Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2009 01:32 PM
The end of May is almost here, which means a sight that has become as common as the blooming flowers has arrived: Rafa Nadal is favored to win Roland Garros. And -350 (BetJamaica.com) isn’t a terrible price when it comes to playing on Nadal in Paris.
But more on that in a day or two when I break down the men’s and women’s sides for you.
Another topic that seems just as common when it comes to discussing professional tennis these days is match fixing. The Wall Street Journal is the latest to write about it as tennis gets set to slide back onto the American sports radar with the French Open and Wimbledon near.
The story is worth a read because it’s the first time (that I’ve seen anyway) that a gambler is being so open and candid about attempting to fix a match on the WTA.
This Russian bettor, who claims to make his living from betting women’s tennis, says he was nervous to approach a player about fixing a match. But he was seemingly acting on his own and you have to wonder about the guys who aren’t nervous about approaching players about this sort of thing. I’m guessing those guys don’t ask so nicely.
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Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 03:29 PM
I think I may have just watched my last episode of American Idol. Even with the aide of DVR this program is becoming only slightly more bearable than having my fingernails pulled out.
I was expecting the talent to continually progress into at least a batch of quasi professional performers, but what I witnessed last night was just a continuation of the train wreck that doesn’t seem to have a caboose.
Man-bangs Lambert was the best performer once again and may spend his last week on the plus side of the payout after Pinnacle dropped him to even money this week.
But he was bloody awful. The screaming rendition of Play That Funky Music blistered my ears and left me once again wondering who in their right mind would purchase this guy’s music.
There’s no point in getting into the others. It’s just unn... [More]