Miami Heat Back Atop 2012 NBA Championship Betting Odds
May 25th, 2012 | Author: BryanThe Miami Heat made it about as difficult as they could against the Indiana Pacers, but are now back on top of NBA Finals Betting Odds, as the favorite to win the title. The Heat lost that status a week ago when they dropped two of their first three games against the Pacers in the […]
2012 NCAA Football Conference Longshots
May 24th, 2012 | Author: JohnConference schedules have been set for a while now, but oddsmakers have only recently rolled out their lines for each team to win its league. This season will be even tougher to gauge with a calamity of teams switching allegiances. Missouri and Texas A&M went to the SEC, and were replaced with West Virginia and […]
Miami Heat Betting Lines Waiver With Suspensions
May 24th, 2012 | Author: JohnThe Miami Heat were able to settle down and recapture the series lead against the Indiana Pacers. But clinching the second round playoff just got a little more difficult with the suspensions of Udonis Haslem and Dexter Pittman. Up 3-2, Miami will be shorthanded as the series returns to Indiana for Game 6 Thursday night, […]
I’ll Have Another Not Favored To Win Belmont, Triple Crown
May 22nd, 2012 | Author: JohnI’ll Have Another stormed back to win another thrilling race, taking the second leg of the Triple Crown last weekend at Pimlico. With a shot at history coming in three weeks, oddsmakers are giving him decent odds to do just that: have another. Bovada’s Belmont Betting Lines are posing a straight-up question to bettors: Will […]
Los Angeles Lakers Betting Lines Waiver Against Thunder
May 22nd, 2012 | Author: JohnKobe Bryant wasn’t thrilled with Pau Gasol after the Los Angeles Lakers loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder over the weekend, and didn’t hide it with reporters after the game. Yet, despite the team’s in-fighting on the brink of elimination, head coach Mike Brown insists all is well and the locker room isn’t unraveling. “They’ve […]
2013 Orlando Magic Betting Odds Unsteady After Firing Van Gundy
May 22nd, 2012 | Author: JohnThe most frustrating thing about the Orlando Magic is how nothing was getting done. Dwight Howard reportedly wanted out and then wanted to stay. Then he wanted the team to axe head coach Stan Van Gundy before contending he never said that. There was a level of discomfort that plagued the team all year and […]
2012 NBA Finals Betting Odds No Longer Favor Miami Heat
May 18th, 2012 | Author: JohnI wrote a story yesterday about the Miami Heats chances of being favored to win the NBA Finals. Apparently, sportsbooks will flip them as underdogs if they play the San Antonio Spurs or Oklahoma City Thunder even though they’ve been favored all along. All that talk might be void, though, if LeBron and the gang […]
2012 NBA Finals Futures Betting Lines
May 17th, 2012 | Author: JohnThe Miami Heat are the favorite to win the NBA title at the moment, but that will change if they face either the Oklahoma City Thunder or San Antonio Spurs. If either of those teams win the West, many sportsbooks will likely flip and make Miami the underdog. So says Covers, anyway. The mixed signal […]
2012 French Open Betting Lines Favor Rafael Nadal
May 16th, 2012 | Author: JohnRoger Federer is the King of the Blue Clay right now, but oddsmakers aren’t backing him on red clay. After winning the Masters in Madrid, Federer has the third-best odds to win the French Open this weekend, still trailing rivals Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Nadal is the overall front runner, according to Bovada’s French […]
Oklahoma City Thunder Betting Lines To Win Western Conference
May 15th, 2012 | Author: JohnThe Los Angeles Lakers were able to squeak by the Denver Nuggets in the first round, but a lack of maturity and in-house fighting is causing bettors to look elsewhere to win the Western Conference. If that wasn’t enough, Game 1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder had to have been. The Lakers looked old and […]