Posted Tuesday, October 27, 2009 06:20 PM
Basketball fans, the wait is done. The
NBA season gets underway tonight with four games.
The NBA champion Lakers are 11-point
favorites to take their crosstown rival Clippers at home at the
Staples Centre.
Last season, the Clippers were 31-51
ATS while the Lakers were 42-39-1 and the Lakers are 5-0 SU in their
last five encounters.
The over/under is at 203.5 and the
total has gone under in five of the last seven meetings between these
two teams.
Lebron James and the Cleveland
Cavaliers are 5-point favorites as they play host to the Boston
Celtics in a battle of the top two teams in the east from last
season.
Cleveland has gone 5-0 SU and ATS in
their last five home games against Boston and they are 5-5 SU and 8-2
ATS over their last ten meetings.
The over/under is at 183 with the total
going under in 4 of the last 5 meetings in Cleveland.
The Washington Wizards visit the
8-point favorite Dallas Mavericks in what promises to be a
high-scoring affair while the 8.5-point favorite Portland
Trailblazers play host to the Houston Rockets to round out the
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Posted Monday, October 26, 2009 07:33 PM
Lines for both the series and opener
are up on betED with the Yankees -162 World Series betting favorites to take Game 1 and
-195 favorites to take it all against the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Yankees booked their World Series
tickets with an ALCS Game 6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on
Sunday in which the balanced hitting and pitching of the Yankees was
evident.
The Phillies meanwhile showed off some
batting prowess of their own led by Jayson Werth's 2 homerun effort
as they dispatched the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-4 in last Wednesday's
Game 5 showdown.
The series opener will be a duel
between two of the leagues best southpaws with the Yankees' 2007 Cy
Young winner CC Sabathia and the Phillies' 2008 Cy Young Winner Cliff
Lee taking the mound.
Game 1 is on Wednesday.
Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 01:55 PM
With the NCAA Basketball season rapidly approaching, betED.com has
released conference championship odds.
Last year's champions, the North Carolina Tar Heels, are favorites
to win the ACC at +122.
Other ACC notables are the Duke Blue Devils who are close behind
at +150 and Georgia Tech (+400).
The Kentucky Wildcats are the biggest favorites to win their
division at -875 to win the SEC East while Tennessee Volunteers
(+400) as the team with the best chance to beat them.
In the Big 10, Michigan State sits at +125 while the Purdue
Boilermakers aren't far behind at +150.
Last year's Michigan State Sweet 16 victim, the Kansas Jayhawks,
are heavily favored to take the Big 12 conference title at -280, but
the Texas Longhorns (+200) are also in the Big 12 hunt.
Just like last season, the Big East will be the closest division
to watch.
Four teams are clustered together with the Villanova Wildcats
enjoying the best odds to win the conference at +205 while the
Connecticut Huskies, Louisville Cardinals, and West Virginia
Mountaineers all sit close behind at +250.
Finally, the UCLA Bruins (+175) and the California Golden Bears
(+200) are the favorites to take the Pac-10 title.
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Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 03:58 PM
Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida faces off with Mauricio
"Shogun" Rua in an all Brazilian light heavyweight MMA
championship fight for UFC 104 on October 24th at the Staples Center
in LA. Shogun is on the comeback trail and looking good, but the
champion Machida remains the heavy favorite.
The former MMA PRIDE champion, Shogun Rua is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
and Muay Thai champion who is back in peak form and ready to prove
it. When he strikes, he strikes with fury at an opponent from all
angles sometimes exposing himself a little to land devastating
round-house kicks.
He earned the title shot at UFC 97 in Montreal where he knocked
Chuck Lidell out of the match and out of MMA with a 1st round left.
The line, at -410, heavily favors the champion Machida.
Machida fights using a unique style dubbed Machida Karate that
combines an ancient form of karate called Shotokan Karate and
Brazillian Jiu Jitsu as a base and adds techniques from Sumo, Muay
Thai, and Wrestling to give him techniques to use in every situation.
The fighting style makes him a very elusive target for other MMA
fighters. Machida starts a match avoiding blows as he searches for a
weak spot in his opponent. He rarely gets hit as he dances around the
ring making the other fighter look clumsy. Then, when he spots his
opening, he quickly dispatches his opponent.
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