Archive for May, 2008
Manchester United captures 2008 English Premiership
Monday, May 12th, 2008
Manchester United, champions of English football!
The 2007-08 English Premier League season finally concluded with the usual suspects, Man-U, winning the coveted English football title after beating Wigan 2-0 on the final day of the season.
This is now the 10th Premier League championship the Manchester United Red Devils have won in the last 16 years. Talk about domination huh? After taking it away from Chelsea last season, Man-U made sure that their title win last year was no fluke after successfully defending their crown despite the slow start to the season.
Speaking of Chelsea FC, they had the opportunity to make this year’s Premiership title chase interesting. They were up against Bolton on the final day of the season, holding a 1-0 lead. They could’ve had a 2-0 win over Bolton and steal the title away from their rivals from Man-U by taking over the points lead in the standings, instead, they gave up a goal merely a few minutes before the match ended, ending up with a 1-1 draw to the Bolton Wanderers and two points behind Man-U after the anticlimactic finish.
In the end, Manchester United finished with 87 championship points to win this year’s Premiership while Chelsea FC wound up with 85. This was the closest finish for the Premiership since Man-U edged Arsenal by a single point back in 1999.
Now, Manchester United, with 10 Premiership titles, will continue to chase the all-time record set by Liverpool of 18 league titles. Sure, these guys still have a long way to go before they get there but with young guns Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney on their side, eight more Premierships are not that too difficult to…
MLB Betting Preview: Cleveland Indians at New York Yankees
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
SBG Global Opening Line: Yankees - 124, Total 9 Under -120
The New York Yankees will try and win their fourth straight game on Tuesday as they open up a series against the Cleveland Indians. The Yankees swept the Mariners over the weekend, getting excellent starting pitching. New York’s starting pitchers had a 2.00 ERA in the series against Seattle, giving up just four runs and two walks over 18 innings. It also helped on Sunday in the win over the Mariners that Derek Jeter went 4-for-5 and Hideki Matsui extended his hitting streak to 14 games. The Yankees scored 19 runs and batted .324 against Seattle in their series.
SBG Global reports that early MLB betting has the public taking Yankees at Home.
New York will go with Andy Pettitte on Tuesday. Pettitte is 3-3 with an ERA of 3.93. He allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings of a 6-2 loss to the Tigers on Wednesday. He is 6-8 with a 4.63 ERA in 17 starts versus the Indians. The Yankees have usually owned the Indians in the regular season. They are 12-5 against Cleveland since 2006 including a four game split last month at Cleveland.
SBG Global Current Line: Yankees - 124, Total 9 Under -120
The Indians have had major trouble lately scoring runs. They have the second worst average in the American League. They were shut out on Sunday by Kansas City 2-0 on just four hits…
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Bet on the 2008 French Open now!
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Betting on the latest tennis tournament on clay was almost put to sleep.
The 2008 French Open at Roland Garros is merely days away before it kicks off. However, organizers of the clay court tournament want to stop any betting activity whatsoever on the coming Grand Slam event.
Luckily for sports betting fans, major online gambling companies fended off a legal challenge from French Open organizers to stop betting activities on the coming Grand Slam tournament. A liege court ruled that those online gambling companies are not violating any rights of the French tennis federation by offering bets for French Open matches.
The French tennis federation claimed that online betting has already stained the reputation of the French Open, especially after all those scandals Internet gambling found itself into. Because of this, the federation decided to sue three companies namely; Betfair, bwin and Ladbrokes.
Unfortunately for the federation, the court ruled in favor of the three.
In a statement, the European Gaming & Betting Association said the court had concluded ”these operators had behaved in a prudent and diligent manner.”
”EU-licensed bookmakers are professionals that have a high level of expertise, know-how and risk management skills. This has been clearly recognized by the Belgian judge looking at the fact-based evidence to dismiss all the claims in this case,” EGBA Secretary General Sigrid Ligne said.
”The judge also considered that the simple mention of…
NBA Playoff Betting Preview: Game One San Antonio Spurs at New Orleans Hornets
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
SBG Global Opening Line: Hornets - 3.5 , Total 183.5
The New Orleans Hornets will face the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs in game one of the best of seven Western Conference semifinals on Saturday night. The Hornets took out the Dallas Mavericks easily in the first round while the Spurs dispatched of the Phoenix Suns in five games in their opening series. SBG Global reports that early NBA betting has the public taking Spurs on the Road.
The matchup in this series should be intriguing as the Spurs are the league’s oldest and most experienced team with 11 players in their 30s. They have star players in Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. New Orleans has eight players who are under the age of 30. Their stars are league MVP candidate Chris Paul and David West. The two teams look very evenly matched in this series. They finished the season with identical 56-26 records and they split their four head-to-head meetings. The reason New Orleans got the higher seed was based on their superior conference record but that was only by one game…
2008 Kentucky Derby Betting Tips
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Here are some betting tips that could help you strengthen your decision in picking the correct horse that’ll let you win big bucks in the 2008 Kentucky Derby.
FIRST, pick a trainer who has several talented 2008 Triple Crown series champ nominees.
Right now, trainers Nick Zito, Steve Asmussen, Bill Mott, Bob Baffert, and Todd Pletcher seem to be holding the strongest hands with each barn containing several top contenders and a few sleepers as well. These 
trainers are sure to rack up points on the Derby Trail with a bevy of talented 3-year-olds at their disposal.
Trainer Nick Zito has two horses that will be running for the 2008 Kentucky Derby, Cool Coal Man and Anak Nakal. Cool Coal Man won the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes off of what appeared to be a perfect stalking trip. Although the horse failed to fire in the Blue Grass Stakes on 4/12 at Keeneland, the thoroughbred is still Nick Zito’s best chance in the Derby with the recent defection of War Pass.
Anak Nakal, who won the Kentucky Jockey Club at 2 years old, hasn’t really had a solid 3 year old campaign. The horse looked flat in both the Rebel and the Fountain of Youth Stakes, that’s probably why this horse has the look of a total long-shot about him.
Horse racing trainer Steve Asmussen fielded Pyro and Z Fortune with the former having the stronger chance of winning it all in the 2008 Kentucky Derby.
Bill Mott has Court Vision, who turned in a workout of 4 furlongs in 46.20 at Churchill Downs last April 17. Mott also has Z Humor, a horse that ranks among the leaders in terms of graded stakes earnings to qualify for the Kentucky Derby, but hasn’t really shown…
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