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Philadelphia Flyers 18-18-2 - The Flyers have been one of the most disappointing teams so far in the 2009-2010 NHL season.With a record of 18-18-2, the club has had to deal with the firing of a coach (John Stevens) and the subsequent systems overhaul by a new coach (Peter Laviolette), while dealing with injuries to it’s # one goaltender (Ray Emery) and perennial all-star Simone Gagne....

Thursday, December 31st – 7:05 PM ET Basketball Betting Spread: Mavericks -1    The Week That Was: Mavericks  It was a light but highly successful week for coach Rick Carlisle’s club, which asserted itself as the second-best team in the Western Conference.

January 1st, 2010 – 11:00 am EST Northwestern (8-4, 5-3 Big Ten) vs. Auburn (7-5, 3-5; SEC) The New Year’s Day college bowl cavalcade begins as the Northwestern Wildcats and the Auburn Tigers travel to Tampa Bay Florida for the 2010 Outback Bowl.

The Michigan State Spartans are primarily a basketball school, but their football program has surged in to prominence in recent years after some steady play.Of course, they’ve made headlines for all the wrong reasons. With 14 players suspended due to their participation in a campus brawl, the Spartans will have a depleted roster trying to matchup against one of the most potent aerial...

In the Outback Bowl, NORTHWESTERN gets an opportunity to play on New Year's Day, and opposing them is an Auburn team that started out the season looking like it might be an SEC contender, then faltered. The Wildcats have the blood-and-guts leader in Mike Kafka, who will certainly benefit from a little rest, since he was nicked up for much of the season.

Chick Fil-A Bowl Virginia Tech Hokies (9-3 SU, 4-7 ATS) vs. Tennessee Volunteers (7-5 SU, 7-5 ATS) Thursday, December 31: 7:30 p.m. BetUS.com Betting Odds: Virginia Tech -4 ½, Total Points 49 ½ Here are some betting trends which may impact this game: Virginia Tech: 9-2 SU in their last 11 games Virginia Tech: 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games Virginia Tech: The total...

The New Orleans Saints have secured home field advantage throughout the playoffs and the all important 1st round bye, but what about the second seed? That’s the main question going into the NFC in Week 17. Let’s take a quick look at the games that could have an affect on who does or does not get that important second seed and 1st round bye in the NFC Playoffs. After checking out...

10. Michael Vick – Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) Whether he properly “paid his dues” is up for discussion, but anytime a guy goes from behind bars and bankrupt, to starring on an NFC contender and making over a million bucks in a year, he gets a nod.

Miami Heat at San Antonio Spurs Thursday, December 31st – 7:05 PM ET Basketball Betting Spread:  The Week That Was: Heat  The Heat’s third game of the past week came Wednesday night at New Orleans, before this article was written, but in the week’s first two games, it can safely be said that Miami stabilized its season.  Coach Erik Spoelstra’s team had...

Last minute heroics by Brett Favre simply weren’t enough as the Vikings were stunned during a Monday Night Football betting loss to the Chicago Bears last weekend. With the New York Giants on the docket playing for respect to close out their season, the Vikings will need to snap a two-game losing skid to keep their hopes of a first-round bye alive. That win, combined with a Philadelphia...

BCS Bowl Breakdown Best Bet: Oregon -4 over Ohio State in the Rose Bowl The venerable Tim Brown won my dad like a grand in the late 1980’s when they ran fantasy football leagues in smoke filled rooms in sports bars. He was a hell of a football player, and he knows how to handicap football.

Insight.com Bowl Iowa State Cyclones (6-6 SU, 8-3 ATS) vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-6 SU, 4-7 ATS) Thursday, December 31: 6:00 p.m. College Bowl Betting Odds: Minnesota 2 ½, Total Points 48 ½ Here are some betting trends which may impact this game: Iowa State: 6-16 SU in their last 18 games Iowa State: 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games Iowa State: The total has gone UNDER in 5...

The Hyundai Hopman Cup enters its 22 nd year and has become a stalwart fixture at the start of the Tennis season, growing in popularity and prestige. And this year, the Perth Challenger event accomplished its biggest coup yet by acquiring world No.4 Andy Murray in the line-up.

Lions, Tigers and the Citrus Bowl…oh my! When the pollsters and voters handed the Capitol One Bowl to Penn State and LSU, it was a dream come true for many college football fans. These are two marquee teams and though no titles little prestige will be awarded to the winner, respect will be paid one way or another.

Two teams that have baffled handicappers on the NFL betting board this season are the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings. The Giants started the year on a tear, going an impressive 5-0 SU and 4-0-1 ATS through the first five weeks of the schedule.

Insight Bowl Betting December 31 - 6pm EST Iowa State Cyclones +2½ +120 Over 48½ Minnesota Golden Gophers -2½ -140 Under 48½ In one of five New Years Eve bowl games, Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe Arizona hosts the 2009 Insight Bowl. The game features the Iowa State Cyclones of the Big 12 Conference and the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten Conference. This...

The NHL New Year’s Eve schedule is packed and features many players that have been newly named to their respective country’s Olympic teams. Player’s Olympic Roster spots and Snubs highlight Thursday night’s action in the NHL. San Jose Sharks at Phoenix Coyotes San Jose are winners of six straight games and boast four Canadian Olympians. The Sharks visit a Phoenix team...

The Real Plays Of The Year 10. Where The Hell Are The Security Guards? What makes this clip so incredible is the fact that these two idiots/heroes were able to celebrate on the field for minutes before being apprehended by security.

Top-10 Breakouts of 2009 10. Brandon Jennings – Milwaukee Bucks Brash talk before he graduated high school curtailed the apparent talent of Jennings and lambasted him with a “poor attitude” and a selfish me-first persona.

Friday, January 1st – 8:30 PM ET Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, LA) College Football Spread: Florida -12.5  Cincinnati: The Week That Was   Cincinnati was fortunate to complete a perfect regular season on Dec.

St. John’s Red Storm (10-2 SU, 5-4 ATS) at No. 13 Georgetown Hoyas (9-1 SU, 4-2 ATS) Thursday, December 31: 8:00 p.m. As you get ready to ring in the New Year, be sure to flip over to ESPN, where some great college basketball will be going on all day long. And at 8:00 p.m., check out Big East action between Georgetown and St.

Next week is the first 2010 golf tournament on the PGA Tour. A couple of names absent from the SBS Championship entry list are Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. That doesn’t mean, of course, that either Tiger or Phil won’t figure prominently in 2010, but I’d wager a guess Phil is going to be in the running a lot sooner than Tiger. Golf is an ever-changing sport, no matter what the...

Oklahoma Sooners (8-4 SU, 4-5 ATS) at Gonzaga Bulldogs (9-3 SU, 4-5 ATS) Thursday, December 31: 10:00 p.m. Here are some Betting Trends which may impact this game: Gonzaga: 2-4 ATS at home Gonzaga: Total has gone OVER in 3 of their last 4 games Oklahoma: Total has gone OVER in 3 of their last 4 games Oklahoma: 0-2 ATS in their last 2 games Sign up now and get FULL access to all of...

College Football Bowls: Thursday Preview There's no better way to ring in the New Year than a full slate of college football betting. There are five bowl games on tap Thursday. Here's a look at the most intriguing matchups: Sun Bowl – Stanford vs.

Billionaire Carl Icahn is leaving his mark on the Atlantic City casino industry during the economic recession. His latest move appears to be increasing his offer to buy the bankrupt Trump Entertainment company.

Padding Your Bankroll: Thursday December 31 We have reached the end of the year, one last stab to pad our bankroll before we head into 2010. The last stakes race in New York for the year is today’s $65,000 Gallant Fox Handicap, a 1 5/8 miles marathon that drew a full field of 12 colts and geldings. Trainer Todd Pletcher sends out three runners, Atoned, Tiger’s Rock, and the likely...

Outback Bowl features the Auburn Tigers taking on the 7 point underdogs Northwestern Wildcats on the first the day of 2010 at 11:00 AM ET at Raymond James Stadium. Outback Bowl Spread: Northwestern Wildcats +7 Auburn Tigers -7 O/U 54 Northwestern (8-4) upset Wisconsin 33-31 in the last game of the regular season and Auburn (7-5) led No. 1 Alabama until the final two minutes before losing...

The Stanford Cardinal will make their first bowl appearance in eight years at the Sun Bowl as they take on the 8 point favorite Oklahoma Sooners on December 31 at 2:00 PM ET. College Football Bowl Odds: Stanford Cardinal +8 Oklahoma Sooners -8 O/U 56 This will be Stanford's third trip to the Sun Bowl as they ended the season with an 8-4 record, meanwhile the Sooners finished with a lousy 7-5...

Missouri Tigers (8-4 SU, 4-7 ATS) vs. Navy Midshipmen (9-4 SU, 4-6-3 ATS) Thursday, December 31: 3:30 p.m. NCAA Bowl Betting Odds: Missouri -6 ½, Total Points 52 ½    Here are some Texas Bowl betting trends which may impact this game: Missouri: 4-1 SU in their last 5 games Missouri: 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games Missouri: The total has gone OVER in 4 of...

A recent study by the Joint Committee on Taxation estimates $42 billion in revenue could be generated over 10 years if online gambling were regulated and taxed as proposed by Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Barney Frank (D-MA).

Tony Dungy did his best to be the shill for his former assistant and the rest of the Colts organization on NBC's "Football Night in America," as he covered up for "Manning-Gate," a breach of integrity perpetrated by Indianapolis coach Jim Caldwell when his team went into the tank, like a paid-off crooked prizefighter, on Sunday. On the telecast, Dungy pointed out that...

This was not exactly how the Oklahoma Sooners envisioned this season, but a Week 1 injury to the 2008 Heisman Winner, Sam Bradford, derailed the hopes of the Sooners and they simply never caught up. In stark contrast, Stanford Cardinal probably had no idea they were capable of beating up on teams like Oregon and USC and a big reason for that was the emergence of Heisman runner-up Toby Gerhart who...

On Sunday night, most members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins were no doubt popping champagne corks in their own homes, until that point where they actually get together and celebrate in unison. I have met many of those players, and used to think that was a fairly sophomoric act, but today I'm thinking they deserve every moment of their hubris.

In a rematch of last year’s Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Case Keenum’s mega powered aerial offense will clash with the best passing defense in the nation. With just 148.67 passing yards allowed per game, Air Force will try to shut down Keenum’s passing attack which notches 450 passing yards per game. Houston won 34-28 last year.

Houston Cougars, the top passing offense in the nation, takes on the 3rd ranked rush offense in the nation and 4 point underdog Air Force Falcons on the last day of 2009 at 12:00 PM ET at Amon Carter Stadium in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. College Football Bowl Lines: Air Force Falcons +5 Houston Cougars -5 O/U 63 This game is a rematch of last year's Armed Forces Bowl. ...

The last two-matches of the 2009 year culminated with favourites Arsenal and Manchester United coming out on top, as was largely expected. The Gunners and Red Devils put forward masterclass performances, running riot with their lesser opponents to head into the New Year on a positive note. Portsmouth 1:4 Arsenal The Gunners arrived at Fratton Park with purpose and accomplished what they set...

The Cyclones are one of the more resilient teams in the league. It’s rare that a team can go on a ravaging ten-game losing streak, lose its head coach and then still manage to earn a bowl invitation with a 6-6 SU record, but Iowa State is here and looking for more vindication when they take on Minnesota.

In November, Ohio voters approved four casinos in the state, and on Wednesday the people of Toledo found out that their casino would be operational by late 2012.

The city of Las Vegas has received a jolt in the past several weeks with new openings that the city's casinos hope will bring customers back to Sin City. The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is the latest to offer a new experience.

Polar Opposite Ballclubs Meet when Kings Host Sixers Sixers vs. Kings (-2½) (O/U) 207½ Wednesday, December 30 - 10:00 PM ET One team has underachieved immensely despite having several gifted veteran players on its roster.

Providence Friars (8-4 SU, 3-5 ATS) at Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-2 SU, 4-3 ATS) Wednesday, December 30 - 9 PM ET Ncaa Basketball Betting Odds: NOTRE DAME -7.5 Here are some of the college basketball betting trends as they relate to this matchup: PROV has covered one of its last four games PROV has played five of its last six games OVER the total ND has won six of its last seven...

Boston Celtics vs. Phoenix Suns (-2½) (O/U)207½ Wednesday, December 30 - 9:00 PM ET Key Head-to-Head Trends Celtics are 5-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings in Phoenix.

In a rematch of the 1998 Holiday Bowl the Nebraska Cornhuskers take on the Arizona Wildcats on December 30 at 8:00 PM ET at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. Holiday Bowl Betting Odds: Nebraska Cornhuskers +1 Arizona Wildcats -1 O/U 40 Arizona finished the season with 8-4 after beating USC for the first time in 7 games, while Nebraska had a 9-3 record after losing in the final seconds to...

NBA Betting Lines - Hawks vs. Cavaliers (-6) (O/U) 192.5 Wednesday, December 30 - 7:00 PM ET Key Head-to-Head Trends Favorite is 3-1-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings. Hawks are 0-4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings. Over is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in Cleveland.

NCAA Basketball Odds Connecticut Huskies (9-2 SU, 2-7 ATS) at Cincinnati Bearcats (8-3 SU, 3-4 ATS) Wednesday, December 30 - 7 PM ET BetUS NCAA Basketball Odds:  CINCINNATI -1 Here are some of the NCAA basketball sports betting trends as they relate to this matchup: * CONN has won five of its last six games SU * CONN has covered one of its last five games * CONN has played...

Since the start of the 2009-2010 season, former NBA superstar Gary Payton has been bringing his professional insight and intelligence into your home, as one of the newest analysts in the BetFlix film room. Well, he’s back, bringing you his most underrated and overrated players of this season. Starting with the most underrated, he goes out to Utah, to discuss point guard Deron Williams. In...

The Hyundai Hopman Cup boasts its best ever field this year with world No.4 Andy Murray headlining the proceedings, along with Elena Dementieva, Lleyton Hewitt and Samantha Stosur to name a few. A regular fixture at the start of the tennis-betting season on both the ATP and WTA calendar the event enters its 22 nd year and with the big names in attendance this time around it promises to be a...

Who would have thought that at this point the New Orleans Saints would be the team that would be faltering, while the Carolina Panthers were coming on strong? Yet if you have looked at the respective performances of these teams the last couple of weeks that might be the conclusion you'd draw. New Orleans Saints (13-2 SU, 8-7 ATS) at Carolina Panthers (7-8 SU, 8-7 ATS) Sunday, January 3 - 1...

With the ATP World Tour season all set to get underway on Sunday, the Capitala World Tennis Championship Tournament is a prime opportunity for tennis bettors to flex their tennis betting muscles just in time for the big kick-off in the first week of the New Year.

Thiago Silva Age: 27 Record: 14-1-0 Before UFC 108 Who exactly is Thiago Silva? Potentially one of the better up-and-comers in the crowded Light Heavyweight division. Silva and Evans were supposed to meet all the way back at UFC 84 but both of their careers took a turn in different directions when Evans was asked to step into the octagon with Chuck Liddell at UFC 88 instead. Evans knocked out...