Archive for August, 2008
Baseball Betting: White Sox at Red Sox Odds
Thursday, August 28th, 2008The battle to make the American League playoffs heats up this weekend when the Boston Red Sox host the Chicago White Sox. After Wednesday’s action, the Red Sox (77-55, +10.11 units) had a 2.5-game lead on Minnesota for the AL Wild Card. The White Sox (76-57, +13.75 units), meanwhile, are one game up on the […]
Why Bet on 2008 Summer Olympics?
Thursday, August 21st, 2008I remember at this time four years ago, things were pretty quiet on the Olympic betting front. Now we’ve been bombarded with opportunities to bet on nearly every single event in every single sport. Most people couldn’t even name anyone in the women’s javelin competition, let alone handicap the event.
That’s what makes the Olympics such […]
Betting on Beijing Olympics: Star Athletes
Monday, August 18th, 2008Did you bet on Michael Phelps to win 8 gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics?
Bettors deal with well-known players of questionable quality all the time in sports like football and baseball. Separating the wheat from the chaff is a big part of the handicapping process. But it’s a lot more difficult for an athlete […]
Betting on the 2008 WSOP: Who is Ivan Demidov?
Thursday, August 7th, 2008Ivan Demidov is a Russian-born poker player from Moscow who has made the final table of the 2008 WSOP main event. He is an online professional poker player, but before this year’s WSOP he had very little live tournament experience. It’s his first WSOP tournament, but he has made a splash on the professional tournament […]