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Golf News Update: Mahan Takes Home Phonix Open Trophy

Hunter Mahan was one of the most successful golfers on the PGA Tour in 2009. Even though he didn’t win a single tournament last year, Hunter Mahan had 6 Top 10 finishes including a runner-up finish in the AT&T National. On Sunday, he finally took home his second PGA Tournament trophy when he beat Rickie [...]

Dubai Tennis Championships Final: Youzhny vs. Djokovic

Dubai, UAE – Top seed Novak Djokovic has punched at his weight class to negotiate a path into the Barclay‘s Dubai Tennis Championships. That he has reached the final is a relief for tournament organizers that watched as the carefully assembled draw fell apart on sub-standard performances by some of the top seeds. Namely Andy [...]

NASCAR Racing Update: JJ Wins His Second in a Row

Jimmie Johnson is one of the best NASCAR racer in the world. Sure, there are a lot of individuals who don’t consider NASCAR racecar drivers athletes, but that’s because they don’t know anything about driving a NASCAR racecar. It takes incredible reflexes, skill, and flat out luck in order to win a single Sprint Cup [...]

NASCAR Race: McMurry Wins Daytona 500 with an Asterisk

Jamie McMurray, who was about a 25 to 1 underdog in the BetUS NASCAR sportsbook, outlasted his rivals on Sunday to take the checkered flag in the 2010 Daytona 500. McMurry crashed out of the NASCAR race in 2009 before winning it this year. Sunday’s Daytona 500 victory, no doubt, is the biggest of McMurray [...]

Review Of Tennis Players At The Australian Open

So in my quest to identify who the money plays are and who are not, I have arrived at the proverbial “Big Four” in the men’s game, one of the most popular tennis players – World #1 Roger Federer, #2 Rafael Nadal, #3 Novak Djokovic and #4 Juan Martin Del Potro. All four are Grand [...]

Santa Anita Horse Racing: Race of the Day

Sometimes a horseplayer can take a look at a horse and something jumps out at him. It could be the trainer, jockey, or a specific work. It could be anything. When that happens, there is only one thing for that horseplayer to do. That would be to put money on the horse to win but [...]

Horse Racing Results: Padding Your Bankroll

National horse racing handicapper Michael Dempsey will attempt to pad his bankroll and yours with his daily column. He will feature at least one Pick 3 or Pick 4 play from a major track along during the week and covers major stakes horse races on the weekends. Gusty winds and a heavy dose of rain [...]

NASCAR Racing Preview – Checker O`Reilly 500

NASCAR Racing Preview: With Two NASCAR Races to Go, Jimmie 4th Sprint Cup Almost a Certainty NASCAR Race-day: 11/15/2009 NASCAR Race-time: 2:30 pm EST With two nascar races to go in The Chase, Jimmie Johnson has a 73 point over fellow Hendrick Motor Sports driver Mark Martin and a 112 point lead over fellow Hendrick [...]

ATP Valencia Quarterfinals: Verdasco And Robredo

Valencia, Spain – Fourth seed Fernando Verdasco and seventh seed Tommy Robredo are set to go head-to-head in an all Spanish quarterfinal showdown Friday, a spot in the Valencia Open 500 semis on the line. Tennis player Fernando Verdasco is probably Spain’s best shot for a Spaniard to win the title. As such, as the [...]

NCAA College Football Week 10 Rankings – Big East Power Poll

The Big East plugged along last week with another week of ups and downs in football gambling. Find out how the teams stack up against each other in this week’s college football power rankings. 1: Connecticut Huskies (7-1 ATS, 4-4 SU) (LW: 1) The Huskies have finally been bounced from the ranks of the unbeaten [...]