NBA Finals Betting

The NBA Finals are taking an extra day off today and game #5 of the NBA Finals will be played tomorrow, Sunday, June 13th, 2010. The series is currently tied at 2 games a piece, with game #5 being played in Boston.

As much as I want the Boston Celtics to win, the above picture sums up Kobe Bryant’s reply to that. Kobe Bryant may be a cocky, arrogant, ball hog of a player, but you cannot doubt his intensity and there is not one single player in the NBA that can match his drive to win the NBA championships.

NBA Betting Lines

Online sportsbooks such as Bodog currently have the Boston Celtics favored by +3 points (-105). I would take the Lakers at +3 points (-115) because I don’t believe Bryant is going to go back to LA without a 3-2 series lead.

Bodog also has the Over/Under totals at 188 points, which indicates that online betting experts are predicting this to be a low scoring game which I would have to agree with.

Regardless of what happens, this game is going to be a lot more interesting than any World Cup game tomorrow!

2010 World Cup Betting

Lately it seems like World Cup betting is all the rage and everybody and their mother has their own odds on favorite of who is going to win the 2010 World Cup.

There are currently 8 groups (A-H) that make up the 32 nations participating in the 2010 World Cup. Each group has a heavy favorite to advance from their group; however the rankings between the top 3 teams in the tournament (Brazil, Spain and Argentina) are so close that it is extremely difficult to predict a 2010 World Cup champion.

World Cup Betting Predictions

Although it is difficult to pick the winner of the 2010 World Cup, I didn’t say it was impossible. If you are looking to bet on a long shot with a big pay day that has the potential to upset a few teams, then you want to bet on Team USA, who are currently favored at 50/1 to win the World Cup.

If you are looking to bet on the team that has the best chance of winning, you should bet online for Team Brazil, who are currently favored at 4/1 and have the best looking fans by far.

Whether you are betting online with your heart, or brain, make sure you check out the Bodog online sportsbook which is currently offering new players an instant 10% signup bonus.

NBA Playoff Betting

Boston Celtics head coach, Doc Rivers, is not the only one getting shocked by the play of Glen “Big Baby” Davis, and by shock we are not referring to a static electricity shot as seen in the above photo.

The play of the Boston Celtic’s benchwarmers may not come as a shock if you have been following them all season, but to the rest of us, including the LA Lakers, their play came as a big surprise. Glen Davis, Rasheed Wallace and Nate Robinson have all come off the bench and scored key points and had key defensive stops against the Lakers which sprung the Boston Celtics to a dominating game #2 NBA Finals victory.

NBA Finals Betting

I’m on quite the little hot streak for online betting; picking the Celtics last game but I don’t know how long this is going to last for so I suggest you jump aboard!

Game #3 of the NBA Finals will be played in Boston and the Celtics are currently favored by 2.5 points over the LA Lakers. Tomorrow's game is a tough game to bet on because I am sure that Kobe Bryant is going to have a 40 plus point game but sometimes when Kobe plays too good, his teammates play that much worse. If you have a few bucks and have an account at the Bodog online sportsbook, I would bet on the Boston Celtics to cover the -2.5 pointspread.

NHL Playoffs Betting Online

If the Philadelphia Flyers go on to win this year’s NHL Stanley Cup, they will almost certainly have to bold Chris Pronger’s name on it when they engrave players names. Pronger has been much more than just a thorn in the side of the Chicago Blackhawks. From stealing game winning pucks after games #1 and #2, to constantly slashing any Blackhawks player trying to go to the front of the Flyers net minder, Pronger has been the one constant on the Flyers that has brought them back from a 2-0 game deficit in the NHL Stanley Cup Finals.

Stanley Cup Finals Betting

Now that the Flyers have come back to tie this series up at 2 a piece, game #5 goes back to Chicago, also known as the Madhouse On Madison Avenue. Simply put, the Blackhawks are a different team at home; they are stronger, faster and more confident. Currently online sportsbooks have the Chicago Blackhawks as -1.5 point favorites at +160. This means that if the Chicago Blackhawks win by 2 or more goals and you bet $100, you would make a profit of $160 plus your $100 wager amount. In my eyes, this is a good online bet to make!

Lakers Celtics Online Betting

So far in these NBA playoffs the Lakers have been giving it to the Celtics from behind as seen in the above picture. The Lakers looked unbeatable in Game #1 of the NBA Finals and if you were man enough to bet online for the LA Lakers at -5 point favorites against the Celtics, you would have made yourself a pretty little penny betting online.

NBA Finals Betting

Tomorrow’s game #2 of the NBA Finals takes place in Los Angeles and the Lakers are currently -6 point betting favorites as found the Bodog online sportsbook. After the shellacking the Lakers gave the Celtics in game #1 of the NBA playoffs, I would expect a much stronger effort from the Celtics.

Before you bet online for this game you have to keep in mind that both Garnett and Allen played horrible in game #1 so the game looked far worse than it actually was. Expect big games from the top 3 Celtics; Pierce, Allen and Garnett. Taking this into consideration, I would bet on the Celtics to cover the +6 point spread for this NBA online betting wager.

Flyers Finally Win

By the looks of this picture you might think that the Philadelphia Flyers have already won the Stanley Cup and have an erection lasting longer than 6-8 hours. If you thought this then you would be wrong, but the Flyers did manage to win a very important game in their series with the Chicago Blackhawks coming from behind to win 4-3 in overtime. The Blackhawks currently lead the Stanley Cup Finals 2 games to 1 with game 4 being played in Philadelphia.

Online Sports Betting

Although the Flyers have finally managed to win 1 game, they are still fighting an uphill battle against injuries right now which makes their comeback look doubtful. If I were an online betting man, who I proudly am, I would bet on the Flyers to win game 4 in Philadelphia, but lose games 5 and 6 to the Chicago Blackhawks. I apologize for my grim outlook for any Flyers fans reading this, but you have to always remember to bet with your mind, not your heart!

Ken Griffey Jr. Retires

One of the greatest to ever play baseball is hanging up his cleats and retiring from major league baseball. If this was any other player in professional sports I would say he was hanging up his steroid needles instead of cleats, but this was not the case in the Griffey family. Both Ken Griffey Jr. and Sr. played with a level of class and sportsmanship that raised the bar for every player in professional sports.

Griffey Jr. was drafted #1 overall in the 1987 draft and had the rare opportunity to not only play in the same era as his father; they also got to play on the same team together. In one very special game, father and son also hit back-to-back homeruns which I don’t see ever happening again in our lifetime.

MLB Online Betting

With the loss of Ken Griffey Jr. and plummeting ticket sales, the future does not look too bright for the Seattle Mariners. You can mark this season up as a rebuilding year for the Mariners and when you find yourself with a hankering for MLB online betting, I would bet on Mariners games where they are at home and less than a 3 point underdogs or the favorite by 2 runs at the most with pointspread online betting.