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Two teams languishing near the bottom of the Western Conference standings will try to salvage some pride Sunday night, as the Clippers visit the Kings in Sacramento.  Los Angeles Clippers at Sacramento Kings Sunday, February 28th – 9:05 PM ET Arco Arena, Sacramento The Week That Was: Clippers  It’s actually been a really good week for L.A.’s other professional...

Your NBA betting weekend wraps up on Sunday, and as a part of a crowded day of action, the Milwaukee Bucks will mix it up with the Atlanta Hawks. Milwaukee enters this weekend just narrowly on the inside of the Eastern Conference playoff picture.

Two Southwest Division foes lock horns on Sunday night in the Lone Star State, as the New Orleans Hornets collide with the Dallas Mavericks in a very intriguing matchup.

Las Vegas Sands is apparently prepared to sell their casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, but the City Council is searching for answers as to why the company wants out.

Florida's two NBA franchises will renew their mini-rivalry on Sunday night at 7 p.m. ET as the Miami Heat led by Dwyane Wade travel north to take on the Orlando Magic and their own superstar, Dwight Howard. With a solid 10 game lead on the Heat heading into Sunday's matchup, the Magic seem like a good NBA pick to make in this one, or at least would be if not for the large anticipated NBA...

We finish off our betting weekend with a layup matchup for the Duke Blue Devils as they look to at least pad their top-10 ranking by decimating the Virginia Cavaliers.

Two rising young teams collide on Sunday evening, as the Toronto Raptors and Oklahoma City Thunder look to enhance their playoff positioning.  Toronto Raptors at Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday, February 28th – 7:05 PM ET Ford Center, Oklahoma City The Week That Was: Raptors  Coach Jay Triano’s team had a very light week, and since the Raptors’ Friday night game against...

Both of these teams are going to make it to the NCAA tournament. Michigan State is going through something of a mini-slump right now, dropping some games in which it was less competitive than it wanted to be. That would include a 14-point loss at home to this Purdue squad, which took place on February 9. Last time out, which was last Saturday, the Spartans let Evan Turner take control with 20...

Now that football season’s been over for a few weeks, what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than on the couch, snuggled with your loved one, watching…NBA basketball? Why not? Especially when the Nuggets and Lakers will do battle in this weekend’s betting odds. Denver Nuggets (38-19 SU, 27-28-2 ATS) at Los Angeles Lakers (43-15 SU, 25-32-1 ATS) Sunday, February 28: 3:30...

The leaders of the Atlantic 10 will hope to take one more step towards the regular season conference title on Sunday when the Temple Owls look to avoid becoming the victims of a college basketball betting defeat at the hands of the LaSalle Explorers. The Owls know that wins in their L/3 games will probably result in an outright A-10 title. They're also fighting for position on the NCAA Tournament...

Washington has had a topsy-turvy season, as it began with high hopes because Gilbert Arenas had just inked a new contract and was going to be available from the beginning, filling out the "Big Three" the Wizards had going for them. That was the group of 20-point scorers and All-Stars that also included Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler. Well, now all them are gone.

Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, and Mark Martin are all favorites to win the Shelby American, this weekend’s Sprint Cup race.  Johnson, Busch and Martin are going off at +400, +700 and +600 respectively in the sportsbook. All three are also the favorites to finish in the Top 3 in this Sunday’s Shelby American at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  Do any of the three warrant a...

Maybe keeping Amare wasn’t such a bad idea after all. The Suns have gone 5-0 SU in their past 5 games and remain atop the league’s scoring stat sheet with 109.0 points overall, and 107.0 points on the road. Both are tops in the league.

The one thing I have always criticized about Carmelo Anthony is that when the game is on the line, he’s the last superstar scorer who should be taking the shot. Yet after icing Cleveland with LeBron in his face, I’ve made an about-face with Melo. Sometimes players just take longer to mature than others, and Anthony is one of those guys.

Las Vegas and Atlantic City owners spent decades rolling in the money that they made at their casinos. Now, however, these same owners are searching for ways to regain their gambling prowess.

The West Indies has made it clear that they want to be known as Twenty20 specialists, which is good news for the hosts of this year’s Twenty20 World Cup starting on May 1. The bad news is that the Netherlands and Ireland have better win/loss ratios than the West Indies who have struggled in this format losing 10 of its 20 internationals while losing eight and tying two. Twenty20...

Critics have called for the elimination of women’s hockey in the Olympic winter games due to a lack of parity. After yesterday’s semi finals on the men’s side, perhaps they’ll call for the elimination of hockey as an Olympic sport altogether. The two teams that will play for Gold on Sunday each won in dominating fashion. Canada squeaked past Slovakia 3-2, only hours after...

In what will be the biggest game of the year in the Big East, the Big East leading Syracuse Orangemen will play host to the number 2 in the Big East the Villanova Wildcats. The school officials expect the game to set an NCAA attendance record for an on campus game with over 33,646 fans to be in the Carrier Dome stands with all of them behind their Orangemen.

The Big East championship is a tight race between these two teams, and the Wildcats weren’t giving themselves any favors by losing to UConn and Pittsburgh. Villanova avoided a three-game losing streak by mopping the floor with South Florida to the tune of 74-49.

The Chicago Bulls continue their playoff push as they close out the month of February with an evening encounter against the Indiana Pacers. Chicago Bulls at Indiana Pacers Saturday, February 27th – 7:05 PM ET Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis The Week That Was: Bulls A team that was floundering in the 2009 portion of this season has really righted the ship. Coach Vinny Del Negro’s...

Gonzaga is sharing control of the WCC Conference this season, and stands to be another darling bet when March Madness rears its beautiful and ferocious face. While you can always make the case that the WCC is basically a crapshoot, there’s no way you can ignore Gonzaga’s ability to dominate smaller teams.

The Chicago Bulls have stockpiled a lot of young talent over the past few years, but after some disappointing seasons, they looked like a team on the way down. Now, however, with the sudden growth of Derrick Rose into a superstar player at the point guard position who is capable of making everyone around him better, the Bulls' future is bright yet again. The Bulls have been on fire in their last...

No one in NASCAR has ever compiled as many wins in the three top series within the organization as Kyle Busch, who won 21 races in 2008 spread over the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Trick Series. He was the 2009 Nationwide Series champion, and a 16-time winner on the Sprint Cup circuit.

The Mountain West Conference, how adorable are you? With two teams in top-15 contention, the BYU Cougars visit the New Mexico Lobos to decide who’s the best of the worst. With three losses each, BYU is searching for revenge after a four-point loss while visiting New Mexico earlier this season.

Sunday afternoon will mark the culmination of what has been a very eventful Men’s Olympic Hockey tournament. It is being played by two teams that have a little revenge on their minds – the US wanting to avenge a Gold Medal final loss eight years ago in Salt Lake City and the Canadians wanting to avenge a 5-3 loss to the Americans during the Round Robin portion of the tournament. Moneyline:...

The Gold Medal final in Olympic Men’s Hockey is set but unfortunately for Slovakia and Finland, they won’t be participating in that game. Instead both teams have been relegated to playing for the Bronze. Both teams will be playing for a little national pride and a reason to call themselves Olympic Medalists. Saturday afternoon’s Bronze Medal game featured two teams who have had a pretty...

The second-ranked Kentucky Wildcats have won eight straight games and will be looking to take another step toward securing an outright SEC championship title when they visit the struggling Tennessee Volunteers at Thompson-Boling Arena today at 12 PM ET. Saturday, February 27, 12:00 PM ET Kentucky Wildcats (27-1 SU, 15-11 ATS, 13-12 O/U) Tennessee Volunteers (20-7 SU, 10-13-1 ATS, 6-14 O/U) Here...

Prior to this season, the Baylor Bears have been known as one of those teams with very good guard play, and some three-point bombers, who didn't have enough to compete on the inside. That changed this season with the arrival of Michigan transfer Ekpe Udoh, who has given the Bears all the toughness they've needed.

On Saturday afternoon, BetUS Sportsbook makes its NBA picks when one of the best teams in the East clashes with the league's bottom feeders, as the Boston Celtics play host the New Jersey Nets. The Nets continue to chase the dubious record set by the Philadelphia 76ers, who only won nine games for the entire season, and a recent four-game skid (all at home) hasn't helped any. Boston's home woes...

Fans of SEC basketball are looking forward to this one, the Kentucky Wildcats travel to Tennessee to take on Vols. This game will be the CBS 12 noon game, giving the nation a chance to see the consensus number one pick in this summer’s NBA draft, John Wall.

The Boston Celtics will undoubtedly be in a foul mood when they take to the court at TD Garden today for a matchup against the lowly New Jersey Nets. The Celtics will be looking to bounce back from the emphatic 108-88 spanking they took the last time out while the Nets look to snap a four-game losing streak.

Coming off an embarrassing loss, the Pittsburgh Panthers will look to get back into the win column in this weekend’s betting odds. It won’t come easy though, as they take a trip to the World’s Most Famous Arena to take on the St. Johns Red Storm. No. 16 Pittsburgh Panthers (21-7 SU, 14-9-2 ATS) at St.

Arch rivals collide on the hardwood in Columbus on Saturday afternoon, where the Ohio State Buckeyes will look to take another step towards the Big Ten regular season crown against the Michigan Wolverines in college basketball betting action. The Wolverines are still just praying that they will qualify for a postseason tournament. At 13-14, it is unlikely that will happen barring a few wins...

With the regular season dwindling away quickly, BetUS Sportsbook puts out its weekly NBA power rankings for the most important players in the league... 1: LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers (29.9 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 8.5 APG) (LW: 1) The King has become much more mortal over this last week, as his team has dropped a few games and is just 1-4 ATS in its L/5. However, last Thursday's 43 points, 15 assists,...

With the prospects of missing every postseason tournament becoming a reality, the North Carolina Tar Heels will travel to Winston-Salem on Saturday afternoon for an NCAA basketball betting duel with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. The Tar Heels were embarrassed on their home court by Florida State on Wednesday night, and now they know that they're going to need at least two wins in their L/3...

Milwaukee went into the weekend with a five-game winning streak (4-0-1 ATS in the NBA basketball lines), and part of that streak involved better defense. That's the way coach Scott Skiles wants it, and that's the way he got it executed in his better days with the Chicago Bulls.

If you like betting on the lades, Gulfstream Park should be your destination on Saturday, with the Fasig-Tipton Filly Festival featuring three excellent graded stakes on the ten race card. The stakes action kicks off in the seventh race, the $100,000 Sabin Stakes (G3) for fillies and mares going a mile on the main track.

The second place Kentucky Wildcats handed South Carolina a massive loss 82-61 to keep their one-win season alive and now have to face Tennessee team that will have sheer motivation to play exceedingly well after losing to unranked Florida.

Dubai, UAE—Top seed Novak Djokovic has punched at his weight class to negotiate a path into the Barclay‘s Dubai Tennis Championships.

All three of Gulfstream Park’s graded races on Saturday are restricted to female horses. The Grade III Sabin at a mile will showcase Justwhistledixie who hasn’t won since March of 2009 but figures to go off the favorite on Saturday. The other two races, the Davona Dale and the Very One, could be won by long shots.

Steve Wynn gave some insight into his plan of reviving the Foxwoods casino project in Philadelphia late this past week, and one thing that will be missing from the casino will be a hotel.

Ashton Griffin had to maneuver his way through a final table that included former World Series of Poker Main Event champion Peter Eastgate, but in the end, Griffin won the North American Poker Tour High Roller Bounty Shootout.

A group in Michigan not only wants gambling expansion in the state, but major gambling expansion. The "Michigan Is Yours" organization is collecting signatures for a proposal that would add seven new casinos.

Dead rubbers are tricky to navigate for the series winning team with questions plaguing selection duties. Do you want to rest players and blood youngsters in an environment that won’t upset the apple cart too much if you lose? Is it wise to rest players who are in scintillating form but most importantly do you want to close out the series without a loss? Australia’s summer of...

With the NCAA Tournament just weeks away, the march is on for mid-major teams especially to start turning up the heat and paving the way for berth to the Big Dance. And if there's any mid-major team who knows what it takes to get ready for the tournament, it's Butler, the Indiana-based Horizon League power who has fared extremely well in the past ten years by playing a smart brand of basketball...

There was a reason that Team Canada was favored to win the gold medal, and if they needed to prove it after losing to Team USA, they certainly managed that feat against the highly touted Russians with a 7-3 victory. With a new goalie in net, and players shifted around on the lines, Team Canada is on a serious roll and are heavy favorites heading in to the semi-finals where they’ll face...

The Butler Bulldogs try to complete a perfect 18-0 regular season in the Horizon League on Friday night, as they travel to Valparaiso, Ind., to take on the Crusaders. Butler Bulldogs at Valparaiso Crusaders  Friday, February 26th - 9:05 PM ET  Athletics-Recreation Center, Valparaiso, IN  College Basketball Betting Spread: Butler -9 The Week That Was: Butler  The...

Acapulco, Mexico—Juan Monaco took out top seed Fernando Verdasco in the quarters yesterday to book his spot in the semis. He will next face Juan Carlos Ferrero for a spot in the final. Second seed Fernando Gonzalez is the highest seed still alive in the tournament after he survived Eduardo Schwank in the quarters.

Way back in the day, there was once a growing rivalry between Shaquille O’Neal of the Orlando Magic and Alonzo Mourning of the New Orleans Hornets. That seems like such distant memory now that I think about it. When Emeka Okafor and Dwight Howard were drafted in 2004, they were supposed to be the next, great battle of two dominant centers. One has lived up to his billing, while the...

The New Orleans Hornets will be looking to snap a modest two-game losing streak while the Orlando Magic try to build on their two-game win streak when the two teams take to the court for battle at New Orleans Arena tonight at 9:30 PM ET. Friday, February 26, 9:30 PM ET NBA Betting Odds: Orlando -5 (O/U) 201 Orlando Magic (39-19 SU, 30-27-1 ATS, 24-34 O/U) New Orleans Hornets (30-28 SU,...