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Super Bowl XLVI Prop Bets: Brady, Manning Favored to win Super Bowl MVP
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Bovada Sportsbook Feb 5, 2012 |
Quarterbacks have by far and away won the Super Bowl MVP award more than any
other position so it’s no surprise to find New England QB Tom Brady
(7/5) and his New York Giants counterpart Eli Manning
(9/4) as the two betting favorites on Bovada’s Super Bowl props to win
the Super Bowl XLVI MVP award this Sunday night in Indianapolis. A QB ha ...
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Super Bowl XLVI Prop Bets: Betting Look at Ahmad Bradshaw, Brandon Jacobs
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Bovada Sportsbook Feb 3, 2012 |
Quarterback Eli Manning gets most of the press for the New York
Giants’ run to the Super Bowl, and Manning did have a career season that has
continued in these playoffs. But the Giants wouldn’t be in Super Bowl XLVI
against New England if not for an improved running game that actually ranked
last in the NFL during the regular season. With that said, let’s look at New
Yor ...
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Super Bowl XLVI Prop Bets: Giants, Patriots Players vs. NBA Stars |
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Bovada Sportsbook Feb 3, 2012 |
One of the great props unveiled for the Super Bowl is the chance to bet on
how one of the SB players fares in a cross-sport competition against a player
who is competing in another sport on Super Bowl Sunday. There are a handful of
these for Super Bowl XLVI between New England and the New York Giants on
Bovada’s NFL football odds. read more |
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Super Bowl XLVI Prop Bets: Will a Defensive Player Win Super Bowl MVP?
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Bovada Sportsbook Feb 3, 2012 |
A defensive player has been named Super Bowl MVP in just seven previous big
games so the odds are long that one will get the honor for Sunday’s Super Bowl
XLVI between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants in Indianapolis.
The last player on that side of the ball to win MVP was Tampa Bay Buccaneers
cornerback Dexter Jackson, who had two interceptions in the
Bu ...
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Steve Merril's NCAAB Fullcourt Report (Feb 3) |
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Steve Merril Feb 3, 2012 |
ACC:
Virginia starting center Assane Sene will miss as many as six weeks of action because of a broken ankle that required surgery. Sene is a 7'0" senior averaging 4.9 points and 3.7 rebounds in 21 minutes per game. He started every game for the Cavaliers and they went 15-2 SU over their first 17 games. Since Sene’s injury, Virginia has gone 2-1 SU but just 1-2 ATS with their ...
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Super Bowl Props Include Peyton Manning
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Bovada Sportsbook Feb 2, 2012 |
Even when it come to Super Bowl props Eli Manning gets
overshadowed by his big brother. The Bovada Sportsbook has its share of standard props that come attached to the biggest sports event of the year, but it also has its share of wacky props that a ...
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Super Bowl Props: Which Pat Finds the End Zone First?
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Bovada Sportsbook Feb 2, 2012 |
Wes Welker? Rob Gronkowski? Tom
Brady himself? Which member of the New England Patriots is going to
score the first touchdown for their team in the Super Bowl on Sunday? That's the
subject of another prop bet opportunity on the read more |
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Super Bowl XLVI Prop Bets: Giants Players vs. NCAA Basketball Stars
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Bovada Sportsbook Feb 1, 2012 |
We continue our look at some cross-sport Super Bowl prop options at Bovada’s
NFL football odds for Super Bowl XLVI between the Patriots and Giants with a few
comparing members of the two teams against players from Sunday afternoon’s
Michigan-Michigan State Big Ten college basketball game. read more |
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Super Bowl Preview |
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Tony Karpinski Jan 31, 2012 |
After all the waiting, the NFL sadly will be ending, yet excitedly boils down to this, the big game. We all wait with baited breath for the season to begin, rooting on our teams, hoping for them to make it to the Bowl. Now the season is almost over and although climactic like no other sporting event in the world, after this we wait for the Draft.
The New York Giants play the New England Pat ...
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Heat Seek to Break Lengthy ATS Skid Against Hornets
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 30, 2012 |
The Miami Heat haven't covered a spread against New Orleans since 2005, but
with those teams headed in completely different directions this season are
LeBron James and company ready to pay off on the NBA betting lines against the Hornets on Monday
night? NBA Back in Business. The biggest stars hit the hardwood.
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Pro Bowl a Remedy for Football Starved Fans? Expect No Defense
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 29, 2012 |
It’s easily the worst all-star game of the four major American sports
leagues, but for those bettors who are having withdrawal symptoms from pro
football action, the annual AFC-NFC Pro Bowl is Sunday night on NBC from
Honolulu, with the NFC as a 4-point favorite on Bovada’s NFL football
odds. read more |
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Steve Merril's NCAAB Fullcourt Report (Jan 28) |
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Steve Merril Jan 28, 2012 |
ACC:
North Carolina has lost starting guard Dexter Strickland for the season after he tore his ACL in his right knee in the Tar Heels last game at Virginia Tech. Strickland was only averaging 8 points per game, but he was the catalyst for North Carolina’s transition game and he actually led the team while shooting 57% from the floor. Strickland’s biggest impact came on the defe ...
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Has Eli Manning finally done enough to be considered an “elite quarterback?” |
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Tony Karpinski Jan 26, 2012 |
Firstly, I will start with the fact that I think the term elite is thrown around way too much. Like similar terms like icon, or legend, these are words that are very powerful words and should never be taken carelessly when describing someone or something.
But, I will also say, times change much more frequently in today’s sports than they ever have, and I dejectedly imagine they will o ...
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West Contenders: Short-Staffed Grizz Face Surging Blazers
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 24, 2012 |
The Memphis Grizzlies are locked in a battle for top spot in the Southwest
Division standings despite not having Zach Randolph in the
lineup. They'll play their second game in two nights on Tuesday when they travel
to Portland to meet the Trail Blazers. Get your read more |
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AFC Championship: Super Bowl Favored Patriots Get Toughest Test in Ravens
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 21, 2012 |
Thanks to an upset loss by the Green Bay Packers last weekend, the New
England Patriots are now the odds-on favorites at 6/5 on Bovada’s NFL odds to
win the Super Bowl. But are the Pats good or overrated? After all, New England
has not beaten a team yet this season that finished with a winning record. And
during the regular season, the Pats faced just three clubs that reached the
post ...
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NFC Championship: Weather Likely a Factor as Giants Eye Upset at 49ers
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 21, 2012 |
While form held in the AFC side of the NFL playoff bracket, both the New York
Giants and San Francisco 49ers pulled upsets last week to set up an NFC
Championship Game matchup that few anticipated. San Francisco opened as a
3-point favorite on Bovada’s NFL odds and there will be live betting
available. read more |
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Steve Merril's NCAAB Fullcourt Report |
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Steve Merril Jan 21, 2012 |
ACC
Virginia Tech got some good news this week as their leading scorer, point guard Erick Green, is expected to return to the lineup. Green is averaging 16.1 points, 3.2 assists and 1.5 steals per game this season. But he has missed game time because of a sprained left knee he suffered in practice. The Hokies have really missed Green’s presence on the court as they turned the ...
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Smith, Gore the Niners' Notable Names for NFC Prop Bets
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 20, 2012 |
Alex Smith averaged 196.5 passing yards per game during the
regular season, but he managed to throw for 299 yards against the Saints last
weekend. If he comes close to that number this week he'll pay off on his
OVER/UNDER for passing yards on the prop board. Find
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Can Eli Manning Top 300.5 Yards Passing Against the Niners?
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Sportsbook Review Jan 20, 2012 |
Eli Manning out-duelled Aaron Rodgers last
weekend with a 330-yard passing performance. If he can turn in a similar effort
against San Francisco on Sunday he'll pay off for OVER bettors on his passing
yards prop wager. For the complete list of read more |
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Lakers at Heat: History Says Take the Underdog; In This Case Los Angeles
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 19, 2012 |
When Bovada opened its preseason NBA championship odds, the Miami Heat and
Los Angeles Lakers were Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, on that list. And neither
team has done much to change things as they meet tonight on national television
(TNT, 8 p.m. ET) in one of the season’s most anticipated games. The Heat are
5.5-point home favorites on Bovada’s NBA odds. read more |
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Likely No Chris Paul as Clippers Host Champion Mavericks
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 18, 2012 |
Tonight is the third night of a back-to-back-to-back for the no-doubt weary
Los Angeles Clippers and they figure to be very shorthanded again as the host
the Dallas Mavericks in the marquee matchup of the night in the NBA. The
Mavericks opened as 2.5-point favorites on Bovada’s NBA basketball
odds. read more |
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NFC Championship Game Predictions: Giants at 49ers Odds and Betting Picks |
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Doc's Sports Jan 18, 2012 |
by Robert Ferringo - 1/18/2012
Apparently defense does still win championships.
San Francisco will host New York at 4:30 p.m. EST on Sunday for the NFC Championship Game. The winner advances to the Super Bowl (you may have heard of that) to face either Baltimore or New England.
The 49ers and Giants advanced to the NFC Title Game thanks to incredible defensive efforts last week, o ...
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Michigan State, Michigan Face Off Ranked for First Time in 14 Seasons
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 17, 2012 |
It’s arguably the biggest regular season college basketball matchup between
rivals Michigan State and Michigan since the 1997-98 season as the No. 9
Spartans and No. 19 Wolverines meet as ranked for the first time since that
season. MSU opened as a 2-point road favorite on Bovada’s NCAA basketball
betting odds. In fact, this is only the seventh time ever the two have met as
ranked foe ...
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NFL 2012 Championship Sunday Power Preview by Rob Vinciletti: |
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Rob Vinciletti Jan 16, 2012 |
On Sunday, January 22nd Its Championship Sunday. At 3:00 eastern it all kicks off with familiar faces with the Baltimore Ravens traveling up to New England in a Playoff rematch from 2010. In that game the Ravens garnered their first ever road win in New England catching a Patriots team off guard racing out to a 21-0 lead en route to a 33-10 win in a game where Ray Rice took the first play from scr ...
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Aaron Rodgers Hard to Ignore on NFL Prop Lines
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 14, 2012 |
Aaron Rodgers and the Packers will be looking to put on an air
show on Sunday afternoon this week as they play host to the New York Giants to
highlight the NFL props action at Bovada's online
sportsbook. Rodgers
threw for 309.5 y ...
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Giants Surging Into Divisional Round Game at Champion Packers
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 14, 2012 |
Probably the most anticipated game of the NFL’s divisional round weekend is
the final one of the four when the suddenly surging New York Giants appear very
capable of ending the Green Bay Packers’ dreams of repeating as Super Bowl
champions. However, the Pack are 9-point favorites on Bovada’s NFL playoffs
lines with live play-by-play betting available. read more |
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Ravens Host Texans in First Home Playoff Game in 5 Seasons
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 14, 2012 |
As good as the Baltimore Ravens have been since head coach John Harbaugh took
over, the team has yet to play a home playoff game under him. That all changes
on Sunday when the AFC North champs host Houston in the early game of the day.
Baltimore is a 9-point favorite on Bovada’s NFL playoffs lines with live
play-by-play betting available. read more |
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Saints Are Only Road Favorites of NFL Weekend as They Visit 49ers
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 13, 2012 |
There is only one game of the four NFL divisional round postseason matchups
this weekend that isn’t a rematch from the regular season and it’s Saturday
afternoon’s meeting between NFC South champion New Orleans (13-3) and West
champion San Francisco (13-3). The Saints are 4-point favorites on Bovada’s NFL
football lines, the only road favorite of the weekend (all four home teams won
a ...
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Steve Merril's NCAAB Fullcourt Report |
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Steve Merril Jan 13, 2012 |
ACC
Miami (Fla) is finally starting to resemble the team that had high expectations coming into this season. The Hurricanes had to play their first nine games of this season without their best player, Reggie Johnson, who was recovering from knee surgery. Miami was also without DeQuan Jones for their first eleven games as he was suspended indefinitely on accusations of receiving i ...
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NCAA Basketball Odds: Virginia Looks for Rare Win at Duke in Top 25 Matchup
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 12, 2012 |
No. 17 Virginia (14-1) has been one of the nation’s top surprises so far this
season and is off to its best start in 30 years, but easily the toughest test
for the Cavaliers so far comes tonight in an ACC matchup at No. 6 Duke (13-2).
The Blue Devils are 10-point favorites on Bovada’s NCAA basketball odds for the
9 p.m. ET ESPN tip. read more |
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NCAA Football Odds: LSU Favored to Win 2013 National Title
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 12, 2012 |
The 2011-12 college football season isn’t even 24 hours old but it’s already time
to look toward next season. Of course Alabama beat LSU on Monday night at the
Superdome for the SEC’s sixth straight national championship and that conference
is the favorite to add another next year with the Tigers as 4/1 favorites on
Bovada to finish the job next Jan. 7 in Miami. Alabama is the second-f ...
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NBA Basketball Odds: Surging Knicks at Slumping Grizzlies in TNT Opener
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 12, 2012 |
The NBA on TNT Thursday doubleheader tonight opens with a suddenly surging
New York Knicks team visiting a Memphis club that looks a bit lost and has been
a big disappointment thus far. New York is a 4.5-point favorite on Bovada’s NBA
basketball odds and there will be live play-by-play betting
available. read more |
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LSU vs. Alabama: SEC Will Lose Its First BCS National Championship Game
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Bovada Sportsbook Jan 9, 2012 |
The 2011 college football season concludes tonight at the Superdome in New
Orleans when No. 1 LSU faces No. 2 Alabama in the BCS National Championship
Game. And history will be made on a few fronts. This game is a pick’em on
Bovada’s NCAA football betting odds. This is the first time in BCS history that a
regular-season rematch occurs for the national championship. Pr ...
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Steve Merril's NCAA Fullcourt Report |
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Steve Merril Jan 6, 2012 |
ACC
Wake Forest is missing their best player as guard C.J. Harris is out with a groin injury. Harris ranks second in the ACC in scoring at 18.7 points per game. “We are sideways offensively,” said Demon Deacons head coach Jeff Bzdelik. Even opposing head coaches are sympathizing over the absence of Harris. After Wake Forest lost at home 56-52 to Wofford, their head coach Mike ...
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