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Cappers

Michael Alexander: Today’s NCAAB Gambling Tips

Saturday’s Key NCAAB Picks, Trends, and Recommendations

It’s the last full Saturday of the College Basketball season with some well known teams who has routinely made the playoffs on the bubble this season. Specifically Floriday and Kentucky seem to be in trouble of making the “big Dance” and just happen to be playing each other today! In pouring over the largest card of the season there are some key NCAAB Picks today!

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Fight Club

Sportsbook UFC 96 Predictions/Preview

MMA: Jackson big favorite for UFC 96

Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson is a solid -365 favorite against Keith Jardine at UFC 96 on Saturday night.

A former light heavyweight champion, Jackson defeated former Pride rival, Wanderlei Silva last December and returns to The Octagon for Saturday’s Main Event.

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Cappers

March Madness: History Of The Tournament

The History of March Madness by Vernon Croy

Just about everyone has heard of the NCAA March Madness, even if they themselves do not get overly involved in it. But not too many people really understand the great history that lies behind this tournament. To truly have an understanding of what it is and to have the best appreciation possible of it, you must look back through history to see what it is all about.

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NCAAB

2009 NCAAB Tourmanent Handicapping

ROUNDING THIRD AND HEADING HOME – College Basketball’s Last Home Games

In the blink of an eye the 2009 NCAA Basketball Tournament will begin its annual pulse-pounding extravaganza. In all likelihood hearts will be broken, a new champion crowned, and memories of upsets and game-winning shots will leave the court in assured dramatic fashion when the ‘Big Dance’ takes center stage on Thursday, March 19th.

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NBA

Friday Cavs vs. Celtics NBA Hoops Previews (Mar. 6th)

Cavs Collide With Boston Tonight!

The Cleveland Cavaliers invade the Boston Celtics tonight with home court advantage in the East potentially on the line.

Sportsbook.com has Boston as two-point favorites, with a Total of 184. Check out all the live odds for Friday’s NBA games here. ESPN will have the telecast of this anticipated matchup stating at 8 pm ET.

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NCAAB

Look Ahead: 2009 National Championship

Bettors Like the Tar Heels for the Championship

Man are we ever close to the start of March Madness.

Selection Sunday is a little more than a week away and the opening-round game in Dayton, Ohio takes place on St. Patrick’s Day…it all starts very soon.

As the clock ticks down the Big Dance, bettors at online sportsbooks have been taking aim at the NCAA Championship Future Odds.

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Fight Club

Online UFC 96 Betting Picks

UFC 96 Lines and Picks

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (-300) vs Keith Jardine (+240) 

On paper, Keith Jardine is a tough matchup for Rampage in the UFC 96 odds . Jardine (14-5-1) is inconsistent but he fares well against counterpunchers, as he proved in the past with wins over Forrest Griffn and Chuck Liddell.

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MLB

MLB Predictions / Previews: KC Royals

MLB Team Previews – Kansas City Royals

This hasn’t been said in MLB betting circles in ages – maybe the mid 1980s? – but things may finally be looking up for the Kansas City Royals, especially in the anything-goes AL Central. Raise your hand if you knew they went 18-8 last September. All those draft picks are finally arriving and the pitching staff even offers a glimmer of hope.

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NCAAB

Conference Tournament Odds Handicapping

How To Beat The Sharpest Of College Basketball Lines

If you haven’t noticed yet, college basketball lines have become very sharp, as oddsmakers have almost a full season of statistics and information to use. This past Saturday there were 50 games that ended within 6 points or less of the given spread on the side. That means these 50 games had point spread outcomes that were decided by just 2 possessions!

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NFL

Free Agency & 2009 NFL Futures Betting

NFL Odds Adjusted

With the big wave of NFL free agency behind us, let’s have a look at a few of the teams who made a splash and what it means to their current Super Bowl future odds.

Big surprise – the Washington Redskins dove into the deep-end of the free agency pool.

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Sports

Where Will T.O. End Up?

NFL: Raiders lead charge for T.O.?

Terrell Owens is on the market again and the dysfunctional Oakland Raiders are the favorite to land the dysfunctional wide receiver at Sportsbook.com. Owens, released by the Dallas Cowboys in a dramatic move on Wednesday evening, wore out his welcome in Big D, just as he did in Philadelphia and San Francisco.

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Nascar

Kobalt Tools 500 Gambling Picks

2009 Kobalt Tools 500 Betting Preview + Picks + Odds

Race: Kobalt Tools 500
Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009
Time: 2:15 PM EST (scheduled Green Flag)
TV: 1:30 PM EST on FOX

Preview: Atlanta Motor Speedway bills itself as the track “where the fast go faster.” Many NASCAR drivers list it as among their favorites because it is a fast, multi-groove track that gives them options for racing lines. It’s the kind of track that suits Kyle Busch, who won last weekend from the rear of the field in Las Vegas and also won this race last year – the first for Toyota at the Cup level.

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Handicapping

CT’s 2009 Mid Major Predictions + Bubble Watch

Mid Major Team Predictions: NCAA Tournament

Last in a series of article by sports handicapper Craig Trapp where he brought you his predictions for top teams in all the major conferences. Today he will look at the mid major at large selections candidates and predict seeding’s and also how they might do in the NCAA Tournament. As always many mid major teams find themselves on the bubble and will find themselves fighting for a spot against the BCS conferences.

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NBA

NBA Power Rankings

NBA Power Rankings – Lakers still top of the food chain

There isn’t much change near the top of the NBA power rankings this week, as the NBA betting favorites for the championship have stayed essentially the same, although Cleveland is hot on the Lakers’ heels.

(Last week’s ranking in brackets)

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Sports

This Week In Sports

NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE SPORTING WORLD

The New York Yankees got some bad news when they found out the Alex Rodriguez needs hip surgery and may be out for up to ten weeks. There is a question that must be asked here. Is it really an injury or his body beginning to break down from steroid use.

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NFL

Craig’s 2009 NFL Mock Draft Pt. 3

Craig Trapp’s NFL Mock Draft – March 5th, 2009

Part three of Craig’s Mock Draft 1st round breakdown. We are getting to the teams that made the playoff last year so these teams have much less glaring needs and could see some surprise picks in this area.

Also many of these teams have cap issues and are looking to save money so don’t rule out them trading out of the first round.

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