many times they’ll show a sullen Larry Fitzgerald Sr. in the press box” over “how many penalties there will be in the Superbowl”, you would’ve cashed in huge if you had bet the latter.
UFC Fight Night odds: Joe Lauzon looks to climb back up the lightweight ladder
WHO: Joe Lauzon (16-4) vs Jeremy Stephens (16-3)
WHAT: UFC Fight Night betting
WHEN: Saturday, February 7 at 9:00 p.m. ET
PICK: Lauzon
WHAT: The Buick Invitational
WHEN: Thursday, February 5 to Sunday, February 8
WHERE: Torrey Pines Golf Club in La Jolla, CA
KEY STATS: Tiger Woods has won the past four Buick Invitationals
PICK: Phil Mickelson
The Los Angeles Lakers are still the favorite to win the NBA Championship even with Andrew Bynum’s latest injury.
Bynum will be out 8-12 weeks after tearing a knee ligament, but the Lakers are still the 2:1 favorite to win the NBA Championship at Sportsbook.com. Three Eastern Conference teams are next on the title list with the defending champion Boston Celtics at 5:2, the Cleveland Cavaliers at 11:4 and Orlando Magic at 6:1.
The Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t getting a lot of respect from oddsmakers at 8:1 odds to win the 2010 Super Bowl in Miami.
Ben Roethlisberger and the boys engineered one of the most dramatic Super Bowl finishes in history and the bulk of the team will return intact. That includes most of the number one defense in the NFL as well as all major offensive weapons, including Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes.
The Florida Gators and South Carolina Gamecocks square off tonight in Gainesville in an SEC betting showdown.
Sportsbook.com has established Florida as nine-point favorites, with a Total of 151.5. The game will be on ESPN starting at 9 pm ET.
Florida (18-4, 7-8 ATS) is trying to become the flagship team in the conference but was dragged around like a gator by the tail at Tennessee in being wiped out, 79-63 as 3 ½-point underdogs.
The return of Milwaukee’s Richard Jefferson to New Jersey is just one reason for bettors to focus on tonight’s game.
Sportsbook.com has the Nets as 4 ½-point favorites with a Total of 195. This game starts at 7:30 pm ET on MSG Network. The Nets are 9-1 ATS in the last 10 meetings between the teams.
There is no offseason for sharp handicappers.
It’s no secret that a ton of casual bettors close up shop after the Super Bowl. And in doing so, they rob themselves of an opportunity to cash in against softer betting lines than anything you’ll find in the NFL. What for? If you know the mechanics of the pointspread in football, you’ve already got the raw material to start betting on basketball.
There was a rumor that Tiger would be returning this weekend in the Buick Invitational. It doesn’t look like he will which means that BetUS golf betting fans can let out a huge sigh of relief.
Throwing Tiger into the mix means that fans will have to rethink exactly how to bet some of the other terrific overlaid golfers in any field.
For the last four years the only real golf betting option at the Buick Invitational has been Tiger Woods. With Woods sidelined heading into this week’s Buick at Torrey Pines his reign at the top will finally come to an end.
NASCAR begins its season February 7th with the Budweiser Shoot-out. Then, after the Gatorade Duel 1 and Gatorade Duel 2, NASCAR really heats up on February 15th with the Daytona 500.
As always, BetUS Sportsbook will be there offering some of the best online wagering possible for NASCAR betting fans.
