2009 NFL Preview; Team by Team Keys to a Successful Season
With the return of Tom Brady from knee surgery and the past success of the franchise, the NFL odds makers have instilled the New England Patriots as the odds-on-favorite to win another Super Bowl. Unfortunately for New England there are thirty-one other teams, including the defending champion Pittsburgh Steelers that will have something to say about that.
The MLB All-Star break marks the half way point of the 2009 baseball season and a good opportunity to review which teams have a legitimate shot to win the World Series. Every division is still up for grabs, but in the end only two teams will play for the right to be called World Champions.
Fantasy Football Draft Guide – Top 100 Player Rankings
Are you in the market for fantasy football draft info? Or Player Rankings + Top 100 player cheat sheets for your 2009 fantasy draft?
Pre-season is nearly upon us, so for the next few weeks we encourage you to be checking out our fantasy football draft guide for all your rankings and analysis for the upcoming league drafts that you’re going to be participating in.
British Open Odds – Tough to bet against Tiger
British Open odds for Thursday’s tournament, which tees off in the middle of the night on this side of the pond, will favor a familiar player who has never played at Turnberry, but if you follow the golf world closely, you’ll know that really doesn’t matter when it comes to the world’s No.1 player.
The beginning of NFL training camp is a little over two weeks away and already sharp football bettors are deciding which offseason dramas and summer stories will play into NFL betting this upcoming season. Here are some of the top betting angles in the NFC…
Brett Favre to the Minnesota Vikings
The closer the season gets, the more likely it seems Brett Favre will join the Minnesota Vikings.
It’s time for the Midsummer Classic, and Bookmaker.com has all of the great baseball betting action covered for the All-Star Game on Tuesday night! The National League All-Stars haven’t won an All-Star Game since 1996, but five of the L/7 games have ended within a run (including the infamous tie of the 2002 season).
Losing stings when a game goes just like you thought it would, but you end up on the wrong side.
Those times when your team’s running game was way too much for the other team’s injury-ravaged D-line. But a tipped pass is intercepted and returned for a meaningless touchdown, preventing you from covering.
Or when you play the under in hoops, and the game is 30 points under at the end of regulation … before going into overtime.
FLORIDA GATORS: CAN YOU SAY “REPEAT”?
Today we take a look at the Florida Gators, the defending BCS national champions. Here’s the rundown:
2008 Record: 13-1 SU, 12-1 ATS
Three-Year record (’06-’08): 35-6 SU, 25-21-1 ATS
NEW QB, SAME OLD STORY OF DOMINANCE
Today we take a look at the USC Trojans, who have defined the word “perennial” with seven straight Pacific 10 Conference titles.
2008 Record: 12-1 SU, 7-5-1 ATS
Three-Year record (’06-’08): 34-5 SU, 21-17-1 ATS
With NFL football just a short time away, Cappers Picks Football handicappers have been hard at work putting out the team by team NFL previews for those of us who can’t wait. Bet on the Super Bowl winner, plus Conference and Divisional winners. What are you waiting for use our insider knowledge today to gamble on all the NFL Football Futures in our top online sportsbooks today.
With NFL football just a short time away, Cappers Picks Football handicappers have been hard at work putting out the team by team NFL previews for those of us who can’t wait. Bet on the Super Bowl winner, plus Conference and Divisional winners. What are you waiting for use our insider knowledge today to gamble on all the NFL Football Futures in our top online sportsbooks today.
The third Major of the golf season takes place this week with the Open Championship at Turnberry in Ayrshire, Scotland. This will be the fourth time the Open has been played here and the first since 1994 when Nick Price finished birdie-eagle-par and held off Jesper Parnevik to win by a stroke. The other times were in 1986 (Greg Norman) and 1977 (Tom Watson). The reason for the time off from the rotation was due to traffic issues to the course but all has been fixed.
Minnesota Twins
The Twins will enter the break right around .500 and still be in contention in the American League Central. That is the good news. The bad news is that after the break, 40 of their remaining 73 games are on the road. Minnesota finished the first half with a 17-24 record on the road and it will come out of the gates with 10 straight road games beginning July 17th.
Betting the Pac-10 is all about figuring out Southern Cal.
When will the Trojans be at their best? (11-1 ATS in non-conference games the last three years).
When will they lay a brick? (4-10 ATS on the road in the Pac-10 the last three seasons).
Pete Carroll’s juggernaut lost a ton off of last year’s team. Only three defensive starters return, and it was pretty obvious from Carroll’s whining just how much quarterback Mark Sanchez meant to the Trojans.
Brett Favre hasn’t officially announced his return to the NFL but when he does will the Minnesota Vikings current +900 NFL odds to win the NFC will be seen as a bargain.
Minnesota is currently listed at +900 odds to win the conference, the same odds the Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints are getting. The teams getting better odds are the favorite New York Giants (+400), and the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys (+500 each).
You can’t tell the players without a program – even when they’re All-Stars.
The rosters for Tuesday’s MLB Midsummer Classic keep changing at the 11th hour. The latest move over the weekend had Boston Red Sox 2B and reigning American League MVP Dustin Pedroia deciding to stay in Boston to be with his pregnant wife Kelli, who was hospitalized last week after showing signs of labor earlier than expected. Pedroia is being replaced by Tampa Bay Rays 1B Carlos Pena, the AL leader in home runs with 24.
