Monday, July 31, 2006

Odds on those oddities you won't see on the gridiron or the betting board

Well, the "yes" side cashed on the Alan Boston prop ...

Pro football's annual Hall of Fame Game takes place Sunday in Canton, Ohio, with the Philadelphia Eagles a 3-point favorite against the Oakland Raiders.

The game marks not only the beginning of the NFL preseason but also the unofficial start of the football betting season.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

HORSE play mixes it up at Rio poker room

You wouldn't know it by the poker orgy that has broken out in the usually staid convention area at the Rio, but the World Series of Poker's championship event is still a couple of weeks away.

At noon today, however, 100 to 200 of the game's most talented all-around players are expected to duke it out for a title some of them think will determine poker's true world champion.

Poker players call it the "HORSE," or mixed-games, tournament.