When the Brickyard 400 debuted on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series scene at America’s most historic race track, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, back in 1994 it was considered by most the biggest NASCAR event in years.
With the end of the more than four-month NFL lockout seemingly imminent the league is about to undergo a frenzy of player movement that has never before been seen in American sports.
The United States used to be considered easily the top country in terms of men’s golf talent, but with the fall of Tiger Woods that appears to no longer be the case. Indeed the betting odds favorite is an Irish man.
Major League Baseball’s All-Star Break arrives following the 15 games on Sunday, and that means there are very few live betting options for a few days next week. And really the ONLY live option on Monday is the annual Home Run Derby.
The 2011 Open Championship will be the 140th in tournament history. It is scheduled to be played from July 14th to 17th at Royal St. George’s in Kent, England.
What, you thought the NHL betting season ended with the Stanley Cup playoffs? Or with Wednesday night’s regular-season awards ceremony? You would be wrong.
The U.S. Open is the toughest test in golf, and this year’s tournament at Congressional Country Club outside Washington, D.C., will be no different. Tiger Woods, the perennial favorite is out this year.
The Miami Heat are proving that the NBA’s regular season really doesn’t much matter but that having three superstars trumps all – at least so far – heading into their NBA Finals matchup against the Dallas Mavericks.
The NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals got underway on Sunday night to record ratings and an easy cover for the Chicago Bulls – but Miami remains the favorite. Tonight we get to see the Western half take to the court.
They call it the unofficial “fifth major” on the PGA Tour: the huge-purse Players Championship tees off this week at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. – of course TPC Sawgrass is home to the famous island hole Par-3 17th.
There is no question that mixed martial arts – i.e. the UFC – has overtaken boxing in terms of overall interest in the fight world as well as betting action but there are still a few boxers who make their fights a big-time betting event no matter the opponent.
The NBA’s awards season has already begun – the only negative is that the Association doesn’t give exact dates of when it will announce its award winners. However, going on past seasons it will be the first week of May.
If you ask most NHL experts, they will tell you that the Western Conference is much deeper and better than the East was this regular season. And the numbers back that up.
The NCAA tournament and the first showing of the first four made the 2011 bracket the biggest yet. The tourney was full of surprises with VCU going further than most thought and many favorites dropping out early.
No number one seed or number two seed and VCU in the Final Four? If you had this in your NCAA tournament bracket then take a ticket ‘cos we got ourselves a winner, for the rest of us let’s look at the games.
The book likes underdogs. The book likes underdogs. Let me repeat: the book likes underdogs. Lets look at who has made the sportsbooks the most money so far in the NCAA Tournament.
Among the hundreds of props available on the upcoming NCAA Tournament is one that’s a perennial favorite among bettors: Wagering on the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.
Indeed, most consider the Big East’s tournament the best of all the conference because you have 16 teams, fifteen games, five days and one historical location. But what of the rest?
Last week was the final full NBA week of games before this weekend’s All-Star Break. It was also the first full week of basketball where it didn’t have to contend with football.
Let’s take a look here at how bettors cashed in on the futures bets of the 2010 NFL Most Valuable Player, Offensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Rookie of the Year.
If you put any credence in the NFL's preseason standings - I personally don't - then the AFC South might be pretty lousy this season because no team has gotten a win yet entering Tennessee's Monday night game against Arizona.