What most people expect is a duel between Oklahoma, who won the Big 12 title and played for the national title, and Texas, which pinned the only regular season defeat on the Sooners and felt they got cheated out of a conference title game appearance. Who ...

College Football is just around the corner. It’s time for online sportsbook Football betting fans to take a hard look at the teams that are capable of not only winning the BCS Championship, but putting some serious money into the pockets of gamblers. ...

NCAA Football Futures Betting A QUICK LOOK AT THE PAC-10 (Top 4) As expected, USC again comes in as a heavy favorite in the PAC-10 with their ability to constantly grab the most sought after recruits from around the country. This year may be...

A QUICK LOOK AT THE PAC-10 As has often been the case during Pete Carroll's tenure at USC, it's the Trojans, and then the rest of the pack in this conference. Let's go team by team and look at everyone's prospects: NCAA Future...

The SEC West is probably weaker at the top than its East counterpart, which has the likes of Florida and Georgia vying for its title. However, don't mistake this for the Big 12 North. There are three viable teams sitting at or near the top in Alabama, LSU...

With all the talk about their former franchise player, Brett Favre, spinning the turbines in the NFL newsreel, the Green Bay Packers are getting lost in the shuffle. Minnesota, Detroit and Chicago have all stolen the spotlight with draft picks, Brett Favr...

The Jacksonville Jaguars were sidetracked by injuries to the offensive line in the 2008 season, and still they got off to a 3-3 start. After the bye week, however, they faded, and fast. The Jags lost eight of their last ten games finishing 2-4 in the divi...

The Texans actually have the inside track on claiming the vaunted AFC South Title, one of the many contingents was that the Colts fall from grace. While I’ve previewed a fair amount of teams in the NFL with reasonable scrutiny, the Colts have escaped my w...

There's nothing more American than baseball betting during the Fourth of July weekend. With the United States celebrating its Independence Day, MLB has a full slate of action, including some must-watch, must-wager series in both the American and National ...

Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Royals send their ace to the mound vs. the ChiSox, the Mariners battle the BoSox, and Manny Ramirez returns to action. Meeting up in the Junior Circuit . . . Ten-game winner Zack Greinke (10-3, 1.9...

Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Jays play host to the Rays, the Giants try to get a victory in St. Louis, and the Canadian Football League season begins. Meeting up in the Junior Circuit . . . A Canada Day matchup north of the bo...

Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Blue Jays get their ace back from the disabled list, the Giants meet the Cardinals, and the Astros try to top the Padres. Meeting up in the Junior Circuit . . . Top Blue Jays starter Roy Halladay (...

Rumors have been floating around the hockey forums for weeks now that Calgary Flames General Manager Darryl Sutter was going to be bringing his younger brother Brent over to Stampede central, but all you Flames fans out there can rest easy now as the form...

Forget Boston or Detroit or even New York City, the sports capital of the United States has to be Pittsburgh, PA. They now own the Super Bowl champion Steelers and the Stanley Cup champion Penguins. Even the World Series winners, the Phi...

With the NFL preseason less than a month away the NFL betting season is closer than you think. And if you’re a futures bettor, it’s actually already here. One of the big stories in the league this season is the return of Tom Brady to the Patriot...

To Win Big East Conference Cincinnati +800 Connecticut +800 Louisville +1500 Pittsburgh +250 Rutgers +500 South Florida +250 Syracuse +5000 West Virginia +250 Let's go team...

WISCONSIN (+900 ) took a step backward last season, finishing with a 7-6 record. Dustin Sherer (6 TD's, 5 INT's) represents weakness at the quarterback spot. The good news is that John Clay is a running back with a future, having gained 884 yards last sea...

Let's go team by team and look at how everyone shapes up: OHIO STATE (+150) has gotten used to replacing star players. The Buckeyes will have to do it again. They lost two top wide receivers in Brian Robiskie and Brian Hartline, as well as runni...

The Big 12 (or Big XII, if you prefer) is one of the more competitive conferences in the country, In the South division, you have national powers like Oklahoma and Texas battling it out with insurgents like Oklahoma State and Texas Tech, but in the North ...

Road Race Means Nothing For Sprint Cup Power Rankings When it comes to drivers winning or losing the Sprint Cup, the road races, like the Toyota Save Mart 350 this past weekend, rarely mean anything. Drivers can get a chance to improve...

Those that did any baseball betting on the Washington Nationals last week got rewarded when the league’s worst team actually beat the New York Yankees twice in a three-game series. The Nats also beat the Blue Jays in their three game set and will now try ...

The Dodgers and Rangers continue to provide gamblers with profits, but it’s the Los Angeles Angels and Colorado Rockies who all of a sudden are becoming hot. The Angels in particular are starting to look like a difficult team for other A.L. tea...

The field has finally caught up with the red hot Rangers, and now six teams are on the right side of the MLB betting proceedings in the AL this season. Which teams are set to make a run? Check out BetUS Sportsbook’s list of the top money teams as we head ...

From smack talk in the bars to caustic message board posts on espn.com and other Web sites, it’s become apparent that sports fans today dwell on the negative aspects of the game more than ever before. And that was never more apparent than during ...

With a season-ending injury to New England Patriots’ starting quarterback Tom Brady taking place in the very first game of the 2008 NFL regular season and knocking the three-time Super Bowl winning quarterback out for the entirety of the 2008 season - the...

Several NFL teams in both conferences will be counting on their respective prized rookie draft picks to come in and contribute to their team’s success either right away – or at some point in the early going of the 2009 NFL regular season. While s...

NFL Football Futures Betting NFL SNEAK PEEK: BALTIMORE RAVENS Some expected that the Baltimore Ravens might be in a rebuilding mode after bringing in a new coach in John Harbaugh and drafting quarterback Joe Flacco in the first round to fill...

Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Rockies meet the Angels and the Giants take on the A's in MLB matchups, and the U.S. Open continues for one more day Meeting up on the diamond . . . There are just four games on tap around Major Lea...

Let's have a little chat about Donte Stallworth, wide receiver of the Cleveland Browns (+900 to win the AFC North ), who killed a pedestrian in Miami while driving drunk in his Bentley. Stallworth wasn't sorry at the time, but he's sorry now, and he gets ...

Could bad news for Florida State's athletic department actually turn into a positive for the 2009 Seminole football team? I would argue yes. But let's backtrack a minute. I'm speaking of a letter from the NCAA's Committee on Infractions that was ...

One of the most unique position battles to watch when fall camp begins is the quarterback derby at Clemson. Last year the Tigers were a preseason Top 10 team with national title aspirations, but inconsistent quarterback play from Cullen Harper an...

Turns out all you have to do to get out of the stinking pit of sucktitude that is Ottawa is to ask. That’s just what Dany Heatley did, citing differences with the coaching staff, and displeasure with the direction of the club. The Senators are already +50...

NFL sports betting enthusiasts across the globe are beginning their preparation for the upcoming 2009 NFL season by gathering the most pertinent team and player news and wagering information that they can in anticipation of the upcoming 2009 NFL wagering ...

Summer is finally upon us, and that means that the balls will be flying out of the park at an even higher rate than they are now! However, not all teams are on the ‘over’ train. This week, there are some solid clubs that have been failing to reach the ‘to...

Whereas the picture is getting rosier for the hot squads in the bigs, there are plenty of teams in baseball that are singing the blues. Check out BetUS Sportsbook’s list which teams are down in the dumps of late that you should stay away from at all costs...

Interleague play continues on the weekend MLB betting schedule, as the two teams from Los Angeles clash again when the Angels visit the Dodgers. The Angels and Dodgers met up at Angel Stadium back in May when the Angels took two-of-three games. T...

Joe Girardi will visit his former team for the first time tonight as the New York Yankees try to avoid what would be a surprising three-game losing streak when they play the Florida Marlins. Girardi was hired by the Yankees before last year, and ...

As of now, the Atlanta Braves Kenshin Kawakami is looking like a better investment than countryman Daisuke Matsuzaka, but the Boston Red Sox's enigmatic righthander will have another chance to turn his season around as the teams continue their interleague...

In their attempt to win their seventh in a row, the Los Angeles Angels will face one of the NL's top pitchers in tonight's opener of a three-game series with the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers. Despite injuries to sluggers Torii Hunter, Vladimir Gu...

If you have ever seen the movie "Tin Cup," you heard Kevin Costner's character, Roy McElroy, describe the U.S. Open as "the most democratic golf tournament in the world." After all, anyone with a two-handicap or better can try to qualify for it. At the sa...

The NBA is frequently the most overhyped league when it comes to rumors. Lord knows I’ve had my say in generating rumors, such as when I suggested a Bosh-Amare trade back at the deadline. But I also have the best interests for team’s in mind. Why on Earth...

Ben Gordon looks like he’ll have some serious decisions to make when it comes to July 1st, 2009. That’s when free-agency officially explodes on your summer face and when NBA teams will try to lure superstars away from their current, or former teams. Good ...

Things started bad for the Cleveland Browns last season and finished even worse. The team lost its first three games, recovered briefly to win three of four, but lost its last six in a very embarrassing fashion. The Browns' receivers dropped far too many ...

The Cincinnati Bengals lost their first eight games last season, and suffered a lot of injuries along the way, including one to starting quarterback Carson Palmer. This team scored more than 21 points just three times en route to a 4-11-1 record (7-9 ATS)...

MLB Betting – Who’s Hot MLB’s Hottest SU Teams Teams are starting to jockey for position at the quarter pole of the MLB betting season. Find out which teams are rounding into form as potential playoff teams with BetUS Sportsbook’s list of teams t...

The last two World Series runners-up will be looking to inch closer to contention when Colorado's Ubaldo Jimenez and Tampa Bay's Matt Garza face off in a matchup of hard-throwing pitchers. The Rockies' 11-game winning streak ended when they lost ...

Baseball's worst interleague team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, can win their first road series against an AL opponent since 2003 this afternoon when they conclude a three-game set against the Minnesota Twins. Pittsburgh has had 16 consecutive losing ...

The last-place Baltimore Orioles look to win their third straight series against NL foes tonight when their series with the New York Mets concludes at Camden Yards. The Mets have alternated wins and losses on the first five games of their road sw...

With each coming off complete-game victories, Kansas City's Luke Hochevar and Arizona's Dan Haren are also searching for a third straight winning decision tonight in the finale of a three-game series between the Royals and Diamondbacks. Hochevar ...

The -174 favored Texas Rangers go for their sixth consecutive victory over the Houston Astros in the finale of this three-game set at Rangers Ballpark tonight. Michael Young went 2 for 5 in Wednesday's victory as the Rangers improved to 6-2 in in...

The U.S. Open is the only major Tiger Woods has failed to win in consecutive years, and a victory this week would make him only the seventh player to win back-to-back. Having won at Bethpage Black in 2002, he will try to join Willie Anderson as the only p...

Why on earth would sportsbooks peg the Pats as the faves when they did not even make the playoffs this past season? Oddsmakers are clearly expecting quarterback Tom Brady to make a strong return after missing almost all of last season to a knee i...

First Cutler, Now Marshall Wants Out Of Denver The Denver Broncos Saga’s first chapter in the post-Shanahan era was that of Jay Cutler, a rising superstar in the NFL who had won people over with his farm boy charm and his canon for an arm (the Jo...

MLB Betting – Who’s Hot MLB’s Hottest Home Teams Home field advantage in the majors this season has been as important as ever. There are some teams that are totally lighting it up at the own ballparks, so check out BetUS Sportsbook’s list of the ...

Beyond finding the best pitchers to back or to fade and figuring out which lineups are set to click or to flop, another very important aspect to baseball betting is the umpire. This week’s list of the umpires that you should be paying attention to when yo...

Donte Stallworth began serving his sentence for DUI manslaughter yesterday. By this time next month he’ll be out. Unless the NFL sees fit to introduce extra penalties, he may not miss a single game. Stallworth had faced a maximum penalty of 15 years in pr...

A day before the U.S. Open tees off, the buzz around the golf world is once again about Tiger Woods. The sport revolves around Tiger and his presence was missed when he was recovering from the bad knee. Tiger is the best, and that is why people c...

Did you watch the NBA Finals this year? If so, you joined millions of others who did as well. The NBA is just one of the many sports that is heavily watched each year in the United States. NFL football is king, of course, as the Super Bo...

Now that the Stanley Cup has been raised it is time for teams to look to next season. Here are 20 of the most intriguing free agents eligible this summer when the market opens July 1 at Noon ET. Forwards For the second straight year, Mar...

A day after a rocky start from Justin Verlander, the Detroit Tigers will turn to Edwin Jackson in hopes of avoiding a fourth straight loss tonight as they continue a three-game set with the St. Louis Cardinals. Jackson is 5-1 with a 1.61 ERA in h...

Now that the L.A. Lakers have won their 15th NBA title, all eyes turn to the draft on June 25th. It seems pretty clear who the L.A. Clippers are going to take with the first pick. Blake Griffin is one of two players that should make an impact...

In the midst of disappointing seasons, the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox look to build off dramatic victories when they again try to open this series this afternoon at Wrigley Field. Rain forced Tuesday's opener to be postponed, with no make...

The San Diego Padres will try to avoid extending their major league-record skid in interleague play to 13 tonight when they continue a three-game set against the Seattle Mariners. San Diego is 5-13 since its 10-game winning streak was snapped on ...

Javier Vazquez looks to win his fourth straight start against the Cincinnati Reds tonight when the struggling Atlanta Braves continue their three-game set at Great American Ball Park. Atlanta has scored five runs in Vazquez's last four starts, wh...

MLB BETTING – Top NL $$$ Pitchers through 6/14 Now that the NHL and NBA seasons are over, it’s time to sink your teeth into more baseball betting! Check out the top $$$ pitchers the National League has to offer as the summer continues! 1...

Sixteen athletic programs at Alabama University face sanctions after over 200 student-athletes were found to have intentionally obtained free textbooks for other students, against university regulations. Among the offending students were seven Crimson Tid...

NCAA Football Futures Betting An early look at the ACC. NCAA Football Odds To Win ACC Conference: Boston College +5000 Clemson +1500 Duke +5000 Florida State ...

All the talk in the AFC South has circled around Peyton Manning, the Vince Young saga, the rise of the Tennessee Titans, and the struggles of the Jacksonville Jaguars. The truth is that no team is more deserving of a look from you, than the Houston Texans...

MLB BETTING – AL $$$ Power Poll through 6/14 There are now only four teams in the American League to be on the plus side of the sports betting proceedings this year thanks to how strongly the Rangers, BoSox, Halos, and Tigers have played of late....

When it comes to MLB betting on futures odds, apparently it doesn’t matter to the public who’s leading in the standings. One quick look at the current odds to win the World Series outright confirms just that: The New York Yankees are priced as +350 favori...

The Toronto Blue Jays are 0-6 in interleague play with 12 games remaining, and there's no break in sight as they travel to Citizens Bank Park for the opener of a three-game set against the Philadelphia Phillies, -210 favorites in the Bodog Sportsbook. ...

The New York Yankees look to take advantage of the worst team in baseball tonight when they begin a three-game home set against the Washington Nationals. The Yankees, who MLB odds have listed as -360 favorites, will be looking to avoid a letdown ...

The Florida Marlins and Boston Red Sox will open a three-game series tonight at Fenway Park, where the Marlins will be looking for a better pitching performance than the last time they visited Boston. The Marlins hope they are on the road back to...

The NL West-leading L.A. Dodgers look to carry some momentum from a rare interleague series win into tonight as they open a three-game set against the lowly Oakland Athletics. The Dodgers, owners of the majors' best record, have not won three str...

Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Nationals run into the Yankees, the Rangers get a visit from the Astros, and the Cubs and White Sox meet at Wrigley. Meeting up on the diamond . . . The Bronx Bombers will be looking for some easy w...

This weekend is the U.S. Open and golf betting fanatics will want to check out the PGA Power Rankings going into U.S. Open week. Being the second major of 2009, the U.S. Open no doubt will be a competitive affair as the best golfers in the world ...

The final buzzer is always a seen of jubilation and of disappointment. Kobe Bryant is leaping, pumping his fists in the air, being mobbed by a crowd of ecstatic teammates. The arena is quiet, fans filing out, Magic players watching the spectacle with empt...

When it was all said and done, the L.A. Lakers proved why they were considered big favorites by online sportsbook fans going into the NBA Finals. In what was supposed to be one of the most interesting and competitive NBA Finals Series in a long t...

NFL Football Futures Betting NFL SNEAK PEEK: NEW YORK JETS Last year the Jets got off to an 8-3 record after 11 games, including a five-game winning streak that culminated in a win over previously undefeated Tennessee, and Brett Favre,...

June baseball betting is here, and that means that sports betting fanatics are starting to get a good grip over which pitchers are the best ones to bet on. BetUS Sportsbook presents to you this week’s top American League money pitchers that you should kee...

Keep An Eye On Baseball’s Slumping Hitters While the age-old adage of good pitching beating good hitting has stood the test of time and still applies to today’s game, a slumping hitter can ruin a team’s winning ways – and a baseball bettors best...

In spite of the fact that the Dodgers are head and shoulders above the rest of the National League, there are still plenty of teams that are making baseball bettors happy. As we continue the month of June, check out BetUS Sportsbook’s power poll of teams ...

Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin, eluding his opponent's power for the most part, won a unanimous decision over former Pride title-holder Wanderlei Silva at UFC 99 on Saturday as the UFC added Germany to its collection of host countries. ...

Few gave the underdog Pittsburgh Penguins much of chance to dethrone the Detroit Red Wings in the first Stanley Cup final rematch in 25 years. Even fewer thought they could dig out of a 2-0 hole and beat the defending champions four times in five games. ...

Well if you picked the winner for Sunday's LifeLock 400, you deserve a huge payday. Mark Martin (+1100) saved just enough gas to hang on for his third victory of the season and the 38th of his Cup career. Jimmie Johnson (+500) dominated most of the ra...

The Milwaukee Brewers do their best to stay ahead of St. Louis in the NL Central when they take on the Cleveland Indians. The NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers will try to avoid a third straight loss in the opener of a three-game interleague ...

Beer is no longer the only thing that can make pro sports like baseball interesting. Live Betting has arrived. If the game is on TV, chances are we’ve got live betting available. This service allows you to wager on the outcome of single events w...

With both teams coming off sweeps, the San Francisco Giants look to shut down a red-hot Los Angeles Angels lineup in the opener of a three-game interleague series tonight. The Giants have won 14 of their last 19, posting a 2.60 ERA during that sp...

Is that double-tall cup of morning joe not cutting it anymore? Here are 10 performance-enhancing alternatives that many athletes use – legally or otherwise – to be all that they can be. 1. Nandrolone (aka Deca-Durabolin): The old anabolic standar...

Throughout the summer, I’m going to be sifting through the wad of NFL teams all vying to supplant the Pittsburgh Steelers as the Superbowl Champions. But one team I want to get out of the way is the Cincinnati Bengals, who might as well be renamed the “Bu...

Last year the Chiefs started out bad and ended up bad. There was just no spinning out of their 2-14 season (8-8 against the spread), in which Brodie Croyle, who had been anointed the "quarterback of the future," went down with an injury, and Tyler Thigpen...

Interleague play continues on the MLB betting board this week, with a variety of matchups grabbing interest. Kicking things off with one of only two games on Monday night is the opener of a three-game set between the Los Angeles Angels and San Francisco G...

Sorry, Florida Gator fans, but there's little argument that Southern Cal is the pre-eminent program in college football today. All Pete Carroll has done is lead the Trojans to seven consecutive top-four finishes in the Associated Press poll (incl...

The Miami Dolphins completed one of the most stunning turnarounds in NFL history last year, going from 1-15 in 2007 to 11-5 and the AFC East title in 2008. That 10-win improvement tied the 1999 Colts for the best in NFL history. Just about everyt...

There was no Magic in Orlando tonight as the Lakers beat the Magic 99-86. Kobe Bryant got his fourth title, coach Phil Jackson has his 10th, and just like that the Los Angeles Lakers earned their 15th national championship victory. Bryant scored ...

Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Penguins and Red Wings battle for the Stanley Cup, and the New York teams meet up in the Bronx in interleague action. Meeting up on the diamond . . . It's New York - New York on baseball's interleag...

COLTS, MANNING MAY BE IN A BALL OF CONFUSION Forget Brett Favre. We've got better drama in the Hoosier State. By now you may have heard that Peyton Manning, who won the MVP award last year for the Indianapolis Colts (+550 to win the AF...

Fallout In Cleveland: LeBron Makes Quick Exit, Ben Wallace Considers Retiring, Varejao Considers Free Agent Options After the final whistle LeBron hurried off the court. No congratulations to the Magic, nothing said to the media, just a hasty ret...

The NBA Championship is finally upon us. Most fans no doubt felt that we’d be watching a matchup between Kobe Bryant of the L.A. Lakers vs. LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Unfortunately for LeBron fans, the Cavs were soundly beaten in 6...

The Detroit Red Wings managed to win both games of the championship series despite missing key players from their lineup and getting outchanced by the Pittsburgh Penguins. A second victory in as many nights (3-1 score in both) greatly increased t...