Basketball Betting
 

Basketball Betting


NFL Football
NCAA Football
NCAA Basketball
MLB Baseball
NHL Hockey
Soccer
Auto
Horse Racing
Golf
Tennis
 

NBA Basketball Betting

Go Brooklyn: Nets to take borough's name

Basketball Betting Lines

09/26/2011 - Brooklyn, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Jersey Nets will become the Brooklyn Nets once the team moves into its new home at the Barclays Center in September 2012.

Rapper Jay-Z, a part owner of the team, spoke during a press conference Monday at the under-construction building and revealed the name change while also saying he will be the arena's first performer.

"This is where I'm from, I'll always be Brooklyn, and opening this arena will mean more to me than anywhere else," the Brooklyn native said. "I also look forward to opening night for the Brooklyn Nets. We're going to create an atmosphere like only Brooklyn can."

The next game for the Nets could actually be in Brooklyn. The NBA lockout is threatening at least the start of the 2011-12 campaign and it could cost the league the entire season.

"We are proud to announce this highly-anticipated decision to name the Brooklyn Nets, a choice which reflects the decades-long tradition of our team and fans, as well as the dynamic new place that will be our home," said Nets chairman Chris Charlier.

If the league finally negotiates at new collective bargaining agreement with the players, the Nets will play a second straight season at the Prudential Center in Newark after years at the Izod Center in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford.

The Nets first played in Teaneck, New Jersey for their inaugural ABA season of 1967-68, then moved to Long Island before heading back to New Jersey for the 1977-78 season after the ABA-NBA merger the previous year. The team played in Piscataway at the Rutgers Athletic Center for four seasons before moving to the Meadowlands in 1981.

<< O'Sullivan named CEO of WPS
San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) announced on Monday that Jennifer O'Sullivan has been named the league's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). O'Sullivan served as Vice President of Legal &

<< Villarreal's Ruben out three weeks with broken toe
Villarreal, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Villarreal forward Marco Ruben is facing three weeks on the sidelines after breaking his toe in a 1-1 draw with Athletic Bilbao on Saturday. The 24-year-old replaced Guiseppe Rossi in Saturday's

<< Reid: Vick has hand contusion
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michael Vick was thought to have a broken right hand, but Eagles head coach Andy Reid said on Monday that his star quarterback only has a hand contusion. Vick was knocked out of Sunday's loss to the Giants

<< Dodig, Fognini bow out in Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Seeds Ivan Dodig and Fabio Fognini were a pair of first-round upset victims Monday at the $551,000 Thailand Open. Promising Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, ranked 76th in the world, ousted the fifth-seede

<< Five burning Northwest Division questions
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Vancouver Canucks had by far the best regular season of all 30 teams last year. Unfortunately, they could not get the job done against Boston in the Stanley Cup Finals. Their over-reliance on the power

Baghdatis advances in Malaysia >>
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis was a mild upset winner Monday at the $850,000 Malaysian Open. The world No. 60 wild card Baghdatis, of Cyprus, took out sixth-seeded American Alex

Naismith hit with two-match ban >>
Glasgow, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rangers forward Steven Naismith will serve a two-match suspension after an incident involving Dunfermline's Austin McCann. The Scottish Football Association handed down the ban after television foot

Time to believe in those Battlin' Bills >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Break out those old Seinfeld episodes on VHS and Ace of Base CD's, everybody. It's beginning to feel like 1993 again. That's the last time the Buffalo Bills ruled the roost in the AFC, with the long-suffer

SoCon has three teams in FCS top eight >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Southern Conference is rising. CAA Football has been the top conference in the FCS in recent seasons, but the SoCon is making a push for that distinction this year. Georgia Southern continues to be top

Feng climbs 5 spots in world rankings >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - China's Shanshan Feng was victorious on the Japan LPGA Tour on Sunday and that helped her move up five spots to No. 23 in this week's world rankings. Ahead of her, there were minimal changes. Yani Ts

NFL Football Betting : Odds on NFL Division to Win the Super Bowl

NFL Super Bowl Betting

The AFC South and the NFC East are the favorite divisions to have the next Super Bowl champ among them in the NFL betting odds. But more down to the point, these football odds are in favor of the Indianapolis Colts, by far the strongest team in the AFC South, and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFC East.

Most sports fans would agree that these two teams top the list to win it all before the season even begins. In the BetUS Sportsbook football futures, the Colts are +800 in the odds to win the Super Bowl, while the Cowboys are sitting at +1000 and the Super Bowl XLIV champions New Orleans Saints at +900. In the AFC South, the Colts won the division for five straight years after the 2002 realignment, before the Tennessee Titans won it in 2008. But the Colts came back strong in 2009 to win the division again en route to the Super Bowl. The Cowboys are the favorite to win the NFC East, as well as to advance far into the post season. The Cowboys won the division last season before their horrendous loss in the NFC Divisional playoff to Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings. But the ‘Boys will take that loss humbly and be ready for the playoffs this time around.

The NFC South is also very strong, at +600 in the NFL futures, considering that it is home to the defending Super Bowl champions. However, some predictions have the Atlanta Falcons with possibilities of claiming the divisional title this season in place of the Saints, as no team has won back-to-back division championships since the division realignment took place. Let’s not overlook the AFC North at +500. As TO goes to Cincinnati to join Chad OchoCinco and Adam “Pac-Man” Jones, this team looks to claim the division title again. And it is likely they will do so. The Bengals lost in the AFC Wild Card spot in a hard-fought battle against the New York Jets last season. Lest not forget the Pittsburgh Steelers, the XLII Super Bowl Champions… All these teams present interesting odds and matchups for the upcoming season, but the safest and surest bet seems to be with the Colts in the AFC South and the Cowboys in the NFC East. Play this weekly NFL Football Contestto see if you can win.

To visit this sportsbook go to MySportsbook.com for all your NFL football betting needs.