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Horse Racing

Kentucky Derby Betting Preview

2009 Kentucky Derby Current Odds and Preview

Date: Saturday May 2nd, 2009
Location: Churchill Downs, Louisville KY
Post Time: 6:04 PM (EST)
TV Network: NBC, 5:00PM (EST)

This Saturday will be the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs in Louisville. Horse racing’s premier event is for three-year-old thoroughbreds. This is the first leg in horse racing’s fabled Triple Crown with the Preakness and Belmont to follow. The Derby has one of the largest fields of any major race with as many as 19 horses scheduled to make the “Run for the Roses.”

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NFL

Handicapping Review Of The 2009 NFL Draft

The 2009 NFL Draft; Day One Recap

After months of anticipation, speculation, and analysis the 2009 NFL draft finally kicked off around 4:00 P.M. with the announcement that the Detroit Lions were on the clock. Detroit had actually been on the clock since the midway point of last season in route to going 0-16. They had already come to terms with Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford so there was no drama with the first overall pick.

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NBA

08/09 NBA Title Futures: Lines & Prediction

Odds to Win the 2009 NBA Championship

The long, grueling regular season is over and the NBA playoffs are ready to tip off this Saturday.

Sixteen teams, eight from each conference are all dreaming of bringing home the Title, but only one team will make that dream a reality.

Here is a brief preview of each team along with their odds of winning the 2009 NBA Championship.

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Horse Racing

2009 Triple Crown Candidates

2009 Triple Crown Hopefuls

With the Kentucky Derby less than a month away, it is time to take a look at this year’s top contenders as we begin to size up whom might have a shot at winning horse racing’s legendary Triple Crown;  the Kentucky Derby,  Preakness, and the Belmont. The last horse to accomplish this feat was Affirmed way back in 1978.

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NCAAB

2009 Championship Final 4 Matchup + Pick

2009 NCAA Men’s College Basketball Championship Prediction

Way back on March 15th when the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament brackets were first unveiled, I would think that most people, myself included penciled in or mouse clicked the name North Carolina all the way to the final. My question is how many people out there had the mental fortitude to do the same with the name, Michigan State? My guess is not nearly as many, myself included.

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NCAAB

This Weekend’s Final 4 Matchups + Picks

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Final Four Predictions

After starting with a field of 65 of the best college teams in the nation and four rounds of games, we are down to four teams that have survived the challenge. Each team has shown they deserve to be here and now have the chance to play one more game to earn a shot at playing for the 2009 National Championship.

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MLB

2009 AL West Future Lines: Predictions

Odds to Win MLB’s American League West

The AL West has been dominated by the Los Angeles Angels the last several seasons, winning their division four out of the last five years and in 2008 by a whopping 21 games. I do not see things being that easy for them in 2009 as the rest of the teams in the West have worked hard this past off season to try and close the gap.

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MLB

2009 AL Central Future Lines: Predictions

Odds To Win The MLB AL Central

The AL Central should be the most wide open race in baseball as three maybe four teams have a legitimate shot to win this division. It will all come down to who has the best pitching late in the summer when there are those “must win” games on the line. Most likely there will be little margin for error, so every win becomes that more important.

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MLB

2009 AL East Future Lines: Predictions

Odds to Win MLB’s American League East

The American League’s Eastern Division was extremely competitive last season with Tampa Bay shocking everyone by edging out Boston for the division crown. The Red Sox captured the Wild Card and four out of five teams finished with winning records. With some major off season acquisitions and some juggling of the line ups, 2009 is shaping up to be even more competitive and should be a thrilling race to the finish.

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NCAAB

2009 Elite Eight Matchup Previews

NCAA Tournament Elite Eight Predictions

With the exception of Mizzou, all the higher seeds have advanced on to the Elite 8. All eight teams looked extremely impressive in their victories setting up some great matchups in this next round. These next four games are going to be like watching two heavyweights slug it out until one of them drops. Here are my predictions for the Elite Eight.

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MLB

2009 NL West Future Lines: Predictions

Odds to Win MLB’s National League West

In one of the better division pennant races from last season, the Dodgers outlasted the Diamondbacks to win the NL West by 2 games. With Manny Ramirez aboard for the whole season, LA should be able to put some distance between themselves and the rest of the division.

Something tells me this isn’t going to be the case, as the NL West could be more competitive this season than most people think.

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MLB

2009 NL Central Future Lines: Predictions

Odds to Win MLB’s National League Central

The NL Central has been dominated by the Chicago Cubs the last two seasons as they have clearly been the class of this division. While there have been some significant player moves by the rest of the teams to try and close the gap, it remains to be seen if it will enough to dethrone the Cubs.

Chicago Cubs -200: While shuffling their line up somewhat, this year’s team remains basically intact from last season’s team that won 97 games.

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MLB

2009 NL East Future Lines: Predictions

Odds to Win MLB’s National League East

The NL East has basically been a two team battle the last few seasons with the Mets and the Phillies going down to the wire. The question this year is can anyone else in the division stay in the race long enough to challenge for the top spot.

Here is a look at the current odds to win the NL East.

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NCAAB

2009 Sweet Sixteen Matchup Previews

NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen Predictions

The first two rounds of the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament are in the books and how sweet it was.  After all the smoke has cleared, there are sixteen teams left standing. There were some minor upsets, but for the most part the teams that advanced are pretty much who everyone expected.  Now it gets interesting as these top teams are slated to square off against each other.

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NCAAB

2009 Final Four Bracket Predictions

2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament’s Final Four Predictions

As I watched the brackets unfold on Selection Sunday, there were few surprises as the number 1, 2, and, 3 seeds went pretty much to the teams I expected. Some could argue that Memphis should have been a number one seed instead of Connecticut, but to me it is a mute point as the pairings placed them on a collision course in the West final either way.

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NCAAB

NCAAB Power Ratings: Conference Tourney Edition

College Basketball Power Rankings

The regular season has ended, and the Conference Championships are in full swing as the top college basketball teams in the nation jockey for position heading into the Big Dance.

With Selection Sunday only days away, prized bracket seedings are still on the line as anything can happen over the next few days.