Online Betting News
UltimateBet Finally Acknowledges Cheating - 06-01-08
Saturday, May 31st 2008 22:29
June 1 - It has taken a few months but finally online poker room, UltimateBet.com, has admitted that the rumored cheating had indeed taken place. This puts the heat on their owners, Tokwiro Enterprises, who already had to deal with the massive Absolute Poker scandal last year...
Goggin stays in control at Memorial
Saturday, May 31st 2008 17:12
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) -Mathew Goggin kept birdies and mistakes to a minimum on a long Saturday at the Memorial, shooting a 1-under 71 that was good enough to build a three-shot lead as he tries to win his first PGA Tour event. Muirfield Village changed...
Can Casino Drive Dash Big Brown Triple Crown Hopes - 05-31-08
Saturday, May 31st 2008 15:52
May 31 - With the 2008 Belmont Stakes less than a week away, it has become one of the most anticipated US horse races in recent history, where betting favorite Big Brown will have to fend off closest rival Casino Drive for a shot at winning the Triple Crown.
Chan's money arms: Best and worst pitchers for this week
Saturday, May 31st 2008 14:41
Covers Expert David Chan was on a moneymaking 6-3-1 run heading into Saturday. Check out his guaranteed plays here . It’s time for another weekly installment of Money Arms , a look at who’s hot and who’s not. I’m going to s...
Aussieguy's French Open picks: Day 7
Saturday, May 31st 2008 14:23
Aussieguy is on aboslute fire with six straight winners over the last three days with his Roland Garros picks. He's showing why he's one of the Covers.com posting forum's most respected tennis cappers. Don't miss his analy...
Grueling Belmont tends to foil Triple Crown bids
Saturday, May 31st 2008 7:40
A nose. That's all that separated Real Quiet from racing immortality. He was beaten by the smallest of margins in the 1998 Belmont Stakes, a grueling race that has done in the Triple Crown attempts of six horses in the last 11 years. Nobody knows b...
When MLB statistics lie to bettors
Saturday, May 31st 2008 6:25
Baseball is a funny thing. It’s crazy to think a game dominated by statistics and numbers can produce such frequent anomalies. Like the Arizona Diamondbacks , who finished 18 games above .500 last season despite scoring fewer runs than they allow...
West Coast Guy: NBA thoughts, picks and conspiracy theories
Saturday, May 31st 2008 5:48
Salutations from the Left Coast , where green is the new black, where crunchy and earthy are good things and where our region's best coach (Phil Jackson) is known for a Zen-like approach. I'm all, whatever. For the foreseeable future, I...
Au Revoir: Williams sisters eliminated at French Open
Saturday, May 31st 2008 5:27
PARIS (AP) -Daylight was already beginning to fade when a frowning Venus Williams walked onto the stadium court for her third-round match at the French Open. She wasn't excited to play so late, and it showed. She lost Friday to Flavia Pennetta, 7-5...
Hell’s Kitchen is heating up for prop bettors
Saturday, May 31st 2008 5:13
Things are heating up in Hell’s Kitchen and entertainment prop betting fans can get in on the action at betED.com. The fourth season of the Fox reality show is down to six contestants, who are vying to become executive chef at host Gor...
Is American mainstream ready for a Slice of Kimbo?
Saturday, May 31st 2008 5:11
Mixed Martial Arts is ready to cash in with its first mainstream television exposure, debuting on national network television on Saturday, May 31 on CBS. Also reaping the benefits is Logans.com , which has received a record amount of wagers o...
WNBA Notes: May 31
Saturday, May 31st 2008 4:48
Last year, the Houston Comets got a new owner. This season, they have a new home. After spending the previous four seasons at the Toyota Center, the Comets began playing at the cozier Reliant Arena earlier this week. Although they came up short ...
Buccaneers re-sign Stevens, release Gradkowski
Saturday, May 31st 2008 4:39
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -The Tampa Bay Buccaneers re-signed tight end Jerramy Stevens and released backup quarterback Bruce Gradkowski on Friday. Stevens, who signed with the Bucs in April 2007 after spending his first five NFL seasons with the Sea...
Hot lines: Saturday's best MLB bets
Saturday, May 31st 2008 4:19
Files from the Associated Press used for game analysis in this article. Picks by Covers.com staff. All odds courtesy of Logans.com Boston vs. Baltimore (+115, 9) One night after a 13-i...
It's Celtics-Lakers again in the NBA finals
Saturday, May 31st 2008 3:21
Boston's new Big Three reached the NBA's big stage. And just like their predecessors, they'll share it with the Los Angeles Lakers . The Celtics and Lakers are meeting again in the NBA finals, with Kobe and KG taking their place alongside the like...