Better baseball betting (Las Vegas Sun) bi13060097 Wed, May 7, 2008 (2 a.m.) Sometimes the best books for bettors to read contain virtually no information on point spreads, money lines or anything else having to do gambling

SportsWatch: A thoroughbred labor of love (Market Watch) bi13060097 While these are not the best of times for U.S. horse racing, the sport facing ever-higher costs and a steady bleed of gamblers away to the still-expanding casino sector, you would never know on the first weekend May

Examining the mutual heroism between sport and celebrity (The Herald) bi13060097 Some say we are defined by our heroes. I say we are defined by a dictionary. Or by hours the gym and an unhealthy intake of steroids. But the choice of heroes always reveals something about a person

Big Brown Is Even-Money to Win Triple Crown (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) bi13060097 May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Kentucky Derby champion Big Brown an even-money bet to become the first thoroughbred 30 years to win horse racing's Triple Crown, partly because of weak competition, according to oddsmakers

NFL rival to reveal West Coast football teams soon (Reuters via Yahoo! News) bi13060097 A planned competitor to the National Football League has identified the eight markets would like to open next year, and hopes to unveil some of West Coast teams the next month

Horse racing tolerated out of tradition (Newsday) bi13060097 Would get approved as a new sport 2008? Jim Baumbach doesn't think so Imagine horse racing never existed all these years and some visionary came along today the idea for a new sport

The Bookworm: Understanding struggles between mothers, daughters (Collier Cit bi13060097 Practically the beginning of time ? or at least the last couple hundred years ? mothers who give birth to daughters have looked at those scrunchy newborn faces and the future, thoughts of playing dolls, making cookies, sharing secrets, and wearing mother-daughter dresses

Schwab one step closer to Olympics (The Iowa City Press-Citizen) bi13060097 There were so many wrestlers great credentials bracket weekend that Doug Schwab knew some followers of the sport probably were figuring the U.S. Nationals could be determined by something as chance as a coin flip

Young turn bingo buffs on affluent Med island (AFP via Yahoo! News) bi13060097 For teenagers and 20-somethings the capital of the affluent Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the traditionally tame pastime of bingo has become part and parcel of a hip night out on the town

Try placing your bets on new 'Bigger Deal' (Pahrump Valley Times) bi13060097 Football, theoretically speaking, lasts for four 15-minute periods, not including time-outs. Overall, fans can expect about three hours (and out of) seats

Bookmakers come out fighting as betting row reaches High Court - guardian.co.uk bi13060097 Bookmakers come out fighting as row reaches High Court guardian.co.uk, UK - 6 hours ago The dispute, has left some shops television coverage of major events, has been dragging on for years but finally reached the High ..

Betting royale: Bookies hope to hit a jackpot - CNN-IBN bi13060097 Fresh News royale: Bookies hope to hit a jackpot CNN-IBN, India - 1 hour ago Punters have been big money through the IPL series, and on the D-day rates indicate that Rajasthan team witness the crowning glory. Gamblers have a final shot at IPL Thaindian.com all 193 news articles..

Two online sites fined, banned over Roland-Garros betting - AFP bi13060097 AFP Two online sites fined, banned over Roland-Garros AFP - May 30, 2008 Both firms intend to appeal the ruling, they said a statement issued by the European Gaming and Association. In two distinct rulings, ..

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