NCAA Football Preview – The Texas Longhorns
Today we take a look at the Texas Longhorns, a team that dealt the only regular season loss to Oklahoma, but did not manage to get into the Big 12 title game:
2008 Record: 12-1 SU, 9-4 ATS
Three-Year record (’06-’08): 32-7 SU, 20-17-1 ATS
BetUS Sportsbook NCAA Football Odds
To Win Big 12 South Division
Baylor +1500
Oklahoma +150
Oklahoma State +600
TEXAS Even
Texas A&M +2000
Texas Tech +850
To Win Big 12 title +165
To Win National title +725
Over 10 wins -160
Under 10 wins +120
There wasn’t very much not to like about what Texas was able to do last year.
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LeBron Posterized – Tapes Confiscated, $50,000 Reward Offered
LeBron James basketball camp is supposed to be for young kids to learn, grow their basketball skills and have some fun.
Apparently it’s not all just fun and games for everyone.
Recently, at LeBron James Skills Academy, James and four teammates (Cavs players James, Danny Green, Tarence Kinsey, Christian Eyenga, and James’ high school teammate Romeo Travis) played a five-on-five game against five college players, including Xavier transfer Jordan Crawford.
Crawford, drove to the basket on a play and slammed home a dunk over LeBron James, which set off quite the uproar.
Most people understand that basketball is an offensive game and points are scored in the 100’s, which means each team scores roughly 40-50 baskets a game.
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CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 Quarterfinals – USA vs. Panama
European champions Spain can vouch for the credentials of the US football team as they were shocked by the American juggernaut at the Confederations Cup semi-finals earlier last month. Bob Bradley’s team went on to the final where they very nearly shocked Brazil after taking the 2-0 lead, before acceding 3 goals and bowing out with a runner-up finish. It is not the same calibre of players that made their way to the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 competition to defend their title.
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UFC 100 Salaries – Inside Look at the Payouts for Each Fighter
The UFC 100 fighter salaries have been announced, and once again there are some surprising major discrepancies between what some of the top fighters earned on perhaps the UFC’s biggest night.
Take the main event fight between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir for example. Lesnar took home an event-high $400,000 for his base salary, and that number would have been doubled if Lesnar didn’t alienate thousands of fans with his post-fight antics as well as perhaps the UFC’s top sponsor, Bud Light.
As for the challenger Mir, who came in already holding a win over Lesnar?
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NCAA Football Insider – Early look at the LSU Tigers
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LSU TIGERS: CAN THEY BE ROAD WARRIORS?
Today we take a look at the LSU Tigers, who won the national title two seasons ago but didn’t do much in terms of the follow-up last season:
2008 Record: 8-5 SU, 3-9 ATS
Three-Year record (’06-’08): 31-9 SU, 14-23-2 ATS
BetUS Sportsbook NCAA Football Odds
To Win SEC West Division
Alabama +200
Arkansas +650
Auburn +1200
LOUISIANA STATE +220
Mississippi +200
Mississippi State +2000
To Win SEC title +325
To Win National title +1900
Under 8.5 wins -135
Over 8.5 wins -105
There’s no two ways about it – LSU was a disappointment last season, and they know it.
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WTA Palermo Quarterfinal Quick Picks
Palermo, Italy – The WTA Palermo moves into the quarterfinal round as tennis betting continues at BetUS Sportsbook. Through to the final eight is top seed and Italy’s own Flavia Pennetta, along with second seed Patty Schnyder, fifth seed and defending champion Sara Errani and seventh seed Aravane Rezai. A spot in the Palermo semis is on the line – who will advance?
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Prague Open Quarters – Schiavone and Navarro on collision course
Prague, Czech Republic—The ECM Prague Open quarterfinal line-up took shape today and among the winners was top seed Francesca Schiavone and fourth seed Carla Suarez Navarro. Schiavone advanced into the final eight with an imperious 6-2, 6-2 win over Polona Hercog; meanwhile, Navarro moved into the final eight with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over local favourite Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.
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Prague Open Quarters – Benesova and Bammer eye Semis
Prague, Czech Republic—As Thursday tennis-betting action came to a close the quarterfinal line-up at the ECM Prague Open took shape. Through to the final eight is second seed Sybille Bammer as well as third seed and local favourite Iveta Benesova. The top two seeds in the bottom half of the draw are headed for a collision in the semis.
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Swedish Open – Robredo and Verdasco on crash course in semis
Bastad, Sweden – Defending champion Tommy Robredo went through to the final eight when he beat qualifier Peter Luczak of Poland. Joining him in the quarters is compatriot Fernando Verdasco who survived a three-set thriller and saved a match point against Daniel Koellerer of Austria 6-7(1), 6-2, 7-5.
Robredo and Verdasco are on a collision course in Bastad, set to collide in the semis should they both advance in the quarters.
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NFL Inside Look – The Washington Redskins
The Redskins got a nice break out of the starting gate, winning four of their first five and six of their first eight and included in those wins included key division road wins over Dallas and Philadelphia. Beginning with a 23-6 home loss to Pittsburgh, though, things started to crumble, and it has hard to right the ship as the ‘Skins just stopped scoring. Ultimately it was an 8-8 season (6-8-2 ATS) and a lot of questions being raised about quarterback Jason Campbell.
Why will things be different on offense this year?
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