http://sportsbookworld.net Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:13:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The IOC may have decided to take baseball and softball off the list of official sports, but president Jacques Rogge has left the door open for America's pastime to return in 2016 – provided the folks at Major League Baseball play along. "We would love to have as many stars of ... http://sportsbookworld.net/mlb/mlb-players-should-play-in-next-olympics/ The NFL exhibition season wraps up late Friday night with three games out West. The San Diego Chargers and the San Francisco 49ers will be at Candlestick; odds had yet to be posted at press time. The Niners (2-1 SU, 2-0 ATS) will have wide receivers Bryant Johnson and Ashley Lelie ... http://sportsbookworld.net/nfl-odds/preseason-nfl-odds-san-diego-at-san-francisco/ We're halfway into the NFL preseason, and we haven't seen much from the first-stringers. But we've seen a few things of note. The early signs aren't good for the Cleveland Browns. Already on the radar as a potentially overvalued team at 25-1 to win the Super Bowl, the Browns first unit ... http://sportsbookworld.net/nfl-odds/nfl-football-odds-teams-to-watch/ So we've got the New England Patriots in their usual position as the preseason Super Bowl favorites at 7-2. They've won three championships in seven years of Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, which makes these odds a steal if they can keep up this pace. Then again, three years have ... http://sportsbookworld.net/super-bowl/nfl-futures-preview-super-bowl-odds/ Don King was hoping to put the best two lightweight boxers in the world together in the same ring. Joel Casamayor will indeed be at the MGM Grand on Sept. 13, but he will not be fighting Nate Campbell; instead, Juan Manuel Maquez will move up from the super featherweight ... http://sportsbookworld.net/boxing/boxing-lines-wbo-lightweight-title-match/ Opening night is in 83 days. Are you ready, LeBron? The NBA released its 2008-09 schedule today and the opening matchup features a double header on Tuesday, Oct. 28th with the defending champion Boston Celtics taking on LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers; and Greg Oden and the Portland Trail Blazers ... http://sportsbookworld.net/nba-basketball/nba-2008-09-schedule-released/ Heading into Thursday's opening round of the 2008 Reno-Tahoe Open, you could have gotten 5-2 odds on Michelle Wie. Which is to say, she was part of the betting "field" at 5-2 for this relatively minor event – Ben Crane and John Merrick were the co-favorites at 20-1. Wie is getting ... http://sportsbookworld.net/golf/michelle-wie-playing-on-pga-tour-again/ If I'm plunking down my cash to buy a UFC pay-per-view, or even if I'm staggering into a bar, I want to see the whole damn show – prelims included. That goes double for UFC 87: Seek and Destroy. Check out the preliminary card for Aug. 9: Heavyweight: Cheick Kongo vs. ... http://sportsbookworld.net/mma/ufc-87-prelim-card-fights-must-see-tv/ As in life, the NFL teams with the most money have a big advantage over the rest of the pack – even with the salary cap. But having money and knowing what to do with it are two different things. Jerry Jones seems to know what he's doing. His Dallas Cowboys ... http://sportsbookworld.net/nfl-odds/most-valuable-nfl-franchises/ The weekend slate of MLB games has been mixed up a bit. Teams have shuffled their pitching rosters in order to get their aces an extra start before the All-Star break. Messing up a pitcher's routine is a great way to submarine his betting value. Tim Lincecum already got hosed when ... http://sportsbookworld.net/mlb-baseball-odds/mlb-baseball-betting-weekend-picks/