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SPORTSBETTING.COM BONUS...BETTING & HOT DOGS ON THE 4TH!  What's July 4th without a hot dog or two....or 60, as it will be for Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi in the 94th annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Hey, I grabbed a bacon and cheese dog from a vendor yesterday and loved it, but I couldn't imagine eating five dozen of them in the next year, let alone in a 10-minute time span. But that's why we leave it to the professional eaters. This eating contest has become a tradition in New York, gaining international exposure (thank you ESPN) and impressive spectator numbers (30,000 showed up to watch last year). And with the popularity, the sports betting world has taken notice and bettors look forward to having a little fun with it every year as well. Online sportsbook SPORTSBETTING.com is offering up the biggest number of prop bets and wagering options for the event, with some very cool betting offers Read more... |
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TODAY'S BASEBALL MATCHUPS! 
Current Scheduled Teams' Pitching Stats... And More! 
TGS BASEBALL PICKS DAILY AT 10:15 AM PDT! MLB HOT +26.70 UNITS THIS SEASON! |
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TGS 2009 SPECIAL NFL PREVIEW...SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS  Following is the next in a series of 2009 NFL previews that will be updated weekly up until the kickoff of the season in early September. Remember, THE GOLD SHEET's comprehensive 2009 Pro & College Football preview is available FREE online now! Just look on the right column of this page for download instructions...
Before we get in-depth with the 49ers, we wanted to share this observation about uberintense HC Mike Singletary: Can you imagine having to tell him that his services were no longer required?
Not that there was much chance of that after San Francisco rallied impressively under the Hall of Fame LB, promoted after Mike Nolan was told his services were no longer required late last October. After a pair of defeats to begin his regime, which included a peel-the-paint-off-the-walls press conference following his first game (a 34-13 loss to Seattle that featured Singletary banishing TE Vernon Davis from the sidelines), Singletary's 49ers bravely won 5 of their last 7 to finish a respectable 7-9. That was enough to convince Read more... |
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TGS 2009 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW...TCU HORNED FROGS  Following is the next in a series of college football previews that will be updated weekly up until the kickoff of the season in early September. Remember, THE GOLD SHEET's comprehensive 2009 Pro & College Football preview is available FREE online now! Just look on the right column of this page for download instructions...
Well, if HC Gary Patterson is still on the payroll at TCU, we suppose he's going to stick around for a while longer. After all, Patterson's stock is never going to be higher than it was after last season, his third 11-win campaign in the last four years. And there were reportedly plenty of suitors sniffing around Fort Worth last December, with several high-profile jobs (including one at Patterson's alma mater, Kansas State) needing to be filled, and Patterson supposedly a top candidate for almost all of them. Indeed, there were some erroneous reports that Patterson had even agreed to take over the Wildcat program, although that might have been a convenient smokescreen for the "cigars" at K-State to finalize the deal to that brought back former HC Bill Snyder to Manhattan. Whatever, Patterson didn't Read more... |
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TGS COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW...PRESEASON TOP 25!  18-GEORGIA...Now flying a bit under the radar following an '08 campaign that fell short of expectations, plus dealing with the early departures of offensive linchpins QB Matthew Stafford and RB Knowshon Moreno, as well as CB Asher Allen, HC Mark Richt might be in a better position to author a surprise this fall, especially with an OL that developed some maturity and depth when injury-battered last season, plus the return of star OT Trinton Sturdivant. A replacement for Stafford had yet to surface in spring (a 3-headed race will continue when camp reconvenes in August), but explosive soph WR A.J. Green has already emerged as one of the SEC's top playmakers. A tougher-than-usual September slate (Oklahoma State, South Carolina, Arkansas & South Carolina) will give us an early clue if this is a rebuilding or reloading year in Athens.
19-NORTH CAROLINA STATE...What was the best team in the ACC at the end of last season? You'd be surprised how many conference observers thought it was NC State, which roared down the stretch once then-frosh Russell Wilson established Read more... |
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TGS TRIPLE CROWN BONUS...BELMONT MEMORIES  We weren't at Belmont Park on Saturday June 6, and for that we were a little sad. Never mind that a Triple Crown wasn't on the line for this year's renewal of the Belmont Stakes, and the crowd was much less than what I have experienced in my most recent visits to the track. It was still the Belmont, and if they can call the Kentucky Derby the most exciting 2 minutes in sports, they can call the Belmont the most exciting two-and-a-half minutes in sports. And Summer Bird's stretch run to collar favored Mine That Bird was merely the latest of an annual reminder how difficult the mile-and-a-half trek can be.
Back to setting at Belmont Park, which we like so much on Belmont day. Unlike the Kentucky Derby, where average race fans have almost no chance to show up on Derby Day at Churchill Downs and actually see the race, or the Preakness, where getting a view of the Preakness is almost impossible unless you can squeeze into the apron or get one of those hard-to-find seats in the grandstand, the Belmont really is a people's event. Anyone can attend, no reservations required Read more... |
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SPORTSBETTING.COM BONUS...WEEK ONE NFL LINES!  You can't escape it...the NFL still looms large even though the calendar tells us the new season is more than two months away.
Between now and opening kick-off, we have the draft, training camp and all the pre-season games. But today, you can get a jump on betting the Week One matchups at SPORTSBETTING.com. As has been the tradition since the year following 9/11, the regular season will kickoff on a Thursday, September 10 to be exact, with the defending champions Pittsburgh Steelers hosting the Tennessee Titans-the Steelers are listed as 5-point favorites in early betting. Read more... |