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NFL Betting Online – Saints, Vikings Open Season As NFC Championship Game Rematch
The New Orleans Saints will raise the first Super Bowl banner in their 43-year history Thursday night, before welcoming to town the team they beat in the NFC Championship game to get there.

Wager on Baseball By Choosing Between the Giants and Padres
After sweeping the L.A. Dodgers, the San Diego Padres will look to extend their two game lead over the San Francisco Giants as slight, ever so slight, favorites in the MLB sportsbook.  Sports gamblers should consider making a wager on baseball by backing either the G-Men or Padres in this game because of the game’s importance. The San Diego Padres had lost 10 games in a row before...

The Damon D Weekly Sportsbook Ass Kicking – Week 1 – Vikings vs Saints
Every Game. Every Team. Every Week. BetUS.com BetCenter’s Damon D breaks down every NFL Match up all season long. Why go anywhere else when you can get the BetUS resident loudmouth right up in your grill? That’s what we thought. Thursday Sept 9 2010, 8:30pm PM EST - NBC Minnesota Vikings +5 @ New Orleans Saints -5 O/U 48 Well. Well. Well. Uncle Brett is back in the saddle. Not a...

NFL Free Picks – Rematch of NFC Final Should Offer Much of the Same
Two of the most hyped NFL betting teams meet in the first game of the season and everybody is chiming in with their NFL Free Picks. A close analysis of this matchup suggests that the game should be another highly contested affair with the difference likely being mistakes by the losing team. Thursday, September 9, 8:30 PM ET Louisiana Superdome [Off topic: by the way, do you want to get a 60%...

Cover the Lines on College Football As No. 23 Auburn Invades Mississippi State
NCAA football betting enthusiasts that are looking to cover the lines on college football will have what I believe is an easy opportunity to boost the betting bankroll on their hands when the 23rd-ranked Auburn Tigers hit the road to face the Mississippi State Bulldogs in an early-season SEC showdown that gets underway live from Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field in Starkville, Miss on Thursday...

SoCal Racing Returns to the Fair With a Price Horse in Race 11
The Del Mar meet is over.  Hey, it was fun while it lasted, but I, like so many of my fellow horseplayers, am happy that SoCal racing is back to conventional dirt. I’m hoping that the return to dirt will help me hit a nice win, place and exacta with what should be a price horse in Race 11 on Thursday.  Don’t expect to bet on graded races at Fairplex, but that’s...

Baseball Betting – Hill Makes First Start Since April 2009
Baseball bettors see a lot of interesting things at this point of the season, and on Thursday night in Toronto, they are going to witness a pitcher making his first start in the majors since April of 2009, when Shawn Hill takes the mound at the Rogers Centre. The first pitch is scheduled for around 7:07 PM ET in this American League matchup.

NFL Betting Picks - NFL Season Begins With Saints-Vikings Rematch
The 2010 NFL betting season kicks off with a huge rematch between the New Orleans Saints and Minnesota Vikings. Last year’s NFC Championship game was one of the best of the year, and ended auspiciously for the Vikings when Favre threw a costly pick.

US Open Quarterfinal Betting Preview - Nadal vs. Verdasco
Flushing Meadows, New York – Rafael Nadal has put on a clinic at the 2010 US Open and reaches a third straight quarterfinal, but this year, more so than any other in recent memory, he may well be the ultimate legitimate contender. None of his accounts at this event have been as outstanding (awesome is another word that comes to mind) as this year’s account.

Cardinals vs Braves – Massive Playoff Implications
It’s a light night in the MLB on Thursday, I guess everyone wanted to watch the Vikings/Saints opener. If football’s not your dish, there’s a great matchup between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves that has playoff implications for both squads.