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With the AL West title in hand, the Los Angeles Angels (93-64 SU, 86-70 RL, 82-68-6 O/U) will look to stay on a roll as the approaches when they host the Texas Rangers (85-72 SU, 82-75 RL, 58-91-8 O/U) at Angel Stadium tonight at 10 PM ET. Mike Napoli drove in a pair of runs to lead the Angels past the Rangers 5-2 on Tuesday night and help L.A. cash in for BetUS MLB sports betting members as...

Rob Shaw is an award-winning Sports Anchor and Reporter with experience at NBC and CBS television affiliates in Florida.  In Tallahassee, Shaw was honored with six AP Awards for his coverage of the Braves, Jaguars, FAMU Rattlers, VSU Blazers, and of course, the Florida State Seminoles.

It is a disheartening feeling walking out onto the cricket pitch knowing full well that no matter what happens on that day will help your progress in a tournament. India’s players did just that today when they took to the field in the final regular Champions Trophy match against the West Indies. Their plan was simple.

It promised to be the match of the day, Australia needing a win over Pakistan to ensure safe passage into the semi finals of the Champions Trophy. Thankfully for punters and fans of the 50-over format, it didn’t disappoint with Australia sneaking home on the last ball. The Aussies will now take on England, a team they spanked 6-1 in the recent ODI series in the Old Dart in the first...

Lamar Odom said he didn’t want his marriage to Khloe Khardissian to be a distraction. That’s why he got married before the season got under way. Did anybody bother to tell Lamar that, “Hey man, you know you’re getting married? You have a new wife who’s a party animal and starlet, and you’re going to be spending the next six months trying to defend a championship...

The Atlanta Braves (86-71 SU, 76-80 RL, 68-81-7 O/U) will be desperately trying to extend their dim postseason hopes when they host the division rival Florida Marlins (84-74 SU, 87-71 RL, 81-69-8 O/U) at Turner Field tonight at 7 PM ET. Atlanta’s postseason hopes took a big hit as the club lost to the Marlins 5-4 on Tuesday night as Cameron Maybin went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer to...

Washington Capitals -250 Carolina Hurricanes +350 Florida Panthers +1000 Tampa Bay Lightning +1000 Atlanta Thrashers +2000 The Favorites The Washington Capitals are coming off an impressive 108 point season.

The Philadelphia Phillies (91-66 SU, 81-75 RL, 69-81-6 O/U) will be looking to take another step towards winning their third consecutive NL East title when they host the Houston Astros (73-84 SU, 78-78 RL, 67-83-6 O/U) at Citizens Bank Park tonight at 7 PM ET. Pedro Feliz smacked a grand slam home run to lead the Phillies to a convincing 7-4 win over the Astros on Tuesday night, helping...

The greatest Swedish hockey player of all time is hanging up the skates. Mats Sundin announced his retirement after 18 seasons in the NHL, spent mostly with the Toronto Maple Leafs. It’s easy to get a bit misty about Sundin’s retirement after being one of the best players in the NHL.

Game-day: 10/3/2009 Kick-off: 3:30 pm EST The LSU Fighting Tigers, ranked 4th in my NCAA BetUS Power Rankings, take on the Georgia Bulldogs in a game where both teams figure to be looking to set themselves up as a superior force in the SEC Conference.

The WAC continued to be impressive in the fourth week of the NCAA Football wagering campaign. See how BetUS stacks the teams up against each other in this week's power poll... 1: Boise State Broncos (4-0 ATS, 4-0 SU) (LW: 1) No team in the entire country was happier than Boise State was last week. The Broncos moved all the way up to #5 in the AP Poll this week, and with a guaranteed loss for...

The squads in the Sun Belt continued with their fourth week of college football betting action last week. Check out how the teams all stack up with this week’s power poll from BetUS.com… 1: Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (3-1 ATS, 3-1 SU) (LW: 2) - MTSU really deserves some credit for the way it has played this season. Sun Belt teams usually don't represent themselves well...

After four weeks of play in the NCAAF betting season, several teams from the SEC have looked great for sports bettors. Find out how BetUS rates them against each other in this week's power poll... 1: South Carolina Gamecocks (4-0 ATS, 3-1 SU) (LW: 1) - My, how high South Carolina would be ranked right now if it could've punched the ball in the end zone at the end of the game against Georgia!...

The carnage of Top-25 upsets took its toll on the PAC 10 this week with two of its ranked teams getting beaten badly in conference showdowns. Find out where this leaves all of them heading into another big week of CFB betting affairs with the BetUS Power Poll... 1: UCLA Bruins (3-0 ATS, 3-0 SU) (LW: 2) Fortunately for the Bruins, they were off in what amounted to be a bad week for a lot of the...

With all of the carnage that happened at the top of the polls this week, the big boys in the MWC were all smiling. Check out how the teams in this conference stack up against each other in this week's BetUS Power Poll... 1: BYU Cougars (3-1 ATS, 3-1 SU) (LW: 1) - BYU had to love all of the losses by the Top-10 teams in the country last week, but the truth of the matter is that the big...

Colorado at West Virginia The 17 points favorite West Virginia Mountaineers host the Colorado Buffaloes at 7:45 PM. The Mountaineers had a 2-1 record and their only defeat was at Auburn (who remains undefeated) 41-30 last week.

It is hard to believe September is just about over, and we are just a little over a month away from the Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships, which will be contested over two days on Nov.6-7 at Santa Anita Park. That gives us some time to pad our bankroll sufficiently for the two-day event.

World Cup Football is a special event that comes once every four years and football bettors worldwide are caught up and swept up by the infectious fever. For a whole month, the whole world is captivated by the dream – a dream only 32 nations are so privileged – of capturing the biggest prize in football. Hundreds of millions of football fans tune in to the event and the World Cup final is the...

Rob Shaw is an award-winning Sports Anchor and Reporter with experience at NBC and CBS television affiliates in Florida.  In Tallahassee, Shaw was honored with six AP Awards for his coverage of the Braves, Jaguars, FAMU Rattlers, VSU Blazers, and of course, the Florida State Seminoles.

DISASTER WARNING IN EFFECT! 15. Phoenix Coyotes (+4000) I am so sick and goddamn tired of writing about the flipping Phoenix Coyotes this year, and the season hasn’t even started. Between Gretzky leaving, ownership in disarray, this team sucking harder than starving newborn baby and the fans in Phoenix caring more about the drama between Balsillie and Bettman than about this team’s...